
Day 1B
The Korea Poker Cup Main Event Flight B Comes To A Close With Lei Yu As Massive Chip Leader

The second of five flights for the KPC Main Event with a KRW 800,000,000 (~$544,077) guaranteed prize pool attracted 174 players and saw 22 advance to Day 2 during level 18 with a new overall chip leader in Chinese pro Lei Yu.
The No. 24 on China's all time money list already banked more than $300,000 this year, all coming from deep runs during the Poker Dream 16 and Triton events here at the luxurious Landing Casino in Jeju. His day kickstarted after flopping a boat in level 10, extracting a lot of value with a big over-bet on the river and a massive push close to the end when he faced Zi Wei Tung - chip leader at the time - in a hand where he rivered a full house with 7♥ 7♠ on 3♦ 3♣ 9♠ J♥ 7♣ to almost double his already large stack. He will start Day 2 with 722,000.
Second in chips Kecheng Long - fresh from his biggest cash of $38,381 for shipping the Super High Roller at the Danang Poker Tour just over a month ago - arrived on the leaderboard late during level 13, doubling up against Kuo Wei Kao with A♣ K♦ against A♠ Q♠ and busting Shengyong Wang with Q♠ Q♦ against 9♥ 9♠ in level 16 that led him to bag 525,000.
Third place finisher Ye Sheng accumulated 503,000 away from our view after being down to 23 big blinds when he lost a preflop all-in with A♦ K♠ against A♥ A♠ in level 12.
Day 2 will start on Saturday the 12th of April at 12:00.

Flight B Players Advancing to Day 2
Player | Chips |
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LY Lei Yu | 722,000(72 BB) |
KL Kecheng Long | 525,000(53 BB) |
SY Sheng Ye | 503,000(50 BB) |
YY Yan Yan | 428,000(43 BB) |
SL Sin Lan Chen | 394,000(39 BB) |
YL Yuan Liang | 330,000(33 BB) |
QY Qin Yuan | 260,000(26 BB) |
CJ Chi Jen Chen | 209,000(21 BB) |
CC Chien Chih Weng | 207,000(21 BB) |
BZ Binglin Zhu | 180,000(18 BB) |
WC Wei Cheng | 179,000(18 BB) |
LL Liangyu Li | 172,000(17 BB) |
HW Hualong Wang | 153,000(15 BB) |
ZW Zi Wei Tung | 144,000(14 BB) |
XE Xu Erdun | 143,000(14 BB) |
ZM Zhaoxi Ma | 103,000(10 BB) |
YL Yu Liu (5) | 102,000(10 BB) |
JZ Jinyu Zhang | 82,000(8 BB) |
KW Kuo Wei Kao | 77,000(8 BB) |
HW Hao Wang | 76,000(8 BB) |
CW Chen Wenwen | 70,000(7 BB) |
KC Kai Cheng Hsu | 65,000(7 BB) |
Chien Chih Weng Doubles Up With Cowboys
Under the gun Chien Chih Weng opens 20,000 and calls for a total of 103,000 after button Kozo Yamada jammed.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
CC Chien Chih Weng | K♥K♦ UTG | 226,000(28 BB) |
KY Kozo Yamada | T♥T♠ D | 32,000(4 BB) |
Taiwanese Pro Chien Chih Weng Out Of The Danger Zone

When the action folds to Chien Chih Weng on the button, all-in is declared for 59,000 and small blind Xingyu Liu fills up.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
CC Chien Chih Weng | A♥J♥ D | 128,000(26 BB) |
XL Xingyu Liu | A♣T♥ SB | 43,000(9 BB) |
The dealer hits the felt 4♣ 2♠ 2♦ 5♦ 2♣ , keeping Weng's kicker in play to grant her a double up.
Table 4 Update With Two Former Chip Leaders Next To Each Other
Player | Chips | Table | Seat |
---|---|---|---|
LW Liangliang Wang | 128,500(51 BB) | 4 | 1 |
KY Kozo Yamada | 67,500(27 BB) | 4 | 3 |
YT Yixi Tang | 55,500(22 BB) | 4 | 4 |
YL Yu Liu (5) | 128,000(51 BB) | 4 | 5 |
CC Chien Chih Weng | 36,500(15 BB) | 4 | 6 |
AS Artem Sofronov | 48,000(19 BB) | 4 | 7 |