Korea Poker Cup Series 2025
Korea Poker Cup Series 2025Korea (Republic of) [KOR]Korea (Republic of), Landing Casino JejuEVENT #5
2025.04.08 - 2025.04.13
YZ
Yirui Zhang
China [CHN]China
Blind level
Level 18: 5,000 / 10,000 ante: 10,000
Entries
22/174
Total Chips
5,220,000
Average
237,273

Day 1B

SMPSMP
4/9/2025, 5:00:23 PM

Yirui Zhang Becomes 2nd Bubble Of The Day To Wrap Flight B

Level 18: 5,000 / 10,000 ante: 10,000
Yan Yan

Under the gun Yirui Zhang open-shoves 75,000 and cutoff Yan Yan flats.

PlayerHandChips
YZ
Yirui ZhangChina [CHN]China
A♠7♠
UTG
busted
YY
Yan YanChina [CHN]China
A♣A♥
CO
428,000(43 BB)

No sweat for Yan Yan's rockets on 8♥ 4♦ 2♦ 8♦ T♥ providing him with a little juicer just before the end.

SMPSMP
4/9/2025, 3:26:29 PM

Kecheng Long Jumps Into The Lead

Level 16: 3,000 / 6,000 ante: 6,000

Yirui Zhang kicks off the action with a min-raise to 12,000 from under the gun, finds two callers and button Shengyong Wang squeeze jams 45,000. Zhang tries to isolate with a 78,000 four-bet, but Kecheng Long puts his foot down in +1, jamming his massive stack and gets to a heads-up showdown against the short stack.

PlayerHandChips
YZ
Yirui ZhangChina [CHN]China
UTG
94,000(16 BB)
KL
Kecheng LongChina [CHN]China
Q♠Q♦
UTG+1
410,000(68 BB)
SW
Shengyong WangChina [CHN]China
9♥9♠
D
busted
Board:8♦4♣6♠2♦3♣
SMPSMP
4/9/2025, 2:50:24 PM

Top Stacks Going Into Level 16

Level 15: 2,500 / 5,000 ante: 5,000

34 players remain, trying to make it to the 27 ITM spots or even better, bagging chips for Day 2 as one of the last 22.

PlayerChips
ZW
Zi Wei TungTaiwan [TWN]Taiwan
298,000(60 BB)
SL
Sin Lan ChenTaiwan [TWN]Taiwan
296,000(59 BB)
YL
Yuan LiangChina [CHN]China
285,000(57 BB)
LY
Lei YuChina [CHN]China
272,000(54 BB)
CJ
Chi Jen ChenTaiwan [TWN]Taiwan
249,000(50 BB)
SY
Sheng YeAustralia [AUS]Australia
239,000(48 BB)
YY
Yan YanChina [CHN]China
236,000(47 BB)
LL
Liangyu LiChina [CHN]China
228,000(46 BB)
BZ
Binglin ZhuChina [CHN]China
227,000(45 BB)
WC
Wei ChengTaiwan [TWN]Taiwan
227,000(45 BB)
KL
Kecheng LongChina [CHN]China
224,000(45 BB)
XE
Xu ErdunChina [CHN]China
183,000(37 BB)
YZ
Yirui ZhangChina [CHN]China
178,000(36 BB)
SMPSMP
4/9/2025, 2:17:10 PM

Much Needed Double Up For Yirui Zhang

Level 15: 2,500 / 5,000 ante: 5,000

Quan Jin opens 10,000 from +1 and fills up after big blind Yirui Zhang put his last 69,000 in the middle.

PlayerHandChips
QJ
Quan JinChina [CHN]China
K♦Q♦
UTG+1
188,000(38 BB)
YZ
Yirui ZhangChina [CHN]China
Q♣Q♠
BB
145,500(29 BB)
Board:A♥5♠8♠3♥7♠
SMPSMP
4/9/2025, 12:06:55 PM

Houkuan Cheng Exits After Losing Flip

Level 12: 1,500 / 2,500 ante: 2,500

Yirui Zhang opens 5,500 from the button and calls after small blind Houkuan Cheng declared all-in for 24,000.

PlayerHandChips
YZ
Yirui ZhangChina [CHN]China
J♦T♥
D
132,000(53 BB)
HC
Houkuan ChengChina [CHN]China
8♣8♠
SB
busted
Board:5♣6♥T♣3♥A♥
SMPSMP
4/9/2025, 11:53:32 AM

Table 3 Update With Many Heavy Hitters In The Mix

Level 11: 1,000 / 2,000 ante: 2,000

Leading the pack is Lei Yu - trying to break through the $2M mark in live earning this series - with 201,000 in chips which puts him among the overall leaders.

PlayerChipsTableSeat
YZ
Yirui ZhangChina [CHN]China
118,000(59 BB)31
HC
Houkuan ChengChina [CHN]China
21,500(11 BB)32
QJ
Quan JinChina [CHN]China
153,000(77 BB)33
SD
Shen DongliChina [CHN]China
36,500(18 BB)34
LY
Lei YuChina [CHN]China
201,000(101 BB)35
RG
Rentao GuoChina [CHN]China
72,500(36 BB)36
SW
Shengnan WangChina [CHN]China
57,000(29 BB)37
KW
Kuo Wei KaoTaiwan [TWN]Taiwan
58,000(29 BB)38
SMPSMP
4/9/2025, 11:30:27 AM

Kuo Wei Kao Doubles Up After Blind Battle

Level 11: 1,000 / 2,000 ante: 2,000

Small blind Kuo Wei Kao and big blind Yirui Zhang were already all-in when we caught the action, with the former being at risk for 62,000.

PlayerHandChips
KW
Kuo Wei KaoTaiwan [TWN]Taiwan
A♥K♥
SB
130,500(65 BB)
YZ
Yirui ZhangChina [CHN]China
A♦T♠
BB
120,000(60 BB)
Board:7♣2♠5♥8♦4♣
SMPSMP
4/9/2025, 11:11:11 AM

Lei Yu Flops A Boat

Level 10: 1,000 / 1,500 ante: 1,500
Lei Yu

Yirui Zhang leads 3,000 and takes two players to the flop A♦ 4♠ 4♥ that gets checked to the turn 2♥ where big blind Lei Yu takes over with a 6,500 bet that finds a single customer in Zhang. Yu forks out a massive over-bet of 51,000 on the river K♣ with A♠ 4♦ that gets called by Zhang who throws it in the muck, giving Lei Yu - who racked up over $300k in cashes this year already - a decent stack to work with.

PlayerChips
YZ
Yirui ZhangChina [CHN]China
173,000(115 BB)
LY
Lei YuChina [CHN]China
157,000(105 BB)
SMPSMP
4/9/2025, 10:47:51 AM

Yirui Zhang Puts The Hammer Down Pre

Level 10: 1,000 / 1,500 ante: 1,500
Yirui Zhang

Under the gun Yirui Zhang opens 3,000, gets called by +2 and No.24 on China's all time money list Lei Yu three-bets to 11,500 from the cutoff before Zhang lays out the winning bet of 38,500.

PlayerChips
YZ
Yirui ZhangChina [CHN]China
236,500(158 BB)
LY
Lei YuChina [CHN]China
87,000(58 BB)
SMPSMP
4/9/2025, 9:43:09 AM

Chip Counts At The End Of Level 9 With A Few Minutes Of Late Registration Remaining During The Current Break

Level 9: 600 / 1,200 ante: 1,200
PlayerChips
YL
Yuan LiangChina [CHN]China
242,000(202 BB)
YZ
Yirui ZhangChina [CHN]China
201,000(168 BB)
KC
Kai Cheng HsuTaiwan [TWN]Taiwan
179,000(149 BB)
YW
Yimeng WangChina [CHN]China
158,000(132 BB)
AH
Andrew HanAustralia [AUS]Australia
144,000(120 BB)
ZW
Zi Wei TungTaiwan [TWN]Taiwan
134,000(112 BB)
ZH
Zhang HengChina [CHN]China
123,000(103 BB)
CY
Chen Yu HungTaiwan [TWN]Taiwan
113,500(95 BB)
HW
Hualong WangChina [CHN]China
110,500(92 BB)
DL
Dai LinghuiChina [CHN]China
109,500(91 BB)
AS
Artem SofronovRussian Federation [RUS]Russian Federation
108,500(90 BB)
BZ
Binglin ZhuChina [CHN]China
105,500(88 BB)
KY
Kozo YamadaJapan [JPN]Japan
104,000(87 BB)
RI
Riku IchimuraJapan [JPN]Japan
102,500(85 BB)
CJ
Chi Jen ChenTaiwan [TWN]Taiwan
96,000(80 BB)
QJ
Quan JinChina [CHN]China
95,500(80 BB)
ZM
Zhaoxi MaChina [CHN]China
93,500(78 BB)
WC
Wei ChengTaiwan [TWN]Taiwan
92,500(77 BB)
SMPSMP
4/9/2025, 7:34:10 AM

Chip Counts Going Into Level 7

Level 6: 400 / 800 ante: 800

90 out of 130 players remain with three more levels of late registration still available.

PlayerChips
KY
Kozo YamadaJapan [JPN]Japan
129,700(162 BB)
ZH
Zhang HengChina [CHN]China
121,800(152 BB)
YZ
Yirui ZhangChina [CHN]China
118,700(148 BB)
SY
Sheng YeTaiwan [TWN]Taiwan
107,300(134 BB)
YB
Yunpeng BaiChina [CHN]China
104,500(131 BB)
YY
Yan YanChina [CHN]China
101,300(127 BB)
AS
Artem SofronovRussian Federation [RUS]Russian Federation
96,700(121 BB)
YW
Yimeng WangChina [CHN]China
94,100(118 BB)
KC
Kai Cheng HsuTaiwan [TWN]Taiwan
86,300(108 BB)
RG
Rentao GuoChina [CHN]China
84,400(106 BB)
CJ
Chi Jen ChenTaiwan [TWN]Taiwan
78,600(98 BB)
WC
Wei ChengTaiwan [TWN]Taiwan
76,200(95 BB)
ZW
Zi Wei TungTaiwan [TWN]Taiwan
67,800(85 BB)
QY
Qin YuanChina [CHN]China
64,500(81 BB)