Lei YuThe 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.

| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
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) |
Xingyu LiuWhen the action folds to small blind Xingyu Liu his last 67,000 go in the middle and big blind Yuan Liang calls.
| Player | Hand | Chips |
|---|---|---|
XL Xingyu Liu | 8♦8♣ SB | busted |
YL Yuan Liang | A♣J♠ BB | 365,000(46 BB) |
The dealer hits the felt 6♦ 7♣ K♠ T♥ Q♦ , knocking out Liu with Liang's backdoor straight.
Yuan Liang opens 15,000 from the cutoff and flicks in the rest after button Jinyu Zhang jammed her last 36,000.
| Player | Hand | Chips |
|---|---|---|
YL Yuan Liang | Q♦T♣ CO | 250,000(42 BB) |
JZ Jinyu Zhang | A♣A♥ D | 87,000(15 BB) |
Never really a sweat for Zhang on K♣ 5♥ 4♠ 4♥ 7♠ , taking her back over 14 BBs.
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.
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
ZW Zi Wei Tung | 298,000(60 BB) |
SL Sin Lan Chen | 296,000(59 BB) |
YL Yuan Liang | 285,000(57 BB) |
LY Lei Yu | 272,000(54 BB) |
CJ Chi Jen Chen | 249,000(50 BB) |
SY Sheng Ye | 239,000(48 BB) |
YY Yan Yan | 236,000(47 BB) |
LL Liangyu Li | 228,000(46 BB) |
BZ Binglin Zhu | 227,000(45 BB) |
WC Wei Cheng | 227,000(45 BB) |
KL Kecheng Long | 224,000(45 BB) |
XE Xu Erdun | 183,000(37 BB) |
YZ Yirui Zhang | 178,000(36 BB) |
| Player | Chips | Table | Seat |
|---|---|---|---|
CJ Chi Jen Chen | 234,500(47 BB) | 5 | 1 |
DC Di Chen | 42,000(8 BB) | 5 | 2 |
YY Yan Yan | 206,500(41 BB) | 5 | 3 |
WC Wei Cheng | 202,000(40 BB) | 5 | 4 |
SH Shih Hsien Yang | 187,500(38 BB) | 5 | 5 |
YL Yuan Liang | 322,000(64 BB) | 5 | 7 |
JZ Jinyu Zhang | 27,000(5 BB) | 5 | 8 |
Wei ChengWei Cheng opens 11,000 from +1 and takes cutoff Yuan Liang to the flop 7♠ Q♦ 8♠ and starts a triple barrel barrage of 12,500, 22,000 and 35,000 to a complete board 6♠ and 4♦ showing T♥ 9♥ prompting Liang to throw his hand in the muck.
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
YL Yuan Liang | 316,000(79 BB) |
WC Wei Cheng | 201,000(50 BB) |
With 46 out of 174 players remaining we will play down to 22 players that qualify for Day 2 and ITM starting at 27.
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
YL Yuan Liang | 427,000(171 BB) |
QJ Quan Jin | 283,000(113 BB) |
ZW Zi Wei Tung | 272,000(109 BB) |
UP Unknown Player | 235,500(94 BB) |
LY Lei Yu | 219,500(88 BB) |
CJ Chi Jen Chen | 198,500(79 BB) |
ZX Ziyang Xiao | 188,000(75 BB) |
SL Sin Lan Chen | 173,000(69 BB) |
ZH Zhao Hongjun | 172,000(69 BB) |
QY Qin Yuan | 169,500(68 BB) |
HW Hualong Wang | 163,500(65 BB) |
KC Kai Cheng Hsu | 160,500(64 BB) |
LW Liangliang Wang | 129,000(52 BB) |
WC Wei Cheng | 120,500(48 BB) |
Yuan LiangWith the board complete 9♠ 6♠ 8♥ A♦ 3♦ and 57,000 up for grabs, button Yuan Liang value-bets 44,000 with 9♣ 8♣ which sends big blind Erdun Xu in the tank, before he calls and begrudgingly throws it in the muck.
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
YL Yuan Liang | 431,000(172 BB) |
XE Xu Erdun | 27,000(11 BB) |
| Player | Chips | Table | Seat |
|---|---|---|---|
XE Xu Erdun | 114,000(57 BB) | 5 | 1 |
DC Di Chen | 80,500(40 BB) | 5 | 2 |
YY Yan Yan | 157,000(79 BB) | 5 | 3 |
ZW Zihao Wang | 40,500(20 BB) | 5 | 4 |
RI Riku Ichimura | 132,500(66 BB) | 5 | 5 |
SL Sin Lan Chen | 81,500(41 BB) | 5 | 6 |
YL Yuan Liang | 342,000(171 BB) | 5 | 7 |
JZ Jinyu Zhang | 93,000(47 BB) | 5 | 8 |
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
YL Yuan Liang | 242,000(202 BB) |
YZ Yirui Zhang | 201,000(168 BB) |
KC Kai Cheng Hsu | 179,000(149 BB) |
YW Yimeng Wang | 158,000(132 BB) |
AH Andrew Han | 144,000(120 BB) |
ZW Zi Wei Tung | 134,000(112 BB) |
ZH Zhang Heng | 123,000(103 BB) |
CY Chen Yu Hung | 113,500(95 BB) |
HW Hualong Wang | 110,500(92 BB) |
DL Dai Linghui | 109,500(91 BB) |
AS Artem Sofronov | 108,500(90 BB) |
BZ Binglin Zhu | 105,500(88 BB) |
KY Kozo Yamada | 104,000(87 BB) |
RI Riku Ichimura | 102,500(85 BB) |
CJ Chi Jen Chen | 96,000(80 BB) |
QJ Quan Jin | 95,500(80 BB) |
ZM Zhaoxi Ma | 93,500(78 BB) |
WC Wei Cheng | 92,500(77 BB) |
Yuan LiangCatching the action late, under the gun Yong Li - winner of the Turbo High Roller at the Jeju Super Cup two months ago - is all-in for 30,100, cutoff Jeseph Kim has all of his 47,200 in front and Yuan Liang in +1 covers both of them.
| Player | Hand | Chips |
|---|---|---|
YL Yong Li | A♣K♦ UTG | busted |
YL Yuan Liang | Q♣Q♥ UTG+1 | 161,200(134 BB) |
JK Joseph Kim | CO | busted |
Joseph KimUnder the gun Yuan Liang opens 2,200 and quickly calls after hijack Joseph Kim moved all-in for 21,700.
| Player | Hand | Chips |
|---|---|---|
JK Joseph Kim | A♣7♥ HJ | 45,900(46 BB) |
YL Yuan Liang | 4♥4♠ UTG | 87,500(88 BB) |