South Korea, Landing Casino JejuEVENT #5

2025.04.08 - 2025.04.13Add to Calendar

K Poker Cup

Yuan Liang

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, 6:12:58 PM

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

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

Lei Yu

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
LY Lei YuChina	722,000(72 BB)
KL Kecheng LongChina	525,000(53 BB)
SY Sheng YeAustralia	503,000(50 BB)
YY Yan YanChina	428,000(43 BB)
SL Sin Lan ChenTaiwan	394,000(39 BB)
YL Yuan LiangChina	330,000(33 BB)
QY Qin YuanChina	260,000(26 BB)
CJ Chi Jen ChenTaiwan	209,000(21 BB)
CC Chien Chih WengTaiwan	207,000(21 BB)
BZ Binglin ZhuChina	180,000(18 BB)
WC Wei ChengTaiwan	179,000(18 BB)
LL Liangyu LiChina	172,000(17 BB)
HW Hualong WangChina	153,000(15 BB)
ZW Zi Wei TungTaiwan	144,000(14 BB)
XE Xu ErdunChina	143,000(14 BB)
ZM Zhaoxi MaChina	103,000(10 BB)
YL Yu Liu (5)China	102,000(10 BB)
JZ Jinyu ZhangChina	82,000(8 BB)
KW Kuo Wei KaoTaiwan	77,000(8 BB)
HW Hao WangTaiwan	76,000(8 BB)
CW Chen WenwenChina	70,000(7 BB)
KC Kai Cheng HsuTaiwan	65,000(7 BB)

SMPSMP

4/9/2025, 4:24:26 PM

Xingyu Liu's Elimination Takes Us To The Bubble

Level 17: 4,000 / 8,000 ante: 8,000

Xingyu Liu

When 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 LiuChina	8♦8♣ SB	busted
YL Yuan LiangChina	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.

SMPSMP

4/9/2025, 3:10:24 PM

Jinyu Zhang's Rockets Hold

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

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 LiangChina	Q♦T♣ CO	250,000(42 BB)
JZ Jinyu ZhangChina	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.

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.

Player	Chips
ZW Zi Wei TungTaiwan	298,000(60 BB)
SL Sin Lan ChenTaiwan	296,000(59 BB)
YL Yuan LiangChina	285,000(57 BB)
LY Lei YuChina	272,000(54 BB)
CJ Chi Jen ChenTaiwan	249,000(50 BB)
SY Sheng YeAustralia	239,000(48 BB)
YY Yan YanChina	236,000(47 BB)
LL Liangyu LiChina	228,000(46 BB)
BZ Binglin ZhuChina	227,000(45 BB)
WC Wei ChengTaiwan	227,000(45 BB)
KL Kecheng LongChina	224,000(45 BB)
XE Xu ErdunChina	183,000(37 BB)
YZ Yirui ZhangChina	178,000(36 BB)

SMPSMP

4/9/2025, 2:34:29 PM

Table 5 Update With Five Big Stacks Vying For Dominance

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

Player	Chips	Table	Seat
CJ Chi Jen ChenTaiwan	234,500(47 BB)	5	1
DC Di ChenChina	42,000(8 BB)	5	2
YY Yan YanChina	206,500(41 BB)	5	3
WC Wei ChengTaiwan	202,000(40 BB)	5	4
SH Shih Hsien YangTaiwan	187,500(38 BB)	5	5
YL Yuan LiangChina	322,000(64 BB)	5	7
JZ Jinyu ZhangChina	27,000(5 BB)	5	8

SMPSMP

4/9/2025, 1:45:49 PM

All Gas No Breaks For Wei Cheng

Level 14: 2,000 / 4,000 ante: 4,000

Wei Cheng

Wei 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 LiangChina	316,000(79 BB)
WC Wei ChengTaiwan	201,000(50 BB)

SMPSMP

4/9/2025, 12:38:22 PM

Top Stacks Going Into Level 13

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

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 LiangChina	427,000(171 BB)
QJ Quan JinChina	283,000(113 BB)
ZW Zi Wei TungTaiwan	272,000(109 BB)
UP Unknown PlayerHong Kong	235,500(94 BB)
LY Lei YuChina	219,500(88 BB)
CJ Chi Jen ChenTaiwan	198,500(79 BB)
ZX Ziyang XiaoChina	188,000(75 BB)
SL Sin Lan ChenTaiwan	173,000(69 BB)
ZH Zhao HongjunChina	172,000(69 BB)
QY Qin YuanChina	169,500(68 BB)
HW Hualong WangChina	163,500(65 BB)
KC Kai Cheng HsuTaiwan	160,500(64 BB)
LW Liangliang WangChina	129,000(52 BB)
WC Wei ChengTaiwan	120,500(48 BB)

SMPSMP

4/9/2025, 12:24:38 PM

Yuan Liang Extends His Lead Even Further

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

Yuan Liang

With 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 LiangChina	431,000(172 BB)
XE Xu ErdunChina	27,000(11 BB)

SMPSMP

4/9/2025, 11:58:39 AM

Table 5 Update With Overall Chip Leader Yuan Liang

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

Player	Chips	Table	Seat
XE Xu ErdunChina	114,000(57 BB)	5	1
DC Di ChenChina	80,500(40 BB)	5	2
YY Yan YanChina	157,000(79 BB)	5	3
ZW Zihao WangChina	40,500(20 BB)	5	4
RI Riku IchimuraJapan	132,500(66 BB)	5	5
SL Sin Lan ChenTaiwan	81,500(41 BB)	5	6
YL Yuan LiangChina	342,000(171 BB)	5	7
JZ Jinyu ZhangChina	93,000(47 BB)	5	8

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

Player	Chips
YL Yuan LiangChina	242,000(202 BB)
YZ Yirui ZhangChina	201,000(168 BB)
KC Kai Cheng HsuTaiwan	179,000(149 BB)
YW Yimeng WangChina	158,000(132 BB)
AH Andrew HanAustralia	144,000(120 BB)
ZW Zi Wei TungTaiwan	134,000(112 BB)
ZH Zhang HengChina	123,000(103 BB)
CY Chen Yu HungTaiwan	113,500(95 BB)
HW Hualong WangChina	110,500(92 BB)
DL Dai LinghuiChina	109,500(91 BB)
AS Artem SofronovRussia	108,500(90 BB)
BZ Binglin ZhuChina	105,500(88 BB)
KY Kozo YamadaJapan	104,000(87 BB)
RI Riku IchimuraJapan	102,500(85 BB)
CJ Chi Jen ChenTaiwan	96,000(80 BB)
QJ Quan JinChina	95,500(80 BB)
ZM Zhaoxi MaChina	93,500(78 BB)
WC Wei ChengTaiwan	92,500(77 BB)

SMPSMP

4/9/2025, 8:21:49 AM

Yuan Liang Delivers Double Knockout

Level 8: 600 / 1,200 ante: 1,200

Yuan Liang

Catching 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 LiChina	A♣K♦ UTG	busted
YL Yuan LiangChina	Q♣Q♥ UTG+1	161,200(134 BB)
JK Joseph KimAustralia	CO	busted

Board:4♥7♦2♠7♣4♠

SMPSMP

4/9/2025, 8:03:15 AM

Double Up For Last Night's Mystery Bounty Champ Joseph Kim

Level 7: 500 / 1,000 ante: 1,000

Joseph Kim

Under 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 KimAustralia	A♣7♥ HJ	45,900(46 BB)
YL Yuan LiangChina	4♥4♠ UTG	87,500(88 BB)

Board:9♠7♦3♠K♦5♠