Lei Yu has been the instigator on Table 32, and this time he made a modest raise to 12,000 from UTG+1, and had Kaiwen Wei calling from the big blind.
Flop: T♠ 3♠ 9♣. Kaiwen checks, Lei bets 22,000, Kaiwen calls.
Turn: J♥. Kaiwen checks, Lei bets 27,000, Kaiwen calls.
River: 6♦. Both check.
Lei takes the hand with K♣ T♣ and thte superior kicker compared to Kaiwen's 10d 7♦.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
LY Lei Yu ![China [CHN]](/assets/images/flags/4x3/cn.svg "China [CHN]"){kind=small} China | 924,000(185 BB) | 157,000 |
KW Kaiwen Wei ![United States of America [USA]](/assets/images/flags/4x3/us.svg "United States of America [USA]"){kind=small} United States of America | 426,000(85 BB) | -74,000 |
The dealer at Table 34 announced "Seat Open" and Vietnam's Nguyen Le was seen getting up from his seat in a hurry. Meanwhile, a huge stack of chips was heading to chip leader Haohui Ma, who continues to build a Great Wall.
Haohui MaA towering stack - literally towering with chips - stuck out from the field. Upon closer inspection, the stack belonged to China's Haohui Ma for 1,540,000. Ma is the only one who has crossed the millionmark.
Other top stacks (not necessarily officially ranked) include:
Lei YuThe number of participants to Day 1/A has grown to 46. With the increase in players, the action into the pots has likewise grown.
On Table 32, Lei Yu initiated the action with a bet of 12,000 into the put on the button. He was called by Bin Duan in the small blind.
Bin checked on the flop of A♦ J♦ 9♥, and Lei bet 25,000 which Bin called. The turn was 3♠ which again Bin checked, Lei bet 76,000 on, and Bin again called. On the Q♥ on the river, Bin again checked, Lei blasted 164,000, which for the 3rd time, Bin called.
No wonder, they both had two pair, Lei with his A♠ and 9♠, and Bin with his A♣ 3♣.
Abraham CeesvinAbraham Ceesvin, Wanpeng Lim and Yongjia Lin have busted out. Ceesvin and Lim have fired another bullet. LIn has yet to return.
Registration is still open until the end of Level 11.
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
AC Abraham Ceesvin ![Singapore [SGP]](/assets/images/flags/4x3/sg.svg "Singapore [SGP]"){kind=small} Singapore | 500,000(100 BB) |
WL Wanpeng Lim Singapore | 500,000(100 BB) |
Yuhan LiuDay 1A of the King's Main Event is stacked. There are several players here who have won titles the past few days including the likes Yuhan Liu, who took down the KPC Main Event a few days ago and will certainly be eyeing a rare double if he claims the victory in this one.
A lot of final tablists from other events have also taken to the felt like Lei Yu, Gytis Lazauinkas, Tsz Kin Heung, Hahoui Ma, Yuhan Liu, Ryuta Nakai, Chin We Lim, Wai Kiat Lee, Kaiwen Wei and Hongjun Zhao.
These aren't official chip leader counts, but just some random stacks of key players.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
X Xing China | 895,000(224 BB) | 395,000 |
LY Lei Yu China | 535,000(134 BB) | 35,000 |
CL Calvin Lee United States of America | 530,000(133 BB) | 30,000 |
RS Rodrigo Selouan ![Brazil [BRA]](/assets/images/flags/4x3/br.svg "Brazil [BRA]"){kind=small} Brazil | 470,000(118 BB) | -30,000 |
AC Abraham Ceesvin Singapore | 340,000(85 BB) | -160,000 |
JC Joseph Cheong United States of America | 193,000(48 BB) | -687,000 |
David Miscikowski was the Goliath in this hand, his chips shading everyone else's in the hand.
Tsz Kin Heung had raised to 9,000 from the cutoff, which Quan Qiu called on the button. David raised to 45,000, which only Quan called.
David then bet 25,000 on the flop of 9♠ 4♠ 7♥, which Quan called. Dvid next beet 50,000 on the 4♦ turn, which Quan called.
At the river Q♣, David upped his bet to 275,000 and Quan's response was to go all in:
David had big slick A♥ K♠ and Quan Q2 5♦.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
QQ Quan Qiu China | 570,000(143 BB) | 70,000 |
DM David Miscikowski United States of America | 160,000(40 BB) | -340,000 |
Calvin LeeThe field is now growing with some familiar crushers seen riffling some chips. Among them are Singapore's Abraham Ceesvin - the APT Main Event champion.
Then, there's also South Korea's Calvin Lee - a two-time APT Superstar Challenge winner. WSOP bracelet winner Renji Mao of China is also on the tables along with compatriot Haohui Ma, who won recently won the Super U Challenge during the RDPT Plus Jeju Summer last month.
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
HM Haohui Ma China | 500,000(125 BB) |
RM Renji Mao China | 500,000(125 BB) |
CL Calvin Lee United States of America | 500,000(125 BB) |
AC Abraham Ceesvin Singapore | 500,000(125 BB) |
Joseph CheongWe're in the second level, and this early in the tournament, with the blinds about 1/166 of the starting stack, but with re-buy still open for the next 7 hours, the action is going to be either pretty timid, or quite wild.
Joseph Cheong chose violence, so playing along the latter, he 3-bet Xing's raise of 12,000 to 45,000 from the small blind., aand Zhi Ye o nthe big called, as 23ll as Xing.
The flop of J♥ 7♦ 2♦ had Joseph betting 55,000, Zhi raising it to 110,000, Xing running tail, and Joseph calling.
Joseph checked the 5♣ on the turn, Zhi bet 115,000, which Joseph called.
On the river T♦, Joseph pushed all in. Zhi took 4 time cards before eventually folding.
Egged on by the table, Joseph showed his cards: A♦ K♣
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
JC Joseph Cheong United States of America | 880,000(293 BB) | 380,000 |
ZY Zhi Ye China | 320,000(107 BB) | -180,000 |
Quan QiuChina's Quan Qiu has taken a seat. Qiu claimed the K Poker Cup Player of the Series and was awarded the K Poker Cup rose gold bracelet. Qiu made several final tables during the K Poker Cup series and also won the High Roller event.
WSOP bracelet winner and APT all-time money leader Joseph Cheong of the United States has also taken a seat. Cheong has over USD 21.3 million in total live earnings.
XingFour players have taken to the felt and cards are in the air.
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
LZ Lante Zhang China | 500,000(250 BB) |
X Xing China | 500,000(250 BB) |
ZY Zhi Ye China | 500,000(250 BB) |
RS Rodrigo Selouan Brazil | 500,000(250 BB) |
Rodrigo SelouanWell, they're really not early. The clock has been ticking and cards haven't been dealt yet, but they are the first registrants and once they take their seats, we'll see some cards flying and some chips riffling.
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
RS Rodrigo Selouan Brazil | 500,000(250 BB) |
X Xing China | 500,000(250 BB) |
LZ Lante Zhang China | 500,000(250 BB) |
TK Tsz Kin Heung ![Hong Kong [HKG]](/assets/images/flags/4x3/hk.svg "Hong Kong [HKG]"){kind=small} Hong Kong | 500,000(250 BB) |
DC Dong Chen Hong Kong | 500,000(250 BB) |
YW Ye Wang China | 500,000(250 BB) |
ZY Zhi Ye China | 500,000(250 BB) |
LY Lei Yu China | 500,000(250 BB) |
One of the crown jewel events of the King Poker Cup series takes center stage today at the Les A Casino in Jeju, South Korea. The King's Main Event will have cards in the air at 16:00 local time and will look to continue the momentum that the series has brought so far.
The King's Main Event comes with a USD 15,000 buy-in and will have two Day 1 starting flights with the last one playing tomorrow at 13:00 local time.
The survivors of those two starting flights will continue their journey onto Day 2, which will play down to a final table that will come back for a Day 3 final and crown a champion.
In the last King's Main Event held in January earlier this year, there were 191 entries that built a total prize pool of USD 2,681,700. Emerging as the champion in that event was Tony Ren Lin, who bagged the top prize of USD 600,700.
Will he be able to repeat?
Stay tuned here for all the live reports and updates to find out.
![South Korea [KOR]](/assets/images/flags/4x3/kr.svg "South Korea [KOR]"){kind=small}
South Korea, Jeju
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Viet Nam