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2026 July K Poker Cup King Poker Cup Series

2026.07.25 - 2026.08.10 Add to Calendar

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Updates Chip Counts Info

Blind level

Dinner Break

Entries

51/62

Total Chips

31,000,000

Average

607,843

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CROWN HUNT FINAL DAY

Featured Table to Final Table

Denis LucindoDenis Lucindo

8/6/2026, 11:18:14 AM

Big Stack at the Dinner Break

Dinner Break

A stroll around the emptied playing tables during the dinner break tells the tale of the tall stacks at eah table:

Player	Chips	Progress
HM Haohui MaChina	1,870,000	210,000
YL Yongjia LinAustralia	1,360,000	860,000
DC David ColemanUnited States of America	1,268,000	768,000
GL Gytis LazauninkasLithuania	1,078,000	578,000
YW Ye WangChina	875,000	110,000
DB Duan BinChina	800,000	300,000

Dinner Break

40 minutes

Remaining Players: 51/62

Denis LucindoDenis Lucindo

8/6/2026, 11:04:41 AM

Post Flop Chip Play

Level 6: 4,000 / 8,000 ante: 8,000

Wai Kiat Lee raised from the hijack to 16,000 which Vincent Huang on the cutoff 3-bet to 50,000. Action circles back to Wait Kiat through the abandoned blinds, and he calls the 50k.

The flop is Q♥ 5♦ 2♦. Wai Kiat checked, Vincent bet 35,000. Wai Kiat raises to 95,000. Vincent then re-raises to 255,000, and Wai Kiat exits stage left.

Player	Chips	Progress
VH Vincent HuangAustralia	860,000(108 BB)	360,000
WK Wai Kiat LeeMalaysia	340,000(43 BB)	-27,000

JJ DuqueJJ Duque

8/6/2026, 11:01:36 AM

Ye Takes All Of Mao's Chips

Level 6: 4,000 / 8,000 ante: 8,000

Renji Mao

Renji Mao was seen leaving his seat and headed straight to the registration counter to refire a second life.

Still on the table was the pocket eights of Zhi Ye with a board that showed he made a set.

Mao will have a new seat and a fresh starting stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
ZY Zhi YeChina	915,000(114 BB)	415,000
RM Renji MaoChina	500,000(63 BB)	80,000

JJ DuqueJJ Duque

8/6/2026, 10:55:11 AM

Tang Makes Some

Level 6: 4,000 / 8,000 ante: 8,000

A pre-flop pot of around 60,000 was built mostly between Yita Choong on the hijack and Danny Tang on the button.

The flop came T♥ 4♠ 9♥

Choong checked to Tang, who fired a bet of 25,000. Choong folded immediately.

There are some crushes on that table, which include the likes of Rodrigo Selouan, Konstantin Held, Ryuta Nakai and Ye Wang.

Player	Chips	Progress
YW Ye WangChina	765,000(96 BB)	265,000
DT Danny TangHong Kong	680,000(85 BB)	180,000
CL Calvin LeeUnited States of America	625,000(78 BB)	95,000
KH Konstantin HeldGermany	565,000(71 BB)	65,000
YC Yita ChoongAustralia	530,000(66 BB)	30,000
RN Ryuta NakaiJapan	440,000(55 BB)	-60,000
RS Rodrigo SelouanBrazil	180,000(23 BB)	-290,000

Level 6: 4,000 / 8,000 ante: 8,000

40 minutes

Remaining Players: 48/58

JJ DuqueJJ Duque

8/6/2026, 10:38:55 AM

More Big Names Fill The Tables

Level 5: 3,000 / 6,000 ante: 6,000

Some recent additions to the King's Main Event include Hong Kong's Danny Tang, who is a QQPK Ambassador and one of the more famous high rollers in the poker world. Tang has nearly. USD 44 million in total live earnings.

His most recent achievement was winning the USD 100,000 Triton Super High Roller Main Event in Montenegro last May.

WSOP bracelet winner Konstantin Held is also on the field.

Defending King Poker Cup Main Event champion Tony Ren Lin is also lurking on the registration tables, preparing to dive in.

JJ DuqueJJ Duque

8/6/2026, 10:33:33 AM

Second Chances And No Signs Of Life

Level 5: 3,000 / 6,000 ante: 6,000

Joseph Cheong

Yang Wang, Qiangsheng Li and Wei Sun have left their seats and have not yet signaled a return to this flight.

Meanwhile, those who recently restarted their second lives include Joseph Cheong, Zhi Ye, Ryuta Nakai and Nguyen Le.

Player	Chips	Progress
ZY Zhi YeChina	500,000(83 BB)	180,000
NL Nguyen LeViet Nam	500,000(83 BB)
RN Ryuta NakaiJapan	500,000(83 BB)	-500,000
JC Joseph CheongUnited States of America	193,000(32 BB)
YW Yang WangChina	busted	-500,000
QL Qiangsheng LiChina	busted	-500,000
WS Wei SunChina	busted	-500,000

Denis LucindoDenis Lucindo

8/6/2026, 10:26:13 AM

Zhi Ye Pushes Renji Mao off the Pot

Level 5: 3,000 / 6,000 ante: 6,000

Zhi Ye and Renji Mao were in the hand, where the preflop betting had seen a raise to 50,000. The flop of 10c 8♠ 4♣ elicited only checks from those in, but the turn of 9♣ got a bet of 90,000 from Zhi under the gun, which had Renji exiting the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
ZY Zhi YeChina	517,000(86 BB)	17,000
RM Renji MaoChina	420,000(70 BB)	-80,000

JJ DuqueJJ Duque

8/6/2026, 10:21:19 AM

In Other News...

Level 5: 3,000 / 6,000 ante: 6,000

Quan Zhou

The Final Table of the Crown Hunt is currently playing. The champion is set to win USD 160,000.

The highest mystery bounty was also cracked earlier by China's Quan Zhou, who found the top prize of USD 70,000.

Playing in the final table are Mingcong Chen, Phuong Ngoc Nguyen, Samuel Mullur, Michael Nam, John Perry, Ting Yi Tsai, Chi Zhang, Quan Zhou and Ryan Plant.

Livestream of the final table can be viewed at the King Poker Cup Official YouTube Channel.

JJ DuqueJJ Duque

8/6/2026, 10:13:57 AM

Lee's Shove Goes Unanswered

Level 5: 3,000 / 6,000 ante: 6,000

Xiaqing Ji was on the big blind against Wai Kiat Lee on the lowjack. The community board read K♠ 7♥ 5♣ J♥ 7♦ and rested beside a pot of around 180,000.

Ji tapped his option over to Lee, who bet out 175,000 - leaving 6,000 behind.

Ji went into deep thought, peeked at his cards several times, wondered if fairies really existed in magical forests, then threw in his cards to the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
XJ Xiaqing JiChina	418,000(70 BB)	-82,000
WK Wai Kiat LeeMalaysia	367,000(61 BB)	-133,000

Denis LucindoDenis Lucindo

8/6/2026, 10:03:34 AM

Lei Yu Chugging Along

Level 4: 3,000 / 5,000 ante: 5,000

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 YuChina	924,000(185 BB)	157,000
KW Kaiwen WeiUnited States of America	426,000(85 BB)	-74,000

JJ DuqueJJ Duque

8/6/2026, 9:57:00 AM

Ma Said Knock You Out

Level 5: 3,000 / 6,000 ante: 6,000

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.

Le rushed to the registration counter to fire another bullet.

Player	Chips	Progress
HM Haohui MaChina	1,660,000(277 BB)	120,000
NL Nguyen LeViet Nam	500,000(83 BB)	-500,000

Level 5: 3,000 / 6,000 ante: 6,000

40 minutes

Remaining Players: 44/49

JJ DuqueJJ Duque

8/6/2026, 9:38:38 AM

Haohui Ma On The Chip Leader Throne

Level 4: 3,000 / 5,000 ante: 5,000

Haohui Ma

A 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:

Player	Chips	Progress
HM Haohui MaChina	1,540,000(308 BB)	1,040,000
X XingChina	936,000(187 BB)	41,000
LY Lei YuChina	767,000(153 BB)	232,000

Denis LucindoDenis Lucindo

8/6/2026, 9:32:59 AM

Seats are Filling, and So Are Pots

Level 4: 3,000 / 5,000 ante: 5,000

Lei Yu

The 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♣.

Player	Chips	Progress
LY Lei YuChina	770,000(154 BB)	235,000
DB Duan BinChina	500,000(100 BB)

JJ DuqueJJ Duque

8/6/2026, 9:31:21 AM

Out And In

Level 4: 3,000 / 5,000 ante: 5,000

Abraham Ceesvin

Abraham 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 CeesvinSingapore	500,000(100 BB)
WL Wanpeng LimSingapore	500,000(100 BB)

JJ DuqueJJ Duque

8/6/2026, 9:19:00 AM

Stacked Field In Main Event

Level 4: 3,000 / 5,000 ante: 5,000

Yuhan Liu

Day 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.

Level 4: 3,000 / 5,000 ante: 5,000

40 minutes

Remaining Players: 35/35

Break

15 minutes

Remaining Players: 32/32

JJ DuqueJJ Duque

8/6/2026, 8:56:41 AM

Random Stacks

Level 3: 2,000 / 4,000 ante: 4,000

These aren't official chip leader counts, but just some random stacks of key players.

Player	Chips	Progress
X XingChina	895,000(224 BB)	395,000
LY Lei YuChina	535,000(134 BB)	35,000
CL Calvin LeeUnited States of America	530,000(133 BB)	30,000
RS Rodrigo SelouanBrazil	470,000(118 BB)	-30,000
AC Abraham CeesvinSingapore	340,000(85 BB)	-160,000
JC Joseph CheongUnited States of America	193,000(48 BB)	-687,000

Denis LucindoDenis Lucindo

8/6/2026, 8:53:15 AM

Quan Qiu Calls David Miscikowski's Bluff

Level 3: 2,000 / 4,000 ante: 4,000

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 QiuChina	570,000(143 BB)	70,000
DM David MiscikowskiUnited States of America	160,000(40 BB)	-340,000

JJ DuqueJJ Duque

8/6/2026, 8:31:52 AM

More Crushers

Level 3: 2,000 / 4,000 ante: 4,000

Calvin Lee

The 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 MaChina	500,000(125 BB)
RM Renji MaoChina	500,000(125 BB)
CL Calvin LeeUnited States of America	500,000(125 BB)
AC Abraham CeesvinSingapore	500,000(125 BB)

Level 3: 2,000 / 4,000 ante: 4,000

40 minutes

Remaining Players: 26/26

Denis LucindoDenis Lucindo

8/6/2026, 8:01:58 AM

Afternoon Fireworks

Level 2: 2,000 / 3,000 ante: 3,000

Joseph Cheong

We'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 CheongUnited States of America	880,000(293 BB)	380,000
ZY Zhi YeChina	320,000(107 BB)	-180,000

JJ DuqueJJ Duque

8/6/2026, 7:44:39 AM

Notables On The Field

Level 2: 2,000 / 3,000 ante: 3,000

Quan Qiu

China'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.

Level 2: 2,000 / 3,000 ante: 3,000

40 minutes

Remaining Players: 10/1

JJ DuqueJJ Duque

8/6/2026, 7:34:13 AM

Cards Are In The AIr!

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

Xing

Four players have taken to the felt and cards are in the air.

Player	Chips
LZ Lante ZhangChina	500,000(250 BB)
X XingChina	500,000(250 BB)
ZY Zhi YeChina	500,000(250 BB)
RS Rodrigo SelouanBrazil	500,000(250 BB)

JJ DuqueJJ Duque

8/6/2026, 7:29:40 AM

Early Birds

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

Rodrigo Selouan

Well, 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 SelouanBrazil	500,000(250 BB)
X XingChina	500,000(250 BB)
LZ Lante ZhangChina	500,000(250 BB)
TK Tsz Kin HeungHong Kong	500,000(250 BB)
DC Dong ChenHong Kong	500,000(250 BB)
YW Ye WangChina	500,000(250 BB)
ZY Zhi YeChina	500,000(250 BB)
LY Lei YuChina	500,000(250 BB)

JJ DuqueJJ Duque

8/6/2026, 7:23:25 AM

Waiting For Seats To Fill

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

The registration numbers have gone up. However, the players have yet to show up and take their seats before cards are officially in the air.

Denis LucindoDenis Lucindo

8/6/2026, 7:02:00 AM

Clock Starts on Day 1/A of the King's Main Event

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

The clock has started on Level 1 of Day 1/A of the King's Main Event. The USD 15,000 entry tournament so far has 1 entrant, with 4 needed before cards are dealt.

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

40 minutes

Remaining Players: 1/1

JJ DuqueJJ Duque

8/6/2026, 3:52:41 AM

King's Main Event Launches Today

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.

Event starts 16:00 local time..