Korea Poker Cup Series 2025 Debut Crowns Chun Lung Wong And Pays Out Over $5.6M

A new chapter in Asia live poker history has been written! The inaugural standalone Korea Poker Cup Series 2025 sponsored by QQPK, concluded at the Landing Casino in Jeju Shinhwa World Resort and the results were through the roof. Running from April 7-13, 2025, the series delivered beyond expectations, with massive turnouts and record-breaking prize pools across multiple events.

Throughout the week, players from all over, especially from China, Taiwan, Japan, Hong Kong came out in force, packing the tables and fueling the action with spectacular moments. Here's a look at the major highlights and numbers from this groundbreaking series.

Korea Poker Cup Series 2025 - Review

Date: April 7-13, 2025
Trophy events: 23
Trophy event entries: 3,393
Festival Prize Pool: KRW 8,084,922,376 (~US$ 5.684 Million)
Main Event prize pool: KRW 1,304,160,000 (~US$ 917,705)
Main Event winner: Chun Lung Wong - KRW 200,740,000 (~US$ 141,255)
Super High Roller Short Deck winner: Rene Van Kreleven - US$ 529,600
Super High Roller winner: Meng Ling Lin - US$ 479,300
High Roller winner: Christian Harder - KRW 118,000,000 (~US$ 80,250)
High Roller 2-Day winner: Calvin Sungwon Lee - KRW 150,280,000 (~US$ 105,750)
Jeju Cup winner: Zi En Huang - KRW 58,000,000 (~US$ 40,815)
Sickest Run: Christian Harder - 2 Wins, 1 Runner Up - US$ 422,485
Multi-Winners: Christian Harder (2), Renji Mao (2), Yi Chen (2)

Main Event

Super High Roller

Christian Harder

American pro Christian Harder delivered top notch performance at the Korea Poker Cup Series 2025, racking up two titles and a runner-up finish for a combined haul of $422,485. Harder kicked off his run with a victory in the High Roller, then narrowly missed a second win after finishing runner-up in the $25K Super High Roller. He closed out his stellar series by capturing the Megastack Closer title.

I’m tired—it’s been a long week, but in a good way. Went deep in a lot of events. Got heads-up in three tournaments and took home two trophies. So yeah, tiring, but that’s usually a good sign in poker—it means you’re playing a lot. I’ve been running really well, having fun, and just enjoying Jeju. I came to Jeju last year for the APT, but didn’t win anything. I went deep in the main event—finished 14th—but overall had a pretty rough series. So it’s nice to come back and win a couple trophies this time.

Super High Roller Short Deck

High Roller 2-Day Event

Other Key Events

Three Multi Winners

In addition to Christian Harder, both Renji Mao and Yi Chen also found success in two events. Mao topped the Win The Button and PLO High while Chen won the NLH Turbo and Doubles Team Event.

That's it for the first-ever Korea Poker Cup Series! For all the results and photos, head to the links provided.

Korea Poker Cup Series 2025 - Results
Korea Poker Cup Series 2025 - Gallery

Korea Poker Cup Series 2025 Returns In June

Korea Poker Cup is thrilled to announce that the brand's next festival is just around the corner, taking place from June 17-23, 2025 at Landing Casino. Players can book their Main Event Day 1A ticket early to avail of the free 2 night stay at Landing Hotel.