Zhuo Zheng Wins KPC Bankroll Builder as King’s Debut Final Day Is Set
KPC Series October 2026 continued at LES A Casino in Jeju, South Korea yesterday, with Zhuo Zheng winning the KPC Bankroll Builder for 39,000,000 KRW (~USD 29,060).
Day 2 also saw the completion of the King's Debut opening flights, with 214 total entries building a USD 1,000,000 prize pool. 34 players return for Monday's Final Day, while Yue Mou bagged the chip lead after KPC Main Event Day 1A.
Zhuo Zheng Wins KPC Bankroll Builder
The 800,000 KRW (~USD 596) KPC Bankroll Builder returned for its Final Day, with survivors from all three flights chasing a 180,000,000 KRW (~USD 134,100) prize pool.
Bili Chen was among the early casualties when her ace-king lost to Shiqi Zhang’s king-queen on a river queen. Meng Dian Peng later doubled with pocket aces through Xiao Liu, only to give most of it back when Liu flopped a set of fives. Peng fell in 10th soon after, one spot short of the final table.
The Final Table
Yuwen Pan led the final nine with 1,300,000. Yongqiang Xia fell first when his pocket sixes ran into Junqing Ge’s pocket nines. Shiqi Zhang’s ace-king then failed to beat Weiyong Zeng’s pocket sevens in eighth.
Overnight chip leader Houyu Zheng shoved pocket fours and lost to Zhuo Zheng’s ace-queen in seventh. Zeng’s jack-three couldn’t catch Ge’s ace-five, and Liu’s king-ten missed an open-ended straight draw against Zhuo Zheng’s ace-eight, putting him out in fifth.
Pan ran ace-king suited into Ge’s flopped set of deuces in fourth, and Yitao Liu fell in third with king-jack suited against Zhuo Zheng’s pocket jacks. Heads-up, Zhuo Zheng’s ace-six turned an all-diamond flop into a flush against Ge’s king-five, and Ge settled for 26,200,000 KRW (~USD 19,520).
The win marked the first title of Zheng's career, on what he described as his first trip abroad to play poker.
"I've competed in many domestic tournaments before, but I never won a championship, though I did finish second quite a few times," said Zheng, who is from Chongqing. "So I feel very fortunate with this trip."
Asked to sum up his day in one word, Zheng chose "destiny". "Everything aligned, and it fulfilled my dream."
KPC Bankroll Builder Final Table Results
Place | Player | Prize (KRW) | Prize (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
1st | 39,000,000 | ~29,060 | |
2nd | 26,200,000 | ~19,520 | |
3rd | 19,100,000 | ~14,230 | |
4th | 14,100,000 | ~10,510 | |
5th | 10,500,000 | ~7,820 | |
6th | 8,000,000 | ~5,960 | |
7th | 6,200,000 | ~4,620 | |
8th | 4,800,000 | ~3,580 | |
9th | 3,900,000 | ~2,910 |
King's Debut Field Set
The King's Debut completed its opening flights on Sunday, with Day 1B drawing 88 entries and the turbo Day 1C adding 54. Combined with Saturday's 72, the USD 5,000 buy-in event reached 214 entries, and all 34 survivors are guaranteed at least USD 10,000. The champion will collect USD 247,600.
Wai Kiat Lee topped Day 1B with 3,600,000, ahead of Biao Ding on 3,070,000 and Toby Joyce on 2,300,000. Yang Zhang, who was eliminated on Day 1A, bounced back to bag 1,700,000, while Head Hunter Turbo runner-up Haohui Ma advanced with 1,485,000.
Ren Lin was in the action again on Day 1B, doubling through Christian Harder. Harder limped from the hijack with ace-queen, Lin raised to 50,000 on the button with queen-ten, and Harder moved all in. Lin called off 181,000, and the ten on the king-ten-seven flop was enough for a 389,000 pot. Neither player made it through the flight.
Matas Cimbolas bagged 2,090,000 in the late Day 1C, while Yan Wen Yee (1,625,000), Hugues Girard (725,000) and Thi Xoa Nguyen (470,000) also advanced.
King's Debut Top 10 Chip Counts
Rank | Player | Flight | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Unknown | 1C | 4,605,000 |
2 | 1B | 3,600,000 | |
3 | 1A | 3,295,000 | |
4 | 1B | 3,070,000 | |
5 | 1A | 2,630,000 | |
6 | 1A | 2,460,000 | |
7 | 1B | 2,300,000 | |
8 | 1A | 2,225,000 | |
9 | 1C | 2,090,000 | |
10 | 1A | 2,005,000 |
Yue Mou Leads KPC Main Event Day 1A
The 1,300,000 KRW (~USD 969) KPC Main Event got underway with 169 entries on Day 1A, as players began the chase for a share of the 880,000,000 KRW (~USD 655,700) guarantee.
Twenty-four players bagged from the 30,000 starting stack, led by Yue Mou with 684,000. Peng Huang (455,000) and Dongwen Liu (446,000) were the only others above 400,000, while Aaron Yuxuan Gao (310,000) and Bankroll Builder Flight A leader Haiyang Zhang (295,000) are also through.
Five more Day 1 flights run through Wednesday, starting with Day 1B at 12:00 p.m. on Monday and the 20-minute Day 1C turbo at 7:30 p.m.
KPC Main Event Day 1A Top 10
Rank | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
1 | 684,000 | |
2 | 455,000 | |
3 | 446,000 | |
4 | 310,000 | |
5 | 301,000 | |
6 | 299,000 | |
7 | 295,000 | |
8 | 295,000 | |
9 | 254,000 | |
10 | 211,000 |
King's Debut Final Day and 5M High Roller Headline Monday
Monday, October 12 sees the King's Debut Final Day resume at 1:00 p.m., with 34 players chasing the USD 247,600 top prize. The 5,000,000 KRW (~USD 3,726) 5M High Roller also starts at 2:30 p.m. with a 420,000,000 KRW (~USD 313,000) guarantee.
Monday, October 12 Schedule
Start | Event | Buy-In | Starting Stack | Registration Closes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
11:00 a.m. | Event #MS1 Milestone Satellite to Main Event Day 1B - WYS@60K | 250,000 KRW (~USD 186) | 10,000 | 12:45 p.m. |
11:45 a.m. | Event #16 Mixed Game Team Event Championship | 3,000,000 KRW (~USD 2,235) | - | 2:00 p.m. |
12:00 p.m. | Event #8 KPC Main Event - Day 1B | 1,300,000 KRW (~USD 969) | 30,000 | 7:00 p.m. |
1:00 p.m. | Event #3 King's Debut - Final Day | USD 5,000 | - | - |
2:30 p.m. | Event #18 5M High Roller - Day 1 | 5,000,000 KRW (~USD 3,726) | - | - |
3:00 p.m. | Event #80 NLH - Single Re-Entry | 1,000,000 KRW (~USD 745) | 30,000 | 8:25 p.m. |
7:00 p.m. | Event #19 5 Card PLO Double Board Bomb Pot Turbo | 400,000 KRW (~USD 298) | 20,000 | 10:00 p.m. |
7:30 p.m. | Event #8 KPC Main Event - Day 1C Turbo | 1,300,000 KRW (~USD 969) | 30,000 | 10:55 p.m. |
10:00 p.m. | Event #20 Fun Game - Three Card Poker | 400,000 KRW (~USD 298) | 15,000 | 12:15 a.m. |
10:30 p.m. | Event #21 NL 6 Card Archie99 Single Draw Hyper Turbo | 300,000 KRW (~USD 224) | 18,000 | 12:45 a.m. |
Stay tuned to Somuchpoker for the latest results as KPC Poker October Series continues at LES A Casino.
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Callum Jury is SoMuchPoker's Live Content and Social Media Specialist, reporting live from WSOP and Asia Pacific poker festivals including the APT and PokerStars LIVE series. Originally from the Lake District in the UK, he has covered the Southeast Asian poker circuit since 2025, combining day-by-day tournament reporting with the social and digital content that brings the action to fans.
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