Lei Yu Wins KPC $25,000 Super High Roller for $316,100
The KPC Poker October Series produced its biggest payday so far on Tuesday, October 13, as the action continued at LES A Casino in Jeju, South Korea.
Jeju regular Lei Yu topped the 38-entry USD 25,000 Single Day Super High Roller for USD 316,100, while Aleksandras Rusinovas leads the final nine of the 5M High Roller after 167 entries smashed the guarantee.
Elsewhere on the KPC schedule, Huixiang Xia bagged the chip lead on Day 1D of the KPC Main Event as 212 entries took their seats.
Lei Yu Wins USD 25,000 Single Day Super High Roller
The USD 25,000 Single Day Super High Roller drew 38 entries to build a USD 889,200 prize pool, with only six players paid.
Yu, who also cashed in the King's Debut, went into heads-up with roughly a 2-to-1 chip lead over Thailand's Punnat Punsri.
The final hand saw Punsri get his stack in from the big blind with pocket tens against Yu's king-five of hearts on the button. A king on the six-seven-king flop put Yu in front, and Punsri found no help on the turn or river as Yu claimed the title and USD 316,100.
Punsri collected USD 210,800 as runner-up, while Gytis Lazauninkas took third for USD 140,500. Mehdi Chaoui also made the money, finishing sixth for USD 53,500.
USD 25,000 Single Day Super High Roller Results
Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
1st | USD 316,100 | |
2nd | USD 210,800 | |
3rd | USD 140,500 | |
4th | USD 97,600 | |
5th | USD 70,700 | |
6th | USD 53,500 |
Rusinovas Leads 5M High Roller Final Table
The 5,000,000 KRW (~USD 3,726) 5M High Roller closed registration on Day 2 with 167 entries, building a 745,154,000 KRW (~USD 555,300) prize pool, well clear of the KRW 420,000,000 guarantee. The top 26 finishers are guaranteed at least KRW 10,000,000 (~USD 7,450), with KRW 154,120,000 (~USD 114,840) reserved for the winner.
Hyung Tai Kim was the unlucky bubble casualty. Kim got it in from the big blind with king-nine against Renji Mao's queen-five in the small blind, and the queen on the turn sent Kim home empty-handed in 27th.
Mao then fell one spot short of the final table. His king-six of clubs was all in against Rusinovas' ten-seven of hearts in the big blind, and a seven on the turn put Rusinovas ahead. Mao picked up a flush draw along the way but missed on the river, and the 6,050,000 pot sent Rusinovas into the final nine as chip leader. Mao earned KRW 16,000,000 (~USD 11,920) for 10th.
Yuwen Pan (12th), Michel Molenaar (13th), Hugues Girard (20th), Matas Cimbolas (22nd) and Toby Joyce (26th) were among the notable names to cash. The final table resumes at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
5M High Roller Final Table Chip Counts
Rank | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
1 | 10,025,000 | |
2 | 9,500,000 | |
3 | 6,250,000 | |
4 | 5,950,000 | |
5 | 5,000,000 | |
6 | 4,400,000 | |
7 | 3,350,000 | |
8 | 3,200,000 | |
9 | 2,325,000 |
Huixiang Xia Leads KPC Main Event Day 1D
Day 1D of the KRW 1,300,000 (~USD 969) KPC Main Event was the biggest flight yet with 212 entries, taking the total to 653 across four flights.
Xia bagged the lead with 876,000, well ahead of Yuefeng Pan (522,000) and Haotian Dai (501,000). NLH/PLO Mixed runner-up Junjie Xu (373,000), Tom Verbruggen (226,000) and King's Debut third-place finisher Tung Wing Wong (168,000) also advanced, while Jingjing Li survived with a single 1,000 chip.
The final two flights run on Wednesday, with Day 1E at 12:00 p.m. and the turbo Day 1F at 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, October 14 Schedule
Start | Event | Buy-In | Starting Stack | Registration Closes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
11:00 a.m. | Event #MS4 Milestone Satellite to Main Event Day 1E - WYS@60K | KRW 250,000 (~USD 186) | 10,000 | 12:45 p.m. |
11:45 a.m. | Event #22 Triple Draw Mix Championship - Final Day | KRW 1,300,000 (~USD 969) | - | - |
12:00 p.m. | Event #8 KPC Main Event - Day 1E | KRW 1,300,000 (~USD 969) | 30,000 | 7:00 p.m. |
1:00 p.m. | Event #18 5M High Roller - Final Day | KRW 5,000,000 (~USD 3,726) | - | - |
1:30 p.m. | Event #29 Heads Up - 32 Caps | KRW 1,200,000 (~USD 894) | 40,000 | 1:50 p.m. |
2:00 p.m. | Event #30 Big O Classic | KRW 800,000 (~USD 596) | 40,000 | 5:45 p.m. |
3:00 p.m. | Event #31 King's 60K Super High Roller - Day 1 | USD 60,000 | 500,000 | - |
3:00 p.m. | Event #32 Venus Event | KRW 400,000 (~USD 298) | 20,000 | 5:55 p.m. |
4:00 p.m. | Event #33 Mini High Roller | KRW 2,500,000 (~USD 1,863) | 100,000 | 7:45 p.m. |
6:30 p.m. | Event #34 NLH - Turbo | KRW 500,000 (~USD 373) | 20,000 | 8:45 p.m. |
7:00 p.m. | Event #35 2-7 Mix 10s Action Turbo | KRW 400,000 (~USD 298) | 20,000 | 10:00 p.m. |
7:30 p.m. | Event #8 KPC Main Event - Day 1F Turbo | KRW 1,300,000 (~USD 969) | 30,000 | 10:55 p.m. |
10:00 p.m. | Event #36 Fun Game - Best Choice | KRW 400,000 (~USD 298) | 15,000 | 12:15 a.m. |
10:30 p.m. | Event #37 PLO K.O. Bounty Hyper Turbo | KRW 300,000 (~USD 224) | 18,000 | 12:45 a.m. |
Players can view the complete KPC Poker October Series schedule on Somuchpoker.
All data and images courtesy of KPC.
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