WPT Korea: Festival Results

WPT KOREA

Dates: July 15 to 24, 2023
Location: Jeju Shinhwa World, Landing Casino, Jeju Island, Korea
Festival prize pool: KR₩ 7,611,741,050 (~USD 5,918,330)
Events: 18

Main Event

Dates: July 17 to 22, 2023
Buy in: KR₩ 3,400,000 (~USD 2,680)
Guarantee: KR₩ 2,000,000,000 (~USD 1,575,600)
Entries: 758
Prize pool: KR₩ 2,246,947,400 (~USD 1,770,200)
ITM: 95 places

*Three way ICM deal

Place	Player	Flag	Payout in KR₩
1	Yin Tao	China	295,000,000*
2	Pak Valeriy	Russia	250,187,000*
3	Cheng Chao Ting	Taiwan	319,000,000*
4	Jianguo Shu	China	146,500,000
5	Chunhao Zhang	China	110,300,000
6	Sawada Toshihide	Japan	82,000,000
7	Liu Li Jiang	China	64,930,000
8	Hong Zhu	China	50,300,000
9	Pengfei Song	China	39,710,000
10	Yuzhou Yin	China	39,710,000
11	Wang Yanfeng	China	31,470,000
12	Goto Takeshi	Japan	31,470,000
13	Lei Sun	China	25,430,000
14	Yao Yao	China	25,430,000
15	Wu Jiawe	China	20,800,000
16	Zhang Fangxiao	China	20,800,000
17	Zhang Ming Yuan	China	17,230,000
18	Yuwen Pan	China	17,230,000
19	Jun Mondalo	Philippines	17,230,000
20	Zhang Zeyu	China	17,230,000
21	Gao Liang	China	14,450,000
22	Lyan Alexander		14,450,000
23	Lim Aaron	Australia	14,450,000
24	Seok Jaemoon	Korea, South	14,450,000
25	Shi Jian Qi	China	12,270,000
26	Zheng Kai	China	12,270,000
27	Yan David	New Zealand	12,270,000
28	Lu Fan	China	12,270,000
29	O”Dwyer Stephen	Ireland	12,270,000
30	Yin Mo Mo	China	12,270,000
31	Hao Guan Qun	China	12,270,000
32	Li Hang	China	12,270,000
33	Qidong He	China	10,550,000
34	Zhu Fang Zhou	China	10,550,000
35	Kai Zhou	China	10,550,000
36	Huang Xing Long	China	10,550,000
37	Kai-Cheng Hsu	Taiwan	10,550,000
38	Liu Shiqi	China	10,550,000
39	Huang Peng	China	10,550,000
40	Chen Zhigang	China	10,550,000
41	Shih Pei Chih	China	9,200,000
42	Oka Fabio	Japan	9,200,000
43	Guancheng Wu	China	9,200,000
44	Liang Peng	China	9,200,000
45	Zhihao Zhu	China	9,200,000
46	Zhao Yong	China	9,200,000
47	Wang Yujia	China	9,200,000
48	Lin Wenguo	China	9,200,000
49	Liyang Ge	China	8,160,000
50	Hu Jin Long	China	8,160,000
51	Lifeng Cao	China	8,160,000
52	Chen Xiangzhi	China	8,160,000
53	Kang Andrew Kai	USA	8,160,000
54	Wang Xiaohui	China	8,160,000
55	Zhang Li	China	8,160,000
56	Chow Hing Yaung	China	8,160,000
57	Song Rui	China	7,320,000
58	Wang Jizhong	China	7,320,000
59	Wang Michael	USA	7,320,000
60	Qin Shi Xiao	China	7,320,000
61	Zheng Mingcan	China	7,320,000
62	Hongxu Zhang	China	7,320,000
63	Dong Zhu	China	7,320,000
64	Xiaosheng Zheng	China	7,320,000
65	Xu Erdun	China	6,670,000
66	Wu Shenghao	China	6,670,000
67	Sun Yun Sheng	China	6,670,000
68	Pan Duanhua	China	6,670,000
69	Yang Qi Hang	China	6,670,000
70	Yamashit Yuji	Japan	6,670,000
71	Wang Zhihao	China	6,670,000
72	Lou Yijun	China	6,670,000
73	Yan Ke	China	6,160,000
74	Zhang Lei	China	6,160,000
75	Jin Xin	China	6,160,000
76	Yang Lifeng	China	6,160,000
77	Xueli Guo	China	6,160,000
78	Cong Zihan	China	6,160,000
79	Donghui Xu	China	6,160,000
80	Cho Arden Lim	USA	6,160,000
81	Li Yong	China	5,780,000
82	Zhou Bing	China	5,780,000
83	Georgiou Georges	Cyprus	5,780,000
84	Chunnuan Xu	China	5,780,000
85	Youkan Li	China	5,780,000
86	Jiawei Wang	China	5,780,000
87	Stewart Alexander Eliott	USA	5,780,000
88	Chen Shaoyi	China	5,780,000
89	Zheng Zhan Hui	China	5,470,000
90	Song Jian Zhong	China	5,470,000
91	Sasakit Takuya	Japan	5,470,000
92	Cangsheng Ni	Chna	5,470,000
93	Yu Yixing	Chna	5,470,000
94	Yang Xi	Chna	5,470,000
95	Mengdian Peng	Chna	5,470,000

Event 1: WPT Opener

Date: July 15 to 17, 2023
Buy in: KR₩ 850,000 (~USD 670)
Entries: 353
Prize pool: KR₩ 260,433,650 (~USD 205,170)
ITM: 45 players

Place	Player	Flag	Payout in KR₩
1	David Erquiaga	Philippines	54,223,650
2	Lei Sun	China	36,070,000
3	Fugang Cui	China	26,510,000
4	Paul Hong	New Zealand	19,680,000
5	Zhao Wei	China	14,760,000
6	Dianlei Zhang	China	11,180,000
7	Suzuki Yuto	Japan	8,550,000
8	Duncan Son	Canada	6,600,000
9	Kataoka Toshio	Japan	5,150,000
10	Alick Justin Hameed	Santa Lucia	5,150,000
11	Chen Ronghui	Australia	4,150,000
12	Yu Yi Xing	China	4,150,000
13	Waki Yasuhiro	Japan	3,400,000
14	Chen Xiangzhi	China	3,400,000
15	Wang Yujia	China	2,830,000
16	Moran Graham John	Ireland	2,830,000
17	Cangsheng Ni	China	2,400,000
18	Yang Ren Jun	China	2,400,000
19	Zhihao Wang	China	2,400,000
20	Yang Lifeng	China	2,400,000
21	Haobo Zhu	China	2,080,000
22	Pak Valeriy	Russia	2,080,000
23	Lam Wai Lun William	China	2,080,000
24	Tan Win Meng	Malaysia	2,080,000
25	Wang Zhong	China	1,830,000
26	Liu Yin	China	1,830,000
27	Cao Ngoc Anh	Vietnam	1,830,000
28	Hu Jin Long	China	1,830,000
29	Chen Yufei	China	1,830,000
30	Liu Yuan	China	1,830,000
31	Xiang Yufeng	China	1,830,000
32	Zhang Yang	China	1,830,000
33	Han Tae Hoon	New Zealand	1,650,000
34	Stewart Alexander Eliott	USA	1,650,000
35	He Xinyan	China	1,650,000
36	Xin Yuan	China	1,650,000
37	Guo Meng	China	1,650,000
38	Zhehong Ye	China	1,650,000
39	Ho Shen-Syu	Taiwan	1,650,000
40	Nan Zhao	China	1,650,000
41	Yang Lei	China	1,510,000
42	Yue Shan	China	1,510,000
43	Huang Xing Long	China	1,510,000
44	Liu Xiang	China	1,510,000
45	Zhang Fangxiao	China	1,510,000

Event 2: Deepstack NLH

Date: July 15 to 16, 2023
Buy in: KR₩ 425,000 (~USD 335)
Entries: 70 (63 unique, 7 re-entry)
Prize pool: KR₩ 25,972,000 (~USD 20,460)
ITM: 10 places

Place	Player	Flag	Payout in KR₩
1	Yuan Xin	China	7,959,000
2	Lei Xiang	China	5,306,000
3	Shimizu Masafumi	Japan	3,537,000
4	Wang Hongling	China	2,458,000
5	Xiaoyu Wang	China	1,784,000
6	Li Hao Yuan	China	1,354,000
7	Juncheng Wu	China	1,079,000
8	Wang Yubo	Japan	903,000
9	Iwakawa Yutaka	China	796,000
10	Yuwen Pan	China	796,000

Event 4: Big Bounty NLH

Date: July 17, 2023
Buy in: KR₩ 680,000 (~USD 535)
Entries: 150
Prize pool: KR₩ 38,046,000 (~USD 30,000)
Bounty pool: KR₩ 51,000,000 (~USD 40,180)
ITM: 19 places

*Bounties not included

Place	Player	Flag	Payout in KR₩
1	Pak Valeriy	Russia	9,436,000
2	Cao Ngoc Anh	Vietnam	6,270,000
3	Lyu Baolin	China	4,440,000
4	Yuwen Pan	China	3,220,000
5	Dang Thi Hue	Vietnam	2,390,000
6	Fan Chunsan	China	1,820,000
7	Iwakawa Yutaka	Japan	1,420,000
8	Chen Ruiqi	China	1,130,000
9	Khodov Vladimir	Russia	930,000
10	Wang Zhihao	China	930,000
11	Zibao Xie	China	790,000
12	Chenxu Zhang	China	790,000
13	Harada Masato	Japan	700,000
14	Fan Zhe	China	700,000
15	Yang Lifeng	China	640,000
16	Jianguo Shu	China	640,000
17	Yan Ke	China	600,000
18	Su Duo	China	600,000
19	Chen Zheng Liang	China	600,000

Event 5: NLH Turbo

Date: July 18, 2023
Buy in: KR₩ 680,000 (~USD 535)
Entries: 127
Prize pool: KR₩ 75,393,000 (~USD 59,400)
ITM: 18 places

Place	Player	Flag	Payout in KR₩
1	Yamazaki Ryosuke	Japan	19,633,000
2	Yang Ren Jun	China	13,120,000
3	Mou Chunxu	China	9,100,000
4	Shih Pei Chih	Taiwan	6,510,000
5	Morishita Shogo	Japan	4,800,000
6	Teng Yun	China	3,650,000
7	Lin Jiang	China	2,870,000
8	Shimizu Masafumi	Japan	2,330,000
9	Huang Huangbo	China	1,970,000
10	Wei Zhao	China	1,970,000
11	Luo Chuan	China	1,720,000
12	Chen Ronghui	Australia	1,720,000
13	Hayashi Kei	Japan	1,550,000
14	Xinliang Yang	China	1,550,000
15	Kuriga Satoshi	Japan	1,450,000
16	Zhu Jian	China	1,450,000

Event 6: Hyper Turbo NLH

Date: July 19, 2023
Buy in: KR₩ 425,000 (~USD 335)
Entries: 153
Prize pool: KR₩ 56,767,000 (~USD 44,720)
ITM: 20 places

Place	Player	Flag	Payouts in KR₩
1	Mengdian Peng	China	13,837,000
2	Fukui Ryoma	Japan	9,230,000
3	Pan Yu Wen	China	6,580,000
4	Taniguchi Itsuki	Japan	4,790,000
5	Koizumi Shinya	Japan	3,560,000
6	Haobo Zhu	China	2,700,000
7	Chunnuan Xu	China	2,100,000
8	Lu Fan	China	1,670,000
9	Yin Tao	China	1,350,000
10	Kai-Cheng Hsu	Taiwan	1,350,000
11	Lin Jiang	China	1,150,000
12	Liu Yin	China	1,150,000
13	Wei Zhao	China	1,010,000
14	Ma Ming Zhi	China	1,010,000
15	Son Duncan	Canada	920,000
16	Sun Weigao	China	920,000
17	Seshimoto Sayaka	Japan	860,000
18	Chen Xiangzhi	China	860,000
19	Hongxu Zhang	China	860,000
20	Wang Luda	China	860,000

Event 7: NLH Single Day

Date: July 20, 2023
Buy in: KR₩ 1,700,000 (~USD 1,340)
Entries: 74
Prize pool: KR₩ 109,824,000 (~USD 85,390)
ITM: 10 places

Place	Player	Flag	Payout in KR₩
1	Ji Yu Shun	China	33,664,000
2	Chen Weihang	China	22,440,000
3	Pan Hai	China	14,960,000
4	Kataoka Toshio	Japan	10,390,000
5	Gao Gen	China	7,540,000
6	Cao Ngoc Anh	Vietnam	5,730,000
7	Shimizu Masafumi	Japan	4,560,000
8	Zhang Chi	China	3,820,000
9	Li Chao	China	3,360,000
10	Fan Zhe	China	3,360,000

Event 8: NLH Survivor Bounty

Date: July 20 to 21, 2023
Buy in: KR₩ 850,000 (~USD 660)
Entries: 153
Prize pool: KR₩ 61,514,000 (~USD 47,830)
Bounty pool: KR₩ 26,010,000 (~USD 20,220)
ITM: 20 places

*Bounties not included

Place	Player	Flag	Payout in KR₩
1	Liu Yin	China	14,984,000
2	Zhang Chenxu	China	10,000,000
3	Ding Yu Jia	China	7,130,000
4	Tamalayan Joseph Jimenez	USA	5,190,000
5	Taniguchi Itsuki	Japan	3,860,000
6	Jae Moo Young	USA	2,930,000
7	Wong Ka Fai	Hong Kong	2,270,000
8	Okada Takeya	Japan	1,810,000
9	Jie Dai	China	1,470,000
10	Jieming Xu	China	1,470,000
11	Hongru Zhang	China	1,250,000
12	Zhai Chang Yu	China	1,250,000
13	Lin Hao	China	1,100,000
14	Lam Wai Lun William	China	1,100,000
15	Chen Wen Wen	China	990,000
16	Morishita Shogo	Japan	990,000
17	Liu Xiang	China	930,000
18	Yamazaki Ryosuke	Japan	930,000
19	Seshimoto Sayaka	Japan	930,000
20	Jinrong Zhang	China	930,000

Event 9: Mini Main Event

Date: July 22, 2023
Buy in: KR₩ 1,700,000 (~USD 1,340)
Entries: 208
Prize pool: KR₩ 308,693,000 (~USD 240,000)
ITM: 26 places

Place	Player	Flag	Payout in KR₩
1	Jin Xu Dong	China	71,103,000
2	Wang Jizhong	China	47,230,000
3	Lin Chen-An	Taiwan	34,310,000
4	Guo Meng	China	25,260,000
5	Tan Win Meng	Malaysia	18,860,000
6	Guodong Sun	China	14,270,000
7	Tsai Ting Yi	China	10,980,000
8	Liu Tianyou	China	8,560,000
9	Lam Wai Lun William	China	6,760,000
10	Song David K H	United States	6,760,000
11	Chen Xianling	China	5,620,000
12	Meremans Antoine	Belgium	5,620,000
13	Ji Yu Shun	China	4,780,000
14	Shi Yuechun	China	4,780,000
15	Chengchun Sha	China	4,180,000
16	Guancheng Wu	China	4,180,000
17	Qin Shi Xiao	China	3,740,000
18	Chen Sheng	China	3,740,000
19	Zhang Chi	China	3,740,000
20	Wang Xiaohui	China	3,740,000
21	Suzuki Yuto	Japan	3,450,000
22	Kim Do Yoon	Australia	3,450,000
23	Chan Man Lok	China	3,450,000
24	Chen Weihang	China	3,450,000
25	Li You Kan	China	3,340,000
26	Moran Graham John	Ireland	3,340,000

Event 10: WPT Alpha8 for One Drop

Date: July 21 to 22, 2023
Buy in: KR₩ 170,000,000 (~USD 133,400)
Entries: 18
Prize pool: KR₩ 2,846,016,000 (~USD 2,212,850)
Charity fund: KR₩ 144,000,000 (~USD 111,960)
ITM: 4 places

Place	Player	Flag	Payout in KR₩
1	O’Dwyer Stephen	Ireland	1,294,256,000
2	Quan Zhou	China	717,960,000
3	Zhang Chenxu	China	500,280,000
4	Li Chao	China	333,520,000

Event 11: 8-Max NLH

Date: July 21, 2023
Buy in: KR₩ 510,000 (~USD 400)
Entries: 64
Prize pool: KR₩ 28,495,000 (~USD 22,155)
ITM: 8 places

Place	Player	Flag	Payout in KR₩
1	Lin Wei	China	9,315,000
2	Fan Chunsan	China	6,210,000
3	Khodov Vladimir	Russia	4,140,000
4	Yu Wenguang	China	2,880,000
5	Nakata Daigo	Japan	2,080,000
6	Hu Jin Long	China	1,580,000
7	Kataoka Toshio	Japan	1,250,000
8	Yu Daesun Samuel	USA	1,040,000

Event 12: Mystery Bounty

Date: July 22 to 23, 2023
Buy in: KR₩ 850,000 (~USD 660)
Entries: 173
Prize pool: KR₩ 85,125,000 (~USD
Bounty pool: KR₩ 43,250,000 (~USD
ITM: 22 places

*Bounties not included

Place	Player	Flag	Payout in KR₩
1	Song Li	China	20,365,000
2	Yunfeng Sun	China	13,530,000
3	Yuzhou Yin	China	9,830,000
4	Tamalayan Karen	USA	7,230,000
5	Lei Xiang	China	5,400,000
6	Shih King Lun	China	4,090,000
7	Lin Hao	China	3,140,000
8	Ding Yu Jia	China	2,440,000
9	Zhang Lei	China	1,930,000
10	Liu Yin	China	1,930,000
11	Kataoka Toshio	Japan	1,620,000
12	Sakuma Akihiko	Japan	1,620,000
13	Luo Chuan	China	1,400,000
14	Lam Wai Lun William	China	1,400,000
15	Wang Xiaoyu	China	1,240,000
16	Chen Shaoyi	China	1,240,000
17	Hongxu Zhang	China	1,140,000
18	Chauve Vincent Fabien	France	1,140,000
19	Zheng Zhan Hui	China	1,140,000
20	Kun Wang	China	1,100,000
21	Ji Yu Shun	China	1,100,000
22	Okada Takeya	Japan	1,100,000

Event 13: Single Day High Roller

Date: July 22, 2023
Buy in: KR₩ 8,500,000 (~USD 6,610)
Entries: 39
Prize pool: KR₩ 292,383,000 (~USD 227,335)
ITM: 5 places

Place	Player	Flag	Payout in KR₩
1	Zhao Wei	China	109,713,000
2	Jieming Xu	China	73,150,000
3	Lin Wenguo	China	48,760,000
4	Sun Guo Dong	China	34,580,000
5	Yang Chongxian	China	26,180,000

Event 14: WPT High Roller

Date: July 23 to 24, 2023
Buy in: KR₩ 17,000,000 (~USD 13,220)
Entries: TBA
Prize pool: KR₩ 743,869,000 (~USD 578,380)
ITM: 6 places

Place	Player	Flag	Payout in KR₩
1	Merrilees Daniel	UK	264,459,000
2	Bi Ran	China	176,310,000
3	Pak Valeriy	Russia	117,540,000
4	Zhendong Li	China	81,620,000
5	Sun Guo Dong	China	59,140,000
6	Li Chao	China	44,800,000

Event 15: Superstack Classic NLH

Date: July 23 to 24, 2023
Buy in: KR₩ 1,360,000 (~USD 1,060)
Entries: 70
Prize pool: KR₩ 83,110,000 (~USD 64,620)
ITM: 9 places

Place	Player	Flag	Payout in KR₩
1	Chauve Vincent	France	26,270,000
2	Erquiaga David	Philippines	17,520,000
3	Zhang Hong Ru	China	11,680,000
4	Tsai Ting Yi	China	8,110,000
5	Taniguchi Itsuki	Japan	5,890,000
6	Sakai Masahiko	Japan	4,470,000
7	Chengchun Sha	China	3,560,000
8	Sorokin Maxim	Russia	2,980,000
9	Lam Wai Lun William	China	2,630,000

Event 16: Superstack NLH Turbo

Date: July 23, 2023
Buy in: KR₩ 680,000 (~USD 530)
Entries: 44
Prize pool: KR₩ 26,121,000 (~USD 20,310)
ITM: 6 places

Place	Player	Flag	Payout in KR₩
1	Liu Yin	China	9,281,000
2	Chen David S F	USA	6,190,000
3	Kawata Yuji	Japan	4,130,000
4	Shimizu Masafumi	Japan	2,870,000
5	Wang Xiaohui	China	2,080,000
6	Xu Wenbin	China	1,570,000

Event 17: WPT Megastack Closer

Date: July 24, 2023
Buy in: KR₩ 680,000 (~USD 530)
Entries: 44
Prize pool: KR₩ 26,121,000 (~USD 20,310)
ITM: 6 places

Place	Player	Flag	Payout in KR₩
1	Son Duncan	Canada	9,281,000
2	Li Yanchao	China	6,190,000
3	Chan Man Lok	China	4,130,000
4	Lei Xiang	China	2,870,000
5	Cheng Chao Ting	Taiwan	2,080,000
6	Yuzhou Yin	China	1,570,000

Event 18: WPT Superstack Closer Turbo

Date: July 24, 2023
Buy in: KR₩ 1,700,000 (~USD 1,320)
Entries: 22
Prize pool: KR₩ 32,651,000 (~USD 25,390)
ITM:  3 places

Place	Player	Flag	Payout in KR₩
1	Chuang Hao	Taiwan	17,951,000
2	Yuji Kawata	Japan	9,800,000
3	Chauve Vincent Fabien	France	4,900,000

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