WPT Korea Main Event: Yuwen Pan leads; Chao-Ting Cheng, Aaron Lim, David Yan, Jun Mondalo among 44 survivors; Ji Yu Shun wins NLH Single Day

SMP EditorEditor-in-Chief

Updated: 2026.10.02

Excitement from the get-go at World Poker Tour (WPT) Korea with 283 players returning to Jeju Shinhwa World Landing Casino for Day 2 of the Main Event. The guarantee-crushing tournament drew 758 entries for a prize pool of KR₩ 2,246,947,400 (~USD 1,770,200). Ten hours later, the money flowed at the fall of Jun Shi on the bubble to Huang Xing Long with outdrawn by on a board Combo Boost - Sports Betting .

Among the early fallouts in the money round were Hyper Turbo NLH champion Mengdian Peng (95th), Arden Cho (80th), Yunsheng Sun (67th), Michael Wang (59th), and Jinlong Hu (50th).

On the survivors side, 44 remained after the scheduled ten rounds of play led by China’s Yuwen Pan with a 60 bb stack. Other players at his tail were Chao-Ting Cheng, Jun Mondalo, Big Bounty NLH winner Valeriy Pak, and Aaron Lim.

The Main Event continues on Friday, July 21 at 1pm. This is the final stage of the race. Returning players are guaranteed KR₩ 9,200,000 (~USD 7,250) but what they will be shooting for is the KR₩ 405,188,000 (~USD 319,215) champion’s purse. Remaining payouts are posted at the bottom of the page.

You can watch some of the daily action via the livestream by Sharehand broadcasted in the WPT YouTube page withTony Dunst, Matt Savage, Scott Baumstein, Bryan Paris, Henry Kilbane, Chris Soto, Jamie Kerstetter,andAJ Rudolphalternating on the commentary. You can also read up on the action via the Live Updates.

WPT Korea – Livestream
WPT Korea Main Event – Live Updates
WPT Korea – Schedule and Structures
WPT Korea – Festival Results

Main Event results

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)

Day 2: 283 players

ITM: 95 places

End of Day 2 – 44 players

Player	Flag	Stack	BB
Yuwen Pan	China	1,800,000	60
Zheng Kai	China	1,690,000	56
Hong Zhu	China	1,650,000	55
Wang Yanfeng	China	1,525,000	51
Yuzhou Yin	China	1,515,000	51
Chunhao Zhang	China	1,505,000	50
Goto Takeshi	Japan	1,390,000	46
Lu Fan	China	1,310,000	44
Kai-Cheng Hsu	Taiwan	1,275,000	43
Lei Sun	China	1,265,000	42
Yin Tao	China	1,200,000	40
Cheng Chao Ting	Taiwan	1,185,000	40
Jun Mondalo	Philippines	1,125,000	38
Qidong He	China	1,110,000	37
Pak Valeriy	Uzbekistan	1,080,000	36
Jianguo Shu	China	1,055,000	35
Hao Guan Qun	China	1,015,000	34
Yao Yao	China	1,005,000	34
Pengfei Song	China	900,000	30
Odwyer Stephen	Ireland	865,000	29
Yan David	Australia	865,000	29
Lyan Alexander	Russia	860,000	29
Yin Mo Mo	China	860,000	29
Zhu Fang Zhou	China	785,000	26
Oka Fabio	Japan	750,000	25
Shi Jian Qi	China	670,000	22
Lim Aaron	Australia	660,000	22
Liu Li Jiang	China	630,000	21
Zhang Ming Yuan	China	630,000	21
Guancheng Wu	China	565,000	19
Chen Zhigang	China	495,000	17
Kai Zhou	China	495,000	17
Gao Liang	China	460,000	15
Huang Xing Long	China	453,000	15
Zhang Zeyu	China	435,000	15
Shih Pei Chih	Taiwan	430,000	14
Seok Jaemoon	South Korea	425,000	14
Huang Peng	China	405,000	14
Li Hang	China	340,000	11
Liang Peng	China	275,000	9
Liu Shiqi	China	260,000	9
Sawada Toshihide	Japan	205,000	7
Wu Jiawe	China	179,000	6
Zhang Fangxiao	China	150,000	5

Remaining payouts

Place	Payout in KR₩
1	405,188,000
2	266,500,000
3	192,500,000
4	146,500,000
5	110,300,000
6	82,000,000
7	64,930,000
8	50,300,000
9-10	39,710,000
11-12	31,470,000
13-14	25,430,000
15-16	20,800,000
17-20	17,230,000
21-24	14,450,000
25-32	12,270,000
33-40	10,550,000
41-44	9,200,000

Side Event results

Ji Yu Shun wins the NLH Single Day

Third side event win for China with Ji Yu Shun emerging victorious at the NLH Single Day event. Ji outlasted a field of 74 entrants to secure his career first live win and a career high payout of KR₩ 33,663,000 (~USD 26,520).

Notable player running deep was Vietnam’s Cao Ngoc Anh in 6th place. This was Cao’s third side event cash with a 27th finish at the WPT Opener and 2nd at the Big Bounty NLH.

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

For complete results, head to WPT Korea – Festival Results

Other Key Events

Following the main is theWPT Alpha8 One Drop Koreacharity event which features a buy-in ofKR₩ 170,000,000 (~USD133,930). A portion of the buy-in goes to theOne Drop foundation to help bring access to water to communities in need of clean water.

Cards for a Cause: WPT Alpha8 for One Drop in Jeju Island, Korea from July 21 to 22

To complete the key three is theWPT Korea High Rollerwith a buy in of KRW 17,000,000 (~USD 13,400). Expect elite players from the region to populate the tables.

Getting to Jeju Shinhwa Landing Resort

For arriving players, getting to the venue couldn’t be any easier. Just look for the WPT Korea banner with the bus schedule and hop in once it arrives. It takes approximately one hour to get to the venue. The bus runs daily on a two hour schedule starting at 6am. The last bus to the venue is at 10pm.

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