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 
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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 with Tony Dunst, Matt Savage, Scott Baumstein, Bryan Paris, Henry Kilbane, Chris Soto, Jamie Kerstetter, and AJ Rudolph alternating 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 the WPT Alpha8 One Drop Korea charity event which features a buy-in of KR₩ 170,000,000 (~USD 133,930). A portion of the buy-in goes to the One 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 the WPT Korea High Roller with 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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Tricia David
Tricia David has long experience as a recreational poker player and has been covering poker events since 2010 for numerous outfits in Asia. She spent one year working part time with Poker Portal Asia then became editor and lead writer for all event coverage of the Philippine Poker Tour (PPT). Under the PPT, she overlooked content for their website, and produced live updates on all their events. In addition, she served as the live and online events website content writer for the Asian Poker Tour. Currently, she does live events reporting in Asia for online news site Somuchpoker and is also one of their news contributors.
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