South Korea, Landing Casino JejuEVENT #5

2025.04.08 - 2025.04.13Add to Calendar

K Poker Cup

Hongbo Pan

China

Blind level

Level 17: 4,000 / 8,000 ante: 8,000

Entries

27/213

Total Chips

6,390,000

Average

236,667

Day 1A

SMPSMP

4/8/2025, 6:51:00 PM

The Korea Poker Cup Main Event Flight A Is A Wrap With Yao Du In The Lead

Level 17: 4,000 / 8,000 ante: 8,000

Yao Du

The first of five flights for the KPC Main Event with a KRW 800,000,000 (~$544,077) guaranteed prize pool attracted 213 players and saw 27 bag their chips for Day 2 during level 17, almost 14 hours after the first hand was dealt.

Yao Du emerged on top with 455,000 and has been among the leaders since level 9, gaining a significant boost in level 14 when he knocked out Taiwanese pro Meng Ling Lin with A♦ A♣ against her K♥ K♣ and burst the bubble in level 16 by eliminating Xiaolu Yang with Q♦ Q♠ versus J♥ J♣ .

Lili Tang also first appeared on the ladder during level 9, won a blind battle against Chen Yu with A♦ K♥ and kept chipping up, moving from 5th on the board during level 15 to second at the end, bagging 403,000. Yao Fang worked his magic away from our eyes, also being on the lower end of the Top 20 since the end of late registration and a late boost catapulting him into third with 373,000 to his name.

The remaining 27 players will have time to score some other trophies in the coming days until they can use their chips again on Saturday the 12th of April at 12:00 when Day 2 begins.

Remaining 27 Players

Player	Chips
YD Yao DuChina	455,000(57 BB)
LT Lili TangChina	403,000(50 BB)
YF Yao FangChina	373,000(47 BB)
YJ Yunlong JinChina	370,000(46 BB)
SC Sun Chang LiangChina	350,000(44 BB)
ZL Zehao LiChina	318,000(40 BB)
XZ Xiangyu ZhaoChina	316,000(40 BB)
HT Hiroyuki TaneJapan	315,000(39 BB)
XW Xian WangChina	296,000(37 BB)
SY Shen YulanChina	284,000(36 BB)
LD Lee Daniel HyonginUnited States of America	280,000(35 BB)
CC Chen ChengChina	274,000(34 BB)
BZ Borui ZhangChina	252,000(32 BB)
HP Hongbo PanChina	251,000(31 BB)
ML Meng LiChina	224,000(28 BB)
DL Dawei LuChina	209,000(26 BB)
JX Jin Xu DongChina	206,000(26 BB)
JL Jun LiUnited Kingdom	198,000(25 BB)
DC Di ChenChina	184,000(23 BB)
ZH Zhenfang HuangChina	171,000(21 BB)
HY Haoran YangChina	129,000(16 BB)
LK Li KungTaiwan	108,000(14 BB)
QJ Quan JinChina	105,000(13 BB)
SH Shih Hsien YangTaiwan	95,000(12 BB)
LT Lei TangChina	81,000(10 BB)
CY Chen YuTaiwan	75,000(9 BB)
HC Houkuan ChengChina	69,000(9 BB)

SMPSMP

4/8/2025, 3:23:43 PM

Top Stacks Going Into Level 16 And Two Places Away From The 32 ITM Spots

Level 15: 2,500 / 5,000 ante: 5,000

Player	Chips
BZ Borui ZhangChina	405,000(81 BB)
SY Shen YulanChina	395,000(79 BB)
CC Chen ChengChina	358,000(72 BB)
XZ Xiangyu ZhaoChina	321,000(64 BB)
LT Lili TangChina	282,000(56 BB)
ZL Zehao LiChina	272,000(54 BB)
YD Yao DuChina	272,000(54 BB)
YJ Yunlong JinChina	263,000(53 BB)
HP Hongbo PanChina	256,000(51 BB)
ML Meng LiChina	253,000(51 BB)
SC Sun Chang LiangChina	246,000(49 BB)
HT Hiroyuki TaneJapan	245,000(49 BB)
JL Jun LiUnited Kingdom	238,000(48 BB)
XL Xiang LiChina	210,000(42 BB)
YF Yao FangChina	203,000(41 BB)
LD Lee Daniel HyonginUnited States of America	201,000(40 BB)
DC Di ChenChina	195,000(39 BB)
JX Jin Xu DongChina	190,000(38 BB)

SMPSMP

4/8/2025, 1:41:55 PM

Table 2 Update

Level 13: 1,500 / 3,000 ante: 3,000

Player	Chips	Table	Seat
HP Hongbo PanChina	69,000(23 BB)	2	1
TZ Tao Zhang (3)China	57,500(19 BB)	2	2
JX Jin Xu DongChina	126,500(42 BB)	2	3
LT Lei TangChina	127,000(42 BB)	2	4
ML Meng Ling LinTaiwan	67,500(23 BB)	2	5
YD Yao DuChina	138,000(46 BB)	2	6
KY Kozo YamadaJapan	148,000(49 BB)	2	7
ML Meng LiChina	181,000(60 BB)	2	8

SMPSMP

4/8/2025, 8:30:28 AM

Top Chip Counts Entering Level 7

Level 6: 400 / 800 ante: 800

Player	Chips
YW Yongbin WangChina	144,600(181 BB)
GW Guyue WangChina	135,400(169 BB)
QY Qin YuanChina	125,600(157 BB)
DC Di ChenTaiwan	98,200(123 BB)
HP Hongbo PanChina	94,500(118 BB)
YR Yan RenChina	82,600(103 BB)
BZ Borui ZhangChina	82,500(103 BB)
XE Xu ErdunChina	81,500(102 BB)
LK Li KungTaiwan	81,200(102 BB)
JA Junke AnChina	80,600(101 BB)
WL Weijie LongChina	74,300(93 BB)
XL Xiang LiChina	73,500(92 BB)
CL Chun Lung WongHong Kong	72,300(90 BB)
YF Yao FangChina	71,200(89 BB)
JX Jin Xu DongChina	70,800(89 BB)
LY Li Yang (2)China	68,300(85 BB)
JW Junyi WangChina	65,600(82 BB)
TC Tsz Chun ChanTaiwan	63,500(79 BB)

SMPSMP

4/8/2025, 6:13:33 AM

Top Ten Chip Counts Going Into Level 4

Level 3: 200 / 400 ante: 400

Player	Chips
XL Xiang LiChina	87,300(218 BB)
JC Jinyu ChenChina	80,200(201 BB)
YW Yongbin WangChina	78,500(196 BB)
HP Hongbo PanChina	67,300(168 BB)
YL Yong LiChina	63,600(159 BB)
YN Ye NaChina	62,100(155 BB)
LZ Li ZhongluChina	60,300(151 BB)
RI Riku IchimuraJapan	43,800(110 BB)
SW Shengyong WangChina	43,200(108 BB)
CL Cheng LoTaiwan	40,200(101 BB)

SMPSMP

4/8/2025, 5:05:46 AM

Lei Tang Becomes Second Elimination Of The Day

Level 2: 200 / 300 ante: 300

Cutoff Lei Tang open shoves 4,800 and button Hangbo Pan calls for another preflop showdown.

Player	Hand	Chips
LT Lei TangChina	5♣5♥ CO	busted
HP Hongbo PanChina	A♣T♣ D	53,600(179 BB)

Board:T♦2♦Q♥A♥A♦

SMPSMP

4/8/2025, 4:06:52 AM

Hongbo Pan Gets Value

Level 1: 100 / 200 ante: 200

Hongbo Pan

Under the gun +1 Hongbo Pan opens 500, the cutoff calls, but big blind Wei Cheng ups it to 1,800 that only Pan is willing to pay. The flop A♠ J♠ 8♣ has Pan lead 3,000 into Cheng's missed c-bet who flats to lay eyes on the turn T♥ that gets checked to the river 5♠ . Faced with another check, Pan wants some value with his trips J♦ J♣ , slides out 6,000 and gets called by Cheng who mucks.

Player	Chips
HP Hongbo PanUnited States of America	44,500(223 BB)
WC Wei ChengTaiwan	18,500(93 BB)

SMPSMP

4/8/2025, 3:39:00 AM

Early Birds

Level 1: 100 / 200 ante: 200

Player	Chips
QY Qin YuanChina	39,100(196 BB)
WC Wei ChengTaiwan	30,000(150 BB)
JH Jin Hyung ChunCanada	30,000(150 BB)
GL Gao LeiChina	30,000(150 BB)
ZH Zhenfang HuangChina	30,000(150 BB)
RI Riku IchimuraJapan	30,000(150 BB)
YL Ye LiChina	30,000(150 BB)
HP Hongbo PanChina	30,000(150 BB)
YR Yan RenChina	30,000(150 BB)
SY Shen YulanChina	30,000(150 BB)
LT Lei TangChina	30,000(150 BB)
JW Junyi WangChina	30,000(150 BB)
XW Xinyi WangChina	30,000(150 BB)
HW Hualong WangChina	30,000(150 BB)
YW Yongbin WangChina	30,000(150 BB)
LY Li Yang (2)China	30,000(150 BB)
YY Yuan YangChina	30,000(150 BB)
BZ Borui ZhangChina	30,000(150 BB)
ZH Zhang HaoChina	30,000(150 BB)
JA Junke AnChina	30,000(150 BB)
GH Gu HaohongChina	30,000(150 BB)
JL Jingjing LiChina	30,000(150 BB)
KW Kezheng WangChina	30,000(150 BB)