South Korea, Landing Casino JejuEVENT #5

2025.04.08 - 2025.04.13Add to Calendar

K Poker Cup

Meng Li

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, 3:04:37 PM

Li Meng In The Hunt For The Leaders

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

Yi Wang forks out 10,000 from the cutoff and big blind Li Meng defends big to lay eyes on the flop J♣ 6♠ 9♦ where a c-bet in form of a 52,000 jam is announced and With Meng quickly calling.

Player	Hand	Chips
YW Yi Wang (3)China	J♥7♥ CO	busted
ML Meng LiChina	J♦9♣ BB	247,000(49 BB)

No miracles on A♦ and 3♠ , sending Wang to the rail.

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, 1:25:57 PM

Li Meng Continues To Climb The Ladder

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

Xu Erdun

Erdun Xu wagers his last 27,500 from under the gun, Xu Dong Jin flats, but lets it go when small blind Li Meng squeezes to 85,000.

Player	Hand	Chips
XE Xu ErdunChina	8♥K♦ UTG	busted
JX Jin Xu DongChina	UTG+1	142,500(48 BB)
ML Meng LiChina	A♣Q♣ SB	186,500(62 BB)

Board:9♦5♦5♥2♦J♠

SMPSMP

4/8/2025, 12:05:36 PM

Li Meng Scoops Turn

Level 11: 1,000 / 2,000 ante: 2,000

Meng Ling Lin opens 3,500 from +2 and takes button Li Meng to the flop 8♦ Q♦ 9♥ where a 3,500 c-bet gets called to reveal the turn A♣ . Lin fires a second bullet of 10,000, but lets it go when faced with a snap jam from Li.

Player	Chips
ML Meng LiChina	98,000(49 BB)
ML Meng Ling LinTaiwan	21,000(11 BB)

SMPSMP

4/8/2025, 8:42:33 AM

Chunnuan Xu Scoops Flop

Level 7: 500 / 1,000 ante: 1,000

Chunnuan Xu raises to 2,000 from +2, the cutoff flats and small blind Li Meng pumps it to 8,000, taking only Xu to the flop 9♦ 4♥ 2♣ where Xu's 10,000 bet receives a snap fold.