Name: Main Event Day 1B (GTD 800M)
Start: 2025-04-09T12:00
End: 2025-04-09

Korea Poker Cup Series 2025

Korea (Republic of), Landing Casino JejuEVENT #5

2025.04.08 - 2025.04.13

Korea Poker Cup

Kozo Yamada

Japan

Blind level

Level 18: 5,000 / 10,000 ante: 10,000

Entries

22/174

Total Chips

5,220,000

Average

237,273

Day 1B

SMPSMP

4/9/2025, 4:44:02 PM

Chien Chih Weng Doubles Up With Cowboys

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

Under the gun Chien Chih Weng opens 20,000 and calls for a total of 103,000 after button Kozo Yamada jammed.

Player	Hand	Chips
CC Chien Chih WengTaiwan	K♥K♦ UTG	226,000(28 BB)
KY Kozo YamadaJapan	T♥T♠ D	32,000(4 BB)

Board:9♠8♥J♥3♠J♠

SMPSMP

4/9/2025, 2:45:41 PM

Former Chip Leader Kozo Yamada Doubles Up

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

Kozo Yamada

Button Kozo Yamada wagers his last 62,500 and finds a customer in small blind Zi Wei Tung.

Player	Hand	Chips
KY Kozo YamadaJapan	A♥8♣ D	135,000(27 BB)
ZW Zi Wei TungTaiwan	K♥J♦ SB	298,000(60 BB)

Board:A♣K♦T♣2♥T♠

SMPSMP

4/9/2025, 2:26:54 PM

Artem Sofronov Eliminated

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

Artem Sofronov open-shoves 68,000 from under the gun and cutoff Kozo Yamada calls.

Player	Hand	Chips
AS Artem SofronovRussian Federation	Q♥9♥ UTG	busted
KY Kozo YamadaJapan	7♦7♠ CO	159,000(32 BB)

Board:9♦T♥7♣3♥J♣

SMPSMP

4/9/2025, 1:23:48 PM

Kozo Yamada Stays In The Mix

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

When the action folds to small blind Kozo Yamada, all-in for 31,000 is declared and Yixi Tang fills up.

Player	Hand	Chips
KY Kozo YamadaJapan	T♥7♥ SB	65,000(22 BB)
YT Yixi TangChina	K♠2♠ BB	49,000(16 BB)

Board:8♦4♦5♦4♠T♣

SMPSMP

4/9/2025, 12:29:46 PM

Table 4 Update With Two Former Chip Leaders Next To Each Other

Level 12: 1,500 / 2,500 ante: 2,500

Player	Chips	Table	Seat
LW Liangliang WangChina	128,500(51 BB)	4	1
KY Kozo YamadaJapan	67,500(27 BB)	4	3
YT Yixi TangChina	55,500(22 BB)	4	4
YL Yu Liu (5)China	128,000(51 BB)	4	5
CC Chien Chih WengTaiwan	36,500(15 BB)	4	6
AS Artem SofronovRussian Federation	48,000(19 BB)	4	7

SMPSMP

4/9/2025, 11:41:33 AM

Liangliang Wang Hits 100K

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

Kozo Yamada

Cutoff Liangliang Wang opens 4,000, former chip leader Kozo Yamada calls from button, Yixi Tang squeezes 20,000 from the small blind, but lets it go after Wang jammed for 38,000 and Yamada re-shoved to 80,000.

Player	Hand	Chips
KY Kozo YamadaJapan	8♦8♠ D	42,000(21 BB)
YT Yixi TangChina	SB	59,500(30 BB)
LW Liangliang WangChina	J♦J♣ CO	100,000(50 BB)

The board runs J♠ 5♦ 2♠ A♠ 5♠ - having the table believe Yamada won with a flush and the chips going his way already - before Wang pointed out he hit a boat.

SMPSMP

4/9/2025, 9:43:09 AM

Chip Counts At The End Of Level 9 With A Few Minutes Of Late Registration Remaining During The Current Break

Level 9: 600 / 1,200 ante: 1,200

Player	Chips
YL Yuan LiangChina	242,000(202 BB)
YZ Yirui ZhangChina	201,000(168 BB)
KC Kai Cheng HsuTaiwan	179,000(149 BB)
YW Yimeng WangChina	158,000(132 BB)
AH Andrew HanAustralia	144,000(120 BB)
ZW Zi Wei TungTaiwan	134,000(112 BB)
ZH Zhang HengChina	123,000(103 BB)
CY Chen Yu HungTaiwan	113,500(95 BB)
HW Hualong WangChina	110,500(92 BB)
DL Dai LinghuiChina	109,500(91 BB)
AS Artem SofronovRussian Federation	108,500(90 BB)
BZ Binglin ZhuChina	105,500(88 BB)
KY Kozo YamadaJapan	104,000(87 BB)
RI Riku IchimuraJapan	102,500(85 BB)
CJ Chi Jen ChenTaiwan	96,000(80 BB)
QJ Quan JinChina	95,500(80 BB)
ZM Zhaoxi MaChina	93,500(78 BB)
WC Wei ChengTaiwan	92,500(77 BB)

SMPSMP

4/9/2025, 7:34:10 AM

Chip Counts Going Into Level 7

Level 6: 400 / 800 ante: 800

90 out of 130 players remain with three more levels of late registration still available.

Player	Chips
KY Kozo YamadaJapan	129,700(162 BB)
ZH Zhang HengChina	121,800(152 BB)
YZ Yirui ZhangChina	118,700(148 BB)
SY Sheng YeTaiwan	107,300(134 BB)
YB Yunpeng BaiChina	104,500(131 BB)
YY Yan YanChina	101,300(127 BB)
AS Artem SofronovRussian Federation	96,700(121 BB)
YW Yimeng WangChina	94,100(118 BB)
KC Kai Cheng HsuTaiwan	86,300(108 BB)
RG Rentao GuoChina	84,400(106 BB)
CJ Chi Jen ChenTaiwan	78,600(98 BB)
WC Wei ChengTaiwan	76,200(95 BB)
ZW Zi Wei TungTaiwan	67,800(85 BB)
QY Qin YuanChina	64,500(81 BB)

SMPSMP

4/9/2025, 5:39:24 AM

Kozo Yamada Extends His Lead

Level 4: 300 / 500 ante: 500

Wei Hong

Kozo Yamada is at it again with a 1,500 open from the button and calls after big blind Wei Hong increased to 4,000. The flop K♥ 6♥ 5♣ sees Yamada call a 4,000 c-bet to the turn T♠ where he calls a 20,100 all-in from Hong with one card to come.

Player	Hand	Chips
KY Kozo YamadaJapan	6♣6♠ D	133,100(266 BB)
WH Wei HongChina	A♣4♠ BB	busted

Drawing dead already, Wei Hong gets ready to leave when the river 7♥ wraps up the hand, giving Yamada - who had his biggest live cash here in Jeju at the RDPT in July, finishing 3rd in the Red Dragon Championship for $135,307 - a massive lead over the rest of the field for now.

SMPSMP

4/9/2025, 5:13:12 AM

Top Chip Counts Going Into Level 4

Level 3: 200 / 400 ante: 400

Player	Chips
KY Kozo YamadaJapan	105,500(264 BB)
YY Yan YanChina	73,500(184 BB)
LL Liangyu LiChina	71,500(179 BB)
RC Rui ChenChina	69,700(174 BB)
SY Sheng YeTaiwan	59,700(149 BB)
HD Hongbin DuChina	58,200(146 BB)
ZP Zheng PanTaiwan	56,700(142 BB)
WC Wei ChengTaiwan	55,300(138 BB)
WL Wei-chen LinTaiwan	52,600(132 BB)
AK Aleksei KimRussian Federation	46,500(116 BB)
LM Li MaUnited States of America	45,100(113 BB)

SMPSMP

4/9/2025, 5:02:55 AM

Kozo Yamada Close To 100K

Level 3: 200 / 400 ante: 400

Kozo Yamada

Picking up the action on Q♣ 8♥ 5♥ J♣ and 11,300 up for grabs, Yunpeng Bai leads 7,600 from +1 with button Kozo Yamada - fresh from a heater at the P1 Circuit Incheon where he final tabled seven events in eight days - and big blind Wei Hong tagging along to the river K♦ . Another 17,000 lead from Bai prompts Yamada to jam for 31,000, Hong gets out of the way and Bai fills up with K♥ J♦ , surrendering to Yamada's higher two pair K♠ Q♥ .

Player	Chips
KY Kozo YamadaJapan	96,100(240 BB)
YB Yunpeng BaiChina	58,900(147 BB)
WH Wei HongChina	34,100(85 BB)