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2025.04.08 - 2025.04.13Add to Calendar

K Poker Cup

Yirui Zhang

China

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, 5:00:23 PM

Yirui Zhang Becomes 2nd Bubble Of The Day To Wrap Flight B

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

Yan Yan

Under the gun Yirui Zhang open-shoves 75,000 and cutoff Yan Yan flats.

Player	Hand	Chips
YZ Yirui ZhangChina	A♠7♠ UTG	busted
YY Yan YanChina	A♣A♥ CO	428,000(43 BB)

No sweat for Yan Yan's rockets on 8♥ 4♦ 2♦ 8♦ T♥ providing him with a little juicer just before the end.

SMPSMP

4/9/2025, 3:26:29 PM

Kecheng Long Jumps Into The Lead

Level 16: 3,000 / 6,000 ante: 6,000

Yirui Zhang kicks off the action with a min-raise to 12,000 from under the gun, finds two callers and button Shengyong Wang squeeze jams 45,000. Zhang tries to isolate with a 78,000 four-bet, but Kecheng Long puts his foot down in +1, jamming his massive stack and gets to a heads-up showdown against the short stack.

Player	Hand	Chips
YZ Yirui ZhangChina	UTG	94,000(16 BB)
KL Kecheng LongChina	Q♠Q♦ UTG+1	410,000(68 BB)
SW Shengyong WangChina	9♥9♠ D	busted

Board:8♦4♣6♠2♦3♣

SMPSMP

4/9/2025, 2:50:24 PM

Top Stacks Going Into Level 16

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

34 players remain, trying to make it to the 27 ITM spots or even better, bagging chips for Day 2 as one of the last 22.

Player	Chips
ZW Zi Wei TungTaiwan	298,000(60 BB)
SL Sin Lan ChenTaiwan	296,000(59 BB)
YL Yuan LiangChina	285,000(57 BB)
LY Lei YuChina	272,000(54 BB)
CJ Chi Jen ChenTaiwan	249,000(50 BB)
SY Sheng YeAustralia	239,000(48 BB)
YY Yan YanChina	236,000(47 BB)
LL Liangyu LiChina	228,000(46 BB)
BZ Binglin ZhuChina	227,000(45 BB)
WC Wei ChengTaiwan	227,000(45 BB)
KL Kecheng LongChina	224,000(45 BB)
XE Xu ErdunChina	183,000(37 BB)
YZ Yirui ZhangChina	178,000(36 BB)

SMPSMP

4/9/2025, 2:17:10 PM

Much Needed Double Up For Yirui Zhang

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

Quan Jin opens 10,000 from +1 and fills up after big blind Yirui Zhang put his last 69,000 in the middle.

Player	Hand	Chips
QJ Quan JinChina	K♦Q♦ UTG+1	188,000(38 BB)
YZ Yirui ZhangChina	Q♣Q♠ BB	145,500(29 BB)

Board:A♥5♠8♠3♥7♠

SMPSMP

4/9/2025, 12:06:55 PM

Houkuan Cheng Exits After Losing Flip

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

Yirui Zhang opens 5,500 from the button and calls after small blind Houkuan Cheng declared all-in for 24,000.

Player	Hand	Chips
YZ Yirui ZhangChina	J♦T♥ D	132,000(53 BB)
HC Houkuan ChengChina	8♣8♠ SB	busted

Board:5♣6♥T♣3♥A♥

SMPSMP

4/9/2025, 11:53:32 AM

Table 3 Update With Many Heavy Hitters In The Mix

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

Leading the pack is Lei Yu - trying to break through the $2M mark in live earning this series - with 201,000 in chips which puts him among the overall leaders.

Player	Chips	Table	Seat
YZ Yirui ZhangChina	118,000(59 BB)	3	1
HC Houkuan ChengChina	21,500(11 BB)	3	2
QJ Quan JinChina	153,000(77 BB)	3	3
SD Shen DongliChina	36,500(18 BB)	3	4
LY Lei YuChina	201,000(101 BB)	3	5
RG Rentao GuoChina	72,500(36 BB)	3	6
SW Shengnan WangChina	57,000(29 BB)	3	7
KW Kuo Wei KaoTaiwan	58,000(29 BB)	3	8

SMPSMP

4/9/2025, 11:30:27 AM

Kuo Wei Kao Doubles Up After Blind Battle

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

Small blind Kuo Wei Kao and big blind Yirui Zhang were already all-in when we caught the action, with the former being at risk for 62,000.

Player	Hand	Chips
KW Kuo Wei KaoTaiwan	A♥K♥ SB	130,500(65 BB)
YZ Yirui ZhangChina	A♦T♠ BB	120,000(60 BB)

Board:7♣2♠5♥8♦4♣

SMPSMP

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

Lei Yu Flops A Boat

Level 10: 1,000 / 1,500 ante: 1,500

Lei Yu

Yirui Zhang leads 3,000 and takes two players to the flop A♦ 4♠ 4♥ that gets checked to the turn 2♥ where big blind Lei Yu takes over with a 6,500 bet that finds a single customer in Zhang. Yu forks out a massive over-bet of 51,000 on the river K♣ with A♠ 4♦ that gets called by Zhang who throws it in the muck, giving Lei Yu - who racked up over $300k in cashes this year already - a decent stack to work with.

Player	Chips
YZ Yirui ZhangChina	173,000(115 BB)
LY Lei YuChina	157,000(105 BB)

SMPSMP

4/9/2025, 10:47:51 AM

Yirui Zhang Puts The Hammer Down Pre

Level 10: 1,000 / 1,500 ante: 1,500

Yirui Zhang

Under the gun Yirui Zhang opens 3,000, gets called by +2 and No.24 on China's all time money list Lei Yu three-bets to 11,500 from the cutoff before Zhang lays out the winning bet of 38,500.

Player	Chips
YZ Yirui ZhangChina	236,500(158 BB)
LY Lei YuChina	87,000(58 BB)

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 SofronovRussia	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 SofronovRussia	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)