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, 11:21:02 AM

Defending KPC Main Event Champ Joris Michl Falls Next

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

Yunpeng Bai starts us off with a raise to 3,500, +1 calls and hijack Joris Michl jams 26,000, taking him heads-up with Bai.

PlayerHandChips
AQ
UTG+1
129,000(86 BB)
JM
Joris MichlNetherlands [NLD]Netherlands
AJ
HJ
busted
Board:9585T
SMPSMP
4/9/2025, 9:30:41 AM

Jun Peng Out

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

Yixi Tang opens 2,500 from +1, Yunpeng Bai fills his small blind and Jun Peng squeez-jams big blind for 15,900. Both opponent call and a friendly check down to the river A 3 Q 9 A reveals Tang's J 9 as the winner against Bai with J T and Peng's K 8 .

PlayerChips
YT
87,500(73 BB)
25,100(21 BB)
JP
busted
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.

PlayerChips
129,700(162 BB)
ZH
121,800(152 BB)
118,700(148 BB)
SY
Sheng YeTaiwan [TWN]Taiwan
107,300(134 BB)
104,500(131 BB)
YY
Yan YanChina [CHN]China
101,300(127 BB)
AS
Artem SofronovRussian Federation [RUS]Russian Federation
96,700(121 BB)
94,100(118 BB)
86,300(108 BB)
RG
84,400(106 BB)
CJ
78,600(98 BB)
WC
Wei ChengTaiwan [TWN]Taiwan
76,200(95 BB)
ZW
67,800(85 BB)
QY
64,500(81 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 .

PlayerChips
96,100(240 BB)
58,900(147 BB)
WH
34,100(85 BB)
SMPSMP
4/9/2025, 4:26:12 AM

Yunpeng Bai New Chip Leader After Double Knockout

Level 2: 200 / 300 ante: 300

Catching the action with three players already showing their cards pre flop it is hijack Ying Li for 34,200 and button Lok Man Chu for 10,200 who are put at risk by Yunpeng Bai in the cutoff.

PlayerHandChips
YL
Ying LiChina [CHN]China
AK
HJ
busted
QQ
CO
96,700(322 BB)
89
D
busted
Board:J3T3T
SMPSMP
4/9/2025, 4:15:18 AM

Lok Man Chu's Bad Luck Continues

Level 2: 200 / 300 ante: 300
Yunpeng Bai

Action player Yunpeng Bai who finished 5th in the Mystery Bounty yesterday gets the ball rolling with a raise to 700 out of the cutoff, Lok Man Chu - back with a second bullet - three-bets 1,800, the big blind flats before Yunpeng Bai pumps it to 8,700 and snaps for a total of 18,800 after Chu jammed and the big blind got out of the way.

PlayerHandChips
Q9
CO
39,900(133 BB)
AQ
D
14,200(47 BB)
Board:49K39