Jeju Poker Festival 2024: Taiwanese Dominate KPC Main Event, Wei Chen Lin Leads Day 3

11/24/2024

Jeju Poker Festival 2024: Taiwanese Dominate KPC Main Event

Nonstop action continues at Landing Casino, Jeju Shinhwa World, with the grand Jeju Poker Festival remaining front and center of all the buzz. Ten days of play have run through, with its second headliner on schedule, Korea Poker Cup (KPC) Main Event currently in the frontlines. Out of its 530-entry field, only 20 players remain in contention for the title with Taiwan’s Wei Chen Lin holding the lead, having topped the Day 2 fray. All Day 2 survivors are now guaranteed KRW 7,900,000 (~USD 5,670) in winnings, with the KRW 190,000,000 (~USD 136,410) top prize closer in sight.

Stay tuned to SMP Live Updates as the games unfold, and catch the latest action directly off the floor.

Jeju Poker Festival 2024 – Player Guide
Jeju Poker Festival 2024 – Festival Results
Jeju Poker Festival 2024 – Live Updates

Wei Chen Lin Leads KPC Main Event Day 3

Jeju Poker Festival 2024: Taiwanese Dominate KPC Main Event — Wei Chen Lin

Excitement filled the air across the KPC Main Event Day 2 games, with 135 players making their return, all in search of a piece of the KRW 1,000,000,000 (~USD 718,110) prize pool. It wasn’t until the third level of play did the money bubble burst, with China’s Haoyu Huang suffering the brunt right on the feature table. Huang went with pocket queens and unfortunately, ran smack into Xiaohui Wang’s pocket aces. No help came on board, sending Huang out right as the remaining 87 runners locked in a profit.

The battleground saw six more hours of play before action wrapped up with Wei Chen Lin leading the charge, having bagged a final chip count of 1,840,000 (92 BB) over the field. Lin trailed behind day chip leader Cheng Yen Lo, and began his ascent by the last three levels. Lin only managed to inch over the top spot in the last couple of hands after calling out his compatriot’s bluff with a pair. Top three across the order sees all Taiwanese runners holding down the healthiest stacks, with Lo and Chen An Lin, just about nine big blinds behind.

Among those fallen yet still cut a payday include Valeriy Pak (21st), Thijs Hilberts (25th), Chenxu Zhang (30th), Wenwen Chen (33rd), Yita Choong (41st), Shiina Okamoto (43rd), Ying Song (45th), Linghui Dai (47th), Bayar Saran (56th), Xixiang Luo (59th), and Boxin Jin (78th).

Action resumes on Monday, November 25th, 12 noon, with play set to close once the field is down to eight players

Korea Poker Cup Main Event Review

Dates: November 22-26, 2024
Buy-in: KRW 1,600,000 (~USD 1,145)
Guarantee: KRW 1,000,000,000 (~USD 718,110)
Entries: 530 (247 unique)
Prize pool: KRW 1,000,000,000 (~USD 718,110)
ITM: 87 places

By the Numbers

Day 1A: 195 entries, 45 qualified
Day 1B: 210 entries, 48 qualified
Day 1C Turbo: 125 entries, 42 qualified
Day 2: 135 players, 20 qualified
Day 3: 20 players
Day 4 /Final: Tuesday, November 26

KPC Main Event Day 3 Qualifiers

Pos.	First Name	Last Name	Flag	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	WEI-CHEN	LIN	Taiwan	1,840,000	92
2	CHENG-YEN	LO	Taiwan	1,665,000	83
3	CHEN-AN	LIN	Taiwan	1,630,000	82
4	JORIS	MICHL	Netherlands	1,555,000	78
5	XIAO	LIU	China	1,290,000	65
6	JIANFENG	SUN	China	1,280,000	64
7	YI	MA	China	965,000	48
8	JIANWEI	LIN	China	890,000	45
9	SUWEI	YANG	China	755,000	38
10	JIANG	PU	United Kingdom	595,000	30
11	CHANGYANG	LIU	China	580,000	29
12	XIAOHUI	WANG	China	510,000	26
13	VALERY ANATOLEVICH	LI	Uzbekistan	470,000	24
14	BO	CHENG	China	450,000	23
15	LEI	GAO	China	325,000	16
16	RONG	LONG	China	270,000	14
17	ZHI	ZHANG	China	220,000	11
18	DONGLI	SHEN	China	215,000	11
19	ZIHAO	WANG	China	210,000	11
20	YONGBIN	WANG	China	170,000	9

Level 21: 10,000/ 20,000 ante 20,000
Total chips in play: 15,960,000
Average stack: 798,000 (40 BB)

Backtrack on the day’s action via SMP Live Updates

Side Event Winners

Chang Liang Sun Ships Big Bounty NLH

Chang Liang Sun Ships KPC Big Bounty NLH — Chang Liang Sun

Following a nine hour grind, China’s Chang Liang Sun rose to claim the victory at the Big Bounty NLH games, having bested its 107-entry field. Sun captured the largest payout on the list of KRW 12,440,000 (~USD 8,890), and locked in five bounty tokens for an additional KRW 2,250,000 (~USD 1,600) in prizes. Sun’s impressive display across the side event earned him KRW 14,690,000 (~USD 10,445) in total winnings, marking his career first win with a KPC trophy to boot.

Date/s: November 24, 2024
Buy-in: KRW 1,000,000 (~USD 710)
Entries: 107 (80 unique)
Prize pool: KRW 45,410,000 (~USD 32,285)
ITM: 14 places

Big Bounty NLH Final Table Results

Rank	First Name	Last Name	Flag	Prize (KRW)	Prize (~USD)
1	CHANG LIANG	SUN	China	₩12,440,000	$8,889
2	ZEYU	SUN	China	₩8,290,000	$5,923
3	SHIZI	XIAO	China	₩5,630,000	$4,023
4	HIDENARI	TOMITA	Japan	₩3,970,000	$2,837
5	PARK YU	CHEUNG	China	₩2,910,000	$2,079
6	JUN	LI	United Kingdom	₩2,210,000	$1,579
7	ADRIEN	FAVRE FELIX	France	₩1,750,000	$1,250
8	YAN	ZHAO	China	₩1,450,000	$1,036
9	YU-CHUN	CHEN	Taiwan	₩1,250,000	$893

*Excluding bounty prizes

Xu Chen Wins All In or Fold NLH

Xu Chen Wins KPC All In or Fold NLH — Xu Chen

The final side event on the day’s schedule, All In or Fold NLH, saw China’s Xu Chen bag the victory after sixteen levels of 15-minute gameplay. Only six players cut a share of the KRW 20,080,000 (~USD 14,275) prize pool, the largest portion of which went to Chen for his dominating preflop game.

Date/s: November 24, 2024
Buy-in: KRW 500,000 (~USD 355)
Entries: 46 (34 unique)
Prize pool: KRW 20,080,000 (~USD 14,275)
ITM: 6 places

All In or Fold NLH Full Payouts

Rank	First Name	Last Name	Flag	Prize (KRW)	Prize (~USD)
1	XU	CHEN	China	₩7,140,000	$5,102
2	LANTE	ZHANG	China	₩4,760,000	$3,401
3	MASAYUKI	MURATA	Japan	₩3,170,000	$2,265
4	JIAWEI	MAO	China	₩2,200,000	$1,572
5	PETER	PARK	United States	₩1,600,000	$1,143
6	CHENG	CHEN	China	₩1,210,000	$865