Fabian Gumz Leads KPC Main Event Final Table as Baby Dragon Gets Underway at JPF
The KPC Main Event final table is set at Jeju Poker Festival 2026, with Fabian Gumz leading the last eight on 4,435,000 as they return to play for a KRW 150,000,000 (~USD 111,770) top prize.
Ziyu Gao bagged the chip lead on Day 1 of the KPC Super High Roller, and the Baby Dragon got underway at LES A Casino with 240 entries across its first two flights.
Day 2 of the KPC Poker Main Event saw 90 players reduced to eight, while the Red Dragon Poker Tour's Baby Dragon continues with two more flights today.
Fabian Gumz Leads KPC Main Event Final Table
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Fabian Gumz
Gumz, who led Day 1A, was in the thick of the action early on Day 2. He and Dakota Anderson both held ace-king and chopped the pot after eliminating Yuichi Sumida, and later in the day Gumz rivered top pair to pick off a bluff from Yan Zhao.
Andrew Han, third in chips after Day 1D, finished second on 4,290,000. He turned a straight with ace-queen to eliminate Xiaoxiao Chen and sent out Songzhao Gu in 15th when his ace-king beat ace-queen. Aleksandras Rusinovas bagged 3,070,000 after a crucial double with ace-seven against Zhen Xu's ace-deuce.
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Martin Sedlak
Day 1D chip leader Martin Sedlak spiked an ace with ace-seven suited to eliminate Zixiong Jiang's pocket eights, then ended the day when his pocket kings held against Zhao's ace-jack to send her out in 9th, worth KRW 12,200,000 (~USD 9,090).
Shuai Li, 4th in the KPC High Roller, made a second final table in two days after his pocket jacks turned a full house to send out Anderson in 28th.
KPC High Roller runner-up Xu Wang also made the final eight, eliminating Iulian Blebea when his pocket kings held against queen-jack of hearts, though he returns as the shortest stack. Florian Duta (39th), Aaron Gao (41st) and Jianting Cai (58th) were among those who fell short.
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KPC Main Event Final Table
KPC Main Event Final Table Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fabian Gumz | Germany | 4,435,000 |
| 2 | Andrew Hosok Han | Australia | 4,290,000 |
| 3 | Aleksandras Rusinovas | Lithuania | 3,070,000 |
| 4 | Yifu He | United States | 2,760,000 |
| 5 | Chung Yi Ho | Taiwan | 2,735,000 |
| 6 | Martin Sedlak | Germany | 1,980,000 |
| 7 | Shuai Li | China | 1,940,000 |
| 8 | Xu Wang | China | 650,000 |
KPC Main Event Final Table Payouts
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | KRW 150,000,000 (~USD 111,770) |
| 2 | KRW 102,500,000 (~USD 76,380) |
| 3 | KRW 68,000,000 (~USD 50,670) |
| 4 | KRW 48,000,000 (~USD 35,770) |
| 5 | KRW 34,000,000 (~USD 25,340) |
| 6 | KRW 25,000,000 (~USD 18,630) |
| 7 | KRW 18,000,000 (~USD 13,410) |
| 8 | KRW 14,850,000 (~USD 11,070) |
Ziyu Gao Leads KPC Super High Roller
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Ziyu Gao
The KRW 7,000,000 KPC Super High Roller drew 34 entries on Day 1, with registration open until 15:15 on Day 2. Ziyu Gao, runner-up in the opening Single Day High Roller and winner of the second, bagged the lead with 750,000, just ahead of Gerardo Rodriguez on 743,000.
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Joseph Cheong
KPC High Roller champion Qinxue Jiang bagged 450,000, and Single Day High Roller winner Anton Florin is also through on 505,000. Joseph Cheong and Aaron Lim both needed re-entries to make Day 2, while Ranno Sootla and Hugues Girard were among the early exits.
KPC Super High Roller Day 1 Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ziyu Gao | China | 750,000 |
| 2 | Gerardo Rodriguez | Peru | 743,000 |
| 3 | Dongxu Dai | China | 678,000 |
| 4 | Khoa Anh Ngo | Vietnam | 620,000 |
| 5 | Seunghyun Nam | United States | 537,000 |
| 6 | Jianfeng Sun | China | 535,000 |
| 7 | Junfeng Wu | China | 532,000 |
| 8 | Anton Florin | Romania | 505,000 |
| 9 | Yi Zhong | China | 498,000 |
| 10 | Shuai Chang | China | 494,000 |
Suiyuan Chen Leads Baby Dragon
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Suiyuan Chen
The KRW 1,500,000 Baby Dragon opened with 180 entries in Day 1A, and Suiyuan Chen bagged the lead with 795,000 after bursting the bubble.
Zhuo Wang was the unlucky bubble boy in 28th, his pocket kings falling to Chen's pocket jacks on a jack-nine-nine flop. Ryoya Enomoto, who won the Baby Dragon Plus at RDPT Plus Jeju Summer, is through with 193,000.
The Day 1B Turbo flight drew 60 entries, with nine players advancing. Kaiwen Wei and Fei Yuan both bagged 338,000, while content creator Takashi Yagura secured his first bag of the festival with 318,000.
Baby Dragon Top 10 Stacks
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips | Flight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suiyuan Chen | China | 795,000 | 1A |
| 2 | Yilong Wang | China | 468,000 | 1A |
| 3 | Junfeng Zou | China | 370,000 | 1A |
| 4 | Kaiwen Wei | United States | 338,000 | 1B |
| 5 | Fei Yuan | China | 338,000 | 1B |
| 6 | Takashi Yagura | Japan | 318,000 | 1B |
| 7 | Chi Xu | China | 317,000 | 1A |
| 8 | Xiaoxiao Chen | China | 285,000 | 1A |
| 9 | Haonan Tian | China | 282,000 | 1A |
| 10 | Jung An Chiang | Taiwan | 264,000 | 1A |
Side Event Winners
Enze Shi won the Omaha Dealer's Choice after a heads-up deal with Renjun Yang, who has now finished runner-up in three events at the festival. Yuqi Chang took the PL 2-7 Double Draw on the same day as a 43rd-place finish in the KPC Main Event, and Bo Fong Chen won the NL Hold'em Super Hyper Turbo.
| Event | Buy-in | Entries | Winner | Country | Prize |
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| #26 Omaha Dealer's Choice (6 Games) | KRW 1,000,000 | 24 | Enze Shi | China | KRW 7,246,000 |
| #28 PL 2-7 Double Draw | KRW 500,000 | 18 | Yuqi Chang | China | KRW 3,464,000 |
| #29 NL Hold'em Bounty Hyper Turbo | KRW 500,000 + bounty | 66 | Songye Yan | China | KRW 7,894,000 |
| #30 Big O Bounty Hyper Turbo | KRW 300,000 + bounty | 29 | Yao Liu | China | KRW 2,496,000 |
| #31 NL Hold'em Super Hyper Turbo | KRW 400,000 | 54 | Bo Fong Chen | Taiwan | KRW 5,486,000 |
Schedule: Sunday, 1 November
| Start | Event | Buy-in |
|---|---|---|
| 12:00 | #3 KPC Main Event Final Table | KRW 1,300,000 |
| 12:00 | #25 Baby Dragon Day 1C | KRW 1,500,000 |
| 12:30 | #33 10 Game Championship | KRW 1,500,000 |
| 13:00 | #27 KPC Super High Roller Day 2 | KRW 7,000,000 |
| 13:00 | #34 NL Hold'em Progressive Bounty | KRW 800,000 + bounty |
| 17:00 | #35 NL Super Hold'em | KRW 800,000 |
| 18:00 | #25 Baby Dragon Day 1D (Turbo) | KRW 1,500,000 |
| 18:30 | #36 PL Courchevel Hi-Lo | KRW 500,000 |
| 20:00 | #37 NL Hold'em High Roller Hyper | KRW 2,000,000 |
| 21:00 | MS8 Milestone Satellite to Red | KRW 400,000 |
| 21:30 | #38 NL 2-7 Single Draw Hyper Turbo | KRW 400,000 |
| 22:00 | #39 NL Hold'em Super Hyper Turbo | KRW 400,000 |
| 23:59 | #40 NL Hold'em Midnight Boom | KRW 300,000 |
The KPC Main Event and KPC Super High Roller both play down to a winner, while the Baby Dragon closes out its starting flights with Day 1C and Day 1D. Follow the full schedule on the Jeju Poker Festival 2026 page.
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Images and data courtesy of RDPT and KPC.
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