China’s Peng Huang won the KPC Main Event at the KPC Poker Series October 2026 in Jeju, topping a 1,082-entry field at LES A Casino for KRW 171,873,000 (about $128,000). The 12-day series ran October 10–21 and finished with Taiwan’s Eric Tsai taking the King’s $60,000 Super High Roller for $1,046,600 and Lithuania’s Marius Kudzmanas beating Huang heads-up in the $15,000 King’s Main Event for $533,800.
Results here come from PokerNews and the Somuchpoker series results page. Both outlets are listed as media partners on KPC Poker’s official news page, which had not posted its own results when we checked on October 24, 2026. Somuchpoker puts the series at 73 events, 4,443 entries and a total prize pool of $13,433,510.
Who won the KPC Main Event in Jeju?
Peng Huang won the KPC Poker October 2026 Main Event after agreeing a heads-up deal with fellow Chinese player Hong Zhu. PokerNews reported a prize pool of $851,075, which beat the guarantee, with the top 125 places paid. Chinese players took the top three spots.
- Peng Huang (China) – KRW 171,873,000 (about $128,100)
- Hong Zhu (China) – about $102,100
- Yilong Wang (China) – about $59,675
- Sebastian Camilo Toro Henao (Colombia) – about $43,265
- Kai Hung Hu (Taiwan) – about $31,700
- Huan Yu Chen (Taiwan) – about $23,495
- Yirui Zhang (China) – about $17,900
- Mou Yue (China) – about $14,170
Huang almost won both main events. Days later he reached heads-up in the King’s Main Event, where Kudzmanas’s jack-eight beat his ace-three in the final hand. The $350,000 runner-up prize brought Huang’s 2026 live earnings to $515,715, PokerNews says. Before this year his recorded total was $73,178.
What happened in the King’s Main Event and Super High Roller?
The $15,000 King’s Main Event drew 169 entries and a prize pool of $2,372,760. Kudzmanas won it for $533,800. Six of the nine finalists were from China, including Xueying Zhao (3rd, $250,000) and Zhuoqun Zhang (4th, $190,000).
The richest event of the series was the King’s $60,000 Super High Roller: 66 entries made a $3,706,600 prize pool. Eric Tsai beat Calvin Lee of the United States heads-up for $1,046,600. According to PokerNews, the win moves Tsai to third on Taiwan’s all-time live money list with $5,726,822. Japan’s Ryuta Nakai finished fifth for $300,000, and Kudzmanas came sixth for $240,000.
The other high-stakes events went to:
- $30,000 Final Coronation: Rokas Asipauskas, $300,800 (25 entries)
- $20,000 Crown Hunt: Zhi Ye, $233,500
- $25,000 Single Day Super High Roller: Michel Molenaar, $140,000. PokerNews reports he won two high roller titles worth $308,400 in total.
- $20,000 NLH 6-Handed: Thailand’s Punnat Punsri
When is the next poker festival at LES A in Jeju?
The next festival at LES A Casino starts on October 28. The Jeju Poker Festival 2026, run by KPC Poker and the Red Dragon Poker Tour, is on until November 11, and its KPC Main Event opens the schedule with five starting flights. Our Jeju Poker Festival preview covers its 123 events and KRW 3.88 billion in guarantees. For buy-ins and travel costs at KPC stops, read our K Poker Cup Jeju guide. You can find upcoming Asian series on the PSR poker events calendar.
Asipauskas told Somuchpoker he plans to return in January to defend his Final Coronation title, which suggests KPC’s next King’s series will be held in Jeju early in 2027. KPC has not announced dates yet.