Alan Lau Builds a Fortress At Main Event Flight B; Jia Xin Wang Tops Flight C

Day 5 of the Gods of Poker debut series settled into the books with the attention centered squarely on the Main Event and its KR₩ 1,000,000,000 (~USD 700,000) guaranteed prize pool. Taking place at LES A Casino in Jeju, South Korea, two more flights marched through the schedule on December 9 for a cumulative 244 entries, setting the stage for a pivotal final flight tomorrow. 

With the guarantee looming overhead, the emerging storyline is hard to ignore: a possible overlay sits in plain view. For players already through to the money round, it’s a windfall of pure value; for everyone else, tomorrow offers one last, high-equity shot at joining them.

Flight B Leader Alan King Lun Lau In A Territory Of His Own

Alan King Lun Lau - Flight B chip leader

Flight B of the Main Event hit the felt at 12:30 PM with blinds increasing every ninety minutes for the first two levels of late registration then a faster thirty minutes until the bubble burst. The player to catch was Flight A chip leader Li Tao who set the bar at 1,857,000.

While it was a tall mountain to climb, Hong Kong’s Alan King Lun Lau scaled it, bagging a towering 2,027,000 to end Flight B as the current overall frontrunner. Lau’s latest performance was a continuation of his strong finish in 3rd place at yesterday’s Titan Stack. 

His rise began with a crucial flip where both hole cards Ace-King paired to survive Yanfeng Wang's hooks. As the bubble loomed, with the money just a few eliminations away, Lau knocked out Jan Jason Leoncio with Q ♦️ Q ♣️ denying A ♣️ K ♣️ on a board of A ♦️ 6 ♦️ 3 ♦️ Q ♥️ 9 ♣️.

Yang Yi

To surge into 2M territory, Lau clashed with big stacked Yang Yi holding A ♣️ 3 ♣️ that spiked an ace on the river to outrun Yi’s 9 ♣️ 9 ♥️. Yi also finished high in the counts as the third largest with 1,495,000 in chips. 

Guancheng Wu

Securing second position was Guancheng Wu with 1,705,000 in chips. Like Lau, Wu was highly active as the bubble round approached, dragging in multiple pots including a sizable one where he check-raised the flop and then jammed the turn on a board of 4 ♦️ 8 ♦️ 4 ♠️ J ♥️, getting it through and showing A ♦️ A ♥️.

Flight B action closed on a flip with Daqiao Jiang’s A ♥️ K ♦️ turning an ace to dust Alvin Sembrano’s 5 ♠️ 5 ♦️. 

• Buy-in: KR₩ 2,000,000 (∼USD 1,360)
• Guarantee: KR₩ 1,000,000,000 (∼USD 700,000)
• Flight B: 84 entries

Flight B blinds paused at 20K-40K ante 40K. The 12 survivors have a couple of days off before returning for Day 2 on December 12, 2025 at 12:45 PM. 

For all of the Flight B details, click here. 

Jia Xin Wang Catches Fire To Bag Flight C Lead

Jia Xin Wang

The fastest of all the heats was Flight C with the opening two levels of registration seeing blinds increase every sixty minutes then a faster twenty minutes until the bubble burst. This drew 62 runners, among them were new arrivals such as Hayato Kitajima, Park Yu “Sparrow” Cheung, and Taiwan power couple Nevan Chang and Hua-Wei Lin. 

As the bubble loomed, the race for the Flight C chip lead heated up. Kazuki Okamoto’s once towering stack met resistance as Hongbo Pan and Jia Xin Wang climbed. 

Hongbo Pan

Pan was not in radar until he landed a big pot that eliminated Peng Huang who shoved with A ♠️ J ♥️. Pan had K ♦️ K ♥️ that turned into quads on a board Q ♦️ 3 ♣️ 9 ♣️ K ♠️ K ♣️. 

For Wang, he had already built momentum through a string of pots, highlighted by a double up through Shih Cheng Gao when his A ♥️ Q ♦️ found salvation on the river 4 ♠️ 6 ♠️ 7 ♥️ 2 ♠️ A ♣️ against J ♦️ J ♥️. Riding that boost, Wang squared off with Okamoto. His pocket Aces delivered full value to catapult to the top of the counts.

To close out Flight C, Wang knocked out short stacked Patrick Liang on the bubble with 6 ♠️ 7 ♥️ outdrawing K ♥️ 10 ♥️ on a runout 8 ♠️ 8 ♦️ 7 ♠️ 9 ♣️ 3 ♦️. 

• Buy-in: KR₩ 2,000,000 (∼USD 1,360)
• Guarantee: KR₩ 1,000,000,000 (∼USD 700,000)
• Flight C: 62 entries

Flight C blinds paused at 20K-40K ante 40K. The 9 survivors have a couple of days off before returning for Day 2 on December 12, 2025 at 12:45 PM. 

For all of the Flight C details, click here. 

Next up is Main Event Flight D  which kicks off at 2:00 PM on December 10. The first two levels will see blinds running at 240 minutes each for a total of eight hours. Players bag up at the end of the two levels. Late registration closes on December 11 at 12:30 PM. From there, Flight D resumes at blinds of 60 minutes until ITM is reached.

For all of the Flight D details, click here.

GOP Jeju Main Event Gauntlet

Black and Gold Main Event Gauntlet

The Gods of Poker Jeju crown jewel Main Event features a KR₩ 1 Billion (~USD 700,000) guaranteed prize pool. Aside from a handsome cash prize awaiting the last player standing, the champion will also hoist the lone Black-and-Gold Gauntlet, forged for the first-ever Gods Of Poker titan. 

• Buy-in: KR₩ 2,000,000 (~USD 1,360)
• Guarantee: KR₩ 1,000,000,000 (~USD 700,000)
• Starting stack: 120,000 (120 big blinds)

Flight Results & Info

• Flight A: completed
  Results: 98 entries / 14 ITM
• Flight B: completed
  Results: 84 entries / 12 ITM
• Flight C: completed
  Results: 62 entries / 9 ITM
• Flight D (Day 1): December 10 at 2:00 PM
  Blinds: 240 minutes
• Flight D (Day 2): December 11 at 12:30 PM 
  Blinds: 60 minutes
  Registration: closes at 12:30 PM
• Day 2: December 12 at 12:45 PM
  Blinds: 60 minutes
• Final Day: December 13 at 12:45 PM
  Blinds: 60 minutes

All entry flights play to ITM / 13.5 percent of the field. Day 2 plays down to the Final 18 players or Final 9, depending on the number of entries. 

For the full structure and details, click here.

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