KPC Poker Rebrand Goes Live: $2.3M GTD Jeju Festival Kicks Off October 10

Last Updated on August 31, 2026 by Bala Kumar

South Korea’s poker calendar just got a serious shake-up. K Poker Cup and King Poker Cup, two brands that have run parallel Jeju festivals for the past couple of years,  have officially merged into a single identity: KPC Poker. The unified tour makes its first appearance under the new name at LES A Casino, inside Jeju’s Shinhwa World resort, running October 10 through 21, 2026.

This isn’t a soft rebrand with a new logo and nothing else behind it. KPC Poker is launching with $2.3 million (roughly ₩3.1 billion) in guaranteed prize pools spread across a jam-packed 12-day schedule, buy-ins stretching from a ₩800,000 bankroll builder all the way to a $60,000 Super High Roller, and, notably,  two separate Main Events crowning two separate champions before the festival wraps.

Why the Merger, and Why Now

K Poker Cup and King Poker Cup built distinct identities over the past few festivals,  K Poker Cup leaning into accessible buy-ins and volume, King Poker Cup carving out a premium high-stakes niche. Folding both under the KPC Poker banner signals a clear strategy: one unified brand, one recognizable schedule, and a stronger pull for both grinders chasing value and high rollers chasing seven-figure paydays, all inside the same 12-day window.

It also simplifies things for international players. Rather than tracking two separate tours with overlapping venues and different branding, KPC Poker now offers a single, predictable festival identity at LES A Casino,  one of the busiest live poker venues in Asia.

KPC Poker October 2026: Guaranteed Events at a Glance

Here’s the current, real-time breakdown of the festival’s headline guaranteed tournaments, current as of the official schedule release on August 29, 2026:

The Two Main Events Anchoring the Festival

The festival’s backbone is built around two very different flagship tournaments:

•      KPC Main Event — ₩1,300,000 buy-in, ₩880 million guaranteed, six starting flights from October 11-14, Day 2 on October 15, champion crowned October 16.

•      King’s Main Event — $15,000 buy-in, two starting flights (October 17-18), players combine October 19, champion crowned October 20.

Running two Main Events of this size back-to-back inside one festival window is unusual even by Asia’s increasingly ambitious live poker standards, and it’s the clearest sign yet that KPC Poker is positioning itself as a genuine dual-market tour — one leg for the broader grinding population, one leg for the high-stakes crowd.

Where the Stakes Really Escalate

Beyond the two Main Events, the middle-to-back half of the schedule is where KPC Poker separates itself from a typical regional series. A ₩5 million High Roller (₩420 million guaranteed) opens on October 12, followed by the first of several $25,000 Single Day Super High Rollers on October 13. Then comes the headline buy-in of the entire festival: the $60,000 King’s Super High Roller, running October 14-16.

The final stretch adds a $20,000 Crown Hunt, a $30,000 Final Coronation, and a closing $20,000 Single Day Super High Roller on October 21 — meaning the festival both opens and closes with serious buy-in options for players chasing bigger scores.

Packages and Ways to Save Before You Arrive

KPC Poker has also rolled out travel and value packages alongside the schedule announcement, aimed at players planning to fire multiple events across the 12 days:

•      A $70,000 tournament-credit pre-payment offer that includes complimentary accommodation for the entire festival.

•      A MAPS Mixed Game Rookie Package — ₩3 million in mixed-game tournament credit plus two complimentary nights at the Landing Hotel, capped at 30 players.

•      A registration discount cutting the administration fee in half across 17 tournaments and starting flights, including the King’s Debut, the $60,000 Super High Roller, and both King’s Main Event flights, for players registered and seated before the event begins.

Eligible early-registration events are flagged with a gift-box icon on the official schedule, and package credit is non-transferable and valid only for the October 2026 festival window.

What This Means for the Wider Jeju Poker Calendar

KPC Poker’s October festival isn’t happening in isolation — it sits inside Jeju’s increasingly packed “festival season,” which also includes the Red Dragon Poker Tour and the Jeju Poker Festival running October 28 through November 11 with a combined ₩3.88 billion in guarantees. Together, these overlapping series have turned LES A Casino and Jeju Shinhwa World into one of the busiest live poker destinations in Asia for the back half of 2026, giving traveling players a genuine multi-week circuit rather than a single isolated stop.

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