Marius Kudzmanas Wins KPC King’s Main Event for $533,800
Editorial illustration of Marius Kudzmanas; not an event photograph.
Marius Kudzmanas won the KPC King’s Main Event at LES A Casino in Jeju, South Korea, on October 20, 2026, collecting $533,800. The $15,000 tournament drew 169 entries.
The Lithuanian defeated Peng Huang, who earned $350,000. Huang had already won the festival’s lower-buy-in KPC Main Event, making the final a chance to take both of the series’ main titles.
Two Main Events, different stakes
The King’s Main Event was a separate competition from the KRW 1,300,000 KPC Main Event. Huang’s earlier victory came from 1,082 entries; that result remains distinct from his runner-up finish in the $15,000 event.
SoMuchPoker’s event results list 26 paid places and a prize pool of more than $2.37 million for the King’s tournament. Its final day followed the October 17 start.
A jack seals the title
According to KPC’s official recap, the deciding hand began with Kudzmanas moving all in with jack-eight and Huang calling with ace-three. A queen-deuce-jack flop put Kudzmanas ahead. A three on the turn and five on the river left his pair of jacks in front.
Another live title after Prague
The Jeju win adds to a year already marked by a major European championship. The official WSOP Europe event record shows Kudzmanas won April’s €5,300 Main Event in Prague for €2,000,000, outlasting 2,617 entries.
That was his third WSOP bracelet and his first earned in a live event. The KPC title is a separate achievement, adding another major live result to a career that also includes online bracelet victories.
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