KPC Poker and Red Dragon Expand Jeju Festival to 15 Days
The LES A Casino series now runs from Oct. 28 to Nov. 11 with 123 trophy events and KRW 3.88 billion in headline guarantees.
KPC Poker and Red Dragon Poker Tour will jointly stage the 2026 Jeju Poker Festival at LES A Casino from Oct. 28 through Nov. 11, giving players 15 straight days and 123 trophy events to choose from. The schedule carries three headline tournaments with combined guarantees of KRW 3.88 billion.
As reported in August, KPC Poker had already folded King Poker Cup into a single Jeju brand ahead of this debut. In the new setup, KPC handles the opening stretch and Red Dragon takes over later, so players can either sample part of the run or stay for the full festival.
KPC’s section opens with the KRW 1.3 million Main Event and its KRW 880 million guarantee. That event uses five starting flights across the opening three days, reaches Day 2 on Oct. 31 and plays down to a final table on Nov. 1. KPC also puts the KRW 5 million High Roller and KRW 7 million Super High Roller into the first few days.
Red Dragon’s side begins on Nov. 2 with the KRW 2.5 million Red Dragon Classic Main Event, which carries a KRW 1.2 billion guarantee and four starting flights before it crowns a champion on Nov. 5. The KRW 4 million Red Dragon Plus Championship follows on Nov. 6, runs its four opening flights through Nov. 8, sends survivors to Day 2 on Nov. 9 and finishes on Nov. 11 with a KRW 1.8 billion guarantee.
The rest of the festival leans hard into volume and variety. PokerNews says the schedule includes more than a dozen high rollers, Mystery Bounty events and a mixed-game lineup with PLO, Big O, Dealer’s Choice, 2-7, Drawmaha, Stud and Razz, with buy-ins running from KRW 300,000 to KRW 1 million and the $12,000 Red Dragon Prestige Super High Roller on Nov. 10. The card also includes the Baby Dragon, the JPF 3rd Anniversary Event, the Red Dragon+ Mini Main Event and the Dragon Egg Mystery Bounty.
For context, Somuchpoker said the 2025 festival drew players from 38 countries, ran 87 events over 12 days and paid out more than KRW 13.1 billion. This year’s edition adds 36 trophy events and three extra days, and Red Dragon introduced RDPT PLUS in 2026 as a format built around deeper stacks, more decision time and more play.
