Kim Won-seop (47), who also works as a YouTuber, won the 5th round of the Pro Danggu PBA Dream Tour (Part 2).
Kim Won-seop beat the winner by a set score of 3-0 (15-5 15-9 15-12) in the final of the fifth round of the PBA Dream Tour in 2024-2025 season, which ended at KINTEX PBA Stadium in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province on the 17th.
With prize money of 10 million won (8,400 U.S. dollars) and ranking points of 10,000, she has risen vertically from 76th to third (10,750 points) in the Dream Tour. Rankings ranging from 1st to 20th will be promoted to PBA 1st division tour for the next season. 스포츠토토
He was relentless. Kim scored three runs each in the seventh and eighth innings, when his team was losing 3-5, to turn the score around 9-5. In the 10th innings, Kim laughed through six-run long balls. In the second set, he garnered six runs in the sixth inning, when his team was leading 8-7, and secured the win by 14-7. In the third set, he garnered a dramatic come-from-behind victory. Unlike the previous two sets, he hardly scored any runs in the early stages. Then, he scored four runs in the 14th innings, when his team was losing 3-7. Lee also pushed the score to 7-11, but added two runs in the 17th and three runs in the 18th to tie the score at 12-12. He then finished the game by scoring three runs in 19 innings.
Kim Won-seop, who debuted in the Dream Tour during the 2019-2020 season, was promoted to the first division tour during the 2020-2021 season and played for three seasons. However, he suffered a setback in the second division again last season. He also had a slump in the early stages of this season. He advanced to the 32nd round in the first round, but he only reached the 128th, 512th, and 128th round afterwards. He showed signs of revival in the fifth round.
Kim Won-seop said, “After three seasons in the first part of the tour, I was demoted after failing at Q-School. However, I found it very difficult because there were many players who were good at the second part of the tour. I was renewing my commitment, and I feel great to win the championship. It is all the more valuable because it is my first win.”
He runs a channel called “Waterproof Love Billiards TV” on YouTube. It has more than 200,000 subscribers. “There are so many people who support me. Sometimes I feel embarrassed by excessive support, but I really appreciate it,” Kim Won-seop said.
