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Jung Won Young
Office survival & board game tournament ace
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Jung Won-young is an IT development PM . He represented Korea at the Red Bull escape room world championship and has won Avalon and Splendor board game tournaments. In 2025 he played LG Group's YouTube web series Life's Game under the alias 'Seok Ho-pil', placing first in two rounds with board-shaping strategic play. Dead Again is his first broadcast brain survival show, and he is the first player whose path to one began with a YouTube web series. The announcement called him a hidden powerhouse who conquered his company's survival game and swept board game tournaments.
Did you know
- He is the first Life's Game alum to join another brain survival show.
- He is the first player whose path to a broadcast brain survival show began with a YouTube web series.
- His alias 'Seok Ho-pil' comes from the Korean nickname for Michael Scofield of Prison Break. It was the only Korean-sounding alias in the cast, so some viewers assumed it was his real name.
- His Life's Game profile listed him as a Mensa member with an IQ of 156.
- He met Nucksal in 2025, guesting on LG Group content that Nucksal hosted.
Korean representative, Red Bull escape room world championship
Winner, Avalon and Splendor board game tournaments
IT development PM
Netflix's season 3 reveal video lists the same job.
Life's Game (YouTube web series, as 'Seok Ho-pil')
A brain survival series for 12 LG Group employees: he finished first in the round-2 and round-3 main games, winning round 3 as the spy, and was the first player out in the final game, 'Combination Betting'.
Guest on LG Group content hosted by Nucksal
Previous shows only (excludes this season). From news and Namuwiki, as of 2026-10-13