Main Event (1,600,000 KRW)

119 hopefuls punched their ticket for KRW 1,500,000 (~USD 1,000) to gain a seat at the Red Dragon Poker Tour Baby Dragon event. The prize pool has grown to KRW 326,065,500 (~USD 233,000) and is expected to grow even bigger with three more day one flights left to bring in more players.

From the 119 entrants, only 18 qualified for a bag to bring to Day 2, where they will be guaranteed a minimum share of the total prize pool and an opportunity to continue their journey to claim the Baby Dragon championship title, a Red Dragon Poker Tour trophy, an exclusive RDPT Champion's jacket and the top cash prize which is yet to be determined.

It was a strong force of Chinese poker pros that topped the Day 1A Flight. The largest chip stack belonged to Erdun Xu of China who built his starting stack of 25,000 to 421,000. Xianglai Li claimed the second rank with a stack of 359,000 while Mingwei Li bagged up 327,000.

Baby Dragon Day 1A

Dates: November 26-27, 2024

Buy-in: KRW 1,500,000 (~USD 1,000)

Day 1 A Entries: 119

Prize pool: KRW 326,065,500 (~USD 233,000)

ITM: 18 Players Advance To Day 2

Starting Stack: 25,000

Chips In Play: 2,975,000

Average Stack: 165,000

Blinds: 4,000/8,000 with ante of 8,000

Erdun Xu shoved all-in for 53,000 against an early open, and found Cheng Yen Lo push behind likewise. Initial raiser opted out, and the two ran board K♣ 7♠ 3♦ 8♦ J♥ . Lo landed top pair for the win, sending Xu bound for the exit.

With a 26,500 pot centered around board T♣ 3♥ 6♠ 2♠ 5♠ , action was seen on Erdun Xu with a bet of 8,500. Aghayev Farhad called behind, only to muck as Xu revealed nut straight 7♥ 4♥ .

Erdun Xu fired a 3,500 three bet against an early open and found Haoran Hu cold call behind. On flop Q♠ 9♥ 7♥ , Xu continued for 3,000, yet folded after Hu check raised all-in.