Red Dragon Championship (2,000,000 KRW)

A three way all-in saw Xiaoyun Li put in the chips from the big blind against two short stacks - Beng Ker and Wei Hong. Board ran 5♠ 2♣ 9♥ 7♣ 2♠ , leaving Li's ladies good for the take down.

Facing an open and a call, Beng Ker on the button fired a raise to 110,000. Initial raiser Ming Yang shoved for 260,000 total, leaving Ker priced in to call.

Dominated, Ker booked the loss after missing to improve on board 2♦ 8♥ 3♦ T♥ 9♣ .

William Teoh defended his open and called a 50,000 three bet from Beng Ker right behind. On flop 7♥ Q♠ 9♥ , Teoh quickly laid it down after being faced with another 22,000.

A 23,000 pot centered around board 8♠ 9♥ 9♠ 8♥ 2♥ saw utg raiser Qingbo Gao fire a nearly pot sized bet of 20,000. Beng Ker behind raised all-in, and saw his opponent call off for his remaining 102,000. Ker showed bluff T♠ 6♣ right into Gao's boat Q♣ 9♣ .

Red Dragon Championship Day 1A players have been sent off for a one hour dinner break, with action set to resume at 7:40 pm. Registration will also close following the break, with Day 1B remaining open for late entrants. Zhengshan Hao currently leads the charge, stacking nearly three times the average stack.

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Vying for 8,300 in the middle across board 3♦ 6♣ 4♠ 6♠ . Beng Ker on the small blind, led for 4,600, called behind by Liu Kui. River J♥ saw Ker check fold after Kui bet all-in for 24,600.

Beng Ker opened to 800 on the hijack, followed by a 2,600 three bet behind. Qingbo Gao on the big blind, cold called, along with Ker, revealing flop 6♦ 9♦ 7♥ . Action checked round to turn 4♠ , where Gao led 3,100. Ker raised to 11,600, and saw only Gao make the call to river A♦ . Both checked it down, showing Ker's turned straight 5♥ 3♥ , good agianst Gao's two pair A♠ 9♠ .

Qingbo Gao opened to 600 on the hijack, called by both Bing An behind along with Beng Ker on the small blind. On flop J♥ Q♦ 9♦ , Gao continued for 1,300 which didn't deter any of the two from heading to turn 6♥ . Gao sent out another 3,600, weeding out An onto river 9♠ . Both Ker and Gao checked it down, revealing Ker's Q♣ T♥ , no good against Gao's better kicker A♣ Q♥ .