Red Dragon Championship (2,000,000 KRW)

Chao Li shoved his last 510,000 on the small blind and saw table captain Zehao Li put in the call behind. At risk, Chao Li remained ahead with his eight-high all the way through 9♣ T♦ 9♥ 2♥ , up until the river landed a 5♦ to ship the win over to Zehao Li.

Ngoc Ha Nguyen defended her open and called a 350,000 three bet from Chao Li right behind. On flop 2♦ 9♠ 2♠ , Li continued for 120,000, yet snap folded after Nguyen pulled a check raise to 350,000.

A preflop back and forth between Chao Li and big blind Zan Chen saw the latter call off for his nearly 30 BB stack for a flip. Li instantly landed the advantage, having paired up his queen right on the flop 3♦ Q♦ K♣ , with no help on either turn T♦ or river 2♣ arriving for Chen. Li raked in the 2.3 million pot, propelling him to the lead.

Red Dragon Championship Day 2 players have been sent off for a 60-minute dinner break, with action resuming at 7:50 pm local time. 43 runners remain in contention for the title, each already guaranteed KRW 5,950,000 (~USD 4,255) in winnings. Today's action will close once the field is down to 24 players or by the end of Level 24, whichever comes first.

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Chao Li fired a 120,000 three bet against Yongbin Wang's early open and saw the latter complete, revealing flop Q♥ 7♦ J♠ . Li bet 55,000 and took it down after Wang failed to continue.

Up against a late position open and a call, Chao Li on the small blind bumped it up to 115,000, and saw Xudong Zhang on the button continue to flop K♦ 6♦ A♥ . Li bet 80,000, enough to get Zhang off the pot.

Chao Li defended his big blind against Valeriy Pak, and check called two streets on board 9♦ 4♦ A♠ 5♥ T♣ . Both checked river to showdown, revealing Li's A♥ 7♦ for the pot.