Red Dragon Championship (2,000,000 KRW)

Jieming Xu opened on the hijack, raised by Xianglai Li to 80,000 behind. Zan Chen on the button, pushed all-in for 375,000, and saw Xu push likewise for a slightly larger 400,000. Li tank folded pocket nines, leaving the two to showdown.

A crucial flip, the board 8♣ T♣ T♦ Q♣ A♠ landed in favor of Chen's overcards, leaving Xu down to two big blinds.

William Li committed his last 32,500 with 9♠ 9♣ and was looked up by Jieming Xu with A♠ T♠ for a flip. At risk, Li instantly spiked a set on flop 9♦ 2♠ T♣ , further improving to a full house as runout 4♣ T♥ completed the board.

Red Dragon Championship Day 1C players have been sent off for a one hour dinner break, with action set to resume at 7:30 pm. Registration will also close following the break, with Day 1D remaining open for late entrants. China's Song Wang currently leads the charge, stacking over three times the average stack.

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With the clock already at pause, a three way all-in ensued at Table #34 with Shen Syu Ho covering both Jieming Xu's 130,000 and William Teoh's 100,000 stacks.

Board T♣ 7♦ 3♠ 9♦ 7♠ held for Teoh's pocket pair, earning him a triple up just before bagging time.

Three players battled for a 60,000 pot on flop 7♣ 3♣ 6♠ . William Teoh led all-in for 26,000, called behind by raiser Jieming Xu. Action back to Valery Li on the small blind, he raised all-in, isolating Teoh successfully.

Teoh T♣ 9♦

Li Q♠ Q♦

With only four outs to keep him alive, Teoh was in luck to see the runout land K♥ 8♠ , with the river completing his straight to earn the triple up.

Preflop action built up a 40,000 pot between Bohao Huang and Jieming Xu right behind. On flop 2♠ T♠ 7♦ , Huang check called a 14,000 bet from Xu, and went on to call off his opponent's 77,000 all-in on turn 9♦ .

Xu K♠ 6♠

Huang 3♣ 3♠

Gunning for a ton of outs, Xu found one as the river 9♠ filled up his flush, crippling Huang in the process.