Red Dragon Championship (2,000,000 KRW)

Ming Yang risked his last 16 BBs with A♣ 8♥ and was called by initial raiser Yu Lei with 9♥ 9♠ . In danger, Yang exited the Main Event floor just as board 4♠ T♣ T♦ T♥ 9♣ landed on the table.

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♣ .

A three way raised pot saw Dmitrii Gnusaev lead 27,000 on flop 4♦ Q♥ 7♦ . Ming Yang on the button called, revealing turn 9♦ . Both checked it through to river 7♥ , where Gnusaev fired 75,000. Yang made the call, and mucked as Gnusaev flipped over A♥ Q♦ .

Today's initial flight has whittled down to 58 players with Yong Li currently holding down the lead, being the sole runner to break the 500K mark. Action will close following two more levels of play.

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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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