Red Dragon Championship (2,000,000 KRW)

With 84,000 in the middle across flop 9♣ 8♣ 4♠ , Patrik Demus led out a bet of 29,000 on the small blind, and called off his 119,000 behind following an all-in from initial raiser Nan Zhang. Zhang revealed A♠ A♣ , and remained ahead of Demus' J♥ J♠ all the way through turn 6♥ and river T♣ to deliver the bust.

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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Xinghui Zhao fired a 2,700 three bet against Nan Zhang's early open, and saw the latter complete, revealing flop J♥ J♣ 5♦ . Zhao continued for 2,000, check raised by Zhang to 5,500. Zhao put in the call, and called for another 9,000 on turn 8♥ . On river 4♠ , Zhao bet a final 15,000 checked to him, convincing Zhang to surrender.

Nan Zhang defended his big blind against Heng Qiao's early open, and check called a 700 cbet on flop 3♦ 7♠ T♥ . Zhang led 2,000 on turn 5♠ , raised by Qiao to 6,800. Zhang put in the call, and went ahead to lead once more on river A♠ this time for a hefty 25,000. Qiao tanked and eventually threw in the fold.