Red Dragon Championship (2,000,000 KRW)

Zhengshan Hao opened utg and called a 24,000 three bet from Yongbin Wang right behind. On flop 7♦ A♦ 9♥ , Hao check called a 20,000 cbet from his opponent, and went on to check raise 80,000 on turn Q♥ . Wang answered with an all-in, called by Hao for his remaining 128,000.

Wang 9♠ 9♣

Hao A♣ Q♦

Crushed against Wang's set, Hao headed out shortly after river 3♥ offered no help to his demise.

A preflop back and forth between Zhengshan Hao and Bing An saw the latter five bet jam his entire 242,000 stack, called by Hao. A cooler situation, An cruised to victory with his nutted pair holding up on board 7♣ T♥ 3♠ Q♠ 3♥ to snatch a huge chunk off of Hao's towering pile.

Zhengshan Hao opened on the hijack, and went on to fourbet shove against Jun Wang's raise. Wang called off for his entire 128,000 stack and was in for a flip for his tournament life. Board A♣ 9♠ 5♦ 7♦ T♦ once again favored the overcards, knocking Wang from the Day 1A running completely.

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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A blind vs blind battle brewed a pot of 24,500 across board A♣ Q♣ K♦ 5♣ . Yi Ma check raised to 50,000 against Zhengshan Hao's 15,000 bet, and saw his opponent complete to river Q♥ . Both checked it to showdown, revealing Ma's A♦ J♦ , no good against Hao's better two pair A♠ K♠ .

Xiaobo Zhou pushed his last 11,000 in and was called behind by Zhengshan Hao. Erdun Xu on the small blind, made it 45,000 to go, isolating Zhou for the showdown. Flop 8♣ 7♠ K♣ landed both players top pair with Xu's kicker running in play as turn 2♦ and river T♠ completed the board.

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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Chi Jen Chen opened to 1,200 utg, called behind by Huailing Zuo along with Zhengshan Hao on the big blind. Chen continued for another 1,200 on flop 2♦ 6♥ 9♠ , with both sticking around to turn T♦ . Chen gunned for 7,600, and picked up the pot as both opponents folded.

Up against a utg open, a three bet and a call, Zhengshan Hao on the big blind, pulled a squeeze to 5,000, and saw only last caller Dong Li continue to flop A♠ 7♥ 6♦ . Hao demanded another 4,000, enough to get Li to quickly lay it down.