Place
3rd
Prize
$28,910
Prize (KRW)
₩41,530,000
Blind level
Level 30: 75,000 / 125,000 ante: 125,000
Entries
1/330
Total Chips
9,900,000
Average
9,900,000

Day 2

SMPSMP
5/3/2025, 1:52:18 PM

Hand #69: RDPT 2024 Red Dragon Championship 6th Place Finisher Xiao Liu Secures Podium Spot For KRW 41,530,000 (~$28,910)

Level 29: 50,000 / 100,000 ante: 100,000

Chao Hu jams from the small blind and Xiao Liu calls for his last 720,000.

PlayerHandChips
CH
Chao HuChina [CHN]China
Q4
SB
4,200,000(42 BB)
LX
KQ
BB
busted

Another bad beat for the player at risk on the board 4 T 4 A K calls for an investigation into the dealers, trying to get home early ;)

SMPSMP
5/3/2025, 1:45:38 PM

Hand #68: Hongjun Zhao Extends The Lead

Level 29: 50,000 / 100,000 ante: 100,000
Hongjun Zhao

Under the gun Xiao Liu ups the fee to 220,000 and takes both opponents to the flop 8 Q T that gets checked to the 8 turn and A river before Liu bets 250,000 with 2 2 . Zhao calls with his rivered top pair A 6 to grow his stack some more.

PlayerChips
5,600,000(56 BB)
CH
Chao HuChina [CHN]China
3,400,000(34 BB)
LX
820,000(8 BB)
SMPSMP
5/3/2025, 1:44:21 PM

Chip Counts

Level 29: 50,000 / 100,000 ante: 100,000
PlayerChips
4,800,000(48 BB)
CH
Chao HuChina [CHN]China
3,700,000(37 BB)
LX
1,300,000(13 BB)
SMPSMP
5/3/2025, 1:16:42 PM

Hand #57-61: Small Pots Traded

Level 29: 50,000 / 100,000 ante: 100,000

Hand #57: Under the gun Hongjun Zhao opens 200,000 and takes both blinds to the flop 9 8 J that gets checked all the way to the turn 9 and river A before Zhao's 300,000 bet takes it down.


Hand #58: Chao Hu limps the button and Zhao checks his big blind to see the flop J K K where Hu scoops with a 100,000 bet.


Hand #59: Xiao Liu jams 770,000 from the button with no takers.


Hand #60: Button Zhao collects blinds after raising to 200,000.


Hand #61: Zhao makes it 200,000 again, but folds when faced with a 650,000 three bet from small blind Chao Hu.

SMPSMP
5/3/2025, 12:59:35 PM

Table Update

Level 28: 50,000 / 75,000 ante: 75,000
PlayerChips
CH
Chao HuChina [CHN]China
3,900,000(52 BB)
3,600,000(48 BB)
1,300,000(17 BB)
LX
1,100,000(15 BB)
SMPSMP
5/3/2025, 12:53:07 PM

Hand #54-55: Two Blind Battles

Level 28: 50,000 / 75,000 ante: 75,000

Hand #54: Xiao Liu limps the small blind but folds when faced with Hongjun Zhao's jam from big blind.


Hand #55: Zhao limps his small blind and Yongbin Wang opts to check for the flop 5 4 9 to be taken down by Wang with a 100,000 lead holding T 9 against Zhao's Q 7 .

PlayerChips
3,600,000(48 BB)
1,600,000(21 BB)
SMPSMP
5/3/2025, 12:49:25 PM

Hand #52-53: Preflop Scoops

Level 28: 50,000 / 75,000 ante: 75,000

Hand #52: Xiao Liu jams 1,100,000 from under the gun to collect the blinds


Hand #53: Yongbin Wang raises to 200,000 from the cutoff and finds no takers.

SMPSMP
5/3/2025, 12:40:17 PM

Chip Counts

Level 28: 50,000 / 75,000 ante: 75,000
PlayerChips
CH
Chao HuChina [CHN]China
3,500,000(47 BB)
2,800,000(37 BB)
1,800,000(24 BB)
LX
1,100,000(15 BB)
RZ
1,100,000(15 BB)
SMPSMP
5/3/2025, 12:35:46 PM

Hand #45-48: Small Skirmishes

Level 28: 50,000 / 75,000 ante: 75,000

Hand #45: Small blind Yongbin Wang raises to 155,000 and Chao Hu defends to see the flop A 3 3 where a 125,000 follow up from Wang gets the job done.


Hand #46: Hongjun Zhao collects the blinds after opening 150,000 from the hijack.


Hand #47: Chao Hu leads 150,000 from the button with no takers.


Hand #48: Hu opens 160,000 from the cutoff, but lets it go after small blind Xiao Liu declared all-in for 835,000.

PlayerChips
CH
Chao HuChina [CHN]China
3,500,000(47 BB)
2,200,000(29 BB)
1,800,000(24 BB)
LX
1,100,000(15 BB)
SMPSMP
5/3/2025, 12:30:27 PM

Hand #43-44: Yongbin Wang Doubles Up

Level 28: 50,000 / 75,000 ante: 75,000

Hand #43: Xiao Liu jams 850,000 from the button with no takers.


Hand #44: Cutoff Xiao Liu opens 150,000, Hongjun Zhao rips his massive stack from the button and only big blind Yongbin Wang fills up for his last 670,000.

PlayerHandChips
QQ
BB
1,600,000(21 BB)
LX
AT
CO
900,000(12 BB)
88
D
2,000,000(27 BB)
Board:T97K2
SMPSMP
5/3/2025, 12:03:34 PM

Table Update

Level 27: 30,000 / 60,000 ante: 60,000
PlayerChips
2,300,000(38 BB)
CH
Chao HuChina [CHN]China
2,100,000(35 BB)
RZ
1,600,000(27 BB)
1,400,000(23 BB)
LX
1,000,000(17 BB)
750,000(13 BB)
740,000(12 BB)
SMPSMP
5/3/2025, 11:52:33 AM

Hand #34-36: Rong Zhang And Hongjun Zhao Dominate

Level 27: 30,000 / 60,000 ante: 60,000

Hand #34: Under the gun Hongjun Zhao wants 125,000 with 6 6 , but makes a disciplined fold after small blind Rong Zhang jams 1,100,000 with J J .


Hand #35: Wenwen Chen leads 120,000 with A J from +1, small blind Xiao Liu flats 9 9 and big blind Hongjun Zhao squeeze jams 2,200,000 with 8 8 which gets both opponents to fold.


Hand #36: Rong Zhang opens 120,000 from the cutoff and takes small blind Hongjun Zhao to the flop Q 9 T that gets checked down to the turn 7 and river Q with Zhang flipping over the winner K 9 against Zhao's A 5 .

SMPSMP
5/3/2025, 11:30:19 AM

Table Count

Level 26: 25,000 / 50,000 ante: 50,000
PlayerChips
CH
Chao HuChina [CHN]China
2,200,000(44 BB)
2,000,000(40 BB)
1,500,000(30 BB)
LX
1,300,000(26 BB)
RZ
1,200,000(24 BB)
1,000,000(20 BB)
710,000(14 BB)
PlayerChipsTableSeat
CH
Chao HuChina [CHN]China
2,200,000(44 BB)11
RZ
1,200,000(24 BB)13
LX
1,300,000(26 BB)15
2,000,000(40 BB)16
1,000,000(20 BB)17
710,000(14 BB)18
1,500,000(30 BB)19
SMPSMP
5/3/2025, 10:47:45 AM

Table Update

Level 25: 20,000 / 40,000 ante: 40,000
PlayerChipsTableSeat
CH
Chao HuChina [CHN]China
2,200,000(55 BB)11
RZ
1,400,000(35 BB)13
JJ
300,000(8 BB)14
LX
1,600,000(40 BB)15
1,800,000(45 BB)16
1,000,000(25 BB)17
1,000,000(25 BB)18
510,000(13 BB)19
PlayerChips
CH
Chao HuChina [CHN]China
2,200,000(55 BB)
1,800,000(45 BB)
LX
1,600,000(40 BB)
RZ
1,400,000(35 BB)
1,000,000(25 BB)
1,000,000(25 BB)
510,000(13 BB)
JJ
300,000(8 BB)
SMPSMP
5/3/2025, 10:42:02 AM

Hand #14: Xiao Liu Versus Two

Level 25: 20,000 / 40,000 ante: 40,000

Chao Hu kicks off the action with an 80,000 raise and takes two customers to the flop 7 A J where his 60,000 c-bet gets called by both opponents to reveal the turn 3 that gets checked to the river A . Button Xiao Liu bets 220,000 with A T and scoops the pot.

PlayerChips
CH
Chao HuChina [CHN]China
2,200,000(55 BB)
LX
1,600,000(40 BB)
1,300,000(33 BB)
SMPSMP
5/3/2025, 10:24:03 AM

Hands #5-7 : Xiao Liu Chips Up Some More

Level 25: 20,000 / 40,000 ante: 40,000

Hand #5: Hongjun Zhao walks.


Hand #6: Zhao opens 120,000 from the small blind, but let's it go after Zhongxian Li jams 1,100,000.


Hand #7: Xiao Liu leads 85,000 from the cutoff and big blind Wenwen Chen defends to see the flop 7 6 Q . Chen check-calls 55,000 and the turn 8 gets checked to the river 3 . Liu forks out another 110,000 with Q J and Chen surrenders after giving it some thought.

PlayerChips
LX
1,500,000(38 BB)
505,000(13 BB)
SMPSMP
5/3/2025, 10:13:23 AM

Hand #4 : Xiao Liu Double Up

Level 25: 20,000 / 40,000 ante: 40,000

Hijack Yongbin Wang opens 60,000 and Xiao Liu defends big blind to see the flop Q 5 7 that gets checked to the turn 2 . Checked to Wang again, an 80,000 delayed c-bet wanders over the line and Liu's 180,000 raise gets called. The river J sees Liu announce 340,000 all-in with Q 7 and Wang fills up holding 9 9 .

PlayerChips
LX
1,300,000(33 BB)
305,000(8 BB)
SMPSMP
5/3/2025, 8:31:55 AM

Final Table Draw

Level 24: 15,000 / 30,000 ante: 30,000
PlayerChipsTableSeat
CH
Chao HuChina [CHN]China
2,095,000(70 BB)11
630,000(21 BB)12
RZ
1,065,000(36 BB)13
JJ
630,000(21 BB)14
LX
645,000(22 BB)15
2,140,000(71 BB)16
1,100,000(37 BB)17
685,000(23 BB)18
810,000(27 BB)19
SMPSMP
5/3/2025, 7:55:56 AM

Chip Counts With 11 Players Left All Trying To Get To The Final 9

Level 23: 15,000 / 25,000 ante: 25,000
PlayerChips
CH
Chao HuChina [CHN]China
2,030,000(81 BB)
1,680,000(67 BB)
920,000(37 BB)
RZ
890,000(36 BB)
840,000(34 BB)
810,000(32 BB)
LX
755,000(30 BB)
715,000(29 BB)
JJ
565,000(23 BB)
325,000(13 BB)
XS
270,000(11 BB)
PlayerChipsTableSeat
JJ
565,000(23 BB)11
920,000(37 BB)13
CH
Chao HuChina [CHN]China
2,030,000(81 BB)14
1,680,000(67 BB)17
XS
270,000(11 BB)18
715,000(29 BB)21
810,000(32 BB)22
325,000(13 BB)23
840,000(34 BB)25
RZ
890,000(36 BB)26
LX
755,000(30 BB)28
SMPSMP
5/3/2025, 6:27:04 AM

Chip Counts For The Last 16 Players

Level 21: 10,000 / 15,000 ante: 15,000
PlayerChips
LX
1,175,000(78 BB)
1,100,000(73 BB)
1,060,000(71 BB)
920,000(61 BB)
700,000(47 BB)
RY
635,000(42 BB)
XS
590,000(39 BB)
CH
Chao HuChina [CHN]China
575,000(38 BB)
575,000(38 BB)
500,000(33 BB)
485,000(32 BB)
RZ
355,000(24 BB)
XX
320,000(21 BB)
JJ
275,000(18 BB)
FX
250,000(17 BB)
150,000(10 BB)
PlayerChipsTableSeat
JJ
275,000(18 BB)11
485,000(32 BB)12
RY
635,000(42 BB)13
CH
Chao HuChina [CHN]China
575,000(38 BB)14
FX
250,000(17 BB)15
575,000(38 BB)16
1,060,000(71 BB)17
XS
590,000(39 BB)18
150,000(10 BB)21
700,000(47 BB)22
500,000(33 BB)23
1,100,000(73 BB)24
920,000(61 BB)25
RZ
355,000(24 BB)26
XX
320,000(21 BB)27
LX
1,175,000(78 BB)28
SMPSMP
5/3/2025, 6:19:44 AM

Former Chip Leader Hui Tang's Run Comes To An End

Level 21: 10,000 / 15,000 ante: 15,000

Under the gun Hui Tang makes it 30,000, small blind Xiao Liu ups it to 90,000 and snaps after Tang jammed a massive 550,000.

PlayerHandChips
FX
33
UTG
busted
LX
KK
SB
1,175,000(78 BB)

No miracle for Tang on Q 7 5 6 J hands Liu the biggest pot of the tournament so far.

SMPSMP
5/3/2025, 5:58:13 AM

Chip Counts Going Into Level 21

Level 20: 6,000 / 12,000 ante: 12,000
PlayerChips
965,000(80 BB)
925,000(77 BB)
RY
708,000(59 BB)
HT
660,000(55 BB)
XS
647,000(54 BB)
640,000(53 BB)
620,000(52 BB)
520,000(43 BB)
CH
Chao HuChina [CHN]China
502,000(42 BB)
LX
460,000(38 BB)
410,000(34 BB)
YS
405,000(34 BB)
CH
315,000(26 BB)
XX
290,000(24 BB)
JJ
280,000(23 BB)
257,000(21 BB)
RZ
245,000(20 BB)
FX
210,000(18 BB)
205,000(17 BB)
HJ
177,000(15 BB)
105,000(9 BB)
PlayerChipsTableSeat
HJ
177,000(15 BB)11
257,000(21 BB)12
RY
708,000(59 BB)13
CH
Chao HuChina [CHN]China
502,000(42 BB)14
205,000(17 BB)16
XS
647,000(54 BB)18
620,000(52 BB)21
965,000(80 BB)22
JJ
280,000(23 BB)23
925,000(77 BB)24
520,000(43 BB)25
RZ
245,000(20 BB)26
XX
290,000(24 BB)27
HT
660,000(55 BB)31
640,000(53 BB)32
CH
315,000(26 BB)33
FX
210,000(18 BB)34
105,000(9 BB)35
410,000(34 BB)36
LX
460,000(38 BB)37
YS
405,000(34 BB)38
SMPSMP
5/3/2025, 5:32:46 AM

Chip Counts With Three Tables Left

Level 20: 6,000 / 12,000 ante: 12,000
PlayerChips
992,000(83 BB)
886,000(74 BB)
LX
796,000(66 BB)
HT
670,000(56 BB)
670,000(56 BB)
HJ
599,000(50 BB)
567,000(47 BB)
482,000(40 BB)
LW
432,000(36 BB)
YS
400,000(33 BB)
RY
380,000(32 BB)
JJ
311,000(26 BB)
FX
303,000(25 BB)
287,000(24 BB)
CH
262,000(22 BB)
CH
Chao HuChina [CHN]China
242,000(20 BB)
240,000(20 BB)
RZ
220,000(18 BB)
201,000(17 BB)
195,000(16 BB)
XX
177,000(15 BB)
139,000(12 BB)
XS
121,000(10 BB)
113,000(9 BB)
PlayerChipsTableSeat
HJ
599,000(50 BB)11
287,000(24 BB)12
RY
380,000(32 BB)13
CH
Chao HuChina [CHN]China
242,000(20 BB)14
201,000(17 BB)15
240,000(20 BB)16
LW
432,000(36 BB)17
XS
121,000(10 BB)18
670,000(56 BB)21
992,000(83 BB)22
JJ
311,000(26 BB)23
886,000(74 BB)24
482,000(40 BB)25
RZ
220,000(18 BB)26
XX
177,000(15 BB)27
113,000(9 BB)28
HT
670,000(56 BB)31
567,000(47 BB)32
CH
262,000(22 BB)33
FX
303,000(25 BB)34
139,000(12 BB)35
195,000(16 BB)36
LX
796,000(66 BB)37
YS
400,000(33 BB)38
SMPSMP
5/3/2025, 4:34:34 AM

Table 3 Update With Hui Tang Still In Charge

Level 19: 5,000 / 10,000 ante: 10,000
Hui Tang
PlayerChipsTableSeat
FX
136,000(14 BB)31
LZ
114,000(11 BB)32
HT
851,000(85 BB)33
84,000(8 BB)34
277,000(28 BB)35
LX
592,000(59 BB)36
LW
382,000(38 BB)37
RZ
283,000(28 BB)38
SMPSMP
5/3/2025, 4:33:51 AM

2024 Red Dragon Championship 6th Place Finisher Xiao Liu Close To The Leaders

Level 19: 5,000 / 10,000 ante: 10,000

Xiao Liu makes it 20,000 from the cutoff and calls after button Luyao Wu upped it to 50,000. Liu check-calls the 38,000 c-bet on the flop Q 3 A , but decides to check-jam 296,000 into Wu's second barrel of 85,000 on the turn J which sends Wu in the tank before he lets it go.

PlayerChips
LX
582,000(58 BB)
LW
240,000(24 BB)
SMPSMP
5/3/2025, 3:56:00 AM

Table 3 Update With Overall Chip Leader Hui Tang In Control

Level 18: 4,000 / 8,000 ante: 8,000
PlayerChipsTableSeat
YY
94,000(12 BB)31
LZ
150,000(19 BB)32
HT
793,000(99 BB)33
423,000(53 BB)34
117,000(15 BB)35
LX
205,000(26 BB)36
LW
283,000(35 BB)37
RZ
238,000(30 BB)38

Seat Draw

PlayerChipsTableSeat
WD
68,00011
227,00013
XH
Xu HanChina [CHN]China
88,00014
173,00015
FX
607,00016
LL
Lei LiChina [CHN]China
510,00017
357,00018
81,00021
333,00022
XS
94,00023
LY
Lei YuChina [CHN]China
263,00024
ZJ
110,00025
96,00026
RY
304,00027
XW
40,00031
LZ
162,00032
HT
587,00033
391,00034
295,00035
LK
Lui KaiChina [CHN]China
180,00037
55,00038
JJ
81,00041
YS
172,00042
141,00043
118,00044
CH
291,00045
YL
101,00046
157,00047
MX
121,00048
406,00051
88,00052
PY
58,00053
192,00054
405,00056
134,00057
WC
138,00058
HJ
430,00061
LW
230,00063
59,00064
LY
92,00065
AH
An HouChina [CHN]China
216,00066
88,00067
RZ
100,00068
LX
188,00071
WY
206,00072
6,00073
CH
Chao HuChina [CHN]China
276,00074
YY
151,00076
56,00077
XX
177,00078

Chip Count

PlayerChips
FX
607,000
HT
587,000
LL
Lei LiChina [CHN]China
510,000
HJ
430,000
406,000
405,000
391,000
357,000
333,000
RY
304,000
295,000
CH
291,000
CH
Chao HuChina [CHN]China
276,000
LY
Lei YuChina [CHN]China
263,000
LW
230,000
227,000
AH
An HouChina [CHN]China
216,000
WY
206,000
192,000
LX
188,000
LK
Lui KaiChina [CHN]China
180,000
XX
177,000
173,000
YS
172,000
LZ
162,000
157,000
YY
151,000
141,000
WC
138,000
134,000
MX
121,000
118,000
ZJ
110,000
YL
101,000
RZ
100,000
96,000
XS
94,000
LY
92,000
XH
Xu HanChina [CHN]China
88,000
88,000
88,000
81,000
JJ
81,000
WD
68,000
59,000
PY
58,000
56,000
55,000
XW
40,000
6,000