Baby Dragon (1,500,000 KRW)

Chao Hu makes it 300,000, followed by a triple barrel sequence of 200,000, 550,000 and 1,800,000 to the river 3♦ J♥ 4♥ K♠ Q♠ with K♥ 3♣ where Zhao let's go of his J♠ 8♣ .

Hand #72: Chao Hu opens 250,000 and Hongjun Zhao fills up before check folding to Hu's 150,000 follow up on the flop 3♦ 8♥ Q♦ .

Hand #73: Zhao's 300,000 lead is defended by Hu to see the flop 9♠ 4♥ K♠ where he check-calls a 200,000 c-bet before switching to a 300,000 lead on the turn K♣ . Zhao calls, the board completes 2♣ and Zhao fills another 750,000 bet with trips K♦ 5♠ to scoop the pot against Hu's 9♦ 8♦ .

Hongjun Zhao makes it 200,000 and Chao Hu fills up to see the flop J♣ 2♦ Q♦ where Zhao's 200,000 c-bet with Q♥ 3♣ is enough to get Hu off of his 7♦ 6♥ .

Chao Hu opens 275,000 with A♥ K♥ and Hongjun Zhao fills up holding 4♦ 3♦ to see the flop 7♦ A♦ 6♥ that gets checked to the turn 7♥ where Zhao check-calls 450,000, the board completes 9♣ and Zhao tries to wrestle the pot his way by leading 750,000, but has to surrender after Hu calls.

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.

With the 2♦ in the window, Wang starts skiing uphill and can't find a lift when the board completes K♠ 5♠ 3♣ J♠ , just missing out on the podium spots.

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.

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♠ .

Hand #50: Hongjun Zhao opens 225,000 from the button and takes big blind Yongbin Wang to the flop 2♠ 5♣ Q♠ where Wang donks 200,000 with 9♥ 9♣ , but throws it away after Zhao upped it to 500,000.

Hand #51: Hongjun Zhao's 150,000 open takes big blind Chao Hu to the flop 8♠ 3♠ 5♣ that gets checked down all the way to the turn K♠ and river K♣ where Zhao flips over the winner A♦ J♠ against Hu's T♣ 7♣ .

No ace for Li on 8♣ K♦ T♥ 4♦ 9♠ sends him to the payout desk.

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.

Button Rong Zhang makes it 150,000 and big blind Hongjun Zhao defends to see the flop 5♠ Q♦ K♥ that gets checked to the turn 2♠ and river 5♦ . Zhang tries to steal with A♠ 8♣ for 200,000, but Zhao check-calls with Q♠ J♥ to pick up some chips.

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♦ .

Chao Hu opens 125,000 from the hijack and small blind Hongjun Zhao defends to see the flop 6♦ 3♠ A♥ where a 75,000 c-bet from Hu gets called. The turn 9♠ and river 9♣ get checked down with Zhao tabling the winner A♦ 7♦ against Hu's K♠ K♥ .

Hongjun Zhao defends big blind after Yongbin Wang made it 150,000 from the hijack and Wang scoops after laying out a c-bet of 150,000 on the flop 2♣ 5♥ 3♠ .

Hongjun Zhao leads 60,000 from +1 and Jiahao Jin defends big blind to see the flop J♣ A♣ T♦ where Jin check-calls a 50,000 c-bet. The turn J♦ gets checked to the river 6♦ and Jin switches to a lead for 130,000 with trips J♥ 9♣ and Zhao answers with a raise to 300,000 holding J♠ T♠ . Spending some time in the tank, Jin finds a great fold to stay alive.

Hongjun Zhao raises 60,000 from +2 and takes two customers to the flop 2♣ 7♣ T♠ where big blind Rong Zhang donk-bets 100,000 with J♣ 9♣ to take it down.

The dealer keeps it interesting until the end by tabling 6♠ 2♠ 3♥ Q♠ T♠ , sending Xiao to the rail and the rest of the field into the final table bubble.

With a limp from under the gun Shizi Xiao in front, small blind Chao Hu makes it 95,000 and big blind Hongjun Zhao cold four-bets 295,000. Xiao folds, Hu goes in the tank, but decides to also let it go after some careful consideration.

Pang misses the board 2♦ 2♣ Q♠ Q♣ 4♣ , ending another deep run for him here at the Landing Casino.

Under the gun Shizi Xiao leads 50,000 and takes two players to the flop 2♠ 9♦ 4♥ where the action checks to button Yiming Kuang who puts out an 80,000 feeler, big blind Hongjun Zhao check-raises to 220,000 and only Kuang gets sticky to see the turn 3♠ . Zhao leads 400,000 and picks up the pot right there.

Zhang's odds grow slimmer until hitting zero on the board 6♣ 5♠ 6♥ J♦ Q♥ and we inch one spot closer to the Final 9.

Under the gun Hongjun Zhao raises again to 45,000 and takes two customers to the flop 2♦ 2♥ J♣ where his 55,000 c-bet takes him heads up with button Chao Hu to the turn 7♣ who calls Zhao's second barrel of 230,000 after tanking for a bit. The board completes K♦ , giving Zhao top pair with A♣ K♠ who jams his massive stack, but Hu snaps sevens-full 7♠ 7♦ to pick up the biggest pot of the day so far, taking him into the lead.

Hongjun Zhao opens 30,000 out of the hijack and Ruoyu Yang defends big blind to see the flop Q♣ T♦ Q♦ where Yang check-calls a 40,000 c-bet. The turn T♠ gets checked to the river 2♣ where Yang check-calls once more, this time for 100,000, but has to surrender the pot to Zhao's A♣ Q♠ full house.

With a stellar start to Day 2 under his belt, Hongjun Zhao opens 30,000 from the cutoff once more and big blind Shengyong Wang defends big blind to see the flop 6♣ 8♠ 5♥ . Wang check-calls a 40,000 c-bet and the turn 2♦ gets checked to the river Q♣ . Having hit top pair with Q♥ 9♣ Wang leads 60,000 and scoops the pot after Zhao made the call.

Hijack Hongjun Zhao raises 17,000 and fills up after cutoff Lei Li made it 50,000. The flop 6♥ 6♣ J♥ has Zhao check-call a 40,000 c-bet, he does the same on the turn 2♠ for 140,000 and the board completes 3♥ . Zhao switches gears to a 201,000 all-in lead which sends Li in the tank, but eventually calls with K♥ K♠ , but has to surrender the pot to Zhao's flush 9♥ 7♥ , catapulting him into the lead.

Junjie He leads 16,000 from +2 and takes hijack Zhao Hongjun to the flop 7♠ J♠ Q♠ that gets checked to the turn 3♥ . Junjie He's 25,000 delayed c-bet gets called, the river T♣ gets checked down and Zhao Hongjun flips over another winner 7♥ 6♥ against He Junjie's 5♣ 6♠ .

Under the gun Zhao Hongjun kicks off the day with a raise to 13,000, Xueqi Feng makes it 35,000 from +1 , but let's it go after Zhao Hongjun four-bet to 83,000.