
Day 1A
The Baby Dragon Day 1A Comes To A Close With Hui Tang In A Commanding Lead

The first of three flights for the Red Dragon Poker Tour 2025 Baby Dragon attracted a total of 117 players with 18 left standing that all have a min cash secured when Day 2 begins at 12:00 on Saturday the 3rd of May.
Hui Tang - his biggest live cash to date comes from finishing 2nd at the APT Jeju 2024 Sunday Superstack for $25,103 here at the Landing Casino about a year ago - came out on top, bagging 587,000, almost 17% of all chips in play. He first took the lead in level 15 and ended the day by knocking out Lei Li on the bubble, jamming A♥ 7♥ from the button and Li calling his 27BB stack with K♥ K♦ to get out flopped on A♣ 2♥ 5♣ 2♠ 8♣ .
Yiming Kuang finished the day in 2nd with 405,000. He came out of the gates storming with his name among the top spots on the leaderboard since level 5, even surpassing Hui Tang in the late stages before he got his last minute boost.
Zhongxian Li - another player banking his biggest cash here at the Landing Casino last year by finishing runner-up in the WPT Korea Dragon Quest for $35,629 - had a rocky start to his day, being down to 4BBs during level 11 before running it back up with several double ups and then knocking out Wenhao Ying with 7♠ 7♣ against K♦ K♣ by hitting a seven on the turn. He will start Day 2 with 357,000 in chips.
Tomorrow will have the remaining two flights available at 12:00 local with the same structure as today and at 18:00 as a turbo with 20 minute levels.
The SMP team will be back on site and behind the screens tomorrow to give you updates from start to finish.

Player | Chips | Table | Seat |
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YL Yuyang Liu | 101,000(13 BB) | 1 | 1 |
CH Chen Hao | 291,000(36 BB) | 1 | 2 |
AH An Hou | 216,000(27 BB) | 1 | 3 |
XD Xu Dong Jin | 295,000(37 BB) | 1 | 4 |
LY Lei Yu | 263,000(33 BB) | 1 | 7 |
HZ Hongsheng Zhang | 56,000(7 BB) | 2 | 3 |
WY Wang Yuzhu | 206,000(26 BB) | 2 | 4 |
XH Xu Han | 88,000(11 BB) | 2 | 5 |
QQ Qingtian Qian | 6,000(1 BB) | 2 | 6 |
JW JiongJiong Wu | 88,000(11 BB) | 2 | 6 |
HT Hui Tang | 587,000(73 BB) | 2 | 9 |
ZL Zhongxian Li | 357,000(45 BB) | 3 | 1 |
YY Yunchao Yu | 151,000(19 BB) | 3 | 2 |
WD Wei Ding Li | 68,000(9 BB) | 3 | 3 |
YS Yyukai Sun | 172,000(22 BB) | 3 | 4 |
MX Mingze Xu | 121,000(15 BB) | 3 | 5 |
YK Yiming Kuang | 405,000(51 BB) | 3 | 7 |
XW Xinjie Wei | 40,000(5 BB) | 3 | 9 |
Bracelet Holder Lei Yu Wins Massive Flip

Right the next hand, under the gun Qingtian Qian makes it 12,000 again, Lei Yu shoves 114,000 and Qian fills up.
Player | Hand | Chips |
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QQ Qingtian Qian | A♦K♦ UTG | 131,000(22 BB) |
LY Lei Yu | T♥T♣ UTG+1 | 243,000(41 BB) |
Table Counts With 21 Players Left Trying To Make It To The Last 18 Who Will Bag Chips For Day 2
Player | Chips | Table | Seat |
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YL Yuyang Liu | 141,000(28 BB) | 1 | 1 |
CH Chen Hao | 179,000(36 BB) | 1 | 2 |
AH An Hou | 136,000(27 BB) | 1 | 3 |
XD Xu Dong Jin | 311,000(62 BB) | 1 | 4 |
QQ Qingtian Qian | 255,000(51 BB) | 1 | 6 |
LY Lei Yu | 118,000(24 BB) | 1 | 7 |
JW JiongJiong Wu | 109,000(22 BB) | 1 | 9 |
JP Jiacheng Pang | 112,000(22 BB) | 2 | 1 |
LL Lei Li | 48,000(10 BB) | 2 | 2 |
HZ Hongsheng Zhang | 30,000(6 BB) | 2 | 3 |
WY Wang Yuzhu | 30,000(6 BB) | 2 | 4 |
XH Xu Han | 142,000(28 BB) | 2 | 5 |
WS Wenjie Sun | 51,000(10 BB) | 2 | 6 |
HT Hui Tang | 265,000(53 BB) | 2 | 9 |
ZL Zhongxian Li | 252,000(50 BB) | 3 | 1 |
YY Yunchao Yu | 180,000(36 BB) | 3 | 2 |
WD Wei Ding Li | 238,000(48 BB) | 3 | 3 |
YS Yyukai Sun | 202,000(40 BB) | 3 | 4 |
MX Mingze Xu | 148,000(30 BB) | 3 | 5 |
YK Yiming Kuang | 243,000(49 BB) | 3 | 7 |
XW Xinjie Wei | 45,000(9 BB) | 3 | 9 |
Table Updates With Xu Dong Jin Back In The Lead
Player | Chips | Table | Seat |
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YL Yuyang Liu | 126,000(25 BB) | 1 | 1 |
CH Chen Hao | 37,000(7 BB) | 1 | 2 |
AH An Hou | 193,000(39 BB) | 1 | 3 |
XD Xu Dong Jin | 305,000(61 BB) | 1 | 4 |
YY Yifei Yang | 54,000(11 BB) | 1 | 5 |
QQ Qingtian Qian | 172,000(34 BB) | 1 | 6 |
LY Lei Yu | 93,000(19 BB) | 1 | 7 |
LM Li Ma (4) | 31,500(6 BB) | 1 | 8 |
HZ Haojie Zhu | 111,000(22 BB) | 1 | 9 |
JP Jiacheng Pang | 54,500(11 BB) | 2 | 1 |
LL Lei Li | 145,000(29 BB) | 2 | 2 |
HZ Hongsheng Zhang | 63,000(13 BB) | 2 | 3 |
WY Wang Yuzhu | 182,000(36 BB) | 2 | 4 |
XH Xu Han | 64,000(13 BB) | 2 | 5 |
WS Wenjie Sun | 103,000(21 BB) | 2 | 6 |
JW JiongJiong Wu | 99,000(20 BB) | 2 | 8 |
HT Hui Tang | 268,000(54 BB) | 2 | 9 |
Table 1 Update With New Overall Chip Leader Xu Dong Jin
Player | Chips | Table | Seat |
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YL Yuyang Liu | 138,500(46 BB) | 1 | 1 |
GS Guangzhe Shu | 66,000(22 BB) | 1 | 2 |
XD Xu Dong Jin | 243,000(81 BB) | 1 | 4 |
YY Yifei Yang | 60,000(20 BB) | 1 | 5 |
QQ Qingtian Qian | 175,000(58 BB) | 1 | 6 |
LY Lei Yu | 143,500(48 BB) | 1 | 7 |
LM Li Ma (4) | 91,500(31 BB) | 1 | 8 |
HZ Haojie Zhu | 128,000(43 BB) | 1 | 9 |
Table Updates Going Into Level 14
Player | Chips | Table | Seat |
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YL Yuyang Liu | 161,000(64 BB) | 1 | 1 |
GS Guangzhe Shu | 54,500(22 BB) | 1 | 2 |
XD Xu Dong Jin | 257,000(103 BB) | 1 | 4 |
YY Yifei Yang | 96,000(38 BB) | 1 | 5 |
QQ Qingtian Qian | 164,000(66 BB) | 1 | 6 |
LY Lei Yu | 192,500(77 BB) | 1 | 7 |
LM Li Ma (4) | 72,000(29 BB) | 1 | 8 |
HZ Haojie Zhu | 81,000(32 BB) | 1 | 9 |
FB Federico Butteroni | 76,000(30 BB) | 2 | 1 |
YW Yongbin Wang | 144,000(58 BB) | 2 | 2 |
HZ Hongsheng Zhang | 97,000(39 BB) | 2 | 3 |
WY Wang Yuzhu | 68,000(27 BB) | 2 | 4 |
XH Xu Han | 37,000(15 BB) | 2 | 5 |
WS Wenjie Sun | 133,000(53 BB) | 2 | 6 |
JW JiongJiong Wu | 116,000(46 BB) | 2 | 8 |
HT Hui Tang | 100,500(40 BB) | 2 | 9 |
ZL Zhongxian Li | 101,500(41 BB) | 3 | 1 |
YY Yunchao Yu | 146,500(59 BB) | 3 | 2 |
WD Wei Ding Li | 146,500(59 BB) | 3 | 3 |
ZH Zhengshan Hao | 42,000(17 BB) | 3 | 4 |
MX Mingze Xu | 217,500(87 BB) | 3 | 5 |
PD Patrik Demus | 87,500(35 BB) | 3 | 6 |
WY Wenhao Ying | 98,000(39 BB) | 3 | 8 |
XW Xinjie Wei | 81,500(33 BB) | 3 | 9 |
SY Song Ying | 32,000(13 BB) | 4 | 1 |
CH Chen Hao | 97,000(39 BB) | 4 | 2 |
JP Jiacheng Pang | 17,000(7 BB) | 4 | 3 |
AH An Hou | 42,000(17 BB) | 4 | 4 |
LL Lei Li | 122,000(49 BB) | 4 | 5 |
YS Yyukai Sun | 133,000(53 BB) | 4 | 6 |
YK Yiming Kuang | 231,000(92 BB) | 4 | 7 |
XL Xiang Liu (2) | 31,000(12 BB) | 4 | 8 |
Lei Yu Continues Ascent
Under the gun Yuyang Liu limps and fills up after button Lei Yu made it 6,500. The flop 5♠ 3♣ K♥ has Yu follow up with a 4,500 lead which gets countered by a check-raise to 24,000 and Yu pays up to see the turn 3♦ . Keeping the pressure on, Liu bets another 35,000, Yu calls and the board completes 8♠ . Slowing down to a check, Liu folds after watching Yu put 42,000 in the middle.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
LY Lei Yu | 192,500(77 BB) |
YL Yuyang Liu | 117,000(47 BB) |
Lei Yu Bounces Back With Queens
With a limp from under the gun in front, Yu Yang Liu makes it 7,000 from +1 and small blind Lei Yu jams for his last 62,300. Only Liu fills up.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
YL Yuyang Liu | A♣8♥ UTG | 164,000(66 BB) |
LY Lei Yu | Q♦Q♥ SB | 133,000(53 BB) |
Full Chip Counts With 34 Players Left Trying To Reach The 18 Player Cutoff
Player | Chips | Table | Seat |
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YL Yuyang Liu | 163,900(66 BB) | 1 | 1 |
GS Guangzhe Shu | 48,500(19 BB) | 1 | 2 |
XD Xu Dong Jin | 247,500(99 BB) | 1 | 4 |
YY Yifei Yang | 97,500(39 BB) | 1 | 5 |
QQ Qingtian Qian | 172,000(69 BB) | 1 | 6 |
LY Lei Yu | 132,500(53 BB) | 1 | 7 |
LM Li Ma (4) | 82,000(33 BB) | 1 | 8 |
HZ Haojie Zhu | 87,500(35 BB) | 1 | 9 |
FB Federico Butteroni | 33,000(13 BB) | 2 | 1 |
YW Yongbin Wang | 166,000(66 BB) | 2 | 2 |
QQ Qingyang Que | 26,000(10 BB) | 2 | 3 |
WY Wang Yuzhu | 70,000(28 BB) | 2 | 4 |
XH Xu Han | 51,000(20 BB) | 2 | 5 |
WS Wenjie Sun | 123,000(49 BB) | 2 | 6 |
WP Weiran Pu | 28,500(11 BB) | 2 | 7 |
JW JiongJiong Wu | 129,000(52 BB) | 2 | 8 |
HT Hui Tang | 107,000(43 BB) | 2 | 9 |
ZL Zhongxian Li | 101,500(41 BB) | 3 | 1 |
YY Yunchao Yu | 152,000(61 BB) | 3 | 2 |
WD Wei Ding Li | 226,500(91 BB) | 3 | 3 |
ZH Zhengshan Hao | 49,000(20 BB) | 3 | 4 |
MX Mingze Xu | 142,000(57 BB) | 3 | 5 |
PD Patrik Demus | 96,500(39 BB) | 3 | 6 |
WY Wenhao Ying | 104,000(42 BB) | 3 | 8 |
XW Xinjie Wei | 84,000(34 BB) | 3 | 9 |
SY Song Ying | 49,000(20 BB) | 4 | 1 |
CH Chen Hao | 120,000(48 BB) | 4 | 2 |
JP Jiacheng Pang | 23,000(9 BB) | 4 | 3 |
AH An Hou | 18,000(7 BB) | 4 | 4 |
LL Lei Li | 132,000(53 BB) | 4 | 5 |
YS Yyukai Sun | 136,000(54 BB) | 4 | 6 |
YK Yiming Kuang | 192,000(77 BB) | 4 | 7 |
XL Xiang Liu (2) | 31,000(12 BB) | 4 | 8 |
HZ Hongsheng Zhang | 67,000(27 BB) | 4 | 9 |
Xu Han Cracks Tens With Suited Connectors
Lei Yu Recovers

Bin Leng - defending RDPT Dragon Egg Mystery Bounty champ - gets the ball rolling with a 1,300 raise from +2 and calls after cutoff Lei Yu upped it to 3,400. The flop 3♠ 7♦ Q♣ starts a triple barrel sequence of 2,000, 3,400 and a 6,500 all-in by Yu with Leng check calling all the way to the turn 6♣ and river 5♥ to watch Yu table A♠ A♣ against Leng's top pair K♥ Q♥ .
VPT 2025 Double Stack Winner Sacha Bayard Wins With Rockets
Sacha Bayard opens 1,400 from +1, lojack Patrik Demus makes it 3,400 and China's No. 24 on the all time money list Lei Yu puts down the hammer from the small blind with a 44,100 jam. Only Bayard fills up with his last 38,400 and the dealer gets to work.
Player | Hand | Chips |
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SA | A♥A♦ UTG+1 | 28,900(48 BB) |
PD Patrik Demus | MP | 44,500(74 BB) |
LY Lei Yu | K♥K♦ SB | 40,500(68 BB) |
Table 9 Chipcount Update
Player | Chips |
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VS Vyacheslav Shin | 58,000(116 BB) |
NZ Ning Zhu | 55,200(110 BB) |
WP Weiran Pu | 48,600(97 BB) |
PD Patrik Demus | 42,700(85 BB) |
LY Lei Yu | 40,500(81 BB) |
MM Mo Mo Yin | 30,400(61 BB) |
SA | 28,900(58 BB) |
ZS Zejin Shen | 24,500(49 BB) |
BL Bin Leng | 20,800(42 BB) |