Red Dragon Championship (2,500,000 KRW)

The first of four entry flights for the Red Dragon Championship ended with 49 out of 209 total entries bagging their chips for Day 2 at the end of level 14.

The leaderboard had a complete overhaul in the last level mostly due to the action table 17 with Qing Zhao, Luyao Wu, Qingbo Gao and Wei Hsiang Wang - who all occupied the top spot at some point during the closing stage - trading blows with multiple pots exceeding 500,000.

Qing Zhao ran it up the most with two double ups against Wei Hsiang Wang and Luyao Wu on the buzzer that got him from 133,000 to 632,000 within a few minutes, topping the leaderboard in the end. Qingbo Gao also dipped into Wang's stack for a double up last minute finishing the day in 2nd with 528,000.

Today's 49 qualifiers will have to wait until 12:00 on Wednesday the 7th of May before they can start caressing their chips again.

The next chance to qualify is Day 1B tomorrow at 12:00 with the same structure as today.

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🏆 Grand Prize: Main Event Ticket (worth ₩2,500,000 KRW) + Exclusive VIP Merch

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Method 1: Follow + Engage (1 entry)

✅ Follow any Red Dragon Cup official account & like/share a post.

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🎁 Prize Breakdown

📅 May 3 Draw:

🏅 Ultimate Grand Prize: Main Event Ticket ×1 (₩2,500,000)

🥇 Satellite Ticket ×1 (₩410,000)

🥈 Exclusive VIP Hoodie ×2 (150)

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🎖 Power Bank ×4 ($37)

📅 May 7 Draw:

🏅 Ultimate Grand Prize: July Main Event Ticket ×1 (≥₩2,500,000)

🥇 Satellite to Closing Event ×2 (₩250,000)

🥈 Exclusive VIP Hoodie ×2 (150)

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🎖 Power Bank ×4 ($37)

⚠️ Note:

• Players only (no staff/partners)

• Max 2 entries/day

• T&Cs apply

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The river K♠ gives Tan a straight, eliminating Xu on the cutoff buzzer for Day 1A.

Junxiang Tan kicks off the action with a raise to 2,500 from +1, hijack Qingbo Gao makes it 7,500 and calls after Tan four-bet to 22,500. The flop 7♥ A♠ 9♥ has Tan check-call 12,000 before check-folding on the turn A♥ after Gao declared all-in for 60,000.

Everything is looking peachy for Qin when the dealer flips over T♣ 8♠ 4♥ Q♣ before turning pear shaped on the river K♠ , sending him to the rail and granting Tan a 6-digit stack.