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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🎁 Prize Breakdown

📅 May 3 Draw:

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

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🥈 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)

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• Max 2 entries/day

• T&Cs apply

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Fresh from a double up with kings, cutoff Qing Zhao is at it again, opening 10,000 and filling up after small blind Luyao Wu increased the fee to 30,000. Zhao calls 25,000 on the flop 9♣ 5♠ T♠ taking us to the turn K♣ where Wu slows down to a check, but calls after Zhao separated 75,000 from his stack. The board completes 7♦ , Zhao jams 177,000 and Wu goes deep in the tank. He finds the hero call with A♥ 9♠ , but has to surrender this huge pot to Zhao's K♠ T♦ .

Nobody hits on 2♠ T♣ 8♦ 7♠ J♥ , keeping everyone alive with Yixi Tang tripling up and Jiaqi He - fresh from his biggest cash of $39,334 for shipping the High Roller at the APT Manila last November - scooping the side pot.

Cutoff Yong Huang leads 5,000 and Luyao Wu defends his big blind to see the flop 3♣ 7♠ 4♥ that gets checked to the turn 6♣ . Wu check-calls a 15,000 delayed c-bet and the board completes 3♦ . Another 10,000 bet from Huang ends the hand.

Drawing dead already, Liu doesn't wait for the T♠ river to get up.

Wei Cai leads 600 from the button and fills up after small blind Luyao Wu upped it to 2,000. The flop Q♠ T♦ J♠ has Cai raise 6,000 after Wu slid out a 2,000 continuation. The turn 9♥ gets checked to Cai who scoops the pot with another 6,000 bet.

Shuffle up and deal!