Red Dragon Championship (2,500,000 KRW)

Sun gets unlucky with the board running 3♦ 9♦ A♦ 5♥ 7♦ , losing both main and side pot after starting the hand ahead and Erdun Xu is out of the danger zone for now.

No help for Su on the turn 4♣ and river 5♦ , ending his day after another deep run.

The lojack opens 8,000 and takes both blinds to the flop J♦ 3♠ 4♠ that gets checked to the turn 4♦ . Small blind Ning Sun leads 22,000 and only big blind Zhan Li calls for the board to complete 4♥ . Sun is back to a check and lets it go after Li forked out a final 30,000 bet.

Hijack Xiaqing Ji lays out 8,000 and takes cutoff Joseph Cheong to the flop 7♣ Q♥ Q♦ where Cheong's 8,000 bet gets check-called before the turn 4♠ and river J♦ get checked down with Ji flipping over the winner 8♦ 8♠ .

Today's flight attracted 278 players, bringing the total close to 500 with two more flights to go tomorrow at 12:00 and 18:00 local.

Poker legend Joseph Cheong is close to the leader Linghui Dai after delivering a double knockout just a few minutes ago and fellow bracelet winner Pu Weiran less than one big blind ahead of him.

Nan Zhang leads 6,000 out of the cutoff and calls after button Sihui Gao upped it to 16,000. Gao continues for 16,000 on 3♦ K♠ T♥ before tank-folding to Zhang's 112,000 jam.

Three players remain with Team Red Dragon pro Ying Song in the lead sitting at 338,000, followed by Li Li Tang with 285,000 and short stack Jinhan Yang at 40,000.

Cutoff William Jia opens 7,000 and YIfan Cao defends big to see the flop 4♣ K♣ 6♥ . With top par against bottom set all the marbles go in, putting Jia at risk for 127,500. The turn K♠ gives Jia some outs before exiting the field when the river falls T♠ .

Button Weiran Pu opens 6,500 and big blind Xugang Zhang defends to see the flop J♥ 3♥ K♦ . Pu goes on a triple barrel 6,000, 30,000 and 85,000, check-called all the way to showdown by Zhang through the turn A♠ and river Q♦ , Pu tables a runner-runner straight T♣ 7♣ and Zhang mucks.

Two players hit a full house on A♣ J♣ K♣ K♦ 7♥ with Lei Yu's rockets staying ahead, granting the Team Red Dragon pro the win and the top spot on the leaderboard.

Under the gun Yajing Li raises to 5,000 and big blind Weiwei Huang defends to see the flop 5♣ 9♣ 2♣ that gets checked to the turn 9♥ . Li calls a 7,000 lead and the board completes 9♦ . Huang fires another 9,500, Li raises to 50,000 with a full house Q♦ Q♣ that sends Huang into the tank. Finding a call Huang mucks.

The Lady Dragon is left with 6 out of 22 resulting in 4 ITM places and KRW 6,245,000 (~$4,481) up top for the champion.

Fei Xie leads 5,500 from +1 and fills up after small blind Xuecong Xu upped it to 13,000. Xie calls a 12,000 c-bet on the flop 2♦ 4♦ J♠ before tank-folding the turn 8♥ facing a 23,000 second bullet from Xu.

Under the gun Quan Zhang raises to 5,500 and takes hijack Chak Sen Wong to the flop 9♠ 4♣ 2♠ . Wong leads 6,000, Zhang increases to 16,000, but folds after Wong put him all-in.

Lights out for Teng on 7♠ 4♥ Q♥ 8♥ T♣ and the man who made six final tables in one week at the Poker Dream 16 here at the Landing Casino in February is out.

Under the gun Joseph Cheong opens 4,500 and takes hijack Weiran Pu to the flop 9♥ 6♦ 5♥ that gets checked to the turn J♠ where Cheong's 11,000 delayed c-bet gets called. The river 7♥ is checked down with Weiran Pu tabling the winner K♣ Q♦ against Cheong's K♠ T♠ .

Yang Zhang opens 4,000 from the cutoff, big blind Ke Xiong ups it to 12,000 and calls after Zhang four-bet to 28,000. Xiong's 15,000 lead on the flop 7♣ 6♠ 7♠ ends the hand.

Zhang evades the two outer on 7♠ and Q♣ , eliminates Lin and takes the top spot on the leaderboard with just the dinner break left to late register.

Under the gun Sergey Tsoy wants 3,000 and two players oblige to see the flop 4♠ A♣ 5♣ where both opponents call Tsoy's 4,000 c-bet. The turn 5♠ gets checked to Boxiang Rui in +1, 11,000 slide in the middle and only big blind Xugang Zhang fills up before the board completes 7♣ . Rui value-bets another 25,000 with 4♦ 4♥ , Zhang tanks, but finds the call and mucks.

With a 3,000 raise and a call in front, big blind Yuefeng Pan ups it to 11,000, but initial raiser Tom Verbruggen's 26,500 four-bet ends the hand.

With a 2,500 open and two calls in front, Haohui Ma squeezes 13,200 from the big blind, but initial raiser Qiao Heng picks up the pot with a jam of 50,000.

Chunhao Zhang opens 2,500 out of the hijack and small blind Jin Qian defends to see the flop J♠ 2♦ 9♥ . Zhang triple barrels 3,500, 7,400 and 18,400 all-in with Qian check-calling all the way to the turn 8♠ and river 5♣ holding top pair A♣ J♥ , but has to surrender the pot to Zhang's Q♦ Q♥ .

With a 2,500 raise from under the gun and a 7,000 three-bet from Tom Verbruggen in front, cutoff Zhihan He declares all-in for 31,900 and scoops the pot.

Xiaqing Ji opens 2,500 from +1, button Luo Li wants 6,000, but only calls when Ji four-bets to 11,000. Ji's tiny 3,000 continuation takes it down on the flop Q♦ J♦ 9♦ .

Hijack Xian Wang puts out 2,200 and takes both blinds to the flop 6♣ 8♣ 3♥ where his 3,500 c-bet gets only called by small blind Ran Zhao. The turn 8♥ has Zhao take over the reins with a 4,500 lead, Wang calls and the board completes 5♦ . Wang calls another 5,600 with Q♣ Q♠ to win against Zhao's 5♥ 6♥ .

None of Hao's four outs show up on the river 4♦ and Jun Ma is back to starting stack.

With a 2,300 raise from the hijack and a call in front, button Qian Wu squeezes 7,000 and only cutoff Boyuan Zhang fills up to see the flop 4♥ 7♣ T♠ . Wu triple barrels 5,500, 12,000 and 26,600 all-in with Zhang check-calling all the way to the turn 8♣ and river 3♥ holding K♦ T♦ , but has to surrender when Wu flips over A♠ A♦ .

No jack for Wang on the river 7♦ grants Zhao a double up.

Picking up the action on the flop 3♦ 2♥ 4♠ with 39,500 up for grabs Xuanbang Cai slides 22,000 over the line and Dong Li lets it go after thinking for quite a while.

Hijack Zhongxian Li raises 1,700 and calls after cutoff Geng Zhong increased the fee to 5,000. Li check-calls 4,000 on the flop 7♠ 3♣ 2♣ and another 13,000 on the turn J♥ which completes the board 8♠ . Two checks reveal Li as the winner tabling 8♣ T♣ .

The river 6♥ gives Cao a flush to knockout Yamada.

With a 1,600 raise and a call in front, big blind Chuanwang Sheng's 5,800 squeeze takes him heads up with cutoff Lei Yu. Sheng forks out 9,200 on the flop 8♣ 6♣ J♥ which goes unanswered.

The river 9♠ keeps him in front and puts him back above starting stack.

A scary flop J♦ Q♦ T♣ for Mendoza fizzles out to a 3♥ and 9♥ , giving him a straight and a decent stack to work with.