
Day 1B
Day 1B Concludes With Kwok Wai Wong Topping The Leaderboard

The second of four entry flights for the Red Dragon Championship ended with 62 out of 278 total entries bagging their chips for Day 2 at the end of level 14.
Similar to yesterday's flight, we had a very eventful last two levels that saw the two top stacks emerge out of nowhere with some wild closing stage action.
Overall chip leader Kwok Wai Wong sat on a 137,500 stack just two levels before the end but accumulated the biggest stack so far with 674,000 (135 BB) aided by getting max value for a nut flush during hand for hand play.
Second in chips Kozo Yamada - he finished 3rd in last year's Red Dragon Championship for $135,307 here in Jeju - also had a late charge that took him from 277,000 to 614,000 (123 BB) in the last few minutes by playing extremely aggressive and winning a lot of hands uncontested.
Other notable qualifiers from this star studded flight include bracelet winners Weiran Pu - 440,000, Joseph Cheong - 375,000, Lei Yu - 339,000 and Yang Zhang - 230,000. Those four and the rest of today's 62 qualifiers will have to wait until 12:00 on Wednesday the 7th of May before they can make use of their chips again.
The next chance to qualify is Day 1C tomorrow at 12:00 with the same structure as today.
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Day 1B Qualifiers
Player | Chips |
---|---|
KW Kwok Wai Wong | 674,000(135 BB) |
KY Kozo Yamada | 614,000(123 BB) |
KZ Kaiyun Zhu | 510,000(102 BB) |
WP Weiran Pu | 440,000(88 BB) |
LD Linghui Dai | 420,000(84 BB) |
XK Xiong Ke | 386,000(77 BB) |
JS Joseph Sanghyon Cheong | 375,000(75 BB) |
GF Gao Fei | 371,000(74 BB) |
SY Sun Yunfeng | 351,000(70 BB) |
LY Lei Yu | 339,000(68 BB) |
XJ Xiaqing Ji | 334,000(67 BB) |
WS Wu Shenghao | 329,000(66 BB) |
SS Shen Shaoji | 328,000(66 BB) |
BR Boxiang Rui | 320,000(64 BB) |
YK Yiming Kuang | 318,000(64 BB) |
CX Cai Xuanbang | 315,000(63 BB) |
YC Yifan Cao | 288,000(58 BB) |
SP Sishu Peng | 273,000(55 BB) |
ZC Ziwei Chen | 261,000(52 BB) |
WM Wu Meng | 255,000(51 BB) |
ZL Zhan Li | 247,000(49 BB) |
HW Huang Wei (3) | 247,000(49 BB) |
GW Guyue Wang | 231,000(46 BB) |
YZ Yang Zhang | 230,000(46 BB) |
JM James Mendoza | 228,000(46 BB) |
SG Sihui Gao | 225,000(45 BB) |
BZ Baofeng Zhang | 220,000(44 BB) |
PD Patrik Demus | 219,000(44 BB) |
GH Guanchu Huang | 219,000(44 BB) |
FY Fang Yuan (2) | 215,000(43 BB) |
NZ Nan Zhang | 214,000(43 BB) |
YL Yin Liu | 210,000(42 BB) |
XZ Xiang Zhang | 210,000(42 BB) |
YL Yezhou Liang | 208,000(42 BB) |
ZL Zhongxian Li | 208,000(42 BB) |
TD Tianyu Duan | 192,000(38 BB) |
JC Jianping Cai | 172,000(34 BB) |
ST Sergey Tsoy | 165,000(33 BB) |
HS Hanyu Shao | 152,000(30 BB) |
EX Erdun Xu | 150,000(30 BB) |
YC Yingjie Chen | 143,000(29 BB) |
XH Xin He | 138,000(28 BB) |
NZ Ning Zhu | 130,000(26 BB) |
ZC Zhihao Chen | 125,000(25 BB) |
JL Jianfeng Li | 124,000(25 BB) |
GZ Geng Zhong | 120,000(24 BB) |
YP Yuefeng Pan | 120,000(24 BB) |
CS Chuanwang Sheng | 113,000(23 BB) |
JW Jingzhi Wang | 100,000(20 BB) |
WH Weiwei Huang | 98,000(20 BB) |
CX Chunnuan Xu | 98,000(20 BB) |
MD Mi Deng | 97,000(19 BB) |
ZC Zhang Chunhao | 90,000(18 BB) |
XG Xiaochun Gu | 85,000(17 BB) |
CS Chak Sen Wong | 82,000(16 BB) |
YZ Yirui Zhang | 77,000(15 BB) |
ZL Zijie Lu | 72,000(14 BB) |
LM Lu Ming Chen | 58,000(12 BB) |
PH Pak Hei Kevin Lau | 55,000(11 BB) |
CL Chen Long | 47,000(9 BB) |
YL Yajing Li | 14,800(3 BB) |
MC Michael Chen | 3,000(1 BB) |
Table 7 Update
Player | Chips | Table | Seat |
---|---|---|---|
XJ Xiaqing Ji | 219,000(44 BB) | 7 | 1 |
JS Joseph Sanghyon Cheong | 393,000(79 BB) | 7 | 2 |
YS Yi Sha Chen | 38,000(8 BB) | 7 | 4 |
SS Shen Shaoji | 320,000(64 BB) | 7 | 5 |
WP Weiran Pu | 372,000(74 BB) | 7 | 6 |
HW Huang Wei (3) | 382,000(76 BB) | 7 | 7 |
JM James Mendoza | 226,000(45 BB) | 7 | 8 |
PH Pak Hei Kevin Lau | 90,000(18 BB) | 7 | 9 |
No. 63 On The World's All Time Money List Joseph Cheong Bounces Back

Under the gun Shaoji Shen opens 12,000 and takes three customers to the flop 3โฃ 7โ 6โฆ where small blind Joseph Cheong opts for another donk-bet of 12,000. Only Shen calls to see the turn Tโ before Cheong's 25,000 second barrel gets the job done.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
JS Joseph Sanghyon Cheong | 393,000(79 BB) |
SS Shen Shaoji | 320,000(64 BB) |
Xiaqing Ji Chips Up
Hijack Xiaqing Ji lays out 8,000 and takes cutoff Joseph Cheong to the flop 7โฃ Qโฅ Qโฆ where Cheong's 8,000 bet gets check-called before the turn 4โ and river Jโฆ get checked down with Ji flipping over the winner 8โฆ 8โ .
Player | Chips |
---|---|
JS Joseph Sanghyon Cheong | 359,000(90 BB) |
XJ Xiaqing Ji | 140,000(35 BB) |
Top Stacks Going Into The Penultimate Level Of The Day With 88 Players Left

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 chip 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.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
LD Linghui Dai | 428,000(143 BB) |
WP Weiran Pu | 401,000(134 BB) |
JS Joseph Sanghyon Cheong | 399,000(133 BB) |
KW Kwok Wai Wong | 373,000(124 BB) |
XK Xiong Ke | 330,000(110 BB) |
WS Wu Shenghao | 316,000(105 BB) |
YC Yifan Cao | 310,000(103 BB) |
SP Sishu Peng | 297,000(99 BB) |
MD Mi Deng | 294,000(98 BB) |
WM Wu Meng | 293,000(98 BB) |
YZ Yang Zhang | 259,000(86 BB) |
HW Huang Wei (3) | 258,000(86 BB) |
SY Sun Yunfeng | 242,000(81 BB) |
LC Lu Cheng (3) | 232,000(77 BB) |
ZC Ziwei Chen | 231,000(77 BB) |
SS Shen Shaoji | 228,000(76 BB) |
PD Patrik Demus | 226,000(75 BB) |
LY Lei Yu | 225,000(75 BB) |
BZ Baofeng Zhang | 224,000(75 BB) |
BR Boxiang Rui | 224,000(75 BB) |
TT Tetsuya Tsujisaka | 218,000(73 BB) |
YL Yajing Li | 218,000(73 BB) |
KZ Kaiyun Zhu | 216,000(72 BB) |
YL Yin Liu | 209,000(70 BB) |
KY Kozo Yamada | 205,000(68 BB) |
ZL Zhan Li | 204,000(68 BB) |
NZ Ning Zhu | 203,000(68 BB) |
JC Jianping Cai | 202,000(67 BB) |
CX Cai Xuanbang | 197,000(66 BB) |
JM James Mendoza | 188,000(63 BB) |
JL Jianfeng Li | 186,000(62 BB) |
HK Hye Keun Park | 183,000(61 BB) |
ZC Zan Chen | 170,000(57 BB) |
FY Fang Yuan (2) | 167,000(56 BB) |
HS Hanyu Shao | 160,000(53 BB) |
Table 7 Update With Several Heavy Hitters Vying For Control
Player | Chips | Table | Seat |
---|---|---|---|
XJ Xiaqing Ji | 157,000(63 BB) | 7 | 1 |
JS Joseph Sanghyon Cheong | 162,000(65 BB) | 7 | 2 |
CY Chen Ye | 43,000(17 BB) | 7 | 3 |
YS Yi Sha Chen | 64,000(26 BB) | 7 | 4 |
SS Shen Shaoji | 142,000(57 BB) | 7 | 5 |
WP Weiran Pu | 153,000(61 BB) | 7 | 6 |
JM James Mendoza | 140,000(56 BB) | 7 | 8 |
XZ Xugang Zhang | 170,000(68 BB) | 7 | 9 |
Two Bracelet Winners Clash With King-High

Under the gun Joseph Cheong opens 4,500 and takes hijack Weiran Pu to the flop 9โฅ 6โฆ 5โฅ that gets checked to the turn Jโ where Cheong's 11,000 delayed c-bet gets called. The river 7โฅ is checked down with Weiran Pu tabling the winner Kโฃ Qโฆ against Cheong's Kโ Tโ .
Player | Chips |
---|---|
WP Weiran Pu | 206,000(103 BB) |
JS Joseph Sanghyon Cheong | 151,000(76 BB) |