LY
Lei Yu
China [CHN]China
Seat
1 / 4
Chips
339,000
Blind level
Level 14: 3,000 / 5,000 ante: 5,000
Entries
62/278
Total Chips
13,900,000
Average
224,194

Day 1B

SMPSMP
5/5/2025, 3:09:20 PM

Day 1B Concludes With Kwok Wai Wong Topping The Leaderboard

Level 14: 3,000 / 5,000 ante: 5,000
Day 1B Chip Leader Kwok Wai Wong

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.


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Day 1B Qualifiers

PlayerChips
KW
Kwok Wai WongHong Kong [HKG]Hong Kong
674,000(135 BB)
614,000(123 BB)
KZ
510,000(102 BB)
WP
440,000(88 BB)
420,000(84 BB)
XK
386,000(77 BB)
JS
Joseph Sanghyon CheongUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
375,000(75 BB)
GF
Gao FeiChina [CHN]China
371,000(74 BB)
351,000(70 BB)
LY
Lei YuChina [CHN]China
339,000(68 BB)
XJ
334,000(67 BB)
329,000(66 BB)
328,000(66 BB)
320,000(64 BB)
318,000(64 BB)
315,000(63 BB)
YC
288,000(58 BB)
SP
273,000(55 BB)
ZC
261,000(52 BB)
WM
Wu MengChina [CHN]China
255,000(51 BB)
ZL
Zhan LiChina [CHN]China
247,000(49 BB)
247,000(49 BB)
GW
231,000(46 BB)
YZ
230,000(46 BB)
JM
James MendozaPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
228,000(46 BB)
SG
225,000(45 BB)
220,000(44 BB)
PD
219,000(44 BB)
219,000(44 BB)
215,000(43 BB)
NZ
214,000(43 BB)
YL
Yin LiuTaiwan [TWN]Taiwan
210,000(42 BB)
210,000(42 BB)
208,000(42 BB)
208,000(42 BB)
192,000(38 BB)
172,000(34 BB)
ST
Sergey TsoyUzbekistan [UZB]Uzbekistan
165,000(33 BB)
HS
152,000(30 BB)
EX
150,000(30 BB)
143,000(29 BB)
XH
Xin HeChina [CHN]China
138,000(28 BB)
NZ
130,000(26 BB)
125,000(25 BB)
124,000(25 BB)
GZ
120,000(24 BB)
120,000(24 BB)
113,000(23 BB)
100,000(20 BB)
98,000(20 BB)
98,000(20 BB)
MD
Mi DengChina [CHN]China
97,000(19 BB)
90,000(18 BB)
85,000(17 BB)
CS
Chak Sen WongHong Kong [HKG]Hong Kong
82,000(16 BB)
77,000(15 BB)
ZL
72,000(14 BB)
LM
58,000(12 BB)
55,000(11 BB)
CL
47,000(9 BB)
YL
14,800(3 BB)
MC
3,000(1 BB)
SMPSMP
5/5/2025, 12:49:39 PM

Top Stacks Going Into The Penultimate Level Of The Day With 88 Players Left

Level 12: 1,500 / 3,000 ante: 3,000
Full House

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.

PlayerChips
428,000(143 BB)
WP
401,000(134 BB)
JS
Joseph Sanghyon CheongUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
399,000(133 BB)
KW
Kwok Wai WongHong Kong [HKG]Hong Kong
373,000(124 BB)
XK
330,000(110 BB)
316,000(105 BB)
YC
310,000(103 BB)
SP
297,000(99 BB)
MD
Mi DengChina [CHN]China
294,000(98 BB)
WM
Wu MengChina [CHN]China
293,000(98 BB)
YZ
259,000(86 BB)
258,000(86 BB)
242,000(81 BB)
232,000(77 BB)
ZC
231,000(77 BB)
228,000(76 BB)
PD
226,000(75 BB)
LY
Lei YuChina [CHN]China
225,000(75 BB)
224,000(75 BB)
224,000(75 BB)
218,000(73 BB)
YL
218,000(73 BB)
KZ
216,000(72 BB)
YL
Yin LiuTaiwan [TWN]Taiwan
209,000(70 BB)
205,000(68 BB)
ZL
Zhan LiChina [CHN]China
204,000(68 BB)
NZ
203,000(68 BB)
202,000(67 BB)
197,000(66 BB)
JM
James MendozaPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
188,000(63 BB)
186,000(62 BB)
HK
Hye Keun ParkUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
183,000(61 BB)
ZC
170,000(57 BB)
167,000(56 BB)
HS
160,000(53 BB)
SMPSMP
5/5/2025, 11:59:47 AM

Last Night's Prestige High Roller Champ Lei Yu Delivers Double Knockout

Level 11: 1,500 / 2,500 ante: 2,500
Lei Yu

Catching the action with three players all-in pre it is Lei Yu that puts Yuhan Liu for 48,000 and Yuzhu Wang for 87,000 at risk.

PlayerHandChips
LY
Lei YuChina [CHN]China
Aโ™ฅAโ™ 
MP
271,000(108 BB)
YL
8โ™ 8โ™ฅ
MP
busted
WY
Jโ™ฆ
BB
busted

Two players hit a full house on Aโ™ฃ Jโ™ฃ Kโ™ฃ Kโ™ฆ 7โ™ฅ with Lei Yu's rockets staying ahead, granting the Team Red Dragon pro the win and the top spot on the leaderboard.

SMPSMP
5/5/2025, 11:43:08 AM

Table 3 Update With Chip Leader Wei Huang Facing Last Night's Prestige HR Winner Lei Yu

Level 11: 1,500 / 2,500 ante: 2,500
Wei Huang
PlayerChipsTableSeat
LY
Lei YuChina [CHN]China
115,000(46 BB)31
YL
32,000(13 BB)32
180,000(72 BB)33
113,000(45 BB)34
270,000(108 BB)35
ZC
145,000(58 BB)36
WY
92,000(37 BB)37
67,500(27 BB)38
JR
125,000(50 BB)39
SMPSMP
5/5/2025, 9:54:03 AM

Top Chip Counts Going Into Level 10 After The Dinner Break

Level 9: 1,000 / 1,500 ante: 1,500
PlayerChips
228,000(152 BB)
WM
Wu MengChina [CHN]China
208,000(139 BB)
207,000(138 BB)
ZC
204,000(136 BB)
WP
197,000(131 BB)
YC
195,000(130 BB)
MD
Mi DengChina [CHN]China
172,000(115 BB)
SP
163,000(109 BB)
KZ
160,000(107 BB)
160,000(107 BB)
LY
Lei YuChina [CHN]China
159,000(106 BB)
155,000(103 BB)
153,000(102 BB)
BW
148,000(99 BB)
JL
142,000(95 BB)
ST
Sergey TsoyUzbekistan [UZB]Uzbekistan
138,000(92 BB)
131,000(87 BB)
WQ
Wu QianChina [CHN]China
130,000(87 BB)
130,000(87 BB)
XK
129,000(86 BB)
JW
Jia WilliamAustralia [AUS]Australia
128,000(85 BB)
126,000(84 BB)
BZ
126,000(84 BB)
125,000(83 BB)
122,000(81 BB)
JZ
Jie ZhouUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
122,000(81 BB)
WZ
121,000(81 BB)
JM
James MendozaPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
120,000(80 BB)
XL
Xian LiChina [CHN]China
120,000(80 BB)
117,000(78 BB)
114,000(76 BB)
113,000(75 BB)
WX
107,000(71 BB)
107,000(71 BB)
DH
103,000(69 BB)
YL
99,000(66 BB)
SMPSMP
5/5/2025, 8:07:55 AM

Table 19 Update With Last Night's Prestige High Roller Champ Lei Yu In The Lead Again

Level 7: 500 / 1,000 ante: 1,000
PlayerChipsTableSeat
HL
39,800(40 BB)191
60,200(60 BB)192
XZ
21,500(22 BB)193
BN
57,800(58 BB)195
26,900(27 BB)196
LY
Lei YuChina [CHN]China
141,200(141 BB)197
61,300(61 BB)198
SMPSMP
5/5/2025, 7:20:51 AM

Chuanwang Sheng's C-bet Wins The Pot

Level 6: 400 / 800 ante: 800

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 8โ™ฃ 6โ™ฃ Jโ™ฅ which goes unanswered.

PlayerChips
LY
Lei YuChina [CHN]China
65,000(81 BB)
49,200(62 BB)
SMPSMP
5/5/2025, 6:38:54 AM

Team Red Dragon Pro Chunnuan Xu Breaks 6-Digits

Level 5: 300 / 600 ante: 600
Chunnuan Xu

Under the gun Lei Yu opens 1,400, Chunnuan Xu ups it to 3,500 and button Shanhe Su cold four-bets 8,500. Only Xu follows to the flop 5โ™ฅ 6โ™ฅ Jโ™ฆ where she check-raises Su's 4,500 c-bet to 12,000 and Su pays up after careful consideration. The turn 5โ™ฃ has Xu jam for 34,300 and Su is in the tank once again before finding the call.

PlayerHandChips
LY
Lei YuChina [CHN]China
UTG
66,400(111 BB)
Kโ™ฃKโ™ฅ
UTG+1
112,500(188 BB)
SS
7โ™ฆ7โ™ 
D
27,900(47 BB)

Xu evades the two outer on the river 3โ™  and doubles up just a few minutes after entering the tournament.