SG
Sihui Gao
China [CHN]China
Seat
8 / 3
Chips
225,000
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.


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

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, 12:33:21 PM

Nan Zhang Picks Up The Pot On Flop

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

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 3โ™ฆ Kโ™  Tโ™ฅ before tank-folding to Zhang's 112,000 jam.

PlayerChips
NZ
167,500(56 BB)
SG
141,000(47 BB)
SMPSMP
5/5/2025, 6:29:44 AM

Difei Wu Flops Top Set

Level 5: 300 / 600 ante: 600

With a 1,200 raise from under the gun and two callers in front, Difei Wu ups it to 7,700 and only Sihui Gao sticks around from +1 to lay eyes on the flop 8โ™  4โ™  Jโ™ฅ . Gao puts Wu all-in, who snaps for a total of 15,600 with the nuts.

PlayerHandChips
SG
Kโ™ฆQโ™ฃ
UTG+1
34,000(57 BB)
DW
Jโ™ Jโ™ฃ
D
50,500(84 BB)

No miracle for Gao on 4โ™ฅ and Aโ™ฃ takes Wu back up to a starting stack.

SMPSMP
5/5/2025, 5:15:23 AM

Top Chip Counts Going Into Level 4 With Sihui Gao As The New Leader

Level 3: 200 / 400 ante: 400
PlayerChips
SG
107,800(270 BB)
PY
94,700(237 BB)
TL
Tin Lam WongHong Kong [HKG]Hong Kong
87,500(219 BB)
86,000(215 BB)
XW
85,400(214 BB)
HZ
83,800(210 BB)
CP
81,400(204 BB)
BZ
78,700(197 BB)
ZX
75,600(189 BB)
LL
Lei LiChina [CHN]China
74,300(186 BB)
73,400(184 BB)
71,400(179 BB)
ST
Sergey TsoyUzbekistan [UZB]Uzbekistan
65,500(164 BB)
64,300(161 BB)
SP
64,000(160 BB)
63,200(158 BB)
SMPSMP
5/5/2025, 5:13:28 AM

Lucky Ladies For Lucky Lady Sihui Gao

Level 3: 200 / 400 ante: 400

Picking up the action with small blind Nan Zhan and big blind Sihui Gao already all-in preflop with the latter being at risk for 53,700.

PlayerHandChips
NZ
Kโ™ฃKโ™ฆ
SB
7,000(18 BB)
SG
Qโ™ Qโ™ฃ
BB
107,800(270 BB)

Digging for two outs, Gao immediately strikes gold on Qโ™ฆ 8โ™ฅ 7โ™  6โ™ฆ 2โ™ฆ for an early double up.