
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) |
Poker Dream 16 Main Event 5th Place Finisher Xiang Zhang Doubles Up
With a blind battle between small blind Xiang Zhang and Yin Liu ending in an all-in pre, it is the former who is at risk for 130,000.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
XZ Xiang Zhang | Aโฆ8โฃ SB | 264,000(66 BB) |
YL Yin Liu | Jโ Jโฃ BB | 107,000(27 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) |
WPT Jeju 2024 High Roller Champ Yin Liu Breaks 200K
Picking up the action with Yu Zheng and Yin Liu all-in pre it is the former who is at risk for 88,000.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
YZ Yu Zheng (2) | Aโ Kโ MP | busted |
YL Yin Liu | AโฃAโฅ HJ | 217,000(72 BB) |