Blind level
Level 14: 3,000 / 5,000 ante: 5,000
Entries
77/310
Total Chips
15,500,000
Average
201,299

Day 1C

SMPSMP
5/6/2025, 2:48:43 PM

Day 1C Is A Wrap With Fang Zhou Zhu Banking The Lead

Level 14: 3,000 / 5,000 ante: 5,000
Fang Zhou Zhu Day 1C Chip Leader

The third of four entry flights for the Red Dragon Championship ended with 78 out of 310 total entries bagging their chips for Day 2 at the end of level 14 and the KRW 2 Billion prize pool already eclipsed.


Fang Zhou Zhu finished the day on top, bagging 520,000 (104 BB) after flying under the radar the whole day until a few minutes before the end when he knocked out Haobo Zhu and picked up an additional 12 BB during the last hand of the day.


WSOP 2020 Online Bracelet Winner and 2nd in chips Huahuan Feng has been on the leaderboard since level 7 and had a pivotal hand during level 10 where he had 5 5 and Jinbao Liu opened 2BB from +1, Feng called in +2 and lojack Pengfei Zhu went all-in for 19BB. Liu tried to isolate with a 20BB four-bet, but Feng remained sticky to see the flop T Q 5 , hitting bottom set. He got another 15BB out of Liu before he surrendered to Feng's all-in on the turn Q. Zhu was already drawing dead with A 6 which let Feng scoop up a 116BB pot that catapulted him into the lead at the time. He ended the day with 445,000 (89 BB).


The rest of the 77 qualifiers consisted of players from four continents with international pros like Christian Harder from the United States - 148,000 (30 BB), William Jia from Australia - 138,000 (28 BB), Tom Verbruggen from the Netherlands - 93,000 (19 BB) and some of the best players from the Asian circuit. Poker legend John Juanda was on the leaderboard for a while as well, but unfortunately didnt make the cut.


All of them will continue their battle for the trophy an the champion's purse tomorrow at 12:00 local with the SMP team covering the action from start to finish.

Top 10 Stacks

PlayerChips
520,000(104 BB)
445,000(89 BB)
JR
438,000(88 BB)
427,000(85 BB)
YZ
425,000(85 BB)
ZL
424,000(85 BB)
422,000(84 BB)
404,000(81 BB)
400,000(80 BB)
NS
126,000(25 BB)
SMPSMP
5/6/2025, 12:45:54 PM

Top Chip Counts Going Into Level 13 With The KRW 2 Billion Guaranteed Prize Pool Surpassed And Late Reg For Day 1D Turbo Still Open

Level 12: 1,500 / 3,000 ante: 3,000
PlayerChips
YZ
466,000(155 BB)
NS
426,000(142 BB)
WJ
406,000(135 BB)
395,000(132 BB)
373,000(124 BB)
ZL
366,000(122 BB)
HL
Hon Leung IpHong Kong [HKG]Hong Kong
348,000(116 BB)
308,000(103 BB)
273,000(91 BB)
ZL
243,000(81 BB)
JR
240,000(80 BB)
JR
233,000(78 BB)
ZH
223,000(74 BB)
WJ
William JiaAustralia [AUS]Australia
222,000(74 BB)
JK
Joseph KimAustralia [AUS]Australia
221,000(74 BB)
TH
Tae Hoon HanNew Zealand [NZL]New Zealand
220,000(73 BB)
YX
210,000(70 BB)
208,000(69 BB)
ZW
Zhu WeiChina [CHN]China
198,000(66 BB)
YX
194,000(65 BB)
192,000(64 BB)
FX
184,000(61 BB)
176,000(59 BB)
170,000(57 BB)
LJ
168,000(56 BB)
166,000(55 BB)
165,000(55 BB)
XS
162,000(54 BB)
162,000(54 BB)
159,000(53 BB)
CL
141,500(47 BB)
SMPSMP
5/6/2025, 6:30:59 AM

Table 23 Update With Haohui Ma Still In The Lead

Level 5: 300 / 600 ante: 600
Haohui Ma
PlayerChipsTableSeat
43,800(73 BB)231
HM
189,300(316 BB)232
45,700(76 BB)233
SY
48,500(81 BB)234
NS
70,800(118 BB)235
YX
64,500(108 BB)236
TH
Tsz Hao MayUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
33,600(56 BB)237
JR
13,500(23 BB)238