Red Dragon Championship (2,500,000 KRW)

The final of four entry flights for the Red Dragon Championship saw a further 49 out of 200 initial entries secure their spot for Day 2, bringing the total entries to 997 with 237 qualifiers that will continue to battle it out tomorrow for a share of the KRW 2,175,953,000 (~$1,582,120) prize pool.

Chip leader Xiangchen Gao takes 471,000 (94 BB) to Day 2, being in the top ten of the leaderboard for most of the limited time we had left to cover the event after Day 1C concluded.

Check out the Day 2 page to get a comprehensive view on what to expect for tomorrow with the cards flying at 12:00 local.

No miracle king on 6♦ 8♣ 2♣ 4♠ 3♥ keeps Nie ahead for a much needed double up at the last hand of the day.

Action player Dong Li opens 11,000 from +1, Tsz Kin Heung increases to 33,000 from +2 before button Jie Zheng declares all-in for 42,000. Both opponent fill up to check down the flop 2♥ T♠ 4♦ and turn Q♦ before Heung puts out a 50,000 bet on the river A♥ that gets Li to fold. Zheng's top pair A♣ 9♣ is not enough against Heung's nut straight K♠ J♥ and he starts gathering his things.

Wang immediately gets ahead on 3♠ 8♠ Q♣ 2♠ 7♦ sending two players to the rail.

The Dane needs an excavator to dig himself out of this hole, but cant even find a shovel when the board completes 8♠ and 3♠ giving Iargo a nice juicer close to the end of the day.

Drawing dead already, Wang gets up before the board completes T♠ .

With two titles under his belt this week already, Dong Li makes it 8,000 from +1 and fills up after small blind Jie Zheng pumped it to 27,000. A simple 10,000 bet from Li is enough to force a check-fold from his opponent.

Ting Yu Liao opens 8,000 from +1 and fills up after Anton Lu upped it to 22,000 from +2. Liao check-calls 27,000 on the flop T♥ 2♥ 9♠ and the turn 6♥ gets rejected for a free river 4♣ . Lu leads for 100,000 and flicks his remaining 12,000 into the middle with Q♦ Q♣ after Liao put him all-in holding the nut flush A♥ Q♥ that sends Lu packing.

Starting the hand even in chips, button Xiangchen Gao takes big blind Chuan Shu Chen to the flop A♦ 4♥ Q♣ for 8,000. Gao double barrels 5,000 and 25,000 to the river 6♥ and J♠ that gets checked down to reveal Gao's A♥ K♠ as the winner against Chen's Q♦ 7♦ .

Yuzhu Wang defends his big blind against an 8,000 open from Zhaofeng Ouyang to watch the flop hit 8♣ 7♣ T♦ . Wang check-calls a 10,000 c-bet to the turn 7♥ and takes the reins with a 18,000 lead. Quyang jams 70,000, Wang goes in the tank before letting it go, showing K♠ Q♣ .

Zuo ships it after the dealer flipped over 6♣ A♠ 6♦ 3♣ 4♠ and now sits on a decent stack.

Lojack Zhengshan Hao min-opens 6,000 and takes two customers to the flop 7♥ 9♦ J♦ where the action checks to hijack Zhaofeng Ouyang who makes it 12,000. Only Hao sticks around to the turn K♥ where he check-calls another 20,000 before leading with a 31,000 jam on the river Q♥ that goes unanswered.

Being far behind, Xu out-flops the rockets on K♠ J♦ Q♣ and makes his double up official after the dealer flips over 6♣ and Q♥ for a boat.

Guo improves right away on J♥ 6♥ 3♦ and stays ahead when the board completes J♣ and 8♣ .

Under the gun Haohui Ma opens 5,000 and takes two customers to the flop 9♦ 5♠ K♦ where he continues for 7,500 to go to the turn K♠ heads up with Bowen Lo in +1. Ma switches to a check-call of 15,500, the board completes 2♣ and he fills another 30,000 bet from Lo who immediately mucks before Ma gets a chance to show his cards.

Live updates will commence in a few minutes.

With the KRW 2 Billion Guarantee already surpassed and still 2 levels of late reg open we currently have 123 out of 150 entries remaining with the top chip counts as follows: