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.

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.