Red Dragon Championship (2,500,000 KRW)

The headline event of the Red Dragon Poker Tour here at the Landing Casino in Jeju attracted a total of 997 entries across all four opening flights resulting in a total prize pool of KRW 2,175,953,000 (~$1,582,120) with KRW 360,000,000 (~$250,615) going to the champion. Today we started with 37 hopefuls and determined the Final 9 that will resume play tomorrow at 12:00 local.

Huang immediately jumps ahead on K♦ 4♥ 4♦ 6♦ T♦ , picking up his third pot in less than an orbit.

Hijack Marcus Law gets the ball rolling with a raise to 300,000, Junjie He flats from the cutoff before Shengfa Huang picks up another pot with a 1,700,000 squeeze from the button.

Junjie he makes it 350,000 from the small blind and Shengfa Huang defends to see the flop J♦ A♠ 8♥ where Junjie He leads 300,000, Huang ups it to 950,000 and Junjie jams. Huang surrenders two time banks to the dealer before electing to fold.

Marcus Law opens yet another hand from the hijack for 250,000 and Shengfa Huang comes along for the ride to the flop 5♦ A♣ A♥ that gets checked to the turn 9♣ . Huang calls a delayed c-bet of 600,000 before both players are back to checking on the river 5♦ . Law tables another winner 8♣ 8♠ and Huang mucks.

After Marcus Law eliminated Dong Li on the feature table in 17th place for KRW 14,350,000 (~$9,990) the clock is stopped for another table draw.

No miracle for Zhao on K♥ T♣ A♠ 4♣ 3♦ spells the end for him, just over an hour after being massive chip leader.

Sishu Peng takes two customers to the flop 8♥ K♦ 3♥ for 175,000 from +2 and continues for 240,000. Button Shengfa Huang raises to 500,000 with no takers.

Shengfa Huang opens 120,000 from +1 and overall chip leader Qing Zhao targets him again with a re-raise to 300,000 on his immediate left. Huang lets it go again.