Baby Dragon (1,500,000 KRW)

Both players improve immediately on the Q♠ A♠ 8♥ flop, but Luo stays ahead when the 3♠ and 5♠ complete the board.

Hoping for big cards, Chen watches the dealer flip over the opposite on 4♣ 4♦ 2♥ 7♠ 3♠ and has to wait for his second title this series.

No miracle for Zhu on 8♦ 2♣ 7♥ 3♣ 5♣ and Zhang jumps back up the rankings.

Catching the action last minute on 2♠ 3♠ J♠ 5♥ 8♥ and 290,000 in the middle we see button Jinguo Tao jam 220,000 with A♠ 8♠ and small blind Daiki Shingae snaps holding 6♥ 6♣ .

Just back from cleaning out the feature table, Liangqiang Pang opens 30,000 and big blind Daiki Shingae defends to see the K♥ 2♠ 7♣ flop where Pang's 20,000 c-bet gets called, the T♣ turn is checked to the 6♦ river and Shingae's 55,000 lead takes down the pot, winning a second time against the leader in just a few hands.

Cutoff Hao Tian makes it 30,000 and fills up after big blind Cang Sheng Ni countered with a 100,000 three-bet. The T♥ 3♠ 4♠ flop saw Tian put 55,000 into the middle, check-raised to 125,000 by Ni before Tian went all-in for 375,000 total. Ni lets it go after tanking for quite a while.

This time the jacks don't hold against two overs on 6♣ 8♠ K♥ 8♣ 7♠ and Yang Chen is back down to crumbs.

Another blind battle is already at the 9♣ 4♥ 5♣ T♥ turn with a whopping 447,000 up for grabs when we get to the action and see small blind Luyao Wu fork out 155,000 which is enough to make Chao Zhang tank-fold.

Cui gets out of his chair when the window shows the T♦ with his eyes glued to the dealer's hands completing the 2♣ Q♦ 6♣ 2♠ board before erupting into celebrations like he shipped the whole tournament already.

No miracles for Huang on 4♥ T♠ 6♥ A♣ 2♠ and Chen gets out of the danger zone.

Jing Xu leads the way for 20,000 and has two followers to share the J♥ 5♠ 8♠ flop with where his 28,000 c-bet gets called by both before another 99,000 on the 5♥ turn gets the job done.

Dong Li leads 20,000 from +1, hijack Hao Tian increases to 60,000, but cutoff Haobo Zhu takes the cake with a 120,000 cold four-bet that goes unanswered.

Bad news for Li on A♦ 4♥ 2♦ 9♥ A♥ which sends him packing.

First to act Yansong Wu makes it 16,000 and finds two takers to share the 3♦ T♦ 5♥ flop with. Checked to button Zijie Lu, 21,000 go in the middle, Junjie He pays up in the big blind, but Wu pumps it to 85,000 - enough to scare the opposition away.

Getting to the action on 5♠ 7♠ 5♣ 9♦ that gets checked to the 9♣ river and 214,000 in the middle, big blind Hao Tian leads 168,000 and Haobo Zhu lets it go after some time contemplating.

Jiancheng Xu puts 12,000 in the middle from under the gun and takes two interested parties to the 7♦ 8♥ 2♣ flop where his 11,000 c-bet gets raised to 25,000 from button Chao Zhang and only Xu pays up. The A♠ turn is checked to the river 6♥ and Xu's 16,000 bet takes down the pot.

Things are looking good for a double KO on 3♣ 6♠ 3♠ 9♣ before the A♦ river lets Oji scoop the pot.

Under the gun Jing Xu opens 12,000 and Baofeng Zhang tags along from +1 to see the 2♥ 7♣ T♦ where Xu's 9,000 c-bet gets met to reveal the 9♠ turn. Another 15,000 is raised to 33,000 and Xu fills up for the K♣ to complete the board. Zhang jams 54,000 with A♠ T♠ and Xu snaps with K♠ Q♣ .

Shuffle up and deal!

The Red Dragon Poker Tour Jeju II 2025 continues today, July 7, at the Landing Casino inside the luxurious Jeju Shinhwa World Resort with the first major trophy of the series on the line. Four opening flights with 503 entries resulted in a KR₩ 651,888,000 (~$478,509) prize pool, smashing the previous rerecord by a mile.

All 75 players starting today will have a min cash of KR₩ 3,150,000 (~$2,312) secured with a massive KR₩ 129,688,000 (~$95,195) up top that everyone will be gunning for.

Last night's Day 1D Turbo frontrunner Liangqiang Pang is in prime position for the victory, starting the day with 689,000 (115 BB) followed by defending RDPT Jeju 2025 Prestige Super High Roller champion Yunchao Yu with 631,000 (105 BB) and Luyao Wu in third with 570,000 (95 BB) to his name.

Some special mentions are in order as well: With only three days of the series complete, Yuhan Liu (434,000), Dong Li (277,000), Hao Tian (254,000), Tommy Maguire (164,000), Yang Chen (110,000) and Hao Zhu (55,000) all won side events already and will try to become the first repeat winner of the RDPT Jeju II 2025.

The game will resume at 12:00 noon with the blinds turned back to level 17 (3k/6k/6k) and 30 minute blind intervals until a new champion is crowned.

SMP Live Updates will be there for you once the cards start flying!