Bohong Yu Wins Red Dragon Championship For Career High KR₩ 337.2M (~$245,676)
The Red Dragon Poker Tour Jeju II 2025 held at Landing Casino in Jeju, South Korea from July 4 to 13 officially wrapped up with China’s Bohong Yu emerging as the newest Red Dragon Championship champion.
Bohong Yu Wins Red Dragon Championship
Drawing 886 entries across five starting flights, the Red Dragon Championship paid out a colossal KR₩ 2 Billion (~USD1,451,326) prize pool spread among 139 players. At heads up, it was a lopsided battle that lasted just eight hands. China’s Bohong Yu emerged victorious, earning the title of new RDPT Jeju champion. Yu pocketed a career high ₩337,200,000 (~USD 245,676). In a post-win interview with the champ, he shared,
I just fantasized about how it would feel to win the Main Event, and after winning I feel different. It feels very good and exciting! I feel very happy now, but winning the trophy and money doesn’t have a special meaning to me.
Bohong Yu Wins RDPT Main Event For A Career High KR₩ 337,200,000 (~$245,676)
The 886 entry RDPT Jeju II 2025 Championship with a colossal KR₩ 2 Billion (~$1,451,326) prize pool concluded with two recreational players on top, banking life changing scores after a lopsided heads-up that only lasted for eight hands. Bohong Yu was crowned as the new champion for a huge payday of ₩337,200,000 (~USD 245,676). Yu was also awarded two trophies and an exclusive Red Dragon Champion's Jacket. For runner up Haitang Huang, he took home ₩225,800,000 (~USD 164,513) for his efforts.
Read up on the thrilling action via the Live Updates.
| # | Payout | Player |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ₩337,200,000 $245,676 | BY Bohong Yu ![China [CHN]](/assets/images/flags/4x3/cn.svg "China [CHN]"){kind=small} China |
| 2 | ₩225,800,000 $164,513 | HH Haitao Huang China |
| 3 | ₩157,600,000 $114,824 | YP Yuefeng Pan China |
| 4 | ₩112,000,000 $81,600 | PZ Peng Zhou China |
| 5 | ₩80,800,000 $58,869 | XW Xu Wang China |
| 6 | ₩59,200,000 $43,132 | SJ Shi Jinlin China |
| 7 | ₩44,200,000 $32,203 | TL Tao Li China |
| 8 | ₩33,600,000 $24,480 | QS Qin Shi Xiao China |
| 9 | ₩26,000,000 $18,943 | NC Ning Chu China |
Yu Battles His Way Through The Rounds
As a stock and crypto trader from Beijing, Yu first discovered poker five years ago and still treats it purely as a fun pastime in his spare time. This carefree, happy-go-lucky approach proved to be his greatest asset. Entering through Day 1E Turbo – the very last chance to qualify – Yu shipped a flip with 8♣8♥ to advance to Day 2 with a decent 20 big blinds.
On Day 2, it took over three hours for the bubble to burst with the 237 returnees cut down to 139 ITM players when Dajie Zhuo took the fall. When the game proceeded, Yu spun his stack back up into the top 20, but as the day wrapped up with only 39 players surviving the nine rounds, he finished towards the bottom with only 17 big blinds to his name.
At Day 3, the sleeves were up. Yu opened with a much needed double up and consistently chipped up. Leading up to the final table, the last four players from Vietnam were ousted with Trung Quan Nguyen as the last to fall in 11th place. This led to the final table bubble round that lasted an intensely long three hours. During that time, Yu took advantage of the situation to amass the biggest stack by the time Wenhao Ying was eliminated in 10th place.
Final 9 Race To Victory
The final table was fast and furious lasting a total of just 62 hands. Yu’s fire was absent at the start while Yuefeng Pan took charge. By hand #20, only four players remained. Yu called Pan’s four-bet jam and doubled up to to a massive lead with 10♠10♥ dominating 5♦5♣.
Yu went on to knock out Peng Zhou in 4th place and Pan in 3rd to enter heads up as a 5:1 favorite with 93 bb to 25 bb. The result was decided just eight hands later when Yu jammed K♥7♥ and Haitao Huang called with 8♦8♣. The dealer flipped over 9♠Q♠J♥9♣T♥, giving Yu the bigger straight. his first trophy, and a massive champion’s purse of almost a quarter million US dollars.
That concluded one of the shortest, if not the shortest, Main Event Final 9 in Red Dragon history with seven players banking career high cashes along the way.
- Date: July 8-13, 2025
- Buy-In: ₩2,500,000 (~USD 1,815)
- Guarantee: ₩2,000,0000 (~USD 1,451,326)
- Entries: 886
- ITM: 139 players
Read up on all the action via the Live Reports from start to finish or watch the Livestream.
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