Red Dragon Poker Tour Jeju II Final Highlights: Pays Out Over ₩5.7 Billion

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.

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Linghui Dai Wins First Trophy And Career High KR₩ 174,135,000 (~$127,780) In Prestige Super High Roller

The biggest buy-in tournament of the series saw 49 players cough up KR₩ 12,000,000 (~$8,677) for a total KR₩ 530,435,000 (~$389,235) prize pool that was distributed among the Final 8 with China's Linghui Dai - barely more than a year on the Asian live poker circuit with over $300K in cashes already - taking the lion share and his first trophy.

Weiwei Huang Ships Mini Main Event For KR₩ 81,344,000 (~$59,690) And His Second Trophy Of The Series

After taking down the Progressive Bounty NLH on Thursday, beating a field of 101, Weiwei Huang shows his skills again, topping this 198 entry, KR₩ 2,000,000 (~$1,460) buy-in feature event. The Chinese cashed in four events this series, worth more than $100K combined, to triple his all-time live earnings.

Weiwei Huang Claims Progressive Bounty Title And KR₩ 17,315,000 (~$12,705)

Already qualified for Day 2 of the Main Event, China's Weiwei Huang outlasts a field of 101 in this KR₩ 1,000,000 (~$730) buy-in event to win his first trophy of the series after finishing 6th in the Prestige High Roller last night. He adds another KR₩ 5,612,400 (~$4,058) in bounties for a total payday of KR₩ 22,927,400 (~$16,575), narrowly beating his biggest live cash of his career.

Veni, Vidi, Vici For Tommy Maguire Shipping The Baby Dragon Warm-Up For KR₩ 8,017,000 (~$5,885)

Australian pro Tommy Maguire wins the first RDPT tournament he ever entered, beating a field of 34 in this KR₩ 800,000 (~$584) buy-in event. Already his third victory this year in a very successful career mostly in Australia we caught up with the Jeju newcomer after his victory.

Congrats on another win! Your third this year already. How does it feel?

Pretty good, it's nice to have a good start, but it's one of the smaller event, so I'm not going to get carried away celebrating or anything like that.

How did the tournament go? Smooth sailing?

So I was the shortest stack when the final table started and I just got outrageously lucky. First I won a 3-way all-in where I had Kings vs J9 off and J10 suited so that was for a lot of chips. And then the very next I had Aces vs Queens and so I doubled up again so after that I became the chip leader and I just kept running really fine.

How do you know about Red Dragon Poker Tour?

My roommate and my best friend his name is Jordan the commentator in the livestream so I heard about it through him and the timing was good so I decided to come.

With a perfect start to the series already, planning on breaking the $500k life time earnings this RDPT?

It would be great, but I don't think about that, I actually have a few incorrect results in Hendon Mob, so if results were accurate I would really be well over 500K. So I don't actually think about it, I'm just going to play my best and see what happens.

Is this your first time here in Jeju? How was your experience so far?

Yes this is my first day. Nothing in particular. Actually I am interested in going on the rides at Shinhwa World, especially the water park. I am quite looking forward to doing that actually.

The $117k high roller runner-up last year was massive, how big of a change was that for your career, if any?

So that was actually one of the wrong results. So my actual score is 230K so that was actually a heads up deal that was a massive result for me. Especially because it was right at the very end of that series and I'd been having a terrible series. So to bring it all back in the last event was brilliant and yeah that was a massive, massive win for me.

How do you approach variance and maintain a positive outlook?

It's probably one of the toughest things about poker. It's not easy for me or for anybody. Consistent mindset work is really all you can do and just hope to run good.

How do you manage your bankroll and ensure you have enough to cover expenses during downswings?

I haven't had to worry about that for a long time, so it's not really something I have a good answer for. But definitely moving down stakes when you start down swinging is a good one. A lot more of people have too much pride to do that, but it's a very important thing to do if you're losing. And also you can consider selling action.

Do you have any advice for aspiring professional poker players?

Just invest in yourself as much as you can. Your mind is your biggest weapon in poker.

Tommy Maguire Ships Super Stack Turbo For KR₩ 9,240,000 (~$6,780) And 2nd Trophy Of The Series

After becoming the first champion of the series in the Baby Dragon Warm-Up, the Australian finishes his first trip to Korea with another victory, beating a field of 41 in this KR₩ 800,000 (~$584) buy-in event.

Hao Chen Ships Big O (5 Cards PLO Hi/Lo) For KR₩ 8,975,000 (~$6,585)

The Chinese pro with over $1M in tournament earnings hoists his first RDPT Omaha trophy after finishing runner-up last year. He topped a field of 28 in this KR₩ 1,000,000 (~$730) buy-in event.

Hao Chen Wins Two Events On The Same Day

After winning the Big O (5 Cards PLO Hi/Lo) earlier today, the Chinese pro jumped into this KR₩ 400,000 (~$292) buy-in 5 Card Pot Limit Omaha Hi event and beat another field of 37 to hoist his second trophy of the day worth KR₩ 3,593,000 (~$2,635).