Jeju Poker Festival 2024: Red Dragon Poker Tour Delivers Eventful Opening Day

Baby Dragon defending champion Shengyong Wang also bagged a stack of 48,000 chips at the Day 1A flight and was ranked 15th among the 18 qualifiers. Weng will need to boost his stack to have a better chance at a repeat championship.

Among the 150 entries of the Day 1B flight, only 23 contenders booked their seats to Day 2 after the bubble burst in Level 15. It was another all-China top three sitting atop the leaderboard. Zuyou Wang held the largest stack with 484,000. Jianting Cai ranked second with 366,000 while Di Lu filled the third spot with 329,000 chips. 

All 41 qualifiers will retake their seats today to resume the competition until a champion is crowned to take home the Red Dragon Poker Tour Trophy, the exclusive RDPT Champion’s Jacket and the top prize of  KRW 77,406,000 (~USD 55,400). 

RDPT Super High Roller

Yi Yang of China bagged the most chips with 2,245,000. Joseph Cheong of the USA followed at a distance with a second-ranked stack of 1,760,000. Jieming Xu of China roundrf up the podium the top three with a chip count of 1,385,000.

Today’s Day 2 will have the cards in the air at 12:00 noon and will still be open for last-minute registrants until the beginning of Level 14, which is at around 14:15. That means the prize pool can still increase and the payouts will be much bigger.

All the payouts will be announced once registration is over. But for sure, the champion will definitely take home a RDPT Trophy and an exclusive RDPT Champion’s Jacket.

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RDPT Super High Roller

• Date: November 26-27, 2024
• Buy-in: KRW 12,000,000 (~USD 8,500)
• Entries: 32
• Prize pool: KRW 353,856,000 (~USD 253,400)
• ITM: TBD

Other Events

The Red Dragon Poker Tour also kicked off some side events today as part of its diverse event offerings, such as the Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo 8 and the Hyper Turbo Bounty NLH events.

The Pot Limit Omaha HI/Lo 8 saw 10 players take to the tables for KRW 1,000,000 (~USD 715) a seat with only 2 players awarded a share from the KRW 8,730,000 (~USD 6250). 

The biggest share went to RDPT Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo 8 champion Xi Xiang Luo, who took home an RDPT trophy and a top prize of KRW 5,240,000 (~USD 3,750) after beating Jie Xu in heads-up battle. Jie Xu took the runner-up prize of KRW 3,490,000 (~USD 2,500).

RDPT Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo 8

• Date: November 26, 2024
• Buy-in: KRW 1,000,000 (~USD 715)
• Entries: 10
• Prize pool: KRW 8,730,000 (~USD 6250)
• ITM: 2

The RDPT Hyper Turbo Bounty NLH  brought together 76 players to punch their ticket for KRW 600,000 (~USD 430) for a chance to win a share from the KRW 24,609,000 (~USD 17,630) prize pool and get a KRW 200,000 (~USD 145) bounty for every player they bust out.

Of the 76 challengers, only the top 12 would gain access to the payout circle for a minimum reward of  KRW 790,000 (~USD 595).

The championship prize of KRW 6,969,000 (~USD 5,000) went to Xiao Liu of China, who was the only one who didn’t lose their bounty and was the last player to hold all the chips to claim the title as Hyper Turbo Bounty NLH champion.

Xiao Liu defeated Wei Jiang, also from China, in the final heads-up battle, taking the last bounty and bagging the top cash prize along with a classy RDPT trophy.

Wei Jiang earned KRW 4,300,000 (~USD 3,080) for the runner-up finish.

For a complete list of payouts click here:
RDPT Hyper Turbo Bounty NLH Full Payout List

RDPT Hyper Turbo Bounty NLH

• Date: November 26, 2024
• Buy-in: KRW 600,000 (~USD 430)
• Entries: 76
• Prize pool: KRW 24,609,000 (~USD 17,630)
• ITM: 12 places