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

The

Red Dragon Poker Tour (RDPT)

began its series of exciting poker events today as part of the 

Jeju Poker Festival 2024

activities. Running from November 26 to December 1 at

Jeju Shinhwa World

, the Red Dragon Poker Tour promises events that will satisfy every poker player's appetite whether you're a grinder or a high roller.

Opening day for the Red Dragon Poker Tour already kicked off two highly-anticipated multi-day poker events with the return of the Baby Dragon  and the inaugural Super High Roller.

RDPT Baby Dragon 

Two Day 1 Flights have concluded for the 

Red Dragon Poker Tour Baby Dragon

 event with all qualifiers returning for today's Day 2 to declare a champion. So far a total of 

269 entries

 (119 Day 1A/150 Day 1B) have paid 

KRW 1,500,000 (~USD 1,000)

 for their seat and to fight for a share of a 

total prize pool of 

KRW 352,256,000 (~USD 252,315)

.  

Eighteen players made the cut from Day 1A with a strong force of Chinese poker pros topping the flight. After 15 levels of play The largest chip stack belonged to

Erdun Xu

 of China who built his starting stack of 25,000 to 421,000. 

Xianglai Li

 claimed the second rank with a stack of 359,000 while 

Mingwei Li 

bagged up 327,000.

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).

For links to the live updates please click here:

Red Dragon Poker Tour Live Updates

To find out the seat draw, complete chip counts and payouts, please click here:

Baby Dragon Seat Draw, Chips Counts and Payouts

Baby Dragon

• Dates: November 26-27, 2024

• Buy-in: KRW 1,500,000 (~USD 1,000)

• Entries: 269 (169 unique)

• Prize pool: KRW 326,065,500 (~USD 233,000)

• ITM: 41 places

RDPT Super High Roller

The first flight of the 

Red Dragon Poker Tour Super High Roller

 also kicked off on opening day with 32 players putting out the 

KRW 12,000,000 (~USD 8,500) buy-in

 for a seat and a chance to earn from the current 

prize pool of 

KRW 353,856,000 (~USD 253,400)

.

Players were given a generous starting stack of 600,000 chips and played at a comfortable pace through 11 forty-minute levels on the Day 1 flight. From the 32 players who started the day, 23 contenders were able to make it to the end and bag their chips to bring to Day 2. 

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.

For links to the live updates please click here:

Red Dragon Poker Tour Live Updates

To find out the seat draw and complete chip counts, please click here:

RDPT Super HIgh Roller Seat Draw & Chips Counts

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

More exciting events are going to be offered today, including the much-awaited launch of the first flight of the 

Red Dragon Poker Tour Main Event Championship

. 

To know more about Red Dragon Poker Tour schedule at the Jeju Poker Festival 2024 click here:
Red Dragon Poker Tour Schedule