Anh Tai Do Claims First Title Outside Vietnam in JPF 3rd Anniversary Event
Anh Tai Do won the JPF 3rd Anniversary Event at Jeju Poker Festival 2026, beating Aleksandar Jakovljevic heads-up to collect KRW 119,780,000 (~USD 89,260) in front of a vocal Vietnamese rail at LES A Casino.
The Red Dragon Poker Tour's KRW 4,000,000 Red Dragon Plus Championship also got underway with a KRW 1,800,000,000 (~USD 1,341,280) guarantee, with Zhi Ye leading Day 1A, while Toru Wakamatsu tops the Super U Challenge after Day 1.
Anh Tai Do Wins JPF 3rd Anniversary Event
The KRW 2,000,000 JPF 3rd Anniversary Event drew 310 entries across four flights for a KRW 535,680,000 (~USD 399,170) prize pool.
Do built his stack on Day 2 with a rivered straight to eliminate Day 1A leader Yi Ma. He then flopped a set of jacks against Fangzhou Zhu's ace-queen and took the chip lead into the final table with 4,100,000.
Final Table
Junqing Ge was the dominant force once the final table began. His pocket queens turned a set against Can Feng's two pair in 9th.
Ge's aces then made a bigger set than Sishu Peng's queens in 8th. Quang Minh Bach ended Lady Dragon champion Yue Sun's run in 7th with a set of fours.
Ge went on to send out Bach in 6th and Qiaochu Zhang in 5th.
Jakovljevic won a big pot from Yunchao Yu before eliminating him in 4th. He then doubled through Ge with pocket nines against ace-king to take the lead three-handed.
Do ended Ge's run in 3rd when his king-queen caught a queen against pocket fours.
Heads-Up
Do and Jakovljevic traded the lead back and forth for around 90 minutes, with Jakovljevic's initial heads-up advantage slowly whittled away by Do.
On the final hand, the six on the flop paired Do's ace-six against Jakovljevic's pocket deuces, sparking a huge roar from the Vietnamese rail. Jakovljevic collected KRW 77,800,000 (~USD 57,970) as runner-up.
Do on His First Title Outside Vietnam
Do has been playing for four years, mostly in Hanoi. This was his first Red Dragon event.
"It means so much to me because it's my first championship won outside of Vietnam. Winning while representing my country with my teammates cheering me on was incredible. So proud."
He pointed to pocket jacks against ace-queen on Day 2 as the hand that set up his run. He had also played six to seven hours with Jakovljevic before heads-up.
"I understood his playing style. He played quite well, but once we were heads-up, I was extremely confident in my heads-up edge against him."
Do will play the Red Dragon Plus Championship next and plans to be at RDPT Taiwan.
JPF 3rd Anniversary Event Final Table Results
Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Anh Tai Do | KRW 119,780,000 (~USD 89,260) | |
2 | Aleksandar Jakovljevic | KRW 77,800,000 (~USD 57,970) | |
3 | Junqing Ge | KRW 52,100,000 (~USD 38,820) | |
4 | Yunchao Yu | KRW 35,800,000 (~USD 26,680) | |
5 | Qiaochu Zhang | KRW 25,200,000 (~USD 18,780) | |
6 | Quang Minh Bach | KRW 18,200,000 (~USD 13,560) | |
7 | Yue Sun | KRW 13,500,000 (~USD 10,060) | |
8 | Sishu Peng | KRW 10,300,000 (~USD 7,680) | |
9 | Can Feng | [9TH PRIZE] |
Zhi Ye Leads Red Dragon Plus Day 1A
Day 1A of the Red Dragon Plus Championship drew 135 entries, and 52 players advanced. Zhi Ye, the Dragon's Gate High Roller bubble, bagged the lead with 738,500, well clear of Baojie Lin on 409,000.
Xin Yan's pocket jacks held against Ranno Sootla's ace-king and Yabin Sun's pocket fives to knock both out in one hand, and Jin Wang flopped a full house with ace-jack to double through Xudong Zhang.
Prestige High Roller champion Shuai Li, Joseph Cheong, Jakob Karlsson and Martin Sedlak are through, while Florian Duta, Aleksandras Rusinovas and Hugues Girard all fell.
Red Dragon Plus Day 1A Top 10 Stacks
Rank | Player | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Zhi Ye | 738,500 | |
2 | Baojie Lin | 409,000 | |
3 | Fanzuan Lin | 396,500 | |
4 | Yilong Wang | 363,000 | |
5 | Jing Su | 350,000 | |
6 | 342,500 | ||
7 | Shurong Huang | 341,000 | |
8 | 312,000 | ||
9 | Xin Yan | 311,000 | |
10 | Linyu Zheng | 305,500 |
Toru Wakamatsu Leads Super U Challenge
The USD 8,000 Super U Challenge drew 37 entries for a USD 265,586 prize pool.
Toru Wakamatsu leads the Day 1 survivors with 1,892,000, ahead of KPC High Roller runner-up Xu Wang on 1,772,000, who picked up a big pot when his pocket jacks held against Johnny's seven-four suited.
Junjie Xu flopped a straight with king-queen against Matas Cimbolas' ace-king, and Chengcai Pan picked off a bluff from Atsushi Yokoyama with pocket queens.
Fabian Gumz doubled with pocket nines against ace-queen but later fell along with Girard, while Calvin Lee bagged on his fourth bullet and Seunghyun Nam is through with 796,000.
Super U Challenge Day 1 Top 10 Stacks
Rank | Player | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Toru Wakamatsu | 1,892,000 | |
2 | Xu Wang | 1,772,000 | |
3 | Bowen Yi | 1,073,000 | |
4 | Jieming Xu | 1,026,000 | |
5 | 872,000 | ||
6 | 796,000 | ||
7 | Jianfeng Sun | 721,000 | |
8 | Liang Dong | 532,000 | |
9 | Takashi Ogura | 426,000 | |
10 | 391,000 |
Side Event Winners
Li Ta Hsu won the 5 Card PLO Bounty Hyper Turbo for his fifth title of the festival, while Yuqi Chang, Junjie Tao and Dragon's Gate champion Guangling Chen each picked up a second.
Shiina Okamoto won the NL Hold'em (100 BBs) and finished runner-up in the Ultra Stack Turbo, and Song Wang turned his Day 1B lead into the PL Big O Fanatic title.
Event | Buy-in | Entries | Winner | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
#68 PL Big O Fanatic | KRW 800,000 | 38 | Song Wang | KRW 8,949,000 (~USD 6,670) | |
#77 NL Hold'em (100 BBs) | KRW 800,000 | 6 | KRW 3,963,000 (~USD 2,950) | ||
#78 FL Hi-Lo Mix | KRW 1,000,000 | 17 | Yuqi Chang | KRW 6,772,000 (~USD 5,050) | |
#80 NL Hold'em Ultra Stack Turbo | KRW 1,000,000 | 33 | Ziyang Wang | KRW 10,569,000 (~USD 7,880) | |
#81 NL Hold'em Win the Button Hyper Turbo | KRW 700,000 | 7 | Guangling Chen | KRW 2,426,000 (~USD 1,810) | |
#82 5 Card PLO Bounty Hyper Turbo | KRW 300,000 + 100,000 | 32 | Li Ta Hsu | KRW 2,745,000 (~USD 2,050) | |
#83 NL Hold'em Super Hyper Turbo | KRW 500,000 | 32 | Junjie Tao | KRW 4,956,000 (~USD 3,690) | |
#84 5 Card PLO High Double Board Bomb Pot Super Hyper Turbo | KRW 400,000 | 34 | Yilong Ma | KRW 3,968,000 (~USD 2,960) |
Schedule: Saturday, 7 November
Start | Event | Buy-in |
|---|---|---|
12:00 | #76 Red Dragon Plus Championship Day 1B | KRW 4,000,000 |
12:30 | #85 PLO Championship | KRW 2,000,000 |
13:00 | #79 Super U Challenge Day 2 | USD 8,000 |
13:00 | #86 NL Hold'em | KRW 1,000,000 |
17:00 | #87 NL Hold'em Bounty | KRW 800,000 + 200,000 |
18:30 | #88 5 Card PLO Double Board Bomb Pot | KRW 500,000 |
20:00 | #89 NL Hold'em High Roller Hyper Turbo | KRW 2,000,000 |
21:00 | MS14 Milestone Satellite to Red Dragon Plus Championship | KRW 500,000 |
21:30 | #90 NLH Atomic Pineapple Hyper Turbo | KRW 300,000 |
22:00 | #91 NL Hold'em Super Hyper Turbo | KRW 500,000 |
23:59 | #92 NL Hold'em Midnight Boom | KRW 400,000 |
The Red Dragon Plus Championship continues with Day 1B, the Super U Challenge plays down to a winner, and the KRW 2,000,000 PLO Championship starts at 12:30. Follow the full schedule on the Jeju Poker Festival 2026 page.
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Images and data courtesy of Jeju Poker Festival.
About the Editor
Callum Jury is Somuchpoker's Live Content and Social Media Specialist, reporting live from WSOP and Asia Pacific poker festivals including the APT and PokerStars LIVE series. Originally from the Lake District in the UK, he has covered the Southeast Asian poker circuit since 2025, combining day-by-day tournament reporting with the social and digital content that brings the action to fans.
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