Yichen Wu Wins Red Dragon Classic for Career-Best Score as Shuai Li Takes Prestige High Roller on JPF Day 9
Yichen Wu won the Red Dragon Classic Championship on Day 9 of Jeju Poker Festival 2026 for a career-best KRW 266,980,000 (~USD 198,940), while Shuai Li took the Red Dragon Prestige High Roller for KRW 200,000,000 (~USD 149,030) at LES A Casino.
The Red Dragon Poker Tour's JPF 3rd Anniversary Event also completed its starting flights with 310 entries, and Xixiang Luo won the Single Day High Roller.
Yichen Wu Wins Red Dragon Classic
Wu, from Beijing, outlasted a 668-entry field that built a KRW 1,442,880,000 (~USD 1,075,170) prize pool, needing just three hands of heads-up to beat Aleksandras Rusinovas.
The Lithuanian, 4th in the KPC Main Event, had dominated the final table before Wu flopped two pair with eight-three on the first hand of heads-up to take the lead.
Rusinovas collected KRW 176,900,000 (~USD 131,820), and overnight leader Hugues Girard finished 3rd after turning a royal flush earlier in the day.
Read the full final table report and Wu's interview in our Red Dragon Classic winner feature.
Shuai Li Wins Prestige High Roller
The KRW 8,000,000 Red Dragon Prestige High Roller grew to 108 entries after late registration on Day 2, building a KRW 762,653,000 (~USD 568,300) prize pool with 17 places paid.
Fabian Gumz sent out Seunghyun Nam when his pocket sixes flopped a set against king-queen, but the German was the bubble in 18th when he called Florian Duta's river shove with top pair and ran into a turned straight.
Day 1 leader Jiaxian Pan finished 10th and Joseph Cheong 15th, while Abhijith Cheruku, runner-up in the Dragon's Gate High Roller, made a second high roller final table in a row, finishing 6th. Michel Molenaar, second in chips after Day 1, took 4th and Duta 3rd.
Shuai Li, who finished 4th in the KPC High Roller and 8th in the KPC Main Event earlier in the festival, went one better than those runs to claim the title, beating Weiran Pu heads-up. Pu collected KRW 130,100,000 (~USD 96,940) as runner-up.
Prestige High Roller Final Table Results
Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | KRW 200,000,000 (~USD 149,030) | ||
2 | KRW 130,100,000 (~USD 96,940) | ||
3 | KRW 87,353,000 (~USD 65,090) | ||
4 | KRW 61,550,000 (~USD 45,860) | ||
5 | KRW 44,850,000 (~USD 33,420) | ||
6 | KRW 34,100,000 (~USD 25,410) | ||
7 | KRW 27,000,000 (~USD 20,120) | ||
8 | KRW 22,350,000 (~USD 16,650) | ||
9 | KRW 19,350,000 (~USD 14,420) |
JPF 3rd Anniversary Event Hits 310 Entries
The KRW 2,000,000 JPF 3rd Anniversary Event drew 111 entries in Day 1C and 82 in Day 1D, taking the field to 310 entries and a KRW 535,680,000 (~USD 399,170) prize pool. Shiqi Zhang leads the 49 players returning today after bagging 745,000 in Day 1D, ahead of Day 1C leader Yue Sun, the Lady Dragon champion, on 587,000.
George Tomescu, KPC Main Event runner-up Yifu He, Thi My Phuong Nguyen and Ryoya Enomoto are all through, while Gumz, Girard, Cheong, Andrew Hosok Han and Baby Dragon champion Ranno Sootla were among those who missed out.
JPF 3rd Anniversary Event Top 10 Stacks
Rank | Player | Country | Chips | Flight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Shiqi Zhang | 745,000 | 1D | |
2 | Yue Sun | 587,000 | 1C | |
3 | Sishu Peng | 496,000 | 1C | |
4 | 478,000 | 1D | ||
5 | Kaito Miura | 452,000 | 1C | |
6 | Anh Tai Do | 416,000 | 1C | |
7 | Yi Ma | 404,000 | 1A | |
8 | Aleksandar Jakovljevic | 395,000 | 1C | |
9 | Shengxu Liu | 395,000 | 1C | |
10 | Xiao Yang Qian | 392,000 | 1A |
Side Event Winners
Xixiang Luo won the KRW 5,000,000 Single Day High Roller and also leads the PL Big O Fanatic heading into its final day.
Sishu Peng picked up his second title of the festival in the Crazy Pineapple Super Hyper Turbo after bagging the third-biggest stack in the 3rd Anniversary Event, and Baby Dragon 3rd-place finisher Bizhen Li won the NL Super Hold'em Hyper Turbo.
Event | Buy-in | Entries | Winner | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
#69 NL Hold'em Survivor Bounty | KRW 800,000 + 200,000 | 30 | Zixiong Jiang | KRW 7,344,000 (~USD 5,470) | |
#70 NL Hold'em | KRW 1,000,000 | 20 | Naohiro Arita | KRW 7,966,000 (~USD 5,940) | |
#71 NL Hold'em Single Day High Roller | KRW 5,000,000 | 27 | Xixiang Luo | KRW 44,240,000 (~USD 32,970) | |
#72 NL Hold'em High Roller Hyper Turbo | KRW 2,000,000 | 6 | Yoshiyuki Kamaga | KRW 10,368,000 (~USD 7,730) | |
#73 NL Super Hold'em Hyper Turbo | KRW 400,000 | 42 | Bizhen Li | KRW 4,669,000 (~USD 3,480) | |
#74 NL Hold'em Super Hyper Turbo | KRW 500,000 | 39 | Xiaochun Gu | KRW 5,692,000 (~USD 4,240) | |
#75 NL Hold'em Crazy Pineapple Super Hyper Turbo | KRW 400,000 | 15 | Sishu Peng | KRW 2,306,000 (~USD 1,720) |
Schedule: Friday, 6 November
Start | Event | Buy-in |
|---|---|---|
12:00 | #60 JPF 3rd Anniversary Event Day 2 | KRW 2,000,000 |
12:00 | #68 PL Big O Fanatic Final Day | KRW 800,000 |
12:00 | #76 Red Dragon Plus Championship Day 1A | KRW 4,000,000 |
13:00 | #77 NL Hold'em (100 BBs) | KRW 800,000 |
14:00 | #78 FL Hi-Lo Mix | KRW 1,000,000 |
15:00 | #79 Super U Challenge Day 1 | USD 8,000 |
17:00 | #80 NL Hold'em Ultra Stack Turbo | KRW 1,000,000 |
20:00 | #81 NL Hold'em Win the Button Hyper Turbo | KRW 700,000 |
21:00 | MS13 Milestone Satellite to Red Dragon Plus Championship | KRW 500,000 |
21:30 | #82 5 Card PLO Bounty Hyper Turbo | KRW 300,000 + 100,000 |
22:00 | #83 NL Hold'em Super Hyper Turbo | KRW 500,000 |
23:59 | #84 5 Card PLO High Double Board Bomb Pot Super Hyper Turbo | KRW 400,000 |
The KRW 4,000,000 Red Dragon Plus Championship gets underway with a KRW 1,800,000,000 (~USD 1,341,280) guarantee, the JPF 3rd Anniversary Event plays Day 2, and the USD 8,000 Super U Challenge begins at 15:00. Follow the full schedule on the Jeju Poker Festival 2026 page.
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Images and data courtesy of RDPT and KPC.
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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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