Vietnam’s Khanh Duy Ta Wins Red Dragon Plus Championship at RDPT Plus Jeju Summer 2026

The flagship Red Dragon Plus Championship at the RDPT Plus Jeju Summer 2026 festival took center stage at the LES A Casino , drawing an impressive field of 597 entries. The massive turnout easily crushed the original KRW 1,800,000,000 (~USD 1,200,000) guarantee, generating a staggering final KRW 2,063,232,000 (~USD 1,395,460) prize pool.

Khanh Duy Ta Wins Red Dragon Plus Championship

After a fast-paced day of action on the final table, it took just under six hours of play for Vietnam’s Khanh Duy Ta  to outlast the field, capturing the iconic championship trophy, the gold dragon bracelet, and a top prize of KRW 349,720,000 (~USD 236,530) following a heads-up deal.

#40 RED DRAGON PLUS CHAMPIONSHIP (4,000,000 KRW)

Total Prize USD

$1,372,235

Total Prize

₩2,063,232,000

Guaranteed

₩1,800,000,000

Entries

597

ITM

92

#	Payout	Player	SPI
1	₩349,720,000 $232,595	KD Khanh Duy Ta Viet Nam	3,224.57
2	₩298,212,000 $198,340	HF Haidi Feng China	2,280.12
3	₩177,050,000 $117,755	DS Dicky Siu Hang Tsang Hong Kong	1,861.71
4	₩122,550,000 $81,505	PR Petr Rudnev Russia	1,612.29
5	₩86,650,000 $57,630	AL Aichun Li China	1,442.07
6	₩62,700,000 $41,700	PB Pham Bao Viet Nam	1,316.43
7	₩46,400,000 $30,860	TH Trong Hieu Ngo Viet Nam	1,218.77
8	₩35,050,000 $23,310	XG Xiaoming Gong China	1,140.06
9	₩27,050,000 $17,990	MH Mu He China	1,074.86

Check the 92 Payouts & Results ...

Final Table Action

The final table saw action right from the start. During the opening level, Ta executed a large river bluff against the start-of-day chip leader, Petr Rudnev, which shifted the table dynamics early on.

The eliminations began when Mu He moved all-in holding ace-jack but ran directly into the pocket kings of Dicky Siu Hang Tsang . The kings held up, sending He to the rail in ninth place.

Following his early bluff, Ta secured his first knockout of the final table by eliminating Xiaoming Gong in eighth place. Gong risked his remaining chips with pocket nines, but Ta’s ace-king found a king on the flop to take down the pot.

Ta Surges To The Front

A major turning point occurred in a massive pot between Ta and fellow Vietnamese competitor Trong Hieu Ngo . Both players turned a straight, but Ta held the higher end. Ta moved all-in on the river, and after a long tank, Ngo called only to see the bad news, exiting the tournament in seventh place.

Pham Bao  was the next to fall, moving all-in with pocket tens against the ace-deuce of Haidi Feng. An ace on the flop gave Feng the winning pair, eliminating Bao in sixth place.

The last standing woman in the field, Aichun Li, put her tournament life on the line with pocket nines against Ta’s ace-four. Ta found an ace on the river to secure the pot, knocking Li out in fifth place and bringing the field down to four players with Ta holding half of the total chips in play.

Narrowing Down the Field

Start-of-day leader Rudnev was eliminated in fourth place when his king-queen failed to catch up against Ta’s ace-nine. Ta paired his nine on the flop and improved to trips on the river to close out the hand.

Three-handed play lasted for nearly two hours before Tsang lost a flip situation against Ta, ending his run in third place and setting up the final heads-up match.

Heads-Up and ICM Deal

Ta entered heads-up play holding a 3-to-1 chip advantage over Feng. However, on the very first hand, Feng moved all-in on the flop and completed a flush on the turn to secure a double-up, leveling the stacks.

Following the hand, the final two players agreed to an ICM deal to flatten the remaining payouts:

• Khanh Duy Ta: KRW 309,720,000 (~USD 209,475)
• Haidi Feng: KRW 298,212,000 (~USD 201,695)

The players left KRW 40,000,000 (~USD 27,050), the Championship trophy, and the gold dragon bracelet on the table to play for.

After play resumed, Ta gradually wore down Feng’s stack. In a key pot, Feng flopped a set of deuces, but Ta turned a straight to collect maximum value and establish a 10-to-1 chip lead.

On the final hand of the tournament, Feng moved all-in with jack-ten against Ta’s pocket sixes. The board ran out clean, leaving the pocket pair ahead and crowning Khanh Duy Ta the Red Dragon Plus Championship winner.

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