RDPT Jeju 2024: China’s Wang Shengyong wins KPC Baby Dragon for KRW 132,654,000 (~USD 95,780); Three more trophies lifted

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07/29/2024

Red Dragon Poker Tour KPC Baby Dragon trophy
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An action-packed day landed at Landing Casino, Jeju Shinhwa World, South Korea for day three of the ongoing Red Dragon Poker Tour festivities, with its opening highlight, KPC Baby Dragon playing down to completion. Only 78 runners out of the 512 entry field headed back to the scene and saw China’s Wang Shengyong rise to become the last man standing by night’s end. Three side events including the first Single Day High Roller, likewise played down to a winner with China’s Jun Liu, Chao Xu, and Meng Guo emerging victorious.

Red Dragon Poker Tour Jeju – Player Guide
Red Dragon Poker Tour Jeju – Festival Results

Running on day four’s schedule, July 29th, are trophy events Pot Limit Omaha Mystery Bounty, Flip Out #1, and a final Hyper Turbo Bounty NLH to close the day. Qualifying rounds for the two-day Jeju Dragon Quest will also join the day’s festivities with its final games continuing on Tuesday, July 30th.

KPC Baby Dragon Final Day Recap

Wang Shengyong wins Red Dragon Poker Tour KPC Baby Dragon
Wang Shengyong

The KPC Baby Dragon Special Event drew in a combined total of 512 entries with each Day 1 flight having concluded down to 15%, and only 78 players remaining in contention for the lion’s share of the KRW 649,728,000 (~USD 469,160) prize pool. The day flew by with at least a dozen contenders falling short right at the initial hour, and saw Xiaosheng Zheng stack the highest by the first break. Xiaosheng scooped up a massive 70 BB pot after his pocket JhJc held against Yu Yunchao and Ma Hao’s overcards to propel him to the lead. However just two levels later, Xiaosheng saw his hopes of a victory get crushed after Zhang Rong scooped up his stack, with the latter’s 8s8c sending his AsKc headed for the muck.

Zhang went on to deliver another elimination and rise to the lead with fifteen players left in the running. A short-lived advantage, Zhang quickly lost a chunk of his stack in a top pair battle against Cao Tingjia with Cao going on to lead the final games. The final table was set following the exit of Queen of Poker Celina Lin as Guo Biao sent her flopped top pair running, to trail Cao closely behind with second in chips.

Red Dragon Poker Tour KPC Baby Dragon Final Table
Red Dragon Poker Tour KPC Baby Dragon Final Table

The first casualty didn’t take long with Patrik Demus suffering a terrible bad beat by the hands of Guo. Zhang Rong just thirty minutes later followed suit, having dwindled down to 7 BB and eventually succumb in 8th place. The last female in play, Chen Wenwen soon after tabled two premium hands KdKs and AdAs to build a stack, and Han Tae Hoon amongst her victims. Two more levels played through before Ge Yunqing fell by the wayside as Caospiked a straight by the river with Ad3c against the former’s AhQc.

Five left in the running, Wang Shengyong went on to dust two stacks – Chen Jiahao and Guo Biao in 4th and 5th place respectively, and reach heads up play against Chen Wenwen with almost equal in chips. It only took less than an hour for Wang to relentlessly finish off his opponent, as he raked in two crucial pots which sent Chen Wenwen shooting down. The final hand saw Chen Wenwen call off for her last 8 BB with Jc10c, only to be swept away as Wang tabled AdJh on board Ah7c3h4s7h. Wang secures the victory, taking with him the KRW 132,654,000 (~USD 95,780) top prize, two trophies (Red Dragon Poker Tour and Korea Poker Cup), a RDPT Championship Event ticket and an exclusive Red Dragon Winner’s Jacket.

Date/s: July 26-28, 2024
Buy in: KRW 1,500,000 (~USD 1,080)
Prize pool: KRW 649,728,000 (~USD 469,160)
Entries: 512 (403 unique)
ITM: 78 places

Day 1A: 77 entries / 12 qualified
Day 1B: 273 entries / 41 qualified
Day 1C Turbo: 162 entries / 25 qualified

Backtrack on the concluded action via SMP Live Updates or Red Dragon Poker Tour’s official livestream channels:

https://www.youtube.com/@reddragonpokertour
https://www.twitch.tv/playreddragon

Event #1: KPC Baby Dragon Final Table Results

Rank First Name Last Name Flag Prize (KRW) Prize (USD)
1 SHENGYONG WANG China 132,654,000 95,780
2 WEN WEN CHEN China 87,900,000 63,470
3 JIAHAO CHEN China 59,870,000 43,230
4 TINGJIA CAO China 41,640,000 30,060
5 BIAO GUO China 29,570,000 21,350
6 YUNQING Ge China 21,450,000 15,480
7 TAE HOON HAN New Zealand 15,960,000 11,520
8 RONG ZHANG China 12,140,000 8,760
9 PATRIK DEMUS Hungary 9,390,000 6,780

Side Event Results

Event #8: Single Day High Roller #1: Jun Liu – KRW 107,742,000 (~USD 77,800)

Jun Liu wins Red Dragon Poker Tour Single Day High Roller
Jun Liu

Date/s: July 28, 2024
Buy-in: KRW 8,000,000 (~USD 5,770)
Prize pool: KRW 315,832,000 (~USD 228,050)
Entries: 44 (37 unique)
ITM: 7 players

Event #8: Single Day High Roller Full Payouts

Rank First Name Last Name Flag Prize (KRW)
1 JUN LIU China 107,742,000
2 CHAO TAN China 67,520,000
3 JIANWEN HU China 45,070,000
4 YING SONG China 32,150,000
5 YUNCHAO YU China 24,630,000
6 HON CHEONG LEE Hong Kong 20,370,000
7 SUN GUODONG China 18,350,000

Event #10: No Limit 2-7 Single Draw: Chao Xu – KRW 5,143,000 (~USD 3,710)

Chao Xu wins Red Dragon Poker Tour No Limit 2-7 Single Draw
Chao Xu

Date/s: July 28, 2024
Buy-in: KRW 1,000,000 (~USD 720)
Prize pool: KRW 13,095,000 (~USD 9,455)
Entries: 15 (14 unique)
ITM: 3 players

Event #10: No Limit 2-7 Single Draw Full Payouts

Rank First Name Last Name Flag Prize (KRW)
1 CHAO XU China 5,143,000
2 KEITA YAMASHIRO Japan 5,142,000
3 ZIYU WANG China 2,810,000

Event #12: Win the Button Hyper Turbo: Meng Guo – KRW 8,270,000 (~USD 5,970)

Date/s: July 28, 2024
Buy-in: KRW 500,000 (~USD 360)
Prize pool: KRW 27,499,500 (~USD 19,850)
Entries: 63 (56 unique)
ITM: 10 players

Event #12: Win the Button Hyper Turbo Full Payouts

Rank First Name Last Name Flag Prize (KRW)
1 MENG GUO China 8,270,000
2 YOU KAN LI China 5,110,000
3 LI CHEN China 3,530,000
4 SANDUISUREN NADMID Mongolia 2,550,000
5 SHUXUAN QU China 1,930,000
6 SHUANG GAO China 1,540,000
7 CHENXU ZHANG China 1,290,000
8 YUE ZHAO China 1,140,000
9 HUANG HUANG China 1,070,000
10 KEITA YAMASHIRO Japan 1,070,000

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