RDPT Jeju 2024: China’s Chen Wen Wen tops KPC Baby Dragon Day 1A; Jargalsaikan and Nadmid, Lei Yu, and Chi Zhang earn opening day victories

The Red Dragon Poker Tour festivities running through August 4th at Landing Casino, Jeju Shinhwa World, South Korea kicked off its opening day games with KPC Baby Dragon’s first flight and three trophy events coming into completion. China’s Chen Wen Wen currently leads the twelve survivors moving forward to Day 2 with two more heats for the highlight playing through later today, Saturday, July 27th.

On a side note, players Jargalsaikan Nyam-Ochir and Nadmid Sanduisuren, Lei Yu, and Chi Zhang, enthusiastically claimed trophy event wins by night’s end after topping the relatively smaller fields. Scroll down below for all the latest results.

Running alongside the KPC Baby Dragon qualifiers are two trophy events – Survivor Bounty NLH and Hyper Turbo NLH, with the Red Dragon Championship Event additionally approaching in just three short days.

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KPC Baby Dragon Day 1A Recap

The first event on schedule drew in a total of 77 entries across eight levels of registration and played down to 15% of the field at 12 players. Early busts were seen all around with nearly half the field already dusted by the time registration closed in. It took only four more hours on the felt before the day wrapped up with China’s Chen Wen Wen holding down the lead, stacking a sizeable 350,000 (44 BB) chip count. Chen inched over the field just before the dinner break after finishing off Hon Cheong Lee with back to back wins, and successfully carried this momentum all the way to the end.

New Zealand’s Tae Hoon Han trails closely behind with 347,000 (43 BB) having gone through massive swings by the last hour of the day. Han took a crushing blow after a blind vs blind clash against Zhou Wanchen, yet managed to recover right on bubble time. Amongst the list, Han appears to be one of the most decorated players with over $770K in tournament winnings according to The Hendon Mob, with results dating as far back as 2012.

Not to forget, tournament runners of multi-day Event #1: KPC Baby Dragon are eligible for additional rewards: a prestigious Korea Poker Cup trophy, RDPT Jeju 2024 Championship Event Day 1A entries for the Top 3 winners, and one night complimentary accommodation at Landing/ Shinhwa Hotel for ITM players on opening day of the next KPC in Mid-November (TBC).

Date/s: July 26-28, 2024
Buy in: KRW 1,500,000 (~USD 1,080)

Day 1A: 77 entries / 12 qualified
Day 1B: Saturday, July 27
Day 1C Turbo: Saturday, July 27
Day 2: Sunday, July 28

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

https://www.youtube.com/@reddragonpokertour
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End of Day 1A Chip Counts

Side Event Results

Event #3: Red Dragon TAG Team Event: Jargalsaikan Nyam-Ochir and Nadmid Sanduisuren – KRW 6,170,000 (~USD 4,460)

Date/s: July 26, 2024
Buy-in: KRW 1,000,000 (~USD 720)
Prize pool: KRW 13,095,000 (~USD 9,460)
Entries: 15 (13 unique)
ITM: 3 teams

Event #3: Red Dragon TAG Team Event Full Payouts

Event #4: MonsterStack NLH: Lei Yu – KRW 17,464,000 (~USD 12,620)

Date/s: July 26, 2024
Buy-in: KRW 1,000,000 (~USD 720)
Prize pool: KRW 59,364,000 (~USD 42,900)
Entries: 68 (59 unique)
ITM: 11 players

Event #4: MonsterStack NLH Full Payouts

Event #5: Hyper Turbo Bounty NLH: Chi Zhang – KRW 7,497,000 (~USD 5,410)

Date/s: July 26, 2024
Buy-in: KRW 500,000 (~USD 360)
Prize pool: KRW 27,257,000 (~USD 19,690)
Entries: 81 (68 unique)
ITM: 11 players

Event #5: Hyper Turbo Bounty NLH Full Payouts

Red Dragon Poker Tour Jeju 2024 hits the felt, opens with KPC Baby Dragon highlight; KRW 1.68 Billion (~USD 1.2M) Championship Event to set off in four days

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