John Perry Leads Prestige High Roller Final 12, Baby Dragon Plus Down to 114 as Red Dragon Plus Championship Begins

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Updated: 2026.04.17

Day 4 of RDPT Plus Jeju 2026 at LES A Casino saw the Red Dragon Prestige High Roller reach its final 12 players, with Australia’s John Perry bagging the chip lead. Meanwhile, the Baby Dragon Plus narrowed down to 114 survivors, led by Xiao Zhang at the top of a deep Chinese contingent.

The focus now shifts to the launch of the RED DRAGON PLUS CHAMPIONSHIP . Carrying a KRW 1,800,000,000 (~USD 1,220,000) guarantee, Day 1A kicks off today at 12:00 PM local time.

Red Dragon Prestige High Roller Day 2: Field Finalized as Prize Pool Hits KRW 1.1 Billion

The Red Dragon Prestige High Roller reached a final field of 158 entries after registration closed during the first two levels of Day 2. This turnout created a total prize pool of KRW 1,115,733,000 (~USD 751,500), with the winner set to take home KRW 276,483,000 (~USD 199,627).

The day was marked by a long wait on the money bubble that lasted over two hours. During this time, Xixiang Luo and Nguyen Le both stayed alive by winning key double-ups. The wait finally ended when Australian pro Aaron Lim went all-in with ace-jack against the pocket queens of Ranno Sootla . Lim found no help from the cards and finished in 25th place, which meant the remaining 24 players were officially guaranteed a prize.

Australia’s John Perry Bagged Overall Lead After Crucial Late-Night Call

By the time play ended for the night, only 12 players were left to pack up their chips for the final day. Australia’s John Perry finished at the top of the leaderboard with 6,325,000 (79 big blinds). Perry earned a huge part of his stack in a big hand late at night against Yuzhu Wang. In that hand, he thought for a long time before calling a final bet with a better queen-kicker to win a massive pot.

He was followed closely by two experienced international players. The United States’ Christian Harder , a professional with nearly $7 million in career winnings, finished the day with 6,100,000 (76 big blinds). Third on the list was Hungary’s Patrik Demus , who brought 5,900,000 (74 big blinds) into the final day following his recent win in Paris.

Prestige High Roller Final Day Seat Draw
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rank	Player	Flag	Chip Counts	Table	Seat
1	John Perry	Australia	6,325,000	1	5
2	Christian Harder	United States	6,100,000	1	2
3	Patrik Demus	Hungary	5,900,000	1	7
4	Xixiang Luo	China	4,575,000	2	4
5	Ranno Sootla	Estonia	4,475,000	1	1
6	Nguyen Le	Vietnam	4,400,000	2	5
7	Peng Deng	China	3,575,000	2	1
8	Martin Nielsen	Denmark	3,230,000	2	6
9	Zhuzhai Wang	China	2,900,000	1	4
10	Renji Mao	China	2,625,000	2	7
11	Xue Song	China	1,900,000	2	3
12	Khoa Anh Ngo	Vietnam	1,675,000	1	3

Detailed hand histories and floor updates from Day 2 were made available via the Somuchpoker live coverage page.

Xiao Zhang Leads Dominant Chinese Contingent into Baby Dragon Plus Day 2

The KRW 2,200,000 Baby Dragon Plus concluded its four opening flights, with the field officially narrowed down to 114 survivors for Day 2. The session was heavily dominated by players from China , who secured 93 of the 114 spots currently in the money.

The leaderboard reflected this regional strength, as the top eight stacks at the start of the day were all held by Chinese representatives. Leading the charge was Xiao Zhang , who bagged a commanding 770,000 chips to sit at the top of the overall standings. The action today is expected to be fast-paced as the field plays all the way down to a winner.

Baby Dragon Plus Seat Draw – Click to Expand
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rank	Player	Chip counts	Table	Seat	flag
1	Xiao Zhang	770,000	13	6	China
2	Jie Qi	715,000	19	1	China
3	Qiang Liu	687,000	17	2	China
4	Ceng Zeng	655,000	16	1	China
5	Zengxiang Chen	643,000	7	3	China
6	Mutong Xu	604,000	7	2	China
7	Haohui Ma	585,000	6	7	China
8	Qingtian Qian	565,000	7	8	China
9	Takashi Yagura	546,000	13	4	Japan
10	Gang Wang	525,000	9	3	China
11	Yilong Wang	507,000	12	3	China
12	Weihong Liu	480,000	10	3	China
13	Joseph Sanghyon Cheong	470,000	15	5	United States
14	Ziang Wang	466,000	15	2	China
15	Er Nichu	458,000	7	6	China
16	Ori Haim Elul Ohana	435,000	17	5	Spain
17	Zhi Ye	428,000	8	3	China
18	Yuxiang Cai	425,000	11	1	China
19	Huu Dung Nguyen	425,000	11	8	Vietnam
20	Taimin Tian	424,000	6	3	China
21	Jianting Cai	413,000	18	3	China
22	Yifei Jin	413,000	18	7	China
23	Chi Zhang	413,000	9	8	China
24	Xiangnan Meng	402,000	16	6	China
25	Jinhua Li	382,000	5	1	China
26	Haibo Yang	375,000	7	1	China
27	Dong Chen	372,000	5	5	Hong Kong
28	Yunchao Yu	372,000	16	5	China
29	Yuefeng Pan	371,000	7	7	China
30	Xiaqing Ji	355,000	18	4	China
31	Zhenhua Lu	355,000	12	1	China
32	Yipeng Ye	355,000	8	8	China
33	Jianglong Zheng	355,000	11	4	China
34	Chengxu Hu	345,000	19	2	China
35	Jing Wang	330,000	19	3	China
36	Sishu Peng	310,000	9	7	China
37	Xiaotong Yu	309,000	5	7	China
38	Sergei Udachin	305,000	13	3	Russia
39	Jingjing Li	295,000	14	2	China
40	Xu Pan	295,000	8	2	China
41	Zhi Jian Sean Ooi	294,000	15	6	Malaysia
42	Quan Zhou	289,000	17	8	China
43	Mattia Festa	283,000	11	5	Italy
44	Weidong Liu	282,000	10	5	China
45	Dzmitry Urbanovich	275,000	19	5	Belarus
46	Shizhe Zuo	273,000	8	5	China
47	Bowen Xue	260,000	9	2	China
48	Shi Li	259,000	18	6	China
49	Mutong	255,000	16	3	United States
50	Tien Thanh Nguyen	254,000	19	4	Vietnam
51	Zhongyao Li	252,000	17	6	China
52	Yougang Xiong	250,000	16	4	China
53	Qiwei Han	247,000	17	1	China
54	Changliang Sun	242,000	19	8	China
55	Yang Yang	240,000	13	8	China
56	Tao Li	236,000	16	7	China
57	Weijue Cai	233,000	11	2	China
58	Bin Zhao	233,000	12	6	China
59	Bizhen Li	230,000	6	6	China
60	Fei Xie	226,000	14	1	China
61	Xianglai Li	225,000	5	6	China
62	Wei Lin	225,000	14	4	China
63	Takumi Odani	225,000	13	7	Japan
64	Guofeng Wang	220,000	12	7	China
65	Yuzhu Wang	220,000	8	1	China
66	Wenchao Liu	215,000	14	6	China
67	Shuang Bao	207,000	10	1	China
68	Peng Chen	205,000	12	2	China
69	Yucheng Zhang	201,000	19	6	China
70	Hao Zhu	188,000	10	6	China
71	Zehao Li	176,000	15	3	China
72	Xi Zhou	174,000	14	5	China
73	Yuhan Liu	170,000	14	3	China
74	Yun Song	165,000	12	4	China
75	Congya Zhang	161,000	11	3	China
76	Liang	156,000	7	4	China
77	Erdun Xue	155,000	6	8	China
78	Ledong Zhou	155,000	15	4	China
79	Ben Fan	154,000	11	7	China
80	Shuang Qiu	150,000	16	2	China
81	Ngoc Anh Cao	147,000	17	3	Vietnam
82	Xiangyu Yu	147,000	14	8	China
83	Xiongfeng Chen	140,000	14	7	China
84	Junichi Nakagiri	140,000	18	5	Japan
85	Kanwen Du	133,000	7	5	China
86	Yizhou Nie	131,000	8	4	China
87	Zhuorui Wu	130,000	9	5	China
88	Tian Liu	124,000	5	8	China
89	Dapeng Wang	122,000	19	7	China
90	Andres Vasquez	120,000	11	6	Colombia
91	John Matsuda	115,000	9	1	Japan
92	Rong Zhang	115,000	12	8	China
93	Liangdong Zheng	112,000	13	2	China
94	Bien Mai	90,000	8	7	Vietnam
95	Kozo Yamada	90,000	6	5	Japan
96	Tao Yue	90,000	10	4	China
97	Guosheng Yang	87,000	10	2	China
98	Rosalie Marine Petit	85,000	17	4	France
99	Takashi Morita	81,000	9	4	Japan
100	Bin Wang	80,000	5	3	China
101	Junyu Huang	72,000	10	7	China
102	Lifu Liu	70,000	13	5	China
103	Zhiying Zhou	70,000	5	2	China
104	Rong Gu	65,000	6	4	China
105	Tian Tang	65,000	5	4	China
106	Zhenlai Chen	64,000	9	6	China
107	Mengdian Peng	62,000	16	8	China
108	Jinguo Tao	60,000	6	2	China
109	Shengyong Wang	60,000	8	6	China
110	Jie Yu	58,000	18	1	China
111	Jason Wai Kit Lau	51,000	15	7	Malaysia
112	Tianyu Chen	50,000	15	1	China
113	Liao Cheng	50,000	10	8	China
114	Ngoc Ha Nguyen	20,000	18	2	Vietnam

The Main Event Arrives: RED DRAGON PLUS CHAMPIONSHIP Day 1A Kicks Off

Today marks the highly anticipated start of the series showpiece, the RED DRAGON PLUS CHAMPIONSHIP finally gets underway. Day 1A kicks off at 12:00 PM local time, and the energy at LES A Casino is already high. With a massive KRW 1,800,000,000 (~USD 1,220,000) guarantee and a KRW 4,000,000 (~USD 2,700) buy-in, this is the event everyone has been waiting for.

Players get a lot of play for their money, starting with 80,000 chips (160 big blinds) and long 60-minute levels. For the opening flights, the plan is straightforward, everyone will play through 10 levels before bagging up for the night. Since play stops at a set time, no one will hit the money today, that battle will have to wait for Day 2.

RED DRAGON PLUS CHAMPIONSHIP: Full Schedule

Date	Time	Event	Level Duration
April 15	12:00	DAY 1A	60 Minutes
April 16	12:00	DAY 1B	60 Minutes
April 17	12:00	DAY 1C	60 Minutes
April 17	17:00	DAY 1D Turbo	30 Minutes
April 18	12:00	DAY 2	90 Minutes
April 19	12:00	DAY 3	90 Minutes
April 20	12:00	DAY 4	90 Minutes
April 21	12:00	Final Day	36 Hands

Side Event Winners: Xiangyu Yu Secures Double Trophy

One of the highlights of Day 4 was definitely the performance of Xiangyu Yu . He has been on an incredible run, managing to pick up his second trophy of the series. After winning the NLH Short Deck earlier in the week, he proved he can win in just about any format by taking down 9 Game Dragon Mix High Roller.

The Winners’ Circle: April 14 Trophy Gallery

Side Event	The Champion	Flag	Entries	Top Prize (KRW)
#27 9 Game Dragon Mix High Roller	Xiangyu Yu	China (CHN)	13	13,474,000
#28 NLH Mega Stack	Ceng Zeng	China (CHN)	65	19,965,000
#30 NLH Double Board Bomb Pot	Sishu Peng	China (CHN)	18	3,464,000
#31 NLH Hyper Turbo High Roller	Biao Ding	China (CHN)	26	18,228,000
#32 NLH Super Hyper Turbo	Mio Nakazato	Japan (JPN)	100	5,710,000

RDPT Plus Jeju 2026: April 15 Schedule Of Events

Somuchpoker provides continued coverage of the festival, including key hand histories and floor action. Stay tuned for further updates from RDPT Plus Jeju 2026.