Red Dragon Plus Championship Hits 901 Entries, With Quang Huy Nguyen Leading Day 1C, As Next RDPT Plus Jeju Confirmed For July
Day 7 of RDPT Plus Jeju 2026 at LES A Casino was headlined by the final two flights of the Red Dragon Plus Championship, which brought the total field to a massive 901 entries and a prize pool of over KRW 3 billion. Vietnam’s Quang Huy Nguyen topped the Day 1C field, while Chengkun Zhao led the Day 1D Turbo flight, with registration remaining open until the start of Day 2 today.
Alongside the tournament action, organizers officially announced the next RDPT Plus Jeju for July 8 to 19. To celebrate, a lucky draw was launched, offering players on-site a chance to win a free seat to the upcoming July festival.
Red Dragon Plus Championship: Day 1 Recap
The Red Dragon Plus Championship successfully completed its opening flights, creating a large field for Day 2. The prize pool surged past KRW 3 billion (more than USD $2 million), making this one of the most popular events on the regional calendar.
Vietnam's Quang Huy Nguyen Led Day 1C
Day 1C drew the largest field among all Day 1 flights, with 311 players who joined the action. Vietnam’s Quang Huy Nguyen emerged as the top performer of this group, finishing with 484,000 chips (161 big blinds). Nguyen, a highly respected poker player with over $1.7 million in career winnings, was joined at the top by China's Zhemin Xu with 478,000 (159 big blinds) and Chuanshu Chen with 466,000 (155 big blinds).
Red Dragon Plus Championship Day 1C Survivors - Click to Expand
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Rank | Player | Chip counts | Flag |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Quang Huy Nguyen | 484,000 | Vietnam |
2 | Zhemin Xu | 478,000 | China |
3 | Toan Chan Truong | 476,000 | Vietnam |
4 | Chuanshu Chen | 466,000 | China |
5 | Huu Dung Nguyen | 462,000 | Vietnam |
6 | Weiping Wang | 447,000 | China |
7 | Konstantin Held | 420,000 | Germany |
8 | Angwei Li | 408,000 | China |
9 | Zuyou Wang | 407,000 | China |
10 | Lin Zhou | 400,000 | China |
11 | Yibo Zhou | 400,000 | China |
12 | Rosalie Petit | 387,000 | France |
13 | Christian Harder | 379,000 | USA |
14 | Maodi Gao | 374,000 | China |
15 | Shurong Huang | 372,000 | China |
16 | Mattia Festa | 361,000 | Italy |
17 | Ranno Sootla | 360,000 | Estonia |
18 | Zhiwei Ding | 345,000 | China |
19 | Chao Tang | 337,000 | China |
20 | Qun Dang | 336,000 | China |
21 | Dinesh Alt | 333,000 | Switzerland |
22 | Dzmitry Urbanovich | 332,000 | Poland |
23 | Zehao Li | 332,000 | China |
24 | Nobutake Hozumi | 330,000 | Japan |
25 | Ceng Zeng | 327,000 | China |
26 | Daqiao Jiang | 327,000 | China |
27 | Yong Liang | 317,000 | China |
28 | Quang Minh Nguyen | 311,000 | Vietnam |
29 | Zengxiang Chen | 311,000 | China |
30 | Jinguang Han | 297,000 | New Zealand |
31 | Zhaoyi Lin | 286,000 | China |
32 | Xiongfeng Chen | 277,000 | China |
33 | Xiaoqing Zhou | 275,000 | China |
34 | Hongzi Chen | 274,000 | China |
35 | Nevan Chang | 273,000 | Taiwan |
36 | Shifeng Zhang | 273,000 | China |
37 | Heli Zhang | 268,000 | China |
38 | Yinjie Mei | 266,000 | China |
39 | Xian Xiao | 260,000 | China |
40 | Xu Wang | 254,000 | China |
41 | Peng Jiang | 253,000 | China |
42 | Naohiro Matsuda | 250,000 | Japan |
43 | Yiming Li | 250,000 | China |
44 | Yunchao Yu | 250,000 | China |
45 | Jun Ji | 247,000 | China |
46 | Xixiang Luo | 246,000 | China |
47 | Xianglai Li | 242,000 | China |
48 | Zixiao Zhang | 236,000 | China |
49 | Yayun Liu | 235,000 | China |
50 | Zhenlai Chen | 234,000 | China |
51 | Yuhang Liu | 225,000 | Australia |
52 | Khoa Anh Ngo | 219,000 | Vietnam |
53 | Bin Yuan | 218,000 | China |
54 | Hoa Thinh Nguyen | 213,000 | Vietnam |
55 | Jianen Li | 213,000 | China |
56 | Ngoc Ha Nguyen | 206,000 | Vietnam |
57 | Qiang Liu | 206,000 | China |
58 | Andres Vasquez | 203,000 | Colombia |
59 | Fenfa Chen | 201,000 | China |
60 | Peng Huang | 201,000 | China |
61 | Qidong He | 198,000 | China |
62 | Zijie Lu | 193,000 | China |
63 | Bin Fu | 191,000 | China |
64 | Xiaqing Ji | 188,000 | China |
65 | Abhijith Cheruku | 186,000 | India |
66 | Xiaotong Yu | 186,000 | China |
67 | Rongze Zhang | 182,000 | China |
68 | Kok Hoe Chai | 179,000 | Malaysia |
69 | Huazhenlong Guo | 175,000 | China |
70 | Lin Tan | 174,000 | China |
71 | Tung Jung Wu | 173,000 | Taiwan |
72 | Yong Zhao | 170,000 | China |
73 | Dylan Wayne Foster | 164,000 | Australia |
74 | Jason Lau | 162,000 | Malaysia |
75 | Yuqi Zheng | 155,000 | China |
76 | Le Ngoc Khanh | 154,000 | Vietnam |
77 | Yougang Xiong | 150,000 | China |
78 | Junjie He | 145,000 | China |
79 | Mingzi Wang | 144,000 | China |
80 | Shunqing Peng | 144,000 | China |
81 | Wengang Wang | 133,000 | China |
82 | Bowen Yi | 132,000 | China |
83 | Hiroyuki Tane | 132,000 | Japan |
84 | Weijue Cai | 130,000 | China |
85 | Zhi Ye | 130,000 | China |
86 | Dong Chen | 129,000 | China |
87 | Quan Zhang | 128,000 | China |
88 | Lifu Liu | 126,000 | China |
89 | John Perry | 122,000 | Australia |
90 | Junyu Huang | 116,000 | China |
91 | Yichao Wu | 110,000 | China |
92 | Ying Zheng | 106,000 | China |
93 | Cheng Huang | 104,000 | China |
94 | Wei Sun | 102,000 | China |
95 | Zhongmin Xia | 90,000 | China |
96 | Kanwen Du | 84,000 | China |
97 | Meiyu Wang | 83,000 | China |
98 | Yuezeng Li | 83,000 | China |
99 | Liang Dong | 81,000 | China |
100 | Han Gao | 80,000 | China |
101 | Tianyou Liu | 80,000 | China |
102 | Yake Wu | 80,000 | China |
103 | Anh Tuan Trinh | 73,000 | Vietnam |
104 | Zhihui Xu | 67,000 | China |
105 | Meng Wu | 66,000 | China |
106 | Daisuke Ikarashi | 62,000 | Japan |
107 | Yinan Zhou | 59,000 | China |
108 | Xiao Zhang | 58,000 | China |
109 | Xiaoxiao Chen | 53,000 | China |
110 | Xiaoyu Jian | 51,000 | New Zealand |
111 | Tao Yue | 29,000 | China |
Final Flight Day 1D (Turbo) And The Field For Day 2
The final round, Day 1D (Turbo), added another 69 entries to the field, and Chengkun Zhao ended that session as the top player with 477,000 chips (159 big blinds). Across all four starting rounds, the total entry count reached 901, with 303 players who secured their spots for Day 2.
While registration remained open until the start of Day 2, those who entered at the last minute began their journey with a smaller starting stack of 20 big blinds.
Red Dragon Plus Championship Day 2 Seat Draw - Click to Expand
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Rank | Player | Chip Counts | Flag | Table | Seat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jieming Xu | 959,000 | China | 47 | 2 |
2 | Aaron Lim | 837,000 | Australia | 27 | 2 |
3 | Yongbin Wang | 824,000 | China | 25 | 6 |
4 | Qiang Wang | 716,000 | China | 16 | 3 |
5 | Guofeng Wang | 653,000 | China | 46 | 8 |
6 | Joseph Cheong | 639,000 | USA | 41 | 5 |
7 | Jingjing Li | 638,000 | China | 38 | 2 |
8 | Amin Riyazati | 610,000 | Australia | 39 | 4 |
9 | Elizabeth Chen | 594,000 | China | 6 | 7 |
10 | Aichun Li | 591,000 | China | 27 | 4 |
11 | Han Shao | 590,000 | China | 21 | 5 |
12 | Lei Yu | 581,000 | China | 23 | 7 |
13 | Ze Ping Li | 581,000 | China | 26 | 8 |
14 | Zhili Zhou | 564,000 | China | 16 | 5 |
15 | Jiajun Xie | 548,000 | China | 31 | 5 |
16 | Anton Lu | 514,000 | Australia | 21 | 7 |
17 | Hao Wang 2 | 501,000 | China | 5 | 6 |
18 | Quang Huy Nguyen | 484,000 | Vietnam | 42 | 8 |
19 | Zhemin Xu | 478,000 | China | 17 | 2 |
20 | Chengkun Zhao | 477,000 | China | 46 | 1 |
21 | Toan Chan Truong | 476,000 | Vietnam | 15 | 8 |
22 | Chuanshu Chen | 466,000 | China | 4 | 6 |
23 | Huu Dung Nguyen | 462,000 | Vietnam | 8 | 1 |
24 | Jianglong Zheng | 450,000 | China | 2 | 4 |
25 | Weiping Wang | 447,000 | China | 32 | 3 |
26 | Qiwei Han | 432,000 | China | 2 | 1 |
27 | Ziang Wang | 430,000 | China | 8 | 4 |
28 | Konstantin Held | 420,000 | Germany | 14 | 3 |
29 | Guancheng Wu | 417,000 | China | 20 | 2 |
30 | Jinghao Wu | 416,000 | China | 12 | 7 |
31 | Yichen Wu | 415,000 | China | 6 | 5 |
32 | Angwei Li | 408,000 | China | 48 | 5 |
33 | Zuyou Wang | 407,000 | China | 48 | 6 |
34 | Jiawei Huang | 403,000 | China | 42 | 1 |
35 | Fangzhou Zhu | 402,000 | China | 6 | 3 |
36 | Lin Zhou | 400,000 | China | 5 | 5 |
37 | Yibo Zhou | 400,000 | China | 17 | 8 |
38 | Weihong Liu | 399,000 | China | 41 | 4 |
39 | William Jia | 399,000 | Australia | 38 | 3 |
40 | Hongchang Sun | 389,000 | China | 23 | 1 |
41 | Yuefeng Pan | 389,000 | China | 25 | 7 |
42 | Xiao Li | 388,000 | China | 45 | 3 |
43 | Rosalie Petit | 387,000 | France | 33 | 3 |
44 | Meng Dian Peng | 380,000 | China | 38 | 7 |
45 | Christian Harder | 379,000 | USA | 28 | 7 |
46 | Chuang Hao | 378,000 | Taiwan | 38 | 1 |
47 | Maodi Gao | 374,000 | China | 2 | 8 |
48 | Shurong Huang | 372,000 | China | 18 | 3 |
49 | Junwen Jiang | 365,000 | China | 34 | 7 |
50 | Mattia Festa | 361,000 | Italy | 48 | 4 |
RED DRAGON PLUS CHAMPIONSHIP: Remaining Schedule
Date | Time | Event | Level Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
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 |
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RDPT Plus Jeju Confirmed For July: Lucky Draw Today!
The Red Dragon Poker Tour (RDPT) has officially announced its next stop, with the RDPT Plus Jeju confirmed to take place from July 8 to 19. To celebrate the announcement, organizers have launched a series of social media giveaways and a major on-site lucky draw for players currently in Jeju.
Win Your July Main Event Seat Today
If you are at the venue for Day 2 of the Red Dragon Plus Championship, you have a chance to win a free ticket to the July Main Event. The on-site lucky draw will take place today, April 18, during the second scheduled break (approximately 15:15).
How To Qualify
To earn entries for the top prize, players must complete the following steps on Instagram:
Earn 1 Entry: Share the pinned post video to your Story and tag @playreddragon.
Earn a 2nd Entry: Leave a comment under the pinned post and tag one friend.
Participants must save screenshots of each step and present them to the staff on-site to verify their entries. Please note that this promotion is for players only; staff and partners are not eligible to participate.
Follow the official RDPT Instagram account to see the full guide for the lucky draw and ensure your entry is valid for the July Main Event seat.
Side Event Winners
The Winners' Circle: April 17 Trophy Gallery
Side Event | The Champion | Flag | Entries | Top Prize (KRW) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
China (CHN) | 17 | 5,289,000 | ||
#47 NLH Progressive Bounty | China (CHN) | 164 | 25,998,000* | |
China (CHN) | 34 | 40,000,000 | ||
China (CHN) | 24 | 3,982,000 | ||
China (CHN) | 57 | 30,696,000 | ||
#51 NLH Super Hyper Turbo | Japan (JPN) | 65 | 5,626,000 |
*Excludes Bounties
What's Next?
The spotlight today fell on the Red Dragon Prestige Super High Roller, which stood out as the biggest buy-in of the entire series. Kicking off at 15:00, this elite event provided players with a 600,000-chip starting stack and 40-minute levels. The opening day was scheduled to play through 12 levels before survivors bagged up for the final day.
Somuchpoker will provide live coverage for Day 1 of the Red Dragon Prestige Super High Roller today.
Players also had two opportunities to join the Mini Main Event today. Day 1A began at noon with 30-minute levels, followed by the Day 1B Turbo flight at 18:00, which featured faster 20-minute levels. Both starting flights allowed for registration through the first 9 levels.
RDPT Plus Jeju 2026: April 18 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.
About the Editor
Derick Elomina is Somuchpoker's Lead Content Writer and Interview Specialist, reporting live from WSOP bracelet events and Asia Pacific poker festivals such as TMT, APT, RDPT and APL Jeju, alongside player features and interviews for the site's Stories section. He discovered poker at 14 playing home games with friends, and by 21 he had entered the industry as a field reporter, starting as a hand reporter before building his current role on the tournament floor.
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