Red Dragon Plus Championship Hits 901 Entries, With Quang Huy Nguyen Leading Day 1C, As Next RDPT Plus Jeju Confirmed For July

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Updated: 2026.04.18

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

Somuchpoker will be providing live coverage for Day 2 of the Red Dragon Plus Championship today, tracking the action as the field plays toward the money.

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)
#46 Limit 7 Card Stud Mixed	Siqi Lian	China (CHN)	17	5,289,000
#47 NLH Progressive Bounty	Changliang Sun	China (CHN)	164	25,998,000*
#48 Single Day High Roller	Tian Liu	China (CHN)	34	40,000,000
#49 No Limit 5 Card Draw High	Yujie Sun	China (CHN)	24	3,982,000
#50 NLH Hyper Turbo High Roller	Li Ang	China (CHN)	57	30,696,000
#51 NLH Super Hyper Turbo	Daisuke Nakagawa	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.