Red Dragon Poker Tour Jeju 2024 packs a full house, China’s Sun Yuan leads KPC Baby Dragon Day 2 charge

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07/28/2024

Red Dragon Poker Tour Jeju 2024 packs a full house

Day two of the Red Dragon Poker Tour festivities at Landing Casino, Jeju Shinhwa World, South Korea quickly picked up the pace and welcomed a full house just in time for the last two flights of the KPC Baby Dragon Special Event. With three heats in the books, a total of 512 entries for the opening highlight were recorded, generating a prize pool of KRW 670,464,000 (~USD 484,130). Each flight played down to 15% of the field and saw a combined 78 players advance to Day 2. Action resumes today, July 28th at 12:00 sharp – Level 16: 4,000 / 8,000 ante 8,000, and will play down to a winner with KRW 132,654,000 (~USD 95,780) listed up top.

Running alongside the KPC Baby Dragon Day 2 games this Sunday, are side events Single Day High Roller, No Limit 2-7 Single Draw, and a concluding Win the Button Hyper Turbo for some late night action. Two qualifying rounds for the Dragon Egg Mystery Bounty event will also run in addition, with runners set to return tomorrow for the final games.

Red Dragon Poker Tour Jeju – Player Guide
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KPC Baby Dragon Day 1B and Day 1C Recap

China’s Sun Yuan leads KPC Baby Dragon Day 2 charge
Sun Yuan

Day 1B was off to a smashing start with the initial flight’s numbers surpassed right by the second level of the day. By the time registration closed, 273 entries were locked in with play due to conclude at 41 players. Gameplay ran for sixteen 30-minute levels and saw China’s Sun Yuan stack the highest by night’s end. Sun wielded his big stack left and right and continuously took down several pots to finally end the day with a commanding lead at 543,000 (68 BB). Sun leads the overall Day 2 charge with second in following, Sun Jianfeng stacking just behind with 366,000 (46 BB).

The last flight on schedule, Day 1C Turbo completed the event’s qualifying rounds and saw another 25 survivors advance through, led by Xiaosheng Zheng. Xiaosheng busted one right at hand for hand play to inch the lead and come into Day 2 with 348,000 (44 BB). Other Asian notables joining the list are Queen of Poker Celina Lin (298,000), Valeriy Pak (252,000), Tianyuan Tang (159,000), The Lord Poker Tournament’s Ivan Zhang (152,000), and Kuang Hung Lee (14,000). Team Dragon, who just made their debut this season, was likewise in full force with Ying Song (267,000), Liu Yin (158,000), Tao Yin (155,000), and Chenxu Zhang (138,000) amongst survivors.

Celina Lin
Celina Lin

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)
Prize pool: KRW 670,464,000 (~USD 484,130)
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
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
https://www.twitch.tv/playreddragon

Day 2 Top Chip Counts

Pos. First Name Last Name Flag Chip Count Big Blinds
1 Yuan Sun China 543,000 68
2 Jianfeng Sun China 366,000 46
3 Wen Wen Chen China 350,000 44
4 Zheng Xiaosheng China 348,000 44
5 Tae Hoon Han New Zealand 347,000 43
6 Bin Sun China 342,000 43
7 He Qidong China 321,000 40
8 Nyam-Ochir Jargalsaikhan Mongolia 318,000 40
9 Fei Lin Pei Australia 298,000 37
10 Linghui Dai China 280,000 35

Event #1: KPC Baby Dragon Final Table Payouts

Rank Prize (KRW)
1st 132,654,000
2nd 87,900,000
3rd 59,870,000
4th 41,640,000
5th 29,570,000
6th 21,450,000
7th 15,960,000
8th 12,140,000
9th 9,390,000

Side Event Results

(~USD 4,750)

Date/s: July 27, 2024
Buy-in: KRW 1,000,000 (~USD 720)
Prize pool: KRW 13,968,000 (~USD 10,080)
Entries: 16
ITM: 3 players

Event #6: Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Full Payouts

Rank First Name Last Name Flag Prize (KRW)
1 MENG GUO China 6,588,000
2 XUMING QI China 4,390,000
3 ZHUN WANG China 2,990,000

Event #7: Hyper Turbo NLH: Sishu Peng – KRW 9,258,000 (~USD 6,685)

Sishu Peng wins Red Dragon Poker Tour Hyper Turbo NLH
Sishu Peng

Date/s: July 27, 2024
Buy-in: KRW 500,000 (~USD 360)
Prize pool: KRW 32,738,000 (~USD 23,640)
Entries: 75 (65 unique)
ITM: 12 players

Event #7: Hyper Turbo NLH Full Payouts

Rank First Name Last Name Flag Prize (KRW)
1 SISHU PENG China 9,258,000
2 LINGJIAN YU China 5,720,000
3 PARK YU CHEUNG China 4,000,000
4 CHUNG CHING CHEUNG Hong Kong 2,910,000
5 JUAN PENG China 2,200,000
6 ZIXUN WANG China 1,730,000
7 JIAHENG YANG China 1,430,000
8 JIE CHEN China 1,230,000
9 DINGDING GUAN China 1,110,000
10 YANG LEI China 1,050,000
11 XIANG LI China 1,050,000
12 KYOSUKE NAGAMI Japan 1,050,000

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