Red Dragon Poker Tour Jeju 2025 Kicks Off With A Twist

The Red Dragon Poker Tour Jeju 2025 opened its doors at 12PM today, July 4, at the Landing Casino, unveiling a fresh schedule and an exciting new format. Out of the packed 54-game lineup, action roared in with the KR₩ 2,000,000 (~$1,467) buy-in “RD Expedition Club” Four-Player Team Event with 132 players responding, equivalent to a 33 team battle. By the end of the day, only 8 teams will earn a spot at tomorrow’s final stage. So let’s dive right in.

RDPT JEJU II – Schedule

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RD Expedition Club Team Event

From the starting shuffle, the tables at the Red Dragon Poker Tour Jeju were pumping with showdowns as players pushed the aggression to represent their teams. Among the teams in attendance were from Taiwan called TMT 18 that included CTP Founder David Tai, RDPT Main Event champion Shengfa Huang was also among the crowd for Team Osaka FA, and Zhihao Chen for Team Chengdu Holdem.

Follow the action via the livestream on RDPT YouTube. 

Round 1 rules were as follows:

• A player who finishes 1st at the table will automatically carry the entire team to the finals, regardless of total team points.
• Whenever a team’s total number of KO bounties reaches 17, they must stop playing and automatically qualify for the finals. Their chips and bounties will be removed from play immediately.
• The top 4 teams, including automatically qualified teams, will advance.
• If all 4 players from one team are eliminated before the field reaches 48 players, the team is eliminated from the event.
• If all 4 players are eliminated after the field reaches 48 players but before the field reaches 24 players, the team is eliminated from Round 1 but will be eligible for the Resurrection Round.
• Level duration: 15 minutes.
• Hand-for-hand play begins at 49 and 25 players remaining.
• 10-second shot clock system will be introduced at the start of the round.

After the first round, a “Resurrection Round” follows for eligible eliminated teams. Only the top four teams in this round will head to the final stage.

• A player who finishes 1st will automatically carry the team to the finals.
• Top 4 teams, including automatically qualified teams, will advance.
• Level duration: 10 minutes.
• 10-second shot clock system will be introduced at the start of the round.

In the likelihood of ties at any round, the Tie-Breaker rules are as follows:

• The team with the higher total number of knockouts will advance.
• If still tied, the team with the player who finishes highest will advance.

When the final 8 teams are formed, the RD Expedition Club Team Event wraps up and resumes tomorrow, July 5 starting at 12pm.

Key Events Up Next

Players that have fallen by the wayside or are just making their way to the festival will also have the chance to get their beaks wet for the first major tournament, the KR₩ 1.5 Million (~$1,102) buy-in Baby Dragon. The current record prize pool for this event is  KR₩ 432,135,000 (~$310,123), generated last May. Winner Chao Hu has yet to be spotted at the venue.

• Day 1A – 2025.07.05 – 12:00
• Day 1B Turbo – 2025.07.05 – 18:00
• Day 1C – 2025.07.06 – 12:00
• Day 1D Turbo – 2025.07.06 – 18:00
• Day 2 Final – 2025.07.07 – 12:00

The Red Dragon Poker Championship headline event of the series will start on the 8th of July with a KR₩ 2 Billion (~$1.467 Million) prize pool. Players get a chance to participate for only KR₩ 2.5 Million (~$1,836) buy-in. Defending champion Shengfa Huang has already gotten some early practice at the teams event earlier today. He will without a doubt look to defend his crown.

• Day 1A – 2025.07.08 – 12:00
• Day 1B – 2025.07.09 – 12:00
• Day 1C Turbo – 2025.07.09 – 18:00
• Day 1D – 2025.07.10 – 12:00
• Day 1E Turbo – 2025.07.10 – 18:00
• Day 2 – 2025.07.11 – 12:00
• Day 3 – 2025.07.12 – 12:00
• Final Day – 2025.07.13 – 12:00

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