Red Dragon Poker Tour Jeju Early Highlights: Jinguo Tao Wins Baby Dragon

Updated: 2026.10.06

The Red Dragon Poker Tour is back at the Landing Casino in Jeju Island, South Korea for its highly anticipated second visit this year. Kicking off on July 4 and running until July 13, the brand wasted no time delivering excitement and glory on its early days.

Opening day set the tone as 132 players poured in for the first ever RD Expedition Club Four-Player Team Event. This was immediately followed by a record breaking Baby Dragon event with 503 entries generating a prize pool of ₩651,888,000 (~US$478K). Here are the highlights.

Red Dragon Poker Tour Jeju Early Highlights

Jinguo Tao Wins Baby Dragon For KR₩ 129,688,000 (~$95,195)

Team Osaka Mobile Unit Wins RD Expedition Club

Other Events

Click for all of the RDPT Jeju Completed Events.

Gut-Wrenching Moments

With plenty of action the past four days, coolers, daring bluffs, bad beats, and other shocking moments were on full display. Here were a few of those moments captured by Somuchpoker.

Red Dragon Championship ₩2BN Guarantee

Red Dragon Poker Tour Jeju Main Event trophy

With four days in the books, the fifth day opens with the Red Dragon Poker Championship headline event of the series boasting an immense 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 been spotted on opening day and is hyped up 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

*Interview translations courtesy of Chinese media DZPK News.

RDPT JEJU - Festival Schedule
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