2019 PokerStars Red Dragon Jeju

₩2,500,000 Main Event
Day: 1bc
Event Info

2019 PokerStars Red Dragon Jeju

Final Results
Winner
Zhihao Zhang
Winning Hand
98
Prize
345,370,000 KRW
Event Info
Buy-in
2,500,000 KRW
Prize Pool
1,896,592,500 KRW
Entries
869
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Players Info - Day 1bc
Entries
617
Players Left
220

Gu Busts and Re-Enters

Level 6 : 200/500, 500 ante
Huidong Gu
Huidong Gu

Huidong Gu was spotted on his way out of the tournament area and right back to the registration desk, his cards were already scooped up while Zhen Wang collected the pot. Wang had flopped a set and turned a full house with {3-Spades}{3-Hearts} on a {9-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{5-Hearts} board.

Gu is already back in the for second bullet of the day, though.

Player Chips Progress
Zhen Wang cn
Zhen Wang
65,000
27,000
27,000
Huidong Gu mo
Huidong Gu
30,000
-1,000
-1,000

Tags: Huidong GuZhen Wang

Chen Busts One

Level 6 : 200/500, 500 ante

Having just lost a bigger pot at one of the most recently opened tables, a short stack got it in for 10.700 and Zhen Chen made the call to reveal {a-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}. It was a flip as the player at risk held {10-Clubs}{10-Diamonds} and the {a-Spades}{k-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{9-Clubs} board delivered both overcards.

Chen sits next to Chen An Lin, who has grinded up a small profit since entering the Day 1b field.

Player Chips Progress
Zhen Chen cn
Zhen Chen
55,000
Chen An Lin tw
Chen An Lin
35,000
5,000
5,000

Tags: Chen An LinZhen Chen

Assorted Counts From Level 6

Level 6 : 200/500, 500 ante

Michael Soyza faced a near pot-sized shove for 16,900 on the {9-Clubs}{7-Spades}{5-Spades}{a-Diamonds} turn and elected to fold, dropping back to just above the starting stack.

Further assorted counts can be found below.

Player Chips Progress
Joshua Zimmerman us
Joshua Zimmerman
73,000
36,000
36,000
Paul Newey gb
Paul Newey
70,000
42,000
42,000
Bin Sun cn
Bin Sun
68,000
32,000
32,000
Xinglong Huang cn
Xinglong Huang
65,000
-17,000
-17,000
Ken Okada jp
Ken Okada
52,000
31,000
31,000
Lei Yu cn
Lei Yu
45,000
16,000
16,000
Hao Tian cn
Hao Tian
42,000
-21,000
-21,000
Mike Takayama ph
Mike Takayama
35,000
5,000
5,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Michael Soyza my
Michael Soyza
33,000
33,000
33,000
Kazuhiko Yotsushika jp
Kazuhiko Yotsushika
28,000
28,000
28,000
Yuechun Shi cn
Yuechun Shi
26,500
1,000
1,000
Andre Lettau de
Andre Lettau
26,000
-4,000
-4,000
Daniel Lee us
Daniel Lee
17,000
6,000
6,000
Yang Zhang cn
Yang Zhang
12,000
-19,000
-19,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Michael Soyza

Second Break on Day 1b

Level 6 : 200/500, 500 ante

There are 399 entries for the second starting day at the end of level six and the remaining 316 players were sent on a 15-minute break. At the same time, the Single Day High Roller shows 20 players out of 28 entries remaining and also headed into a scheduled break.

Level: 7

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

Koester Chops With Yang

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

Yun Yang pushed for the last 6,700 in the hijack and Enno Koester called in the cutoff, the rest of the table folded.

Yang tabled {a-Spades}{j-Spades} and Koester had the {a-Clubs}{j-Hearts}, on a board of {8-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{2-Spades}{3-Clubs}{2-Clubs} the split pot was guaranteed on the flop already.

Further assorted counts can be found below.

Player Chips Progress
Nan Hong cn
Nan Hong
104,000
14,000
14,000
Kelvin Beattie au
Kelvin Beattie
95,000
20,000
20,000
[Removed:112] ca
[Removed:112]
75,000
75,000
75,000
Enno Koester de
Enno Koester
53,000
-7,000
-7,000
Ngoc Anh Cao vn
Ngoc Anh Cao
33,000
33,000
33,000
Chen An Lin tw
Chen An Lin
28,000
-7,000
-7,000
Victor Chong my
Victor Chong
12,500
-19,500
-19,500
Jiajun Liu cn
Jiajun Liu
12,000
-58,000
-58,000
Yun Yang cn
Yun Yang
7,500
7,500
7,500

Tags: Enno KoesterYun Yang

Qian Busts Li

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

With some 40,000 in the middle and the river showing {a-Clubs}{3-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{j-Spades}, Zhiqiang Qian piled his T-5,000 chips in and Zhenbiao Li made the call for fewer than that.

Qian turned over {a-Hearts}{j-Diamonds} for aces and jacks, which Li confirmed with the dealer before tossing his cards into the muck. Qian jumped to more than four times the starting stack and appears to be among the current chip leaders.

Player Chips Progress
Zhiqiang Qian cn
Zhiqiang Qian
140,000
140,000
140,000
Zhenbiao Li cn
Zhenbiao Li
Busted

Tags: Zhiqiang QianZhenbiao Li

A Double for Li

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

In three-way action to the {8-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{4-Clubs} flop, Kang Li checked the small blind and Jin Woo Kim in the big blind made it 3,500 to go. Lei Yu folded on the button and Li jammed for 7,100 to receive a call from Kim.

Kang Li: {a-Diamonds}{8-Spades}
Jin Woo Kim: {a-Clubs}{j-Clubs}

The {a-Spades} on the turn and the {6-Spades} on the river kept Li's hand best and he doubled. Andre Lettau is also featured on the same table as well.

Player Chips Progress
Lei Yu cn
Lei Yu
34,000
-11,000
-11,000
Andre Lettau de
Andre Lettau
24,000
-2,000
-2,000
Kang Li cn
Kang Li
21,000
21,000
21,000
Jin Woo Kim kr
Jin Woo Kim
3,800
-41,200
-41,200

Tags: Andre LettauJin Woo KimKang LiLei Yu

Koester and Beattie Chipping Down

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

Facing a raise to 2,000, Kelvin Beattie three-bet to 5,900 and the initial raiser pushed all in for 27,100. Beattie asked for a count but ended up folding.

Two tables over, Enno Koester bet the {10-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{4-Spades}{a-Spades}{a-Diamonds} river for 12,000 into a pot of 20,000 and Ngoc Tai Nguyen raised it up to 28,000. Koester shook his head and ended up folding, Nguyen tapped the table and didn't show his cards.

Player Chips Progress
Ngoc Tai Hoang vn
Ngoc Tai Hoang
140,000
140,000
140,000
Kelvin Beattie au
Kelvin Beattie
68,000
-27,000
-27,000
Enno Koester de
Enno Koester
29,200
-23,800
-23,800

Tags: Enno KoesterKelvin BeattieTai Nguyen

Level: 8

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800