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

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
Andre Lettau de
Andre Lettau
24,000 -2,000
Kang Li cn
Kang Li
21,000 21,000
Jin Woo Kim kr
Jin Woo Kim
3,800 -41,200

Tags: Andre LettauJin Woo KimKang LiLei Yu

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
Zhenbiao Li cn
Zhenbiao Li
Busted

Tags: Zhiqiang QianZhenbiao Li

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

Tags: Enno KoesterYun Yang

Level: 7

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

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.

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

Tags: Michael Soyza

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

Tags: Chen An LinZhen Chen

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
Huidong Gu mo
Huidong Gu
30,000 -1,000

Tags: Huidong GuZhen Wang

Chen Chips Up

Level 6 : 200/500, 500 ante

A raise to 1,300 was called once and Peng Wu then squeezed to 4,200. Dong Chen was the only caller on the button and the {10-Clubs}{8-Spades}{4-Clubs} flop was checked. Wu bet the {8-Clubs} turn for 5,800 and Chen called to see the {5-Diamonds} on the river on which Wu made it 8,000 to go.

Chen called and Wu briefly showed a small pocket pair that Chen had beat to chip up.

Further assorted counts can be found below.

Player Chips Progress
Bing Zhou cn
Bing Zhou
90,000 10,000
Kengo Sakurai jp
Kengo Sakurai
78,000 3,000
Kelvin Beattie au
Kelvin Beattie
75,000 17,000
Jieming Xu cn
Jieming Xu
74,000 43,000
Peng Wu cn
Peng Wu
65,000 -20,000
Dong Chen cn
Dong Chen
WSOP 1X Winner
58,000 58,000
Zhiao He cn
Zhiao He
23,000 23,000
Daniel Lee us
Daniel Lee
11,000 -19,000

Tags: Dong ChenPeng Wu

A New Record is Set

Level 6 : 200/500, 500 ante

The poker room of the Landing Casino continues to burst with action as barely any open seat remains and those unfortunate to bust either re-enter or have their seats filled with new players. Up to 387 entries mean a total field size of 639 entries and that surpasses the record of the previous year by more than two dozen already.

All of that is already locked up in level six and the registration for Day 1b remains open until the end of level nine and following break. On top of that is also the turbo heat 1c as of 8 p.m. local time with 12 levels of 20 minutes.