2019 PokerStars Red Dragon Jeju

₩2,500,000 Main Event
Day: 2
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 2
Entries
302
Players Left
36

Quick Eliminations After Dinner

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Lei Yu was left with fewer than one big blind in the dinner break and was all in the first hand with the {k-Hearts}{3-Clubs}, the big blind was the only other player involved and tabled the {q-Hearts}{9-Hearts}. On a board of {q-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{a-Spades}{j-Spades}, Yu came up second-best.

Wei Fan hit the rail right after. He got it in with the {k-Spades}{j-Spades} and Shenming Yin called with the {a-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}. On a {10-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{q-Clubs} board, Fan was drawing dead on the turn.

Player Chips Progress
Shenming Yin cn
Shenming Yin
1,080,000
130,000
130,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
Lei Yu cn
Lei Yu
Busted
Wei Fan cn
Wei Fan
Busted
Dong Jiang cn
Dong Jiang
Busted
Shijiu Huang cn
Shijiu Huang
Busted

Tags: Lei YuShenming YinWei Fan

Tajima Eliminated; Nguyen Triples

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Kosuke Tajima
Kosuke Tajima

Trong Quang Nguyen moved all in for 78,000 and Xixiang Luo flat-called from late position. Kosuke Tajima called all in for 68,000 in the big blind and the cards were turned over.

Trong Quang Nguyen: {a-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}
Xixiang Luo: {6-Hearts}{6-Clubs}
Kosuke Tajima: {6-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}

The board came {a-Hearts}{q-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{a-Clubs} and Nguyen essentially tripled, Tajima was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Xixiang Luo cn
Xixiang Luo
400,000
-100,000
-100,000
Trong Quang Nguyen vn
Trong Quang Nguyen
250,000
50,000
50,000
Kosuke Tajima jp
Kosuke Tajima
Busted

Tags: Kosuke TajimaTrong Quang NguyenXixiang Luo

Near Triple Up for Zhong as Chou Busts

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

In a three-way all in, Jianbiao Zhong was the second-biggest stack while Chien Fa Chou was at risk for around 15 big blinds, Nan Hong had them both covered.

Chien Fa Chou: {j-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}
Jianbiao Zhong: {a-Spades}{k-Hearts}
Nan Hong: {q-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}

The board came {a-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{8-Diamonds} and Chou was eliminated while Zhong nearly tripled up.

Player Chips Progress
Jianbiao Zhong cn
Jianbiao Zhong
550,000
Nan Hong cn
Nan Hong
105,000
Chien Fa Chou tw
Chien Fa Chou
Busted

Tags: Chien Fa ChouJianbiao ZhongNan Hong

Shen Busts to Lee

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

After a raise to 22,000 by the player under the gun, Jamie Lee called in the cutoff and Xianchao Shen came along from the small blind, as did the big blind. The initial raiser bet the {a-Clubs}{k-Clubs}{10-Diamonds} flop for 33,000 and Lee raised to 78,000. Shen check-jammed 108,000 to force two folds and Lee called.

Xianchao Shen: {j-Clubs}{8-Clubs}
Jamie Lee: {a-Spades}{q-Hearts}

The {8-Spades} turn and {2-Spades} river brought no further change and Shen was the next to bust.

Player Chips Progress
Jamie Lee us
Jamie Lee
490,000
200,000
200,000
Xianchao Shen cn
Xianchao Shen
Busted
Chuyun Yu cn
Chuyun Yu
Busted
Lixun Zhou cn
Lixun Zhou
Busted
Sora Park kr
Sora Park
Busted

Tags: Jamie LeeXianchao Shen

Zhou Busts in Unfortunate Fashion

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Huijie Zhou
Huijie Zhou

Huijie Zhou headed to the payout desk as he had just been eliminated and the chips were shipped over to Canlin Chen.

"I got it in preflop with ace-king and he had king-jack, there was a jack on the turn," Zhou told PokerNews.

Zhou wasn't the only casualty as several other players including Nan Hong busted in a matter of minutes.

Player Chips Progress
Canlin Chen cn
Canlin Chen
920,000
560,000
560,000
Huijie Zhou cn
Huijie Zhou
Busted
Nan Hong cn
Nan Hong
Busted
Tianliang Guan cn
Tianliang Guan
Busted
Shaoming Li cn
Shaoming Li
Busted

Tags: Canlin ChenHuijie ZhouNan Hong

Zhong Loses a Big Flip

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Shenming Yin
Shenming Yin

Shenming Yin had been near the top of the leader board for some time already and just emerged as odds-on favorite to reach the final table after winning a big flip. Jianbiao Zhong got his stack of 520,000, more than 50 big blinds, in before the flop and they were off to the races.

Jianbiao Zhong: {a-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}
Shenming Yin: {q-Hearts}{q-Spades}

On a board of {9-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{j-Clubs} the queens held up to send Zhong out.

Player Chips Progress
Shenming Yin cn
Shenming Yin
1,600,000
520,000
520,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
Jianbiao Zhong cn
Jianbiao Zhong
Busted

Tags: Jianbiao ZhongShenming Yin

Level: 20

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

Lai Doubles Through Chen

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Following an open raise to 23,000, Ben Lai moved all in for 226,000 and Tao Chen from one seat over was deep in the think tank. He eventually shipped it in as well and the initial raiser folded.

Ben Lai: {q-Spades}{q-Clubs}
Tao Chen: {j-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}

The board came {9-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{a-Diamonds}{8-Clubs} and Lai scored a double to more than half a million.

Player Chips Progress
Ben Lai hk
Ben Lai
520,000
240,000
240,000
Tao Chen cn
Tao Chen
180,000
60,000
60,000

Tags: Ben LaiTao Chen