₩2,500,000 Main Event
Day 2 Started
₩2,500,000 Main Event
Day 2 Started
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Xiaqing Ji
|
355,500 | |
Hanze Wang | 332,000 | |
Yifan Cao | 248,000 | |
Dong Jiang | 240,000 | |
Canlin Chen | 238,000 | |
Wen Kai Chen
|
235,500 | |
Jun Su
|
232,000 | |
James Lee | 228,000 | |
Hoa Thinh Nguyen | 225,500 | |
Ben Lai | 220,000 | |
Tianyuan Tang | 215,000 | |
Paul Newey | 203,000 | |
Jieming Xu
|
197,000 | |
Kilian Loeffler | 196,500 | |
Bi Haisheng | 187,500 | |
Lei Yu | 182,000 | |
Zhihao Zhang | 182,000 | |
Dongsheng Peng | 178,000 | |
Yang Wang | 176,000 | |
Nan Zhao
|
175,500 | |
Nan Hong | 174,000 | |
Yuanjun Lu | 171,000 | |
Tianliang Guan | 170,000 | |
Liuzheng He | 167,000 | |
Kazuyuki Tanemura | 165,500 |
Table | Seat | Player | Country/Region | Chips | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | Ziman Wang | China | 97,500 | 39 |
1 | 2 | Jun Wu | China | 39,500 | 16 |
1 | 3 | Dongli Shen | China | 79,000 | 32 |
1 | 4 | Masatoshi Akasaka | Japan | 21,500 | 9 |
1 | 5 | Takeo Hanayama | Japan | 46,000 | 18 |
1 | 6 | Yakai Li | China | 64,500 | 26 |
1 | 7 | Lixun Zhou | China | 56,500 | 23 |
1 | 8 | Guang Yang | China | 74,000 | 30 |
1 | 9 | Zhiqiang Qian | China | 140,500 | 56 |
2 | 1 | Jing Xu | China | 93,500 | 37 |
2 | 2 | Shiju Huang | China | 41,500 | 15 |
2 | 3 | Feng Lin | China | 68,000 | 27 |
2 | 4 | Qunze Li | China | 22,000 | 9 |
2 | 5 | Sora Park | South Korea | 102,000 | 41 |
2 | 6 | Zhibin Zhang | China | 35,000 | 14 |
2 | 7 | Zhanwei Du | China | 161,000 | 64 |
2 | 8 | Rongshan Li | China | 120,500 | 48 |
2 | 9 | Haidong Lu | China | 83,500 | 33 |
3 | 1 | Yifan Zheng | China | 105,000 | 42 |
3 | 2 | Yucheng Liu | China | 50,500 | 20 |
3 | 4 | Xiaoxiang Li | China | 52,000 | 21 |
3 | 5 | Donghui Xu | China | 47,500 | 19 |
3 | 6 | Shijian Tang | China | 94,500 | 38 |
3 | 7 | Yue Yang | China | 33,000 | 13 |
3 | 8 | Yang Zhang | China | 55,000 | 22 |
3 | 9 | Jiayi Jin | China | 70,500 | 28 |
4 | 1 | Songyu Hu | China | 40,000 | 16 |
4 | 2 | Tamon Nakamura | Japan | 109,000 | 44 |
4 | 3 | Kun Han Lee | Taiwan | 87,500 | 35 |
4 | 5 | Luo Zheng | China | 83,000 | 33 |
4 | 6 | Hao Chen | China | 146,500 | 59 |
4 | 7 | Fang Xing | China | 60,500 | 24 |
4 | 8 | Renjun Gla Yang | China | 138,000 | 55 |
4 | 9 | Xin He | China | 67,000 | 27 |
5 | 1 | Hoa Thinh Nguyen | Vietnam | 225,500 | 90 |
5 | 2 | Ken Okada | Japan | 66,000 | 26 |
5 | 3 | Daniel Lee | United States | 164,000 | 66 |
5 | 4 | Xiaosheng Zheng | China | 42,000 | 17 |
5 | 6 | Jie Xu | China | 71,000 | 28 |
5 | 7 | Jinhai Zhang | China | 30,000 | 12 |
5 | 8 | Quan Zhou | China | 134,500 | 54 |
5 | 9 | Xianchao Shen | China | 120,000 | 48 |
6 | 1 | Qifeng Chen | China | 71,500 | 29 |
6 | 2 | Fei Xiong | China | 69,500 | 28 |
6 | 3 | Ming Dai | China | 33,000 | 13 |
6 | 4 | Gaolei Chen | China | 84,000 | 34 |
6 | 5 | Huidong Gu | China | 79,000 | 32 |
6 | 7 | Danxia Wang | China | 35,000 | 14 |
6 | 8 | Liang Song | China | 34,000 | 14 |
6 | 9 | Jun Su | China | 232,000 | 93 |
7 | 1 | Zhewen Hu | China | 121,000 | 48 |
7 | 2 | Han Xiao | China | 76,500 | 31 |
7 | 3 | Xianglai Li | China | 49,500 | 20 |
7 | 4 | Zifeng Zhang | China | 63,500 | 25 |
7 | 5 | Sen Mu | China | 82,500 | 33 |
7 | 6 | Jixue Yin | China | 38,900 | 16 |
7 | 7 | Longwen Zhu | China | 41,000 | 16 |
7 | 8 | Yuichi Sumida | Japan | 55,500 | 22 |
7 | 9 | Graeme Siow | Singapore | 38,500 | 15 |
8 | 1 | Shijie Wang | China | 83,500 | 33 |
8 | 2 | Zheng Zhang | China | 19,500 | 8 |
8 | 3 | He Hu | China | 52,000 | 21 |
8 | 4 | Junwei Sun | China | 102,000 | 41 |
8 | 5 | Feng Chen | China | 57,000 | 23 |
8 | 6 | Tsun Ming Chan | China | 62,000 | 25 |
8 | 7 | Jacky Wong | China | 34,500 | 14 |
8 | 8 | Nan Zhao | China | 175,500 | 70 |
8 | 9 | Jie Wang | China | 62,000 | 25 |
9 | 1 | Nan Hong | China | 174,000 | 70 |
9 | 2 | Qin Zhou | China | 80,500 | 32 |
9 | 3 | Jing Wang | China | 55,000 | 22 |
9 | 4 | Xudong Jin | China | 85,000 | 34 |
9 | 5 | Jianbiao Zhong | China | 101,000 | 40 |
9 | 6 | Pan Gu | China | 81,000 | 32 |
9 | 7 | Alex Lee | Singapore | 133,500 | 53 |
9 | 8 | Natalie Teh | Malaysia | 38,000 | 15 |
9 | 9 | Chien Fa Chou | Taiwan | 52,500 | 21 |
10 | 1 | Hongbing Li | China | 47,000 | 19 |
10 | 2 | Bing Zhou | China | 77,000 | 31 |
10 | 3 | Fei Han | China | 90,000 | 36 |
10 | 4 | Bin Zhao | China | 81,500 | 33 |
10 | 5 | Changna Shan | China | 20,000 | 8 |
10 | 6 | Daniel Demicki | Poland | 89,000 | 36 |
10 | 7 | Duc Trung Vu | Vietnam | 48,000 | 19 |
10 | 8 | Jingzhi Wang | China | 60,000 | 24 |
10 | 9 | Hanze Wang | China | 332,000 | 133 |
11 | 1 | Mike Takayama | Philippines | 46,500 | 19 |
11 | 2 | Bin Zhang | China | 52,000 | 21 |
11 | 3 | Lei Yu | China | 182,000 | 73 |
11 | 4 | Wai Hang Ij Wong | China | 42,500 | 17 |
11 | 5 | Jingbin Jin | China | 92,500 | 37 |
11 | 6 | Chengjian Lu | China | 71,500 | 29 |
11 | 7 | Koyo Oyama | Japan | 110,500 | 44 |
11 | 8 | Jin Woo Kim | United States | 76,500 | 31 |
11 | 9 | Dong Chen | China | 41,000 | 16 |
12 | 1 | Ning Lu | China | 23,000 | 9 |
12 | 2 | Yifu Zhai | China | 152,500 | 61 |
12 | 3 | Yingqi Lu | China | 40,500 | 16 |
12 | 4 | Hiroshi Matsumoto | Japan | 80,500 | 32 |
12 | 5 | Junqiang Lyu | China | 50,000 | 20 |
12 | 6 | Weijie Ren | China | 35,000 | 14 |
12 | 7 | Haiyang Yang | China | 62,500 | 25 |
12 | 8 | Ting Yi Tsai | Taiwan | 80,000 | 32 |
12 | 9 | Jiahao Feng | China | 59,500 | 24 |
13 | 1 | Hsing Hsiung Tai | Taiwan | 115,000 | 46 |
13 | 2 | Meiyu Wang | China | 94,500 | 38 |
13 | 3 | Yiyao Li | China | 89,000 | 36 |
13 | 4 | Guangcheng Chen | China | 103,500 | 41 |
13 | 5 | Zejin Shen | China | 117,000 | 47 |
13 | 6 | Fang Su | China | 89,500 | 36 |
13 | 7 | Hayato Kitajima | Japan | 123,500 | 49 |
13 | 8 | Masaya Hayami | Japan | 80,000 | 32 |
13 | 9 | Lijiang Liu | China | 128,000 | 51 |
14 | 1 | Lifeng Yang | China | 71,500 | 29 |
14 | 2 | Yu Tian | China | 100,500 | 40 |
14 | 3 | Zhiyong Long | China | 28,500 | 11 |
14 | 4 | Yu Nozaki | Japan | 81,000 | 32 |
14 | 5 | Yun Teng | China | 107,000 | 43 |
14 | 6 | Ye Yuan | China | 103,500 | 41 |
14 | 7 | Mengdian Peng | China | 71,000 | 28 |
14 | 8 | Fan Wu | China | 41,000 | 16 |
14 | 9 | Huu Dung Nguyen | Vietnam | 136,000 | 54 |
15 | 1 | Yu Gong | China | 121,500 | 49 |
15 | 2 | Takashi Ogura | Japan | 38,000 | 15 |
15 | 3 | Jian Yang | China | 145,500 | 58 |
15 | 4 | Hoai Linh Tran | Vietnam | 89,000 | 36 |
15 | 5 | Tao Chen | China | 120,000 | 48 |
15 | 6 | Shun Shi | China | 60,500 | 24 |
15 | 7 | Kilian Loeffler | Germany | 196,500 | 79 |
15 | 8 | Ci Sun | China | 152,000 | 61 |
15 | 9 | Yao Bai | China | 57,500 | 23 |
16 | 1 | Sun Guodong | China | 129,000 | 52 |
16 | 2 | Liuzheng He | China | 167,000 | 67 |
16 | 3 | Jingxuan Zhu | China | 95,500 | 38 |
16 | 4 | Zhenhua Lu | China | 131,500 | 53 |
16 | 5 | Qingtian Qian | China | 114,000 | 46 |
16 | 6 | Cheng Chen | China | 16,500 | 7 |
16 | 7 | Yifan Cao | China | 248,000 | 99 |
16 | 8 | Jiayu Ruan | China | 134,500 | 54 |
16 | 9 | Xiao Chen | China | 46,500 | 19 |
17 | 1 | David Man | United Kingdom | 63,000 | 25 |
17 | 2 | Jiahuan He | China | 114,000 | 46 |
17 | 3 | Yueming Liu | China | 47,000 | 19 |
17 | 4 | Kai Kang | China | 50,500 | 20 |
17 | 5 | Xin Liu | China | 126,000 | 50 |
17 | 6 | Jiaxing Wang | China | 58,500 | 23 |
17 | 7 | Ngoc Anh Cao | Vietnam | 39,000 | 16 |
17 | 8 | Zhihui Xu | China | 83,000 | 33 |
17 | 9 | Li Zhan | China | 63,000 | 25 |
18 | 1 | Kenichi Takarabe | Japan | 38,500 | 15 |
18 | 2 | Chen Yong | China | 62,500 | 25 |
18 | 3 | Jung Chou Lee | Taiwan | 38,000 | 15 |
18 | 4 | Yuanjun Lu | China | 171,000 | 68 |
18 | 5 | Minh Le | Vietnam | 82,500 | 33 |
18 | 6 | Chuyun Yu | China | 162,000 | 65 |
18 | 7 | Yasuyuki Tsuji | Japan | 65,000 | 26 |
18 | 8 | Dengfeng Yu | China | 16,000 | 6 |
18 | 9 | Bin Di | China | 124,500 | 50 |
19 | 1 | Kazuyuki Tanemura | Japan | 165,500 | 66 |
19 | 2 | Zhengshan Hao | China | 132,500 | 53 |
19 | 3 | Bin Sun | China | 97,000 | 39 |
19 | 4 | Woliang Ji | China | 32,000 | 13 |
19 | 5 | Leiguang Li | China | 56,000 | 22 |
19 | 6 | Yiwen Zhu | China | 100,000 | 40 |
19 | 7 | Trong Quang Nguyen | Vietnam | 163,500 | 65 |
19 | 8 | Dongsheng Peng | China | 178,000 | 71 |
19 | 9 | Hang Li | China | 68,500 | 27 |
20 | 1 | Tae Hoon Han | New Zealand | 117,000 | 47 |
20 | 2 | Zhihao Zhang | China | 182,000 | 73 |
20 | 3 | Xuan Tung Ta | Vietnam | 37,000 | 15 |
20 | 4 | Dong Shizhao | China | 41,500 | 17 |
20 | 5 | Yoshiki Kimura | Japan | 49,500 | 20 |
20 | 6 | Ming Cai | China | 67,500 | 27 |
20 | 7 | Sang Gu Kim | South Korea | 22,500 | 9 |
20 | 8 | Liuheng Dai | China | 59,500 | 24 |
20 | 9 | Nicholas Zautra | United States | 67,500 | 27 |
21 | 1 | Kazuma Kambayashi | Japan | 138,000 | 55 |
21 | 2 | Guoliang Wei | China | 50,500 | 20 |
21 | 3 | Shenghao Wu | China | 150,000 | 60 |
21 | 4 | Tian Jin | China | 86,500 | 35 |
21 | 5 | Bi Haisheng | China | 187,500 | 75 |
21 | 6 | Bawoo Hyunshik Yun | United States | 54,500 | 22 |
21 | 7 | Lining Tan | China | 50,500 | 20 |
21 | 8 | Xinglong Huang | China | 100,000 | 40 |
21 | 9 | Dong Huo | China | 51,500 | 21 |
22 | 1 | Jieming Xu | China | 197,000 | 79 |
22 | 2 | Hiroyuki Noda | Japan | 69,500 | 28 |
22 | 3 | Yun Yang | China | 34,000 | 14 |
22 | 4 | Dong Zhao | China | 20,500 | 8 |
22 | 5 | Momo Yin | China | 130,000 | 52 |
22 | 6 | Chang Tan | China | 31,500 | 13 |
22 | 7 | Shenming Yin | China | 150,500 | 60 |
22 | 8 | Xi Yang | China | 51,000 | 20 |
22 | 9 | Jun Qian | China | 60,000 | 24 |
23 | 1 | Chin Ho Chen | Taiwan | 56,500 | 23 |
23 | 2 | Haibin Yan | China | 44,000 | 18 |
23 | 3 | Ruihong Tao | China | 90,000 | 36 |
23 | 4 | Kairan Jin | China | 48,500 | 19 |
23 | 5 | Chi Chung Ho | United Kingdom | 46,000 | 18 |
23 | 6 | Hui Wang | China | 40,000 | 16 |
23 | 7 | Dong Jiang | China | 240,000 | 96 |
23 | 8 | Tsz Fai Tong | China | 33,000 | 13 |
23 | 9 | Xiaqing Ji | China | 355,500 | 142 |
24 | 1 | Zhenshan Wu | China | 74,000 | 30 |
24 | 2 | Kaireddine Ghribi | France | 51,000 | 20 |
24 | 3 | Jingjing Fei | China | 24,000 | 10 |
24 | 4 | Victor Chong | Malaysia | 25,000 | 10 |
24 | 5 | Phachara Wongwichit | Thailand | 32,000 | 13 |
24 | 6 | Ben Lai | Hong Kong | 220,000 | 88 |
24 | 7 | Joonhee Yea | South Korea | 101,000 | 40 |
24 | 8 | Kosuke Tajima | Japan | 75,000 | 30 |
24 | 9 | Dapeng Wang | China | 83,500 | 33 |
25 | 1 | Guofeng Wang | China | 94,500 | 38 |
25 | 2 | Jizhong Wang | China | 54,000 | 22 |
25 | 3 | Xin Wang | China | 65,500 | 26 |
25 | 4 | Yuquan Zhong | China | 64,000 | 26 |
25 | 5 | Kang Li | China | 20,500 | 8 |
25 | 6 | Shaoming Li | China | 89,000 | 36 |
25 | 7 | Ang Li | China | 81,000 | 32 |
25 | 8 | Canlin Chen | China | 238,000 | 95 |
25 | 9 | Zhaoxing Wang | China | 61,000 | 24 |
26 | 1 | Chung Sui Yung | China | 93,500 | 37 |
26 | 2 | Wen Kai Chen | Taiwan | 235,500 | 94 |
26 | 3 | Fengwei Huangfu | China | 50,000 | 20 |
26 | 4 | Xiaohang Ni | China | 65,000 | 26 |
26 | 5 | Cangsheng Ni | China | 156,500 | 63 |
26 | 6 | Tsan Ping Ku | Taiwan | 109,500 | 44 |
26 | 7 | Yi Ma | China | 91,000 | 36 |
26 | 8 | Tianliang Guan | China | 170,000 | 68 |
26 | 9 | Qi Luo | China | 29,000 | 12 |
27 | 1 | Szymon Wysocki | Poland | 131,000 | 52 |
27 | 2 | Yong Zhu | China | 86,000 | 34 |
27 | 3 | Dianlei Zhang | China | 90,500 | 36 |
27 | 4 | Jiang Wang | China | 76,500 | 31 |
27 | 5 | Chenxin Yu | China | 80,500 | 32 |
27 | 6 | Kelvin Beattie | Australia | 89,000 | 36 |
27 | 7 | Yan Rao | China | 59,500 | 24 |
27 | 8 | Zedao Ma | China | 44,000 | 18 |
27 | 9 | Calvin Lee | United States | 123,500 | 49 |
28 | 1 | Ting Shum Kwok | China | 71,500 | 29 |
28 | 2 | Jia Miao | China | 100,000 | 40 |
28 | 3 | Kenji Hata | Japan | 17,000 | 7 |
28 | 4 | Jun Obara | Japan | 99,500 | 40 |
28 | 5 | Yunsheng Sun | China | 33,500 | 13 |
28 | 6 | Wei Fan | China | 50,500 | 20 |
28 | 7 | Carson Ka Shing Wong | China | 45,000 | 18 |
28 | 8 | Jamie Lee | United States | 119,000 | 48 |
28 | 9 | Kengo Sakurai | Japan | 94,000 | 38 |
29 | 1 | Tetsuya Enoki | Japan | 69,000 | 28 |
29 | 2 | Huai Hsun Ko | Taiwan | 30,000 | 12 |
29 | 3 | Mengqiu Zhang | China | 12,500 | 5 |
29 | 4 | Bi Zhao | China | 86,000 | 34 |
29 | 5 | Tianyuan Tang | China | 215,000 | 86 |
29 | 6 | Mingyue Wang | China | 38,500 | 15 |
29 | 7 | Nan Wu | China | 80,000 | 32 |
29 | 8 | Hideyoshi Tanaka | Japan | 65,000 | 26 |
29 | 9 | Jianguo Chen | China | 22,500 | 9 |
30 | 1 | Meini Gong | China | 91,500 | 37 |
30 | 2 | Xihai Dai | China | 98,000 | 39 |
30 | 3 | Hyunil Hong | South Korea | 75,500 | 30 |
30 | 4 | Koichi Haruta | Japan | 134,500 | 54 |
30 | 5 | Xinhong Li | China | 44,500 | 18 |
30 | 6 | Feng Liu | China | 57,000 | 23 |
30 | 7 | Pete Yen Han Chen | Taiwan | 58,500 | 23 |
30 | 8 | Zhang Qingqing | China | 26,500 | 11 |
30 | 9 | Jihao Feng | China | 108,000 | 43 |
31 | 1 | Yongwei Mo | China | 79,000 | 32 |
31 | 2 | Mian Wei | China | 34,500 | 14 |
31 | 3 | Xixiang Luo | China | 115,000 | 46 |
31 | 4 | Naohito Tamaya | Japan | 56,500 | 23 |
31 | 5 | James Won Lee | United States | 228,000 | 91 |
31 | 6 | Bing Wang | China | 99,500 | 40 |
31 | 7 | Jin Su | China | 75,000 | 30 |
31 | 8 | Edward Kim | South Korea | 85,000 | 34 |
31 | 9 | Daoya Pan | China | 82,000 | 33 |
32 | 1 | Huijie Zhou | China | 84,000 | 34 |
32 | 2 | Xin Jin | China | 35,000 | 14 |
32 | 3 | Huashu Ke | China | 51,500 | 21 |
32 | 4 | Andre Lettau | Germany | 53,500 | 21 |
32 | 5 | Zigao Yu | China | 134,000 | 54 |
32 | 6 | Hsuan Chao Chen | Taiwan | 129,000 | 52 |
32 | 7 | Albert Paik | United States | 53,000 | 21 |
32 | 8 | Fu Hung Chen | Taiwan | 48,000 | 19 |
32 | 9 | Kuang Hung Lee | Taiwan | 82,000 | 33 |
33 | 1 | Yang Wang | China | 176,000 | 70 |
33 | 2 | Paul Anthony Newey | United Kingdom | 203,000 | 81 |
33 | 3 | Zhiao He | China | 103,500 | 41 |
33 | 4 | Yang Xu | China | 85,500 | 34 |
33 | 5 | Hung Sheng Lin | Taiwan | 32,000 | 13 |
33 | 6 | Robbie Schiffbauer | United States | 115,000 | 46 |
33 | 7 | Wei Hu | China | 136,500 | 55 |
33 | 8 | Wenyan Liu | China | 65,000 | 26 |
33 | 9 | Yake Wu | China | 47,000 | 19 |
34 | 1 | Xiaohui Xu | China | 21,500 | 9 |
34 | 2 | Yang Zhang | China | 88,500 | 35 |
34 | 3 | Tao Fan | China | 67,000 | 27 |
34 | 4 | Zhichao An | China | 63,000 | 25 |
34 | 5 | Qiao Lin | China | 64,500 | 26 |
34 | 6 | Hui Rao | China | 38,500 | 15 |
34 | 7 | Quanyu Zeng | China | 34,000 | 14 |
34 | 8 | Sheng Chen | China | 161,500 | 65 |
34 | 9 | Sparrow Cheung | China | 99,500 | 40 |
After three starting days, a record-breaking field of 869 entries has been culled down to 300 survivors at the Jeju Shinhwa World - Landing Casino and the guaranteed prize pool of the 2019 PokerStars LIVE Asia Red Dragon Jeju ₩2,500,000 Main Event has been nearly doubled for the biggest live poker tournament on South Korean soil thus far.
It will be a day filled with plenty of poker action as of 1 p.m. local time as the event will burst the money bubble and pay out a portion of the ₩1,896,592,500 (~$1,626,470) prize pool on the penultimate tournament day. Out of the 300 survivors, almost two-third will walk away empty-handed as only the top 108 spots get paid.
Leading the field into Day 2 is Xiaqing Ji with 355,500 and fellow countryman Hanze Wang (332,000) is the only other player with more than ten times the starting stack at his disposal when the action resumes at blinds of 1,000-2,500 with a big blind ante of 2,500. Other notables in the top 10 include Yifan Cao (248,000), Canlin Chen (238,000), James Won Lee (228,000), and Single-Day High Roller champion Ben Lai (220,000).
Top 10 Chip Counts Heading Into Day 2
Place | Player | Country/Region | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Xiaqing Ji | China | 355,500 | 142 |
2 | Hanze Wang | China | 332,000 | 133 |
3 | Yifan Cao | China | 248,000 | 99 |
4 | Dong Jiang | China | 240,000 | 96 |
5 | Canlin Chen | China | 238,000 | 95 |
6 | Wen Kai Chen | Taiwan | 235,500 | 94 |
7 | Jun Su | China | 232,000 | 93 |
8 | James Lee | United States | 228,000 | 91 |
9 | Hoa Thinh Nguyen | Vietnam | 225,500 | 90 |
10 | Ben Lai | Hong Kong | 220,000 | 88 |
Furthermore, familiar faces such as Paul Newey (203,000), Kilian Loeffler (196,500), Lei Yu (182,000), Nan Hong (174,000), Daniel Lee (164,000), Quan Zhou (134,500), Jiayu Ruan (134,500), Szymon Wysocki (131,000), Tae Hoon Han (117,000), Xixiang Luo (115,000), Jun Obara (99,500), and reigning APPT Korea Main Event champion Sparrow Cheung (99,500) all return with above-average stacks.
Three former Red Dragon champions remain in contention to become the third two-time champion as Denny Feng (160,000). Alvan Yifan Zheng (105,000) and Kenichi Takarabe (38,500) advanced to Day 2. Defending champion Yuechun Shi, who won the first-ever Red Dragon Main Event outside of Macau in 2018 after topping a field of 613 entries, did not make the cut.
The 2019 Red Dragon Main Event in Jeju at a Glance
Day | Total # | Unique Entries | Re-Entries | Survivors |
---|---|---|---|---|
Day 1a | 252 | 223 | 29 | 80 |
Day 1b | 444 | 360 | 84 | 143 |
Day 1c | 173 | 137 | 36 | 77 |
As of Day 2 and for the remainder of the tournament, the level duration increases to 60 minutes each and it seems likely that at least and up to 11 levels will be played today. The live stream with hole cards displayed on a 30-minute delay on the Red Dragon Poker website will commence after the first break and the PokerNews team will be there all the way until a champion is crowned in Jeju.
A total of 869 entries throughout three starting days generated a prize pool of ₩1,896,592,500 (~$1,626,470) and the top 108 spots will get paid with a min-cash being worth ₩ 4,931,000 ($4,241). The winner will take home the coveted Red Dragon trophy and a top prize of ₩ 393,553,500 ($338,456).
Place | Prize (in KRW) | Prize (in USD) | Place | Prize (in KRW) | Prize (in USD) | Place | Prize (in KRW) | Prize (in USD) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ₩ 393,553,500 | $338,456 | 10 | ₩ 27,501,000 | $23,651 | 28-36 | ₩ 8,345,000 | $7,177 |
2 | ₩ 241,816,000 | $207,962 | 11-12 | ₩ 22,759,000 | $19,573 | 37-45 | ₩ 7,207,000 | $6,198 |
3 | ₩ 146,986,000 | $126,408 | 13-15 | ₩ 18,966,000 | $16,311 | 46-54 | ₩ 6,448,000 | $5,545 |
4 | ₩ 108,106,000 | $92,971 | 16-18 | ₩ 15,173,000 | $13,049 | 55-63 | ₩ 6,069,000 | $5,219 |
5 | ₩ 73,019,000 | $62,796 | 19-21 | ₩ 13,276,000 | $11,417 | 64-72 | ₩ 5,690,000 | $4,893 |
6 | ₩ 53,294,000 | $45,833 | 22-24 | ₩ 11,380,000 | $9,787 | 73-90 | ₩ 5,310,000 | $4,567 |
7 | ₩ 43,622,000 | $37,515 | 25-27 | ₩ 9,483,000 | $8,155 | 91-108 | ₩ 4,931,000 | $4,241 |
8 | ₩ 37,932,000 | $32,622 | ||||||
9 | ₩ 32,242,000 | $27,728 |
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,500
Ante: 2,500
Kenichi Takarabe three-bet all in out of the hijack and Jin Su moved all in from the button, which Dengfeng Yu as initial raiser with the biggest stack called.
Kenichi Takarabe:
Jin Su:
Dengfeng Yu:
The board came and Su turned a set to double through Yu while sending former Red Dragon champion Takarabe to the rail.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Dengfeng Yu
|
125,000 | 109,000 |
Jin Su | 125,000 | 50,000 |
Kenichi Takarabe | Busted |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Daniel Demicki | 190,000 | 101,000 |
Kelvin Beattie | 125,000 | 36,000 |
Sparrow Cheung | 110,000 | 10,500 |
Huijie Zhou | 75,000 | -9,000 |
Yan Rao | 50,000 | -9,500 |
Ning Lu | Busted | |
Jixue Yin | Busted | |
Victor Chong | Busted | |
Jingzhi Wang | Busted | |
Jingjing Fei
|
Busted | |
Zedao Ma | Busted |
The cards of Renjun Gia Yang were already in the muck as he paid off Xin He who had turned a nine-high straight in a battle of the blinds with the . The board was still showing with and Yang has had to forfeit a big portion of his stack since sitting down for Day 2 alreaady.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Xin He | 140,000 | 73,000 |
Renjun Gla Yang | 40,000 | -98,000 |
Day 2 will play a total of 10 levels of 60 minutes each with a break every two levels and a 60-minute dinner break after the sixth level. The action will conclude after 10 levels or down to the final four tables, whichever of the two comes first.
Furthermore, an additional tournament day has been added as Day 3 will attempt to play down to a final table. This also has an influence on the streaming schedule as the Main Event takes the focus for the following two days.