₩2,500,000 Main Event Day 2 | 2019 PokerStars Red Dragon Jeju

11-12-2019 14:40 UTC+9

Enoki Doubles Through Huang

Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Xinglong Huang raised to 7,000 and Tetsuya Enoki jammed for 68,000 from one seat over, Huang asked for a count and reluctantly called.

Tetsuya Enoki:
Xinglong Huang:

The flop gave Enoki top pair but Huang had a flush draw. Nothing changed on the turn and river to let Enoki double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xinglong Huang	210,000 110,000	110,000
Tetsuya Enoki	145,000 76,000	76,000

Tags: Tetsuya Enoki Xinglong Huang

11-12-2019 14:50 UTC+9

Nguyen Cracks Aces to Bust Obara

Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Huijie Zhou raised the cutoff and Jun Obara called on the button. Huu Dung Nguyen three-bet to 34,500 and Zhou folded while Obara called with some 60,000 behind. After the flop, they got the remainder of the chips in with Obara at risk.

Jun Obara:
Huu Dung Nguyen:

The turn provided some chop outs bu a cruel river gave Nguyen a set of kings to bust Obara.

Player	Chips	Progress
Huu Dung Nguyen	290,000 154,000	154,000
Huijie Zhou	155,000 80,000	80,000
Jun Obara	Busted
Mengdian Peng	Busted
Fan Wu	Busted

Tags: Dung Nguyen Huijie Zhou Jun Obara

11-12-2019 14:58 UTC+9

Lettau Felts Li

Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Former Red Dragon champion Yifan Zheng has not done much yet on Day 2 and remains with nearly the exact stack he had to begin with while several players at his table already busted. New arrivals included Szymon Wysocki and Andre Lettau with the latter chipping up via double previously.

Lettau then raised to 6,000 and Xiaoxiang Li jammed for around 45,000 to pick up an instant call from Lettau.

Xiaoxiang Li:
Andre Lettau:

On a board of , one nine was not enough to keep Li in contention.

Player	Chips	Progress
Szymon Wysocki	260,000 120,000	120,000
Andre Lettau	144,000 84,000	84,000
Yifan Zheng	115,000 10,000	10,000
Xiaoxiang Li	Busted
Yucheng Liu	Busted

Tags: Andre Lettau Szymon Wysocki Yifan Zheng Xiaoxiang Li

11-12-2019 15:01 UTC+9

Yu Keeps Adding Chips

Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

One of the two former remaining Red Dragon champions has been building his stack throughout the first two levels and appears to be among the current chip leaders. Dengfeng Yu just sent another player to the rail when he quickly called the all-in for 55,000 and was well ahead with versus .

There was no upset on the board and the chips were sent over to YU.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dengfeng Yu	400,000 70,000	70,000
Minh Le	Busted
Huashu Ke	Busted

Tags: Dengfeng Yu

11-12-2019 15:07 UTC+9

Tsuji Bad Beats Wu

Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Yasuyuki Tsuji raised from early position and called the three-bet by Yake Wu in the hijack to then open-shove the flop.

That took Wu by surprise and he tried to engage in table chat. "Do you have jacks?" Wu asked but received no reply. Eventually he called with a near identical stack and the cards were turned over.

Yasuyuki Tsuji:
Yake Wu:

The turn was a blank but the struck on the river to let Tsuji double for 49,500, leaving Wu with a mountain to climb.

In the meanwhile, the huge tower of chips in front of Dengfeng Yu appears to have grown even more as he jumped above half a million in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dengfeng Yu	600,000 200,000	200,000
Yasuyuki Tsuji	150,000 85,000	85,000
Yan Rao	110,000 60,000	60,000
Jin Su	100,000 -100,000	-100,000
Bin Di	30,000 -40,000	-40,000
Yake Wu	7,000 -40,000	-40,000

Tags: Dengfeng Yu Yake Wu Yasuyuki Tsuji

11-12-2019 15:08 UTC+9

First Break of the Day

Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

In the first two hours of play, the field has been whittled down from 302 hopefuls to just 190 contenders and they have been sent on a 15-minute break.

Level: 15

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

11-12-2019 15:31 UTC+9

Updated Counts

Christian Zetzsche

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Hanze Wang	400,000 68,000	68,000
Kosuke Tajima	300,000 90,000	90,000
Calvin Lee	280,000 165,000	165,000

Szymon Wysocki	275,000 15,000	15,000
Lei Yu	275,000 65,000	65,000
Huu Dung Nguyen	270,000 -20,000	-20,000
Ye Yuan	260,000 156,500	156,500
Xiaqing Ji	240,000 -100,000	-100,000

Hoa Thinh Nguyen	240,000 10,000	10,000
Robert Schiffbauer	170,000 45,000	45,000
Huidong Gu	140,000 61,000	61,000
Huijie Zhou	130,000 -25,000	-25,000
Daniel Demicki	120,000 -70,000	-70,000
Pete Chen	90,000 31,500	31,500

Yan Rao	90,000 -20,000	-20,000
Paul Newey	85,000 -118,000	-118,000
Kilian Loeffler	75,000 -121,500	-121,500

11-12-2019 15:43 UTC+9

Double Knockout For Cheung

Christian Zetzsche

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

The seats that formerly belonged to Feng Chen and Tsun Ming Chan are now vacant as Sparrow Cheung scored a double knockout.

Whether or not it was Chen that pushed or another player that was moved there already remains unknown but the button got it in with the and Chan was all in from the small blind for a nearly identical stack with the . Sparrow made the call with and the board came to reduce the field by two.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sparrow Cheung	210,000 100,000	100,000
Tsun Ming Chan	Busted
Feng Chen	Busted

Tags: Feng Chen Sparrow Cheung Tsun Ming Chan

11-12-2019 15:47 UTC+9

Teh Among Recent Casualties

Christian Zetzsche

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Natalie Teh was all in for what appeared to be around 35,000 and tabled the . Jianbiao Zhong looked her up with the and the board came to provide no help. Alex Lee had previously departed from the same table and now participates in the side event next to Edward Kim.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jianbiao Zhong	200,000 -45,000	-45,000
[Removed:112]	Busted
Alex Lee	Busted
Natalie Teh	Busted

Tags: Alex Lee Jianbiao Zhong Natalie Teh