The biggest live poker event in South Korea so far has seen a field of 869 entries culled down all the way to the final 36 hopefuls in 2019 PokerStars LIVE Asia Red Dragon Jeju ₩2,500,000 Main Event and they all aim to bag and tag once more in order to retain their chance at claiming the unique trophy and top prize of ₩ 393,553,500 ($338,456).
Best-positioned to reach the final table at the Jeju Shinhwa World - Landing Casino tournament room is China's Shenming Yin after a dominant display at the tables on Day 2 once the bubble had burst and he tops the counts with 2,785,000.
Eight players have more than one million in chips at their disposal including Hanze Wang (1,970,000), Szymon Wysocki (1,505,000), Dapeng Wang (1,280,000), Single-Day High Roller champion Ben Lai (1,270,000), Bi Haisheng (1,155,000), Yuanjun Lu (1,115,000) and Yifu Zhai (1,030,000).
Among the other notables that made the cut for Day 3 are Calvin Lee (855,000), Day 1b chip leader Canlin Chen (585,000), Hayato Kitajima (305,000) and Xixiang Luo (160,000).
With an average stack of just over 36 big blinds and 44:43 minutes left at blinds of 10,000-20,000 with a big blind ante of 20,000, the action is expected to be fast-paced right from the bat and the penultimate tournament day will conclude once the official nine-handed final table is reached.
Remaining Payouts
| Place | Prize (in KRW) | Prize (in USD) | Place | Prize (in KRW) | Prize (in USD) |
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| 1 | ₩ 393,553,500 | $338,456 | 10 | ₩ 27,501,000 | $23,651 |
| 2 | ₩ 241,816,000 | $207,962 | 11-12 | ₩ 22,759,000 | $19,573 |
| 3 | ₩ 146,986,000 | $126,408 | 13-15 | ₩ 18,966,000 | $16,311 |
| 4 | ₩ 108,106,000 | $92,971 | 16-18 | ₩ 15,173,000 | $13,049 |
| 5 | ₩ 73,019,000 | $62,796 | 19-21 | ₩ 13,276,000 | $11,417 |
| 6 | ₩ 53,294,000 | $45,833 | 22-24 | ₩ 11,380,000 | $9,787 |
| 7 | ₩ 43,622,000 | $37,515 | 25-27 | ₩ 9,483,000 | $8,155 |
| 8 | ₩ 37,932,000 | $32,622 | 28-36 | ₩ 8,345,000 | $7,177 |
| 9 | ₩ 32,242,000 | $27,728 | | | |
Day 3 is scheduled to get underway at 1 p.m. local time and the action will be streamed live on the Red Dragon Poker website with hole cards displayed on a security delay of 30 minutes. All PokerNews updates for the remainder of the tournament will be published according to the delay.
2019 Red Dragon Jeju Main Event Day 3 Seat Draw
| Table | Seat | Player | Country/Region | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
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| 1 | 1 | Wenyan Liu | China | 425,000 | 21 |
| 1 | 2 | Qifeng Chen | China | 330,000 | 17 |
| 1 | 3 | Shenming Yin | China | 2,785,000 | 139 |
| 1 | 4 | Bi Haisheng | China | 1,155,000 | 58 |
| 1 | 5 | Qin Zhou | China | 495,000 | 25 |
| 1 | 6 | Szymon Wysocki | Poland | 1,505,000 | 75 |
| 1 | 7 | Koyo Oyama | Japan | 410,000 | 21 |
| 1 | 8 | Ci Sun | China | 360,000 | 18 |
| 1 | 9 | Hyunil Hong | South Korea | 355,000 | 18 |
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| 2 | 1 | Zhenhua Lu | China | 415,000 | 21 |
| 2 | 2 | Yifu Zhai | China | 1,030,000 | 52 |
| 2 | 3 | Ye Yuan | China | 325,000 | 16 |
| 2 | 4 | Jiahuan He | China | 655,000 | 33 |
| 2 | 5 | Cangsheng Ni | China | 775,000 | 39 |
| 2 | 6 | Calvin Lee | United States | 855,000 | 43 |
| 2 | 7 | Yu Tian | China | 840,000 | 42 |
| 2 | 8 | Hayato Kitajima | Japan | 305,000 | 15 |
| 2 | 9 | Zifeng Zhang | China | 390,000 | 20 |
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| 3 | 1 | Ting Yi Tsai | Taiwan | 560,000 | 28 |
| 3 | 2 | Yuanjun Lu | China | 1,115,000 | 56 |
| 3 | 3 | Dapeng Wang | China | 1,280,000 | 64 |
| 3 | 4 | Zhaoxing Wang | China | 230,000 | 12 |
| 3 | 5 | Zhihao Zhang | China | 755,000 | 38 |
| 3 | 6 | Fang Su | China | 690,000 | 35 |
| 3 | 7 | Ben Lai | Hong Kong | 1,270,000 | 64 |
| 3 | 8 | Canlin Chen | China | 585,000 | 29 |
| 3 | 9 | Fei Xiong | China | 975,000 | 49 |
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| 4 | 1 | Huu Dung Nguyen | Vietnam | 305,000 | 15 |
| 4 | 2 | Hideyoshi Tanaka | Japan | 485,000 | 24 |
| 4 | 3 | Yifan Cao | China | 345,000 | 17 |
| 4 | 4 | Xixiang Luo | China | 160,000 | 8 |
| 4 | 5 | Rongshan Li | China | 458,000 | 23 |
| 4 | 6 | Hanze Wang | China | 1,970,000 | 99 |
| 4 | 7 | Zejin Shen | China | 340,000 | 17 |
| 4 | 8 | Zheng Zhang | China | 545,000 | 27 |
| 4 | 9 | Xin He | China | 960,000 | 48 |
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