RDPT Jeju 2024: China’s Chen Wen Wen tops KPC Baby Dragon Day 1A; Jargalsaikan and Nadmid, Lei Yu, and Chi Zhang earn opening day victories

 

The Red Dragon Poker Tour festivities running through August 4th at Landing Casino, Jeju Shinhwa World, South Korea kicked off its opening day games with KPC Baby Dragon’s first flight and three trophy events coming into completion. China’s Chen Wen Wen currently leads the twelve survivors moving forward to Day 2 with two more heats for the highlight playing through later today, Saturday, July 27th.

On a side note, players Jargalsaikan Nyam-Ochir and Nadmid Sanduisuren, Lei Yu, and Chi Zhang, enthusiastically claimed trophy event wins by night’s end after topping the relatively smaller fields. Scroll down below for all the latest results.

Red Dragon Poker Tour kicked off its opening day games
Photo Credit – Chris Librojo

Running alongside the KPC Baby Dragon qualifiers are two trophy events – Survivor Bounty NLH and Hyper Turbo NLH, with the Red Dragon Championship Event additionally approaching in just three short days.

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KPC Baby Dragon Day 1A Recap

The first event on schedule drew in a total of 77 entries across eight levels of registration and played down to 15% of the field at 12 players. Early busts were seen all around with nearly half the field already dusted by the time registration closed in. It took only four more hours on the felt before the day wrapped up with China’s Chen Wen Wen holding down the lead, stacking a sizeable 350,000 (44 BB) chip count. Chen inched over the field just before the dinner break after finishing off Hon Cheong Lee with back to back wins, and successfully carried this momentum all the way to the end. 

Chen Wen Wen tops Red Dragon Poker Tour KPC Baby Dragon Day 1A
Chen Wen Wen

New Zealand’s Tae Hoon Han trails closely behind with 347,000 (43 BB) having gone through massive swings by the last hour of the day. Han took a crushing blow after a blind vs blind clash against Zhou Wanchen, yet managed to recover right on bubble time. Amongst the list, Han appears to be one of the most decorated players with over $770K in tournament winnings according to The Hendon Mob, with results dating as far back as 2012.

Tae Hoon Han trails closely behind RDPT Baby Dragon Day 1A chip leader
Tae Hoon Han

Not to forget, tournament runners of multi-day Event #1: KPC Baby Dragon are eligible for additional rewards: a prestigious Korea Poker Cup trophy, RDPT Jeju 2024 Championship Event Day 1A entries for the Top 3 winners, and one night complimentary accommodation at Landing/ Shinhwa Hotel for ITM players on opening day of the next KPC in Mid-November (TBC).

Date/s: July 26-28, 2024
Buy in: KRW 1,500,000 (~USD 1,080)

Day 1A: 77 entries / 12 qualified
Day 1B: Saturday, July 27
Day 1C Turbo: Saturday, July 27
Day 2: Sunday, July 28

Backtrack on the concluded action via SMP Live Updates or Red Dragon Poker Tour’s official livestream channels:

https://www.youtube.com/@reddragonpokertour
https://www.twitch.tv/playreddragon

End of Day 1A Chip Counts

Pos. Last Name First Name Flag Chip Count
1 Chen WenWen China 350,000
2 Han Tae Hoon New Zealand 347,000
3 Zhou Wanchen China 253,000
4 Liu Yuhang Australia 204,000
5 Yang Xudong China 138,000
6 Sun Zeyu China 133,000
7 Guo Meng China 130,000
8 Yu Lingjian China 122,000
9 He Junjie China 85,000
10 Fan Zhe China 72,000
11 Zhang Zhuoqun China 51,000
12 Cheung Yiu Fai China 35,000

Side Event Results

Event #3: Red Dragon TAG Team Event: Jargalsaikan Nyam-Ochir and Nadmid Sanduisuren – KRW 6,170,000 (~USD 4,460)

Jargalsaikan Nyam-Ochir and Nadmid Sanduisuren win Red Dragon Poker Tour Tag Team Event
Nadmid Sanduisuren (L) and Jargalsaikan Nyam-Ochir (R)

Date/s: July 26, 2024
Buy-in: KRW 1,000,000 (~USD 720)
Prize pool: KRW 13,095,000 (~USD 9,460)
Entries: 15 (13 unique)
ITM: 3 teams

Event #3: Red Dragon TAG Team Event Full Payouts

Rank 1st Player 2nd Player Flag Prize (KRW)
1 JARGALSAIKAN NYAM-OCHIR NADMID SANDUISUREN Mongolia 6,170,000
2 ZHANG CHENXU YIN TAO China 4,115,000
3 ZHANG CHI ZHOU JIN China 2,810,000

Event #4: MonsterStack NLH: Lei Yu – KRW 17,464,000 (~USD 12,620)

Lei Yu wins Red Dragon Poker Tour MonsterStack
Lei Yu

Date/s: July 26, 2024
Buy-in: KRW 1,000,000 (~USD 720)
Prize pool: KRW 59,364,000 (~USD 42,900)
Entries: 68 (59 unique)
ITM: 11 players

Event #4: MonsterStack NLH Full Payouts

Rank First Name Last Name Flag Prize (KRW)
1 LEI YU China 17,464,000
2 BOXIN JIN China 11,010,000
3 YUAN SUN China 7,440,000
4 XUANYU JIN China 5,280,000
5 WENBIN ZHAO China 3,930,000
6 XIANG LI China 3,090,000
7 WENBIN SONG China 2,560,000
8 LIANZHI LIN China 2,260,000
9 SHENGHAO WU China 2,110,000
10 JIAHAO CHEN China 2,110,000
11 WENJIE LIU China 2,110,000

Event #5: Hyper Turbo Bounty NLH: Chi Zhang – KRW 7,497,000 (~USD 5,410)

Chi Zhang wins Red Dragon Poker Tour Hyper Turbo Bounty NLH
Chi Zhang

Date/s: July 26, 2024
Buy-in: KRW 500,000 (~USD 360)
Prize pool: KRW 27,257,000 (~USD 19,690)
Entries: 81 (68 unique)
ITM: 11 players

Event #5: Hyper Turbo Bounty NLH Full Payouts

Rank First Name Last Name Flag Prize (KRW)
1 CHI ZHANG China 7,497,000
2 WEIHANG CHEN China 5,330,000
3 LAURENCE LONG-YIP LAM Australia 3,490,000
4 KAI SHEN China 2,680,000
5 CE YANG China 2,130,000
6 PARK HIM POON China 1,660,000
7 CHENXU ZHANG China 1,310,000
8 SHIZI XIAO China 1,020,000
9 HAIRUI YANG China 780,000
10 HSIN-MIN HUANG China 680,000
11 DONGDONG JIA China 680,000

Red Dragon Poker Tour Jeju 2024 hits the felt, opens with KPC Baby Dragon highlight; KRW 1.68 Billion (~USD 1.2M) Championship Event to set off in four days 

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