2019 PokerStars Red Dragon Jeju

?2,500,000 Main Event
Day: 4
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 4
Players Left
1

Level: 31

Blinds: 80,000/160,000

Ante: 160,000

He Folds and Exposes Cards

Level 30 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Cangsheng Ni limped the small blind with the {k-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} and Xin He raised to 330,000 with {9-Hearts}{6-Diamonds} in the big blind, Ni called.

On a flop of {j-Hearts}{5-Spades}{3-Diamonds}, Ni made it 300,000 to go and He counted his T-100,000 chips several times before mucking his cards. By mistake, he, in fact, flipped them over as he intended to throw them into the muck and they were exposed to everyone.

Player Chips Progress
Cangsheng Ni cn
Cangsheng Ni
4,500,000
500,000
500,000
Xin He cn
Xin He
3,100,000
-200,000
-200,000

Tags: Cangsheng NiXin He

Ni Takes Small Pot From Tsai

Level 30 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Ting YI Tsai raised to 250,000 on the button with the {2-Spades}{2-Hearts} and Cangsheng Ni defended the big blind with {6-Hearts}{4-Clubs}.

The flop brought {a-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} and Ni check-called a continuation bet for 210,000. Another diamond appeared on the {9-Diamonds} turn and Ni checked for the second street in a row, Tsai checked back. They also checked the {3-Spades} on the river and the pot was awarded to Ni.

Player Chips Progress
Ting Yi Tsai tw
Ting Yi Tsai
6,300,000
-500,000
-500,000
Cangsheng Ni cn
Cangsheng Ni
4,000,000
400,000
400,000

Tags: Cangsheng NiTing Yi Tsai

Ni Takes From Zhang

Level 30 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Zhihao Zhang raised it up with the {9-Diamonds}{7-Hearts} in the cutoff and Cangsheng Ni defended the big blind with the {10-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}. They checked the {k-Hearts}{j-Hearts}{10-Hearts} flop and Ni check-called a bet of 200,000 on the {k-Clubs} turn. The {10-Clubs} on the river was checked and Ni won the pot.

One hand later, Ni opened to 350,000 out of the small blind with {10-Spades}{8-Spades} and folded to the shove of Xin He, who had the {a-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}.

Player Chips Progress
Zhihao Zhang cn
Zhihao Zhang
9,700,000
-300,000
-300,000
Cangsheng Ni cn
Cangsheng Ni
3,600,000
300,000
300,000
Xin He cn
Xin He
3,300,000
600,000
600,000

Tags: Cangsheng NiXin HeZhihao Zhang

Rongshan Li Eliminated in 6th Place (? 53,294,000)

Level 30 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
Rongshan Li
Rongshan Li

Down to just 510,000, Rongshan Li moved all in from the button and Yifan Cao made the call out of the big blind.

Rongshan Li: {a-Clubs}{10-Hearts}
Yifan Cao: {q-Diamonds}{6-Spades}

The {q-Hearts}{3-Spades}{2-Spades} flop improved Cao to a pair of queens and he made two pair with the {6-Clubs} turn to leave Li drawing dead and make the {5-Spades} river a formality.

Li takes home ? 53,294,000 and the field has been reduced to the final five.

Player Chips Progress
Yifan Cao cn
Yifan Cao
3,000,000
600,000
600,000
Rongshan Li cn
Rongshan Li
Busted

Tags: Rongshan LiYifan Cao

Tsai Bests Zhang With Ace-High Call

Level 30 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
Ting Yi Tsai
Ting Yi Tsai

Xin He raised in the cutoff with the {k-Diamonds}{j-Spades} and Zhihao Zhang called on the button with the {k-Clubs}{q-Hearts}, as did Ting Yi Tsai in the big blind with the {a-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}. The {6-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{2-Hearts} flop was checked to Zhang and he bet 350,000, only Tsai called.

After the {10-Diamonds} turn both players checked and the {8-Spades} fell on the river. Tsai bet small, just 200,000, and Zhang had other plans as he raised it up to 1.2 million. Tsai made the call and was good to pull closer to Zhang at the top of the leader board.

Player Chips Progress
Zhihao Zhang cn
Zhihao Zhang
10,000,000
-2,000,000
-2,000,000
Ting Yi Tsai tw
Ting Yi Tsai
7,000,000
2,100,000
2,100,000
Xin He cn
Xin He
2,700,000
-600,000
-600,000

Tags: Ting Yi TsaiXin HeZhihao Zhang