The 2024 Red Dragon Poker Tour has officially concluded at the Landing Casino Jeju. Part of the Jeju Poker Festival, the series featured 24 trophy events. The series concluded with China’s Jianting Cai emerging as the newest champion of the Red Dragon Poker Tour Main Event. He took home a career-best payday of KRW 243,800,000 (~$174,199), and the RDPT dragon trophy.
There were several other big winners as well with William Teoh attracting significant attention. He collected the third-largest payout of the just concluded RDPT for his victory in the Red Dragon High Roller where he earned a staggering KRW 86,259,000 (~$61,633). Here is a quick recap of the victories of both winners:
Jianting Cai Triumphs Red Dragon Championship
The KRW 2 million (~$1,435) buy-in Red Dragon Championship saw an impressive field of 642 entrants across four starting flights, which resulted in a prize pool of KRW 1,380,000,000 (~$990,995). As the field dwindled, only the top 119 players shared the prize pool.
The final table played out on Day 4 to crown a champion. Cai led the table and held his momentum throughout the table. He knocked out Chi Jen Chen and Ye Li in 4th and 5th places, respectively, to take a massive lead in the three-handed play.
Zehao Li started the heads-up duel after eliminating Vietnam’s Ngoc Ha Nguyen in the third place. Despite the elimination, he was nowhere near his countryman Cai, who had a three-to-one chip advantage. Cai quickly locked up the prize money and trophy after cracking the pocket kings of Li with his trip sixes. Zehao Li earned an impressive KRW 162,150,000 (~$116,040) for his runner-up finish.
Red Dragon Championship Final Table Payouts
| Rank | Player | Prize (USD) |
| 1st | Jianting Cai | $174,470 |
| 2nd | Zehao Li | $116,040 |
| 3rd | Ngoc Ha Nguyen | $80,470 |
| 4th | Chi Jen Chen | $56,785 |
| 5th | Ye Li | $40,790 |
| 6th | Joseph Cheong | $29,840 |
| 7th | Kyosuke Nagami | $22,220 |
| 8th | Xiaobin Zhou | $16,780 |
| 9th | Cheng Chen | $13,020 |
William Teoh Wins Red Dragon High Roller
Fresh off his victory at the Asian Poker Tour Manila High Roller, Malaysia’s William Teoh took home the third largest payout of the RDPT, winning Event #19: Red Dragon High Roller for the first-price prize worth KRW 86,259,000* (~$61,633). It was his third poker title win of the year for Teoh, pushing his earnings past $550k.
The High Roller event saw 45 entrants, creating a prize pool of KRW 274,559,000 (~$196,740). The prize pool was distributed among the final 8. Teoh defeated South Korea’s Joonhee Yea to claim the trophy. Yea earned 60,000,000*(~$42,871) after an ICM deal in the heads-up deal with Teoh.
Red Dragon High Roller Final Table Payouts
| Rank | Player | Prize (USD) |
| 1st | William Teoh | $61,633 |
| 2nd | Joonhee Yea | $42,871 |
| 3rd | Hayato Kitajima | $26,651 |
| 4th | Jun Liu | $18,863 |
| 5th | Xiaoyun Li | $14,290 |
| 6th | Tsz Kin Heung | $11,647 |
| 7th | Gang Zhao | $10,289 |
| 8th | Calvin Sungwon Lee | $9,932 |
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