Yichen Wu claimed the title in the Red Dragon Classic Championship at the Jeju Poker Festival 2026. Yuan Li and Shuai Li picked up victories in the High Roller events.
Three more major events at the 2026 Jeju Poker Festival have concluded. The $5,950 Red Dragon Prestige High Roller attracted 108 entries, with $567,336 distributed among 17 players. In the end, China’s Shuai Li ($148,780) and Weiran Pu ($96,781) battled it out heads-up for the title.
The $8,000 Super U Challenge attracted 35 entries and 19 re-entries. The $387,600 prize pool was shared among the nine finalists, including Michel Molenaar (seventh – $18,700) and Matas Cimbolas (sixth – $21,900). Heads-up, China’s Yuan Li ($120,700) defeated Japan’s Takashi Ogura (second – $76,800).
With 668 entries, the $1,850 Red Dragon Classic Championship comfortably surpassed its guarantee of around $890k. Yichen Wu ($198,606), Aleksandras Rusinovas (second – $131,596) and Hugues Girard (third – $90,160) claimed the lion’s share of the $1,073,356 prize pool.
2026 Jeju Poker Festival – RDPT & KPC Poker
Date: October 28 to November 11
Location: Les A Casino, Jeju
Events: 140 incl. satellites
Buy-Ins: KRW 300,000 ($225) to KRW 8,000,000 ($5,950) & $8,000 and $12,000
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Red Dragon Classic Championship
Buy-In: KRW 2,500,000 ($1,850)
Entries: 668
Prize pool: KRW 1,442,880,000 ($1,073,356)
Final Table Payouts
1st: Yichen Wu (China), KRW 266,980,000 ($198,606)
2nd: Aleksandras Rusinovas (Lithuania), KRW 176,900,000 ($131,596)
3rd: Hugues Girard (France), KRW 121,200,000 ($90,160)
4th: Lao Wu (China), KRW 84,700,000 ($63,008)
5th: Youfan Zhang (China), KRW 60,300,000 ($44,857)
6th: Hanyu Shao (China), KRW 43,700,000 ($32,508)
7th: Mingchen Zhang (China), KRW 32,450,000 ($24,139)
8th: Lei Li (China), KRW 24,550,000 ($18,263)
9th: Jing Su (China), KRW 18,900,000 ($14,060)
