Ranno Sootla has won the $1,100 Baby Dragon at the Jeju Poker Festival, defeating Runbang Shang heads-up.
The $1,100 Baby Dragon attracted 84 entries, generating a prize pool of $543,748. Nine players from four different countries battled it out at the final table for the title. In the end, Ranno Sootla claimed the title and trophy. The Estonian defeated China’s Runbang Shang ($69,926) heads-up to take home $106,150. It was Sootla’s second RDPT title of his career.
The Jeju Poker Festival runs until 11 November. The two most prestigious events are still to come: the $8,000 Super U Challenge and the $12,000 Red Dragon Prestige Super High Roller.
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
–> Jeju Poker Festival Schedule
Baby Dragon
Buy-In: KRW 1,500,000 ($1,100)
Entries: 564
Prize pool: KRW 730,944,000 ($543,748)
ITM: 84
Final Table Payouts
1st: Ranno Sootla (Estonia), KRW 142,694,000 ($106,150)
2nd: Runbang Shang (China), KRW 94,000,000 ($69,926)
3rd: Bizhen Li (China), KRW 63,900,000 ($47,535)
4th: Yaojie Li (China), KRW 44,300,000 ($32,955)
5th: Suiyuan Chen (China), KRW 31,350,000 ($23,321)
6th: Haonan Tian (China), KRW 22,650,000 ($16,849)
7th: Takashi Yagura (Japan), KRW 16,800,000 ($12,497)
8th: Hideyuki Yoshioka (Japan), KRW 12,700,000 ($9,448)
9th: Aaron Gao (United States), KRW 9,800,000 ($7,290)
