Anh Tai Do Claims First Title Outside Vietnam in JPF 3rd Anniversary Event
Anh Tai Do won the JPF 3rd Anniversary Event at Jeju Poker Festival 2026, beating Aleksandar Jakovljevic heads-up to collect KRW 119,780,000 (~USD 89,260) in front of a vocal Vietnamese rail at LES A Casino.
The Red Dragon Poker Tour's KRW 4,000,000 Red Dragon Plus Championship also got underway with a KRW 1,800,000,000 (~USD 1,341,280) guarantee, with Zhi Ye leading Day 1A, while Toru Wakamatsu tops the Super U Challenge after Day 1.
Anh Tai Do Wins JPF 3rd Anniversary Event
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Anh Tai Do
The KRW 2,000,000 JPF 3rd Anniversary Event drew 310 entries across four flights for a KRW 535,680,000 (~USD 399,170) prize pool.
Do built his stack on Day 2 with a rivered straight to eliminate Day 1A leader Yi Ma. He then flopped a set of jacks against Fangzhou Zhu's ace-queen and took the chip lead into the final table with 4,100,000.
Final Table
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JPF 3rd Anniversary Final Table
Junqing Ge was the dominant force once the final table began. His pocket queens turned a set against Can Feng's two pair in 9th.
Ge's aces then made a bigger set than Sishu Peng's queens in 8th. Quang Minh Bach ended Lady Dragon champion Yue Sun's run in 7th with a set of fours.
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Yue Sun
Ge went on to send out Bach in 6th and Qiaochu Zhang in 5th. Jakovljevic won a big pot from Yunchao Yu before eliminating him in 4th. He then doubled through Ge with pocket nines against ace-king to take the lead three-handed.
Do ended Ge's run in 3rd when his king-queen caught a queen against pocket fours.
Heads-Up
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Aleksandar Jakovljevic
Do and Jakovljevic traded the lead back and forth for around 90 minutes, with Jakovljevic's initial heads-up advantage slowly whittled away by Do.
On the final hand, the six on the flop paired Do's ace-six against Jakovljevic's pocket deuces, sparking a huge roar from the Vietnamese rail. Jakovljevic collected KRW 77,800,000 (~USD 57,970) as runner-up.
Do on His First Title Outside Vietnam
Do has been playing for four years, mostly in Hanoi. This was his first Red Dragon event.
"It means so much to me because it's my first championship won outside of Vietnam. Winning while representing my country with my teammates cheering me on was incredible. So proud."
He pointed to pocket jacks against ace-queen on Day 2 as the hand that set up his run. He had also played six to seven hours with Jakovljevic before heads-up.
"I understood his playing style. He played quite well, but once we were heads-up, I was extremely confident in my heads-up edge against him."
Do will play the Red Dragon Plus Championship next and plans to be at RDPT Taiwan.
JPF 3rd Anniversary Event Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
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| 1 | Anh Tai Do | Vietnam | KRW 119,780,000 (~USD 89,260) |
| 2 | Aleksandar Jakovljevic | Romania | KRW 77,800,000 (~USD 57,970) |
| 3 | Junqing Ge | China | KRW 52,100,000 |
| 4 | Yunchao Yu | China | KRW 35,800,000 |
| 5 | Qiaochu Zhang | China | KRW 25,200,000 |
| 6 | Quang Minh Bach | Vietnam | KRW 18,200,000 |
| 7 | Yue Sun | China | KRW 13,500,000 |
| 8 | Sishu Peng | China | KRW 10,300,000 |
| 9 | Can Feng | China | TBC |
Zhi Ye Leads Red Dragon Plus Day 1A
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Zhi Ye
Day 1A of the Red Dragon Plus Championship drew 135 entries, and 52 players advanced. Zhi Ye, the Dragon's Gate High Roller bubble, bagged the lead with 738,500, well clear of Baojie Lin on 409,000.
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Red Dragon Plus Day 1A
Xin Yan's pocket jacks held against Ranno Sootla's ace-king and Yabin Sun's pocket fives to knock both out in one hand, and Jin Wang flopped a full house with ace-jack to double through Xudong Zhang.
Prestige High Roller champion Shuai Li, Joseph Cheong, Jakob Karlsson and Martin Sedlak are through, while Florian Duta, Aleksandras Rusinovas and Hugues Girard all fell.
Red Dragon Plus Day 1A Top 10 Stacks
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips |
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| 1 | Zhi Ye | China | 738,500 |
| 2 | Baojie Lin | China | 409,000 |
| 3 | Fanzuan Lin | China | 396,500 |
| 4 | Yilong Wang | China | 363,000 |
| 5 | Jing Su | China | 350,000 |
| 6 | Jianting Cai | China | 342,500 |
| 7 | Shurong Huang | China | 341,000 |
| 8 | John Matsuda | Japan | 312,000 |
| 9 | Xin Yan | China | 311,000 |
| 10 | Linyu Zheng | China | 305,500 |
Toru Wakamatsu Leads Super U Challenge
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Toru Wakamatsu (left)
The USD 8,000 Super U Challenge drew 37 entries for a USD 265,586 prize pool.
Toru Wakamatsu leads the Day 1 survivors with 1,892,000, ahead of KPC High Roller runner-up Xu Wang on 1,772,000, who picked up a big pot when his pocket jacks held against Johnny's seven-four suited.
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Matas Cimbolas
Junjie Xu flopped a straight with king-queen against Matas Cimbolas' ace-king, and Chengcai Pan picked off a bluff from Atsushi Yokoyama with pocket queens.
Fabian Gumz doubled with pocket nines against ace-queen but later fell along with Girard, while Calvin Lee bagged on his fourth bullet and Seunghyun Nam is through with 796,000.
Super U Challenge Day 1 Top 10 Stacks
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips |
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| 1 | Toru Wakamatsu | Japan | 1,892,000 |
| 2 | Xu Wang | China | 1,772,000 |
| 3 | Bowen Yi | China | 1,073,000 |
| 4 | Jieming Xu | China | 1,026,000 |
| 5 | Matas Cimbolas | Lithuania | 872,000 |
| 6 | Seunghyun Nam | United States | 796,000 |
| 7 | Jianfeng Sun | China | 721,000 |
| 8 | Liang Dong | China | 532,000 |
| 9 | Takashi Ogura | Japan | 426,000 |
| 10 | Calvin Lee | United States | 391,000 |
Side Event Winners
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Shiina Okamoto
Li Ta Hsu won the 5 Card PLO Bounty Hyper Turbo for his fifth title of the festival, while Yuqi Chang, Junjie Tao and Dragon's Gate champion Guangling Chen each picked up a second.
Shiina Okamoto won the NL Hold'em (100 BBs) and finished runner-up in the Ultra Stack Turbo, and Song Wang turned his Day 1B lead into the PL Big O Fanatic title.
| Event | Buy-in | Entries | Winner | Country | Prize |
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| #68 PL Big O Fanatic | KRW 800,000 | 38 | Song Wang | China | KRW 8,949,000 |
| #77 NL Hold'em (100 BBs) | KRW 800,000 | 6 | Shiina Okamoto | Japan | KRW 3,963,000 |
| #78 FL Hi-Lo Mix | KRW 1,000,000 | 17 | Yuqi Chang | China | KRW 6,772,000 |
| #80 NL Hold'em Ultra Stack Turbo | KRW 1,000,000 | 33 | Ziyang | China | KRW 10,569,000 |
| #81 NL Hold'em Win the Button Hyper Turbo | KRW 700,000 | 7 | Guangling Chen | China | KRW 2,426,000 |
| #82 5 Card PLO Bounty Hyper Turbo | KRW 300,000 | 32 | Li Ta Hsu | Taiwan | KRW 2,745,000 |
| #83 NL Hold'em Super Hyper Turbo | KRW 500,000 | 32 | Junjie Tao | China | KRW 4,956,000 |
| #84 5 Card PLO High Double Board Bomb Pot | KRW 400,000 | 34 | Yilong Ma | China | KRW 3,968,000 |
RDPT Taiwan Coming in 2027
The Red Dragon Poker Tour heads to Taiwan next year, with RDPT Taiwan running from 27 February to 7 March 2027.
The headline Red Dragon Championship has a buy-in of TWD 38,000, with more details to come soon. Keep an eye on Somuchpoker for the full schedule as it's announced.
Schedule: Saturday, 7 November
| Start | Event | Buy-in |
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| 12:00 | #76 Red Dragon Plus Championship Day 1B | KRW 4,000,000 |
| 12:30 | #85 PLO Championship | KRW 2,000,000 |
| 13:00 | #79 Super U Challenge Day 2 | USD 8,000 |
| 13:00 | #86 NL Hold'em | KRW 1,000,000 |
| 17:00 | #87 NL Hold'em Bounty | KRW 800,000 + bounty |
| 18:30 | #88 5 Card PLO Double Board Bomb | KRW 500,000 |
| 20:00 | #89 NL Hold'em High Roller Hyper Turbo | KRW 2,000,000 |
| 21:00 | MS14 Milestone Satellite to Red Dragon | KRW 500,000 |
| 21:30 | #90 NLH Atomic Pineapple Hyper Turbo | KRW 300,000 |
| 22:00 | #91 NL Hold'em Super Hyper Turbo | KRW 500,000 |
| 23:59 | #92 NL Hold'em Midnight Boom | KRW 400,000 |
The Red Dragon Plus Championship continues with Day 1B, the Super U Challenge plays down to a winner, and the KRW 2,000,000 PLO Championship starts at 12:30. Follow the full schedule on the Jeju Poker Festival 2026 page.
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Images and data courtesy of Jeju Poker Festival.
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