Matas Cimbolas Leads Red Dragon Plus 1C as Atsushi Yokoyama Wins Single Day High Roller at JPF
Matas Cimbolas bagged the Day 1C chip lead in the Red Dragon Plus Championship at Jeju Poker Festival 2026, turning 97,100 into 580,000 with quads, a set-over-set cooler and a huge river bluff at LES A Casino.
The Red Dragon Poker Tour's KRW 4,000,000 event closed its starting flights with 335 entries, while Atsushi Yokoyama won the Single Day High Roller and Runbang Shang took The Dragon's Hoard PKO.
Cimbolas Leads Red Dragon Plus Day 1C
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Matas Cimbolas
Day 1C drew 94 entries, and 37 players advanced. Cimbolas, 6th in the Super U Challenge the day before, was down to 97,100 midway through the day, before going on a run on the feature table.
Cimbolas' Big Three
His pocket aces flopped a set against Qiaochu Zhang's set of queens, with Zhang left drawing to one card. He then turned quad eights while Yirui Zhang bluffed into him with a spade draw.
Cimbolas came back for more against Yirui Zhang a few hands later. He missed a flush draw and a straight draw with ace-five on the river, but his shove got pocket nines to fold.
The Rest of the Field
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Maxim Lykov
Hongjun Zhao finished second in the flight with 485,500, and Red Dragon Classic champion Yichen Wu bagged 359,500 on his re-entry. Wu's king-ten made trips against Hanyu Shao, who finished 6th at Wu's Red Dragon Classic final table.
Aleksandar Jakovljevic, runner-up in the 3rd Anniversary Event, led the flight early but finished with 147,000. Dakota Anderson (308,500), Seunghyun Nam (288,000), Hyunyeong Kang, Michel Molenaar, Maxim Lykov and Fabian Gumz are also through.
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Dakota Anderson
Ranno Sootla made a backdoor royal flush with queen-jack of hearts, but he was among those who fell along with Alexandru Papazian, Aaron Gao, Andrew Hosok Han, Khanh Duy Ta and Thi My Phuong Nguyen.
Gang Liu Leads Day 1D
The final flight drew 32 entries, with 17 advancing. Gang Liu leads with 333,500, ahead of Yongliang Li on 312,500.
Florian Duta bagged 161,000 after busting Day 1C, and 3rd Anniversary Event champion Anh Tai Do is through with 115,000.
Red Dragon Plus Day 1 Top 10 Stacks (All Flights)
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips | Flight |
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| 1 | Zhi Ye | China | 738,500 | 1A |
| 2 | Matas Cimbolas | Lithuania | 580,000 | 1C |
| 3 | Weiyong Zeng | China | 534,500 | 1B |
| 4 | Hongjun Zhao | China | 485,500 | 1C |
| 5 | Ziang Wang | China | 421,000 | 1B |
| 6 | Baojie Lin | China | 409,000 | 1A |
| 7 | Sebastian Toro | Colombia | 402,500 | 1B |
| 8 | Fanzuan Lin | China | 396,500 | 1A |
| 9 | Atsushi Yokoyama | Japan | 372,500 | 1B |
| 10 | Yilong Wang | China | 363,000 | 1A |
Atsushi Yokoyama Wins Single Day High Roller
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Atsushi Yokoyama
Yokoyama won the KRW 5,000,000 Single Day High Roller for KRW 40,360,000 (~USD 30,070), topping a 23-entry field.
He used his big stack on the bubble, shoving nine-five from the button and flopping trips against Haonan Tian's ace-jack to send Tian out in 5th.
Wenchao Liu finished runner-up, Super U Challenge runner-up Takashi Ogura was 4th, and Calvin Lee, Hugues Girard, Shuai Li and Iulian Blebea all fell just short of the money.
Runbang Shang Wins The Dragon's Hoard
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Runbang Shang
The KRW 1,500,000 Dragon's Hoard PKO drew 75 entries for a KRW 67,200,000 (~USD 50,070) prize pool, and Runbang Shang won it for KRW 19,410,000 (~USD 14,460).
Shang won a key pot early when his ace-eight made two pair against Yaojie Li's ace-seven. Zixiong Jiang burst the bubble when his flopped two pair held against Shiqi Zhang's top pair, before finishing 4th himself.
Side Event Winners
Wei Sun won the 5 Card PLO High Super Hyper Turbo after finishing 6th in the PKO, while Dajie Zhuo took the NL Hold'em Hyper Turbo ahead of #87 Bounty champion Wenwen Chen. Aleksandras Rusinovas finished 5th in the same event.
| Event | Buy-in | Entries | Winner | Country | Prize |
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| #94 Stud Mix (Stud, Stud8, Razz) | KRW 1,000,000 | 9 | Xiang | China | KRW 4,564,000 |
| #97 NL Hold'em Hyper Turbo | KRW 700,000 | 25 | Dajie Zhuo | China | KRW 5,878,000 |
| #98 NL 2-7 Single Draw Hyper | KRW 400,000 | 16 | Yang | China | KRW 2,463,000 |
| #99 NL Hold'em Super Hyper Turbo | KRW 500,000 | 18 | Taimi | China | KRW 3,464,000 |
| #100 5 Card PLO High Super Hyper Turbo | KRW 400,000 | 22 | Wei Sun | China | KRW 2,911,000 |
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. Keep an eye on Somuchpoker for the full schedule as it's announced.
Schedule: Monday, 9 November
| Start | Event | Buy-in |
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| 12:00 | #76 Red Dragon Plus Championship | KRW 4,000,000 |
| 13:00 | #101 Red Dragon Plus Mini Main Day 1 | KRW 2,500,000 |
| 13:00 | #102 FL Triple Draw Mix (2-7, A-5) | KRW 1,000,000 |
| 13:00 | #103 NL Hold'em Mega Stack | KRW 1,000,000 |
| 15:00 | #104 "We Poker" Dragon Egg Mystery Bounty | KRW 2,500,000 + |
| 17:00 | #105 NL Hold'em Crazy Pineapple | KRW 800,000 |
| 19:00 | #101 Red Dragon Plus Mini Main Day 1 | KRW 2,500,000 |
| 20:00 | #106 NL Hold'em Bounty Hyper Turbo | KRW 500,000 + |
| 21:00 | MS16 Milestone Satellite to Red Dragon | KRW 550,000 |
| 21:30 | #107 NL 6 Card Archie Single Draw | KRW 300,000 |
| 22:00 | #108 NL Hold'em Super Hyper Turbo | KRW 500,000 |
| 23:59 | #109 NL Super Hold'em Super Hyper Turbo | KRW 400,000 |
The Red Dragon Plus Championship returns for Day 2, with players chasing a share of the KRW 1,800,000,000 (~USD 1,341,280) guarantee.
The KRW 2,500,000 Mini Main gets underway at 13:00, and the KRW 4,500,000 Dragon Egg Mystery Bounty starts at 15:00. Follow the full schedule on the Jeju Poker Festival 2026 page.
Follow Somuchpoker on Facebook and Instagram for updates throughout the festival.
Images and data courtesy of RDPT and KPC.
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