Yu Lei Claims Thrilling Victory in Prestige High Roller at 2025 Red Dragon Poker Tour
The opening marquee event of the Prestige High Roller Series in 2025 RDPT kicked off with a star-studded field and elite-level competition, setting the tone for what promises to be a standout high roller Series.
The tournament attracted 137 total entries, only 21 players will in the money and Champion will take home 181,140,000 KRW.
As expected from a field brimming with top-tier professionals,such as:
JOSEPH CHEONG (WSOP 2019 Bracelet Winner)
CAI JIANTING（2024 RDPT/JPF Main Event Champion
ZHAO HONGJUN (2025 Triton JEJU 15K Champion)
MARTIN NIELSEN (Triton Short Deck Main Event runner-up )
LUO XIXIANG (2024 APT JEJU Main Event Champion)
After 7 hours the money bubble finally bursted.
In a dramatic hand during Level 21 (blinds level 30k/60k/60k), Ji Xiaqing opened from UTG to 150k. Action folded to the cutoff, who 3-bet to 450k.
On the button, Zhang Li cold 4-bet from the small blind to 1.1 million.
Ji, holding just over 900k, quickly moved all-in. The cutoff folded, and Zhang Li made the call.
Ji revealed pocket Aces, while Zhang Li tabled pocket Kings️.
Flop： 9♦ 5♠ K♣
Turn：K♥
It's sealed the deal, leaving Ji drawing dead.
River：10♦
Ji was eliminated as the unfortunate bubble boy—knocked out in 22nd place with aces against kings.
With the bubble burst, play picked up briefly before returning to a measured rhythm as remaining players held healthy stacks.
Over the next four hours, the final table was set.
Cai Jianting with a huge chip advantage lead the final nine players.
FT included Dragon Team Pro, WSOP bracelets winner Yu Lei, as well as some notable names :
Liu Yuhan, Zheng Jie, and Shen Zejin.
As the final table unfolded, Zhu Haobo doubled through chip leader Cai Jianting and later eliminated him to take a commanding lead.
This set up an intense heads-up match between Zhu and Yu Lei, drawing a sizable rail to the table.
In Level 31 (blinds 300k/600k/600k), Yu opened on the button, and Zhu shoved from the big blind.
Yu snap-called with
Congratulations to Yu Lei , who overcame a short stack on the final table to secure the Prestige High Roller Champion title and RDPT Champion Jacket to his remarkable poker career.
Event Summary
Total Entries：137
Prize Pool: KRW 737,540,000
| Last Name | First Name | Payout | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
|
YU HAOBO CAI ZHENG LI CO SHEN LIU CHEN DEMUS Zhang ZHU CHEONG YANG HARDER IRVAN PENG ZHAO HEUNG MA ZHUO |
LEI ZHU JIANTING JIE YONG CHUNG CHUEN ZEJIN YUHAN YANG PATRIK Li NING JOSEPH SANGHYON PENG CHRISTIAN WILLIAM PRAMANA ILIADI MENG DIAN BIN TSZ KIN HAOHUI DAJIE |
181,140,000.00 119,700,000.00 81,550,000.00 57,400,000.00 41,800,000.00 31,550,000.00 24,700,000.00 20,050,000.00 16,950,000.00 14,950,000.00 14,950,000.00 13,800,000.00 13,800,000.00 13,150,000.00 13,150,000.00 13,150,000.00 13,150,000.00 13,150,000.00 13,150,000.00 13,150,000.00 13,150,000.00 |
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