Steve Yea was all in for a mere 103,000 and Szymon Wysocki shoved for 350,000 in the cutoff to isolate successfully.
Steve Yea: 
Szymon Wysocki: 
The kicker played a crucial role on the 
board to send Yea to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
475,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
|
Busted |
| Seat | Table 1 | Table 2 | Table 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Graeme Siow | Zhiqiang Qian | Yiqing Huang |
| 2 | Ye Wang | Szymon Wysocki | Zifeng Zhang |
| 3 | Yake Wu | Chunqing Wang | Liang Chen |
| 4 | Kannapong Thanarattrakul | Sun Guodong | Pete Chen |
| 5 | Lei Yu | Ngoc Anh Cao | Shenming Yin |
| 6 | Jun Obara | Steve Yea | Nan Hong |
| 7 | Alex Lee | Mengdian Peng | Ben Lai |
| 8 | Fei Xiong | Bin Sun | Jamie Lee |
The redraw of the last three tables was bound to happen but there was a lot of controversy in three-way action to the 
turn that brought a check of Sun Guodong out of the big blind and Alex Lee in late position. Graeme Siow bet 110,000 and Guodong called, Lee then raised to 380,000 and picked up a reluctant call from Guodong only.
After the fell on the river, Guodong checked and Lee bet 290,000.
Guodong was sent in the think tank and he then grabbed his green T-25,000 chips, moved them to the other side of his stack and almost silently announced something while putting them into the middle of the table. The dealer announced call and Lee instantly rolled over his 
without putting in any further chips. Guodong exposed his 
for a set and that's when things got tricky.
Guodong was suddenly furious and said he had announced all in. The floor staff was called and the entire hand was explained, the dealer once again confirmed he did not understand all-in and it was ultimately ruled as a call only.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,100,000
1,450,000
|
1,450,000 |
|
1,100,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
|
||
|
475,000
-675,000
|
-675,000 |
Concurrently to Day 1 of the ?10,000,000 Super High Roller, the ?1,500,000 Baby Dragon has played down to a champion and it was Xian Liu that emerged victoriously after cutting a deal with Yunsheng Sun in heads-up and winning the duel for the extra money and trophy.
Liu bested a 593-strong field – a new country record for the event – and the top 72 players were guaranteed a portion of the ?776,534,000 (~US$662,815) prize pool after both starting days had played down to the top 12% and money. The victory comes with a payday of ?142,946,000 (~US$122,080) while Sun is taking home ?130,000,000 for his runner-up finish.
One year ago, James Won Lee topped a field of 298 entries to earn himself the Baby Dragon trophy and payday of ?74,310,000 (US$66,361), and the American was also in the running on Day 1 of the ?10,000,000 Super High Roller as well where he bagged and tagged for Day 2. The attendance of the 2018 edition was nearly doubled and increased by a mighty 98.9%.
Final Result ?1,500,000 Baby Dragon
| Place | Winner | Country/Region | Prize (in KRW) | Prize (in USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Xiang Liu | China | ?142,946,000 | $122,934 |
| 2 | Yunsheng Sun | China | ?130,000,000 | $111,800 |
| 3 | Phachara Wongwichit | Thailand | ?64,841,000 | $55,763 |
| 4 | Jun Obara | Japan | ?49,465,000 | $42,540 |
| 5 | Xianglai Li | China | ?34,167,000 | $29,384 |
| 6 | Yu Nozaki | Japan | ?27,179,000 | $23,374 |
| 7 | Sun Guodong | China | ?22,131,000 | $19,033 |
| 8 | Jung Chou Lee | Taiwan | ?18,637,000 | $16,028 |
| 9 | Donghui Xu | China | ?15,531,000 | $13,357 |
| 10 | Hao Chen | China | ?13,201,000 | $11,353 |
Returning notables to come up short of the final table included Day 1 frontrunner Qiuning Zhang (15th for ?8,542,000), Australia's Kelvin Beattie (22nd for ?4,659,000), Taiwan's Chen An Lin (27th for ?4,271,000), Malaysia's Victor Chong (39th for ?3,572,000) and a former Red Dragon Main Event Champion in the form of Dengfeng "Denny" Yu (54th for ?3,261,000).
Phachara Wongwichit, who had cashed in the ?5,000,000 Single-Day High Roller, made it to another final table and nursed a shorter stack for most of the day before going on a heater late on. He was denied the victory and ultimately fell in third place, following Japan's Jun Obara to the payout desk who had to settle for 4th place.
Yang Zhang was all in with the 
and Bin Sun looked him up from one seat over with the 
.
On a board of 
, Zhang found no help and was eliminated in 25th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,500,000
525,000
|
525,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
||
Lei Yu doubled Szymon Wysocki for 175,000 when he failed to get there with 
versus 
, the board came 
.
Yu got those chips and more back soon after when he looked up Andre Lettau with 
versus 
, the board 
delivered an ace on the flop.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,800,000
1,510,000
|
1,510,000 |
|
|
330,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
Busted |
Joshua Zimmerman raised and called a three-bet to 183,000 by Zhiqiang Qian on the button to see the 
flop. Zimmerman opted for a check-call for 110,000 and did so again for 300,000 on the turn.
After the 
river, Zimmerman moved all in and was snap-called to immediately say "you are ahead."
Zimmerman had the and Qian had for a set.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,300,000
875,000
|
875,000 |
|
Busted |
Down to around 223,000, just 11 big blinds, Natalie Teh moved all in and was called by Bin Sun.
Natalie Teh:
Bin Sun: 
The board brought 
and that spelled the end for Teh.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
975,000
595,000
|
595,000 |
|
Busted |
Liuheng Dai had stuck around with a shorter stack for some time and got it in with only to see Jun Obara wake up with the .
The board brought 
and the ?5,000,000 High Roller High Roller champion had to leave empty-handed this time around.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,350,000
1,055,000
|
1,055,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 14
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000