On Day 1b of the MPC21 Red Dragon all of the staff at PokerStars LIVE Macau were expecting the same field size to Day 1A's 213 players. So, when just 148 players hit the felt it was perhaps somewhat disappointing. Then, on Day 1C, it was expected that there could be somewhere around 350 players. That is not what happened though. This time, however, there has been no disappointment, just glee, as a brand new record for the biggest Red Dragon single-day flight was set.
PokerStars LIVE Macau only has 32 tables they usually were full to the brim when play started. That meant the Red Dragon needed to move to alternates. Dozens of players waited for a seat to open over the primary four hours of play and once every person who desired to play were accounted for, exactly 447 players had ponied up HK$11,000.
Added with the players from Day 1A and 1B, the whole field ended up being 808. That is the third largest field in Red Dragon history and the most important for the August edition of the Red Dragon. That field created a prize pool of HK$7,837,600 (~US$1 million), with a purpose to be spread amongst the highest 108 players, while the eventual champion will pocket HK$1,667,000 (HK$215,000).
MPC21 Red Dragon prize pool information
It may well be somewhat too early to speak about the money though. In the end we only just finished up with the third and final Day 1 flight. In any case there have been 127 survivors on Day 1C and it was Mikal Blomlie who led the best way with 169,500 in chips.
Blomlie is a Macau based Norwegian poker pro who has posted tournament results all over the world. His biggest score came within the 2013 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure where he finished 10th. Blomlie also has a number of online results, including winning the PokerStars WCOOP player of the series just last year.
Blomlie dominated the late stages of Day 1C, entering into the chip lead when he held Q♥Q♣ and sent an opponent home who held A♥4♥, all in preflop. With such a lot of chips and such a lot experience, Blomlie goes to be one to observe on Day 2 of the Red Dragon.
The closest player to Blomlie is an overly familiar face in 2010 Red Dragon champion Wing Cheong Chong. It was a superb day on the felt for Chong as he finished up with 152,500 in chips. Chong clearly knows what it takes to win this very tournament, so we can even be keeping an in depth eye on him.
Blomlie and Chong could have ended up with the spotlight on them on the conclusion of play, but at the beginning of the day the spotlight was on Yohwan Lim, Gene Yu and a player by the name of MC Hot Dog.
Each of those players was garnering attention for various reasons. First we've got Lim, a South Korean who's one of the all time greatest video gamers. Then we've Yu, a former prominent member of the united states Army Special Forces who has written an acclaimed book called "The Yellow Green Beret".
Finally, we've MC Hot Dog.
In the west this name may appear quite humorous. Within the east, that name is called the godfather of Chinese hip-hop. Mr. Hot Dog hit the rail very late within the day, which was a fair effort considering he had his pocket aces cracked by pocket kings in the course of the first level of play. Unfortunately both Yu and Lim joined MC Hot Dog at the rail within the day.
The 127 players who bagged chips on Day 1C will now sign up with the 52 from Day 1A and the 42 from Day 1B. That suggests 221 total players could be on the tables for the beginning of Day 2.
Blomlie, the Day 1C leader will start the day just few thousand in front of Day 1A chip leader Wei Yang. You will see all the Day 1C survivors by clicking here, while the Day 2 seating draw are available at the link below.
MPC21 Red Dragon day 2 seating draw
The players could be back to PokerStars LIVE Macau from 4:00pm local time on Monday. Sooner or later on Day 2 they're going to burst during the bubble and begin making their way towards the general table. The PokerStarsBlog will again be to be had providing live updates, so be sure you join us then.
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