Seat 1: Takashi Ogura, 33 (Tokyo, Japan) - 2,710,000

Japan's Takashi Ogura starts our Red Dragon final table second in chips. The 33 year-old says he's played poker for 6 years and got his start in cash games. When he is not running deep in tournaments he can usually be found playing HK$300-HK$600 on the Wynn in Macau.

Ogura's best result up to now is a 64th place finish within the WSOP Main Event for which he scored $106,056. He says his poker hero is the Texas Dolly Doyle Brunson and outdoors of poker, Ogura enjoys playing Mahjong.

Seat 2: Liang Xu, 28 (Shanghai, China) - 3,375,000

China's Liang Xu had a spectacular Day 3 and can begin the overall table because the chip leader. He's been playing poker for four years and learnt the sport fidgeting with friends including Team PokerStars Pro Yaxi Zhu. Xu won the ACOP Platinum Series XI back in October for HK$169,300 and has already guaranteed himself a larger payday here this week.

Xu says he's enjoyed playing in Macau this week and likes to attempt to take down every pot. He also told us he has his eye at the prize and very desires to be the Red Dragon champion. When he is not on the poker table Xu enjoys cycling and travel.

Seat 3: Fan Xie, 26 (Beijing, China) - 1,110,000

26 year-old business owner Fan Xie taught herself play poker and was at it for 6 years now. That is her first-ever live tournament cash - what the way to begin a tournament poker career, with a Red Dragon final table!

Xie says that her poker hero is Tom Dwan and a very powerful thing to bring her to this final table was her drive to win the distinguished trophy. Except for poker, Xie's second favourite game is Mahjong.

Seat 4: Ying Lin Chua, (Johor Bahru, Malaysia) - 2,665,000

Ying Lin Chua is a conference manager from Malaysia who's been playing the sport for a decade now. Chua got his start playing online and participating in home games, and at the moment plays stakes of HK$50/100.

Chua has already had a stellar begin to 2016, winning the WPTN Philippines for US$86,130. His poker heroes include Johnny Chan and Doyle Brunson while his heroes outside of poker are his parents. Chua says he's enjoyed the competitive nature of the tournament this week, but additionally networking and learning with fellow poker lovers. When he isn't playing poker, Chua are available playing arcade games and enjoying friends and family.

Seat 5: Chengbei Li, 34 (Shanghai, China) - 1,700,000

Chengbei Li is an individual banker from Shanghai and has only been playing poker for a year now. He got his start watching tutorial videos on YouTube and playing at his local poker club. His regular games at the present time include US$120 tournaments.

Li has no recorded results on Hendon Mob but says he has played some tournaments in China. He told us his hero is Eason Chan and this week he's really enjoyed the experience he's had playing the Red Dragon. During his time on the table, he attributes this deep run to balance, patience and his observational abilities.

Seat 6: Yang Zhang, 33 (Dalian, China) - 1,375,000

Yang Zhang hails from China and was playing poker for 2 years. An investor by occupation, Zhang got his start in poker playing here at PokerStars LIVE Macau. He tells us his best results to this point are a primary place finish within the Beijing Cup and a second place within the Beijing Millions.

Zhang is calling forward to taking home the Red Dragon trophy and says probably the most pivotal point of his tournament up to now was his play on Day 2. Except poker, Zhang also loves to gamble on table games on the casino.

Seat 7: Tom Alner, 30 (Bristol, England) - 1,030,000

Tom Alner is a certified poker player from the uk and says he's been playing the sport for too long now. His greatest result up to now came in a PokerStars WCOOP event where he told us he pocketed $375,000. A PRIOR Red Dragon champion, Alner can be going for a second victory here this week.

He attributes his success this week to running good on top of his patience, discipline and poker skills. Clear of the poker tables Alner loves to keep fit, play football, travel and spend time together with his friends.

Seat 8: Yongqiang Huang, 34 (Shanghai, China) - 520,000

Yongqiang Huang comes into the general table as our short stack this week. He says he's been playing poker for 3 years and learnt the sport by watching videos. Huang tells us his favourite thing this week have been bad beating his tablemates.

Huang has enjoyed learning so much during his time playing the Red Dragon this week and has previously battled it out in tournaments across China. Outside of the poker world, Huang's hero is his father.

Seat 9: Wayne Wei Yi Zhang, 21 (Chengdu, China)

Chinese young gun Wayne Wei Yi Zhang was playing poker for 2 years now, and learnt the sport in a Michigan poker site. His greatest tournament result up to now was a fifth place finish within the Macau Poker Cup High Roller and he was recently selected for the Hong Kong Stars team within the Global Poker League.

Zhang says the article he's most enjoyed in the course of the tournament this week is the contest and probably the most crucial moment in his deep run was having his pocket kings hold during a three-way all in. Outside of poker Zhang enjoys playing Hearthstone, and he tells us that his hero is his mother.

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