Chinese tournament player and Triton Jeju champion
POKER HALL OF FAME
Inducted 2014
Hongjun Zhao, also listed in tournament databases as Zhao Hongjun, is a Chinese live tournament poker player. His documented results include a Triton Poker title in Jeju and runner-up finishes at the RDPT and KPC Main Events.
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Triton Jeju title
Zhao won the $15,000 no-limit hold'em eight-handed event at the 2025 Triton Poker Super High Roller Series in Jeju. CardPlayer's results record lists a first-place prize of $818,000. The same event appears as his largest recorded individual tournament cash in The Hendon Mob database.
His earlier results include eighth place in the HKD 400,000 no-limit hold'em event at the 2017 PokerStars Championship Macau. That finish paid HKD 1,251,000 according to the Hendon record.
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Main Event runner-up finishes
In May 2025, Zhao finished second in the RDPT Jeju Baby Dragon Main Event. SoMuchPoker's live report records a KRW 78,892,500 payout.
On October 16, 2026, Zhao reached another heads-up match at LES A Casino in Jeju. He finished second to Peng Huang in the KPC Poker October Series Main Event and earned KRW 120,000,000. The completed tournament recap lists 1,082 entries and a KRW 1,215,303,000 prize pool.
These figures are gross tournament prizes, not net poker profit or personal wealth. They document specific finishes without assigning Zhao an unsupported playing-style label.
