Jinlong Hu was the highest finisher within the Asian Poker Tour major occasion hosted on the On line casino Corona Resort in Phu Quoc on an island off the coast of Vietnam on Nov. 16. The Chinese language poker participant grabbed a prime prize price $185,430 to take his profession earnings up near $600,000. This was his largest recorded rating but, topping the $122,587 he earned because the champion of the $100 Flip & Go occasion throughout final 12 months’s World Sequence of Poker On-line Worldwide Sequence.
“I believe, firstly, the Golden Lion trophy is without doubt one of the best-looking trophies I’ve ever seen, second solely to the WSOP gold bracelet. Secondly, as a result of APT is the Asia Poker Tour, it represents the best stage of poker competitors in Asia, so it holds a really particular that means for me,” Hu instructed reporters via a translator after the win. “I believe I’ll first take my trophy house, after which take part in different tournaments. As a result of the prize cash is only a bonus for me, so the whole lot will go on as regular. I need to thank everybody who has supported me, not only one individual. They believed that I might win, and in the long run, I did.”
The VND 36,000,000 buy-in no-limit maintain’em occasion attracted a area of 795 entries. The highest 120 gamers all took house no less than $1,114 in prize cash. Notables with a great quantity of profession earnings that made a deep run within the match included Kyosuke Nagami (eleventh), Hyunsick Jang (thirteenth), Motoyoshi Okamura (14th), Tien Thanh Dinh (fifteenth), and Si Ng Pun (18th).
Ngoc Pham fell simply 5 fingers into the ultimate desk by the hands in ninth place, after which Chuhao Zhang doubled up twice earlier than busting in eighth place. Deepankur Gupta was the subsequent participant to attain a pair double ups to keep away from elimination, however he finally fell in seventh place and Hu had collected two knockouts among the many first three.
Hao Wang was out subsequent in sixth place, after which Hu stored his momentum rolling by busting David Erquiaga in fifth. Hu was on a roll, and he couldn’t be stopped when eliminating Thang Truong in fourth place as effectively. Third place was determined by Hu but once more, as he despatched Do Vu packing in third place to take an (unsurprisingly) giant chip lead into the ultimate heads-up showdown for the title.
The chip benefit for Hu was practically 5:1 over Oh when playing cards bought into the air. Oh doubled up as soon as, however not even that gave him sufficient chips to make a powerful problem. The ultimate hand noticed Oh get in with 8
6, and that was behind the Okay
7 of Hu. The ultimate board bricked out, and that gave Hu the match win. Oh was awarded $112,795 for his deep run that led to second place, which nearly doubled his complete profession earnings.
Hu additionally earned 912 Card Participant Participant of the 12 months factors for the win, sufficient to maneuver him inside the highest 400 on this 12 months’s POY race standings introduced by International Poker.
Last Desk Outcomes
Place
Participant
Payout
POY
1
Jinlong Hu
$185,430
912
2
Jun Seok Oh
$112,795
760
3
Do Vu
$79,725
608
4
Thang Truong
$60,040
456
5
David Erquiaga
$47,340
380
6
Hao Wang
$35,530
304
7
Deepankur Gupta
$25,295
228
8
Chuhao Zhang
$17,520
152
9
Ngoc Pham
$13,860
76
Picture Credit score: Asian Poker Tour
