The not too long ago accomplished Korea Poker Cup in Jeju had many large winners, however none extra so than Christian More durable, who took down a number of occasions, and almost gained a 3rd.
The collection ran April 6-13 contained in the Touchdown On line casino inside the luxurious Jeju Shinhwa World. Chon Lung Wong, as we reported earlier this week, took down the KRW 1,240,000 ($850) buy-in Predominant Occasion for $141,255, beating out 1,228 entrants.
More durable, who has $6 million in stay match cashes, in keeping with The Hendon Mob, completed 91st within the Predominant Occasion. But it surely was removed from his most spectacular efficiency in the course of the collection.
More durable Takes Down Two (and Nearly Three)
More durable gained a pair of tournaments in the course of the week-long collection in South Korea. The primary win got here in Occasion #7: KRW 5,000,000 Excessive Curler (roughly $3,500). He confronted a area of 95 gamers, none of whom had been a match for the American poker star.
The champion gained $80,250 in a chop settlement with runner-up Yuhang Chen, who obtained $83,650. Kuan Han Lee completed in third place for $44,305. Joseph Cheong, a World Collection of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner and third place finisher within the 2010 WSOP Predominant Occasion, was the one different American on the ultimate desk. Cheong was paid $22,715 for fifth place.
Occasion #7 Ultimate Desk Outcomes
More durable did not cease there. He closed out the collection by successful Occasion #25: KRW 1,000,000 Mega Stack Nearer for $22,235. He beat Po Sen Weng heads-up for the title. The runner-up from Taiwan obtained $14,785. 5 of the 9 gamers on the ultimate desk are from China. The prize pool of $92,145 included 150 entrants, 21 of which had been paid.
The 2-event champ wasn’t the one large winner in Jeju, nonetheless. The participant who earned the most important payday was really Meng Ling Lin, champion of the $25,000 Single-Day Tremendous Excessive Curler. She obtained $479,300 for beating out 70 crushers in what was an action-packed day of poker.
More durable’s largest payday of the collection got here on this occasion as he completed runner-up for $320,000. He was the star of the collection by a large margin. The Tremendous Excessive Curler featured a few of the greatest poker execs on the earth and a few large names completed within the cash, together with Paul Phua (fifth place for $112,000) and Wiktor Malinowski (ninth place for $50,000).
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