Dong Meng Wins WSOP Tournament of Champions

After three days of poker on the Commerce On line casino in Los Angeles, Dong Meng turned the primary World Collection of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner of the summer season as he took down the Event of Champions for $200,000 and his second bracelet.

The $1 million freeroll occasion was open to bracelet and Circuit ring winners from the 2023-24 season. There have been 559 bracelet winners across the nation who made the trek to Commerce and eight survived for the streamed remaining desk on Day 3.

Meng, who received final 12 months’s $1,000 Flip & Go for $160,490 after defeating heads-up opponent Wesley Fei, had one other profitable heads-up battle as he bested WSOPC Grand Victoria Seniors Occasion winner Kevin Will.

“It means lots,” he stated in a winner’s interview. “Having two bracelets, particularly no-limit bracelets in a consecutive 12 months I feel is superb. I am not knowledgeable participant, I am an newbie.”

Others on the remaining desk included two-time ring winner Rick Gebhart (4th – $63,000), on-line bracelet winner Cody Bell (fifth – $46,000) and Houston firefighter and bracelet winner Scott Dulaney (seventh – $26,000).

Learn About Day 2 of the Event of Champions

WSOP Event of Champions Last Desk Outcomes

After the post-stream eliminations of Albert Gorelik and John West on the finish of Day 2, eight gamers returned for Day 3 with all eight gamers searching for a career-best money of $200,000.

Alan Merdita was the primary to go on the remaining desk as he ran pocket kings into the slow-played pocket aces of Bell. Dulaney was subsequent out in seventh place for $26,000 as his prime pair was out-kicked by Meng.

Following the eliminations of Bell and Brazil’s Ramon Kropmanns and, Gebhart fell in fourth place for $63,000 earlier than Nathan Wasson ran pocket deuces into the queens of Meng to exit in third place for $87,000.

The elimination gave Meng a dominant chip lead over Will, who managed to double earlier than a deadly blow the place he jammed king-five and bumped into Meng’s ace-queen.

Whereas many gamers had been upset in regards to the Event of Champions being held away from the World Collection, Meng stated he loved the expertise.

“I would just say I actually get pleasure from taking part in at Commerce, I feel you guys have first-class workers and sellers and the entire expertise has been superb.”

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