The not too long ago accomplished Korea Poker Cup in Jeju had many large winners, however none extra so than Christian Tougher, 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 throughout the luxurious Jeju Shinhwa World. Chon Lung Wong, as we reported earlier this week, took down the KRW 1,240,000 ($850) buy-in Main Event for $141,255, beating out 1,228 entrants.
Tougher, who has $6 million in dwell event cashes, in line with The Hendon Mob, completed 91st within the Foremost Occasion. Nevertheless it was removed from his most spectacular efficiency throughout the collection.
Tougher Takes Down Two (and Nearly Three)
Tougher gained a pair of tournaments throughout 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 discipline 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 acquired $83,650. Kuan Han Lee completed in third place for $44,305. Joseph Cheong, a World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner and third place finisher within the 2010 WSOP Foremost Occasion, was the one different American on the last desk. Cheong was paid $22,715 for fifth place.
Occasion #7 Last Desk Outcomes
Tougher 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 acquired $14,785. 5 of the 9 gamers on the last 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, nevertheless. The participant who earned the most important payday was truly Meng Ling Lin, champion of the $25,000 Single-Day Tremendous Excessive Curler. She acquired $479,300 for beating out 70 crushers in what was an action-packed day of poker.
Tougher’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 finest poker execs on this planet 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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