Few poker players get to play like Bin Weng in 2023.
The Chinese poker professional of the year started by winning return championship At Borgata for $1 million, then he’s on WSOP Circuit Loop in Las Vegas with another $227,344. Then in May, he finally set two events at The Lodge for another six figures, before finally putting two events back-to-back. World Poker Tour main events.
Wong would eventually finish fourth in the WPT Choctaw Main event for $143,000, winning by B.J WPT Hard Rock Poker Showdownand had the best performance at the time with $1,128,250.
The New York resident saved his best performance for the month of July, however, and dominated the opening WPT Everyone for one drop The main event is at Wynn, banking $2,227,054 and 2nd WPT Title.
“I’ll be honest with you, I didn’t sleep well last night because I was so excited,” Wing said after the win. “I don’t know what to say right now. I mean, I’m really, really happy for sure, and I’m really grateful right now to be this far in such a short amount of time.”
The $10,000 buy-in tournament drew a whopping field of 1,676 entries, with 210 players finally making the money and earning the minimum payout of $17,200.
Notables who made a deep run include Elliot Huddon (66), Noah Schwartz (65), Matt Gianetti (60), Adrian Matthews (57), Stephen Song (39), Bryce Yuki (32), Paul Volpe (22), Ankush Mandavia (21st), Darren Elias (19th), Stephen Chidwick (16th), Calvin Anderson (10th), Kenny Hallaert (9th), Tom Cannuli (6th), Dominik Nitsche (5th), and Frederick Heller (4th).
A portion of each course’s subscription is donated to the One Drop Foundation, a cause that helps provide sustainable, safe water to communities around the world.
“We are thrilled to raise over $300,000 for the One Drop Foundation and its noble mission. We take this as a sign of good things to come in our charitable endeavors together.” WPT CEO Adam Pliska. “Thank you to the Wynn Las Vegas team for putting on such a great event, and to the players who make a difference in people’s lives.”
Wing struck a deal with three titles based on how many chips you raked up some cash and left $400,000 to play for, with Russia’s Niko Kopp ultimately finishing in third place for $1,872,438 and Florida’s Scott Baumstein in second place for $1,503,988. dollars.
With three final tables and two victories this season, it would be a miracle for anyone to catch Weng in WPT Player of the Year race, as he already had a huge lead at the start with participation in the event.
The win was also worth 2700 card player Player of the Year points. As a result, Weng made a huge jump to the top of the ranking, overtaking former leader Isaac Haxton by almost 1,600 points in the Global Poker-sponsored race.
Weng has now raised nearly $5 million in POY– cashed in qualifying this year alone, bringing his career earnings to $7 million.
Final table results
| place | player | will be spent | POY |
| 1 | Ben Wong | $2,227,054 | 2700 |
| 2 | Scott Baumstein | $1,503,988 | 2,250 |
| 3 | Nico Cobb | $1,872,438 | 1800 |
| 4 | Frederick Heller | $956,000 | 1,350 |
| 5 | Dominic Nietzsche | $700,100 | 1,125 |
| 6 | Tom Cannoli | $524,500 | 900 |
| 7 | Marco Groetsch | $412,900 | 675 |
| 8 | Frank Macchie | $326,300 | 450 |
| 9 | Kenny Hallart | $257,600 | 225 |
the WPT He will return to Wynn Las Vegas in December for the season-ending tournament.
