{"id":34386,"date":"2023-12-19T21:16:18","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T21:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cardschat.com\/?p=34386"},"modified":"2023-12-19T21:18:08","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T21:18:08","slug":"bin-weng-gift-wraps-a-wonderful-2023-with-third-world-poker-tour-victory-of-his-break-out-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.casino.us\/bin-weng-gift-wraps-a-wonderful-2023-with-third-world-poker-tour-victory-of-his-break-out-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Bin Weng Gift Wraps a Wonderful 2023 with Third World Poker Tour Victory of His Break-Out Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Simply put, 2023 is Bin Weng’s year. The 40 year-old pro from Philadelphia started 2023 with his first $1 million cash at the Borgata’s $5,300 buy-in The Return, and he finishes it by adding another $958,279 to his booty by winning the $25,000 World Poker Tour World Championship High Roller event yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What’s scarier than one Bin Weng? How about an entire row of him? (Image: Bob Pajich)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In between, he won two more WPT titles ($3,500 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown <\/a>for $1,128,250 and the $10,500 Everyone for One Drop<\/a> for his lifetime-best for $2,227,054), a WSOP Circuit ring ($1,700 Main Event in Las Vegas in February for $227,344), and the $1,600 Mystery Bounty event at The Wynn Fall Classic for another $147,078. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With an additional 10 more final tables as part of his 50 in-the-money finishes, Weng is a huge favorite to win just about all the poker Player of the Year prizes. He’s sat on top of the Global Poker Index leaderboard for 22 weeks<\/a>, and this victory all but ensures he’ll be named the 2023 GPI Player of the Year<\/a> a minute after the clock clicks into 2024. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weng won $6.6 million in 2023, after starting the year with a little over $1 million in lifetime tournament cashes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weng and Boivin flip for it<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The $25,000 World Poker Tour World Championship High Roller event attracted 194 entrants. When the dust settled, Weng and Thomas Boivin were the last two players left, so they made a deal to split the remaining money and flip for the title. It’s no shock with the way Weng has been running that he won.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The final nine were another who’s-who of poker who are well-known on the high roller and WSOP circuits. They had 10 bracelets between them. Weng doesn’t have one — yet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top nine of $25,000 World Poker Tour World Championship High Roller event<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n