Christian Harder Wins Two Korea Poker Cup Series Events (and Almost a Third)

The not too long ago accomplished Korea Poker Cup in Jeju had many huge winners, however none extra so than Christian Tougher, who took down a number of occasions, and practically received 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 stay event cashes, in accordance with The Hendon Mob, completed 91st within the Principal Occasion. But it surely was removed from his most spectacular efficiency in the course of the collection.

Tougher Takes Down Two (and Nearly Three)

Tougher received 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 subject of 95 gamers, none of whom have been a match for the American poker star.

The champion received $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 Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner and third place finisher within the 2010 WSOP Principal Occasion, was the one different American on the last desk. Cheong was paid $22,715 for fifth place.

Occasion #7 Ultimate 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 obtained $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 have been paid.

The 2-event champ wasn’t the one huge winner in Jeju, nonetheless. The participant who earned the biggest 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.

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 number of the finest poker execs on the earth and a few huge 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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