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World Poker Tour Seonguk Huh won the World Poker Tour Prime centerpiece in Taiwan that was hosted by the WPT and Chinese Texas Hold ’em Poker Association. The poker gamer from South Korea took house his very first WPT Prime title and the leading reward of $197,741, which was without a doubt the biggest money of his poker competition profession. Huh was likewise granted a $10,400 seat in the WPT World Championship in December at Wynn Las Vegas.
The NT$ 33,000 ($1,064 USD) buy-in no-limit hold ’em competition saw a big turnout of 1,359 entries over 3 beginning flights that set a record for the biggest WPT Prime centerpiece field ever. The leading 173 gamers all took house a minimum of $821 in cash prize from the overall reward swimming pool worth $1,237,387 which quickly went beyond the $1 million assurance. Significant gamers gotten rid of along the method to the last table prior to the last day of play consisted of WPT Beijing champ Pete Chen (94th), and previous WPT Prime Cambodia champ David Erquiaga (161st).
There were gamers from 6 various nations amongst the last 9 when cards entered the air at the last table, and Huh was right in the middle of the chip counts when play started. Huh lost no time at all participating the action by securing Guillem Segura in ninth location to begin climbing up the leaderboard.
Huh kept that momentum rolling by taking Feng Wen Chen in 8th location. Huh was at it when again when he busted Dongkyu Kim in 6th location. Huh likewise played a part in securing Jacky Wang in 4th location, and he held about three-fourths of the chips in play by that point. Huh got Seung Hun Ko in 3rd location to take an almost 4:1 chip lead in the last match versus Yannick Leonard.
Huh made fast work of the heads-up last that lasted less than half an hour as he won every face-off pot on his course to success. The last hand saw Leonard get all in with K
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and Huh awakened with A K versus him. The last board checked out K 8 3 A 2 , and Leonard was removed in 2nd location, great for $131,790. It was likewise the biggest competition rating without a doubt for the Frenchman thanks to his deep run in the occasion.
Here is a take a look at the payments and POY points granted at the last table:
| Place | Gamer | Revenues | POY Points |
| 1 | Seonguk Huh | $197,741 | 960 |
| 2 | Yannick Leonard | $131,790 | 800 |
| 3 | Seung Hun Ko | $97,559 | 640 |
| 4 | Jacky Wang | $72,935 | 480 |
| 5 | Tung Wing Wong | $55,069 | 400 |
| 6 | Dongkyu Kim | $41,990 | 320 |
| 7 | Tao Chang | $32,353 | 240 |
| 8 | Feng Wen Chen | $25,147 | 160 |
| 9 | Guillem Segarra | $19,806 | 80 |
The next stop on the WPT Prime schedule will take the trip to the Grand Casino Liechtenstein for a centerpiece in Europe from Sept. 6-11. The entire competition series runs Aug. 30– Sept. 11 and you can see the schedule right here.
