Hong Kong's Horace Leung Crowned Players Series High Roller Champion
After an almost 15 hour day, Horace Leung came out on top hoisting the Players Series High Roller trophy accompanied by a 7-figure payday for NTD1,001,000 (~$30,830).
Player Series High Roller Event Review
Date: December 17 and 18, 2024
Buy in: NTD 33,000 (~USD 1,045)
Guarantee: NTD 3,000,000 (~USD 92,270)
Entries: 135
Prize pool: NTD 3,849,200 (~USD 118,540)
ITM: 20 players
Road To Victory
The day began rather quiet for Horace Leung, not getting tangled into too many pots, picking his spots carefully and reaching the final table as 4th in chips.
"My strategy was to stay alive and not gamble too much. Playing more safely was key to winning."
His incredible run to the trophy started on hand 27 of the final table - littered with bad beats for and against nearly every player at some point - when he extracted 23 big blinds from Kristof Segers with {qd}{qc} against {ks}{js} on the board K♦Q♠7♠10♦7♥ that put him in the shared lead with Yoda Lin at the time. He continued to chip up and got another major boost with K♠Q♣ against Daniel Yang's Q♦10♥ on a dream board Q♠4♠8♣7♠Q♥ that saw him capture 42% of chips in play with 5 players remaining.
From then on Leung was unstoppable, eliminating Daniel Yang in 4th with a flush, Segers in 3rd with {ad}10♦ against Q♠Q♥ finding an ace from space on the river and putting the cherry on top eliminating Chee Chen for the title with Queen-Seven lucking out against King-Queen, hitting a seven on the turn.
"I'm very happy and feel very lucky today. I can keep running hot until the very end and continue playing well."
Final Table Payouts
Place | Player | Flag | Payout in NTD |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Horace Leung | Hong Kong | 1,001,000 |
2 | Chee Chen | Malaysia | 652,000 |
3 | Kristof Segers | Belgium | 382,000 |
4 | Daniel Yang | Taiwan | 239,000 |
5 | Yoda Lin | Taiwan | 186,000 |
6 | Gerald Foo | Singapore | 159,000 |
7 | Yeh Hung Wei | Taiwan | 139,500 |
8 | Yu Che Liu | Taiwan | 122,500 |
9 | Tang Ngong | Hong Kong | 107,500 |
Honorable Mentions
Gerald Foo, Kristof Segers and Daniel Yang shared another final table just three days after finishing 5th, 4th and 1st at Event #1 Warm Up Mystery Bounty placing 6th, 3rd and 4th today filling their war chests even more and last but not least, runner-up Chee Chen who started the Day as chip leader banking his biggest live cash of $20,080 after a marathon day of almost 15 hours.
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