WPT Korea 2024: Belgium’s Thomas Boivin wins WPT High Roller for KRW 218,520,000 (~USD 162K); Yu Lei, Li Valery, Xu Jieming, and Li Jidong bag last few trophies

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04/03/2024

WPT Korea 2024 wrapped up with the last five trophy events awarded

The final day of WPT Korea 2024 at Landing Casino, Jeju Shinhwa World, South Korea, wrapped up with the last five trophy events playing down to a winner. Belgium’s Thomas Boivin clinched the concluding victory at the WPT High Roller event, taking with him a notable KRW 218,520,000 (~USD 162,530) top prize to turn his season run around. Uzbekistan’s Li Valery, China’s Xu Jieming and Li Jidong likewise bagged side event wins, along with Yu Lei to become the festival’s first multi event champion. Check out these highlights below.

WPT Korea 2024 – Festival Results
WPT Korea 2024 – Player Guide

Belgium’s Thomas Boivin wins WPT High Roller – KRW 218,520,000 (~USD 162,530)

Belgium’s Thomas Boivin wins WPT Korea 2024 High Roller
Thomas Boivin

Day 2 of the WPT High Roller played through today, April 3rd with 16 runners bagging a stack from the previous qualifying round. With registration open for one more level, it took only two hours of play before the final table was formed with Belgium’s Thomas Boivin holding down the lead. The small 33-entry field deemed only five runners banking a share of the KR₩ 582,120,000 (~USD 432,970) pot with all eyes set on the KRW 218,520,000 (~USD 162,530) top prize.

China’s Tang Tianyuan exited as the money bubble, having ran his last 15 big blinds in right into fellow countryman Zhou Quan’s pocket kings. With all remaining players guaranteed to bank a profit, USA’s Daniel Lee followed just ten minutes later, having stacked off with AcKd against Boivin’s KhKs. Four-handed play lasted four more hours before Zhou lost a flip to Boivin once more to knock him out of the running. Keeping the positive momentum, Boivin continued to deliver the last two eliminations to eventually secure the victory and land the win after just twelve hands of heads up play against USA’s Stanley Weng. Boivin takes with him the lion’s share, the WPT Korea trophy, as well as a WPT High Roller Ring for his impressive performance.

Date/s: April 2-3, 2024
Buy-in: KR₩ 20,000,000 (~USD 14,875)
Prize pool: KR₩ 582,120,000 (~USD 432,970)
Entries: 33 (26 unique)
ITM: 5 players

Event #16: WPT High Roller Full Payouts

Rank Last Name First Name Flag Prize (KRW)
1 BOIVIN THOMAS Belgium 218,520,000
2 WENG STANLEY MANFRED United States 145,600,000
3 NODA HIROYUKI Japan 97,100,000
4 ZHOU QUAN China 68,800,000
5 LEE DANIEL HYONGIN United States 52,100,000

China’s Yu Lei ships MegaStack Closer – KRW 8,634,000 (~USD 6,420)

China’s Yu Lei ships WPT Korea 2024 MegaStack Closer
Yu Lei

Having already secured a WPT Korea win in this season’s games, Yu Lei followed his victory in Event #4: Single Day High Roller with another triumph at Event #20: MegaStack Closer. Yu outlasted the 31-entry field and bagged the KRW 8,634,000 (~USD 6,420) top payout to bring his total to KRW 195,984,000 (~USD 145,770) in festival cashes. A remarkable run, Yu stands to be the series’ sole multi event winner, having bagged both wins across his two final table appearances.

Date/s: April 3, 2024
Buy-in: KR₩ 850,000 (~USD 630)
Prize pool: KR₩ 23,004,000 (~USD 17,100)
Entries: 31 (28 unique)
ITM: 5 players

Event #20: MegaStack Closer Full Payouts

Rank Last Name First Name Flag Prize (KRW)
1 YU LEI China 8,634,000
2 HUH SAMUEL United States 5,755,000
3 CAI JIANTING China 3,835,000
4 AHN ERIC United States 2,720,000
5 CHENG GUAN-LUN China 2,060,000

Uzbekistan’s Li Valery bags SuperStack Classic NLH title – KRW 17,750,000 (~USD 13,200)

Uzbekistan’s Li Valery bags WPT Korea 2024 SuperStack Classic NLH title
Li Valery

Date/s: April 2-3, 2024
Buy-in: KR₩ 850,000 (~USD 630)
Prize pool: KR₩ 57,880,000 (~USD 43,050)
Entries: 78 (63 unique)
ITM: 10 players

Event #17: SuperStack Classic NLH Final Table Results

Rank Last Name First Name Flag Prize (KRW)
1 LI VALERY ANATOLEVICH Uzbekistan 17,750,000
2 SUN YUNHAO China 11,820,000
3 RUAN JIAYU China 7,880,000
4 KURAMOTO YOSHINORI Japan 5,480,000
5 ZHANG XIAOCHUAN China 3,980,000
6 SEI ALEKSEI Russia 3,020,000
7 CHEN WEN WEN China 2,400,000
8 CONGYA ZHANG China 2,010,000
9 HASEGAWA RYOH Japan 1,770,000
10 HU YU TANG Taiwan 1,770,000

China’s Xu Jieming takes down WPT SuperStack Closer – KRW 5,184,000 (~USD 3,850)

China’s Xu Jieming takes down WPT Korea 2024 SuperStack Closer
Xu Jieming

Date/s: April 3, 2024
Buy-in: KR₩ 600,000 (~USD 440)
Prize pool: KR₩ 11,524,000 (~USD 8,570)
Entries: 22 (17 unique)
ITM: 4 players

Event #21: WPT SuperStack Closer Full Payouts

Rank Last Name First Name Flag Prize (KRW)
1 XU JIEMING China 5,184,000
2 LIU TIANYOU China 2,880,000
3 YUJI KAWATA Japan 2,075,000
4 HASEGAWA RYOH Japan 1,385,000

China’s Li Jidong wins final Hyper Turbo NLH – KRW 3,266,000 (~USD 2,420)

China’s Li Jidong wins final WPT Korea 2024 Hyper Turbo NLH
Li Jidong

Date/s: April 3, 2024
Buy-in: KR₩ 400,000 (~USD 300)
Prize pool: KR₩ 5,937,000 (~USD 4,410)
Entries: 17 (15 unique)
ITM: 3 players

Event #22: Hyper Turbo NLH Full Payouts

Rank Last Name First Name Flag Prize (KRW)
1 LI JIDONG China 3,266,000
2 ZHOU YIPAI China 1,781,000
3 SUGAI HIROKI Japan 890,000

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