Yita Choong
Sydney,
Last Result
| Date | Country | Place | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 2024 |
No Limit Hold'em - BILLIONAIRE CLUB CHALLENGE (4 BILLION GTD)Da Nang |
15 | $483,900,000 |
Profile
Hailing from Sydney, Australia, player Yita Choong locked up two wins at the 2024 USOP Taiwan. Choong emerged as champion of the Mini High Roller earning himself a payout of NTD 412,200 (~USD 13,000) then later placed first in the High Roller Megastack, taking home a prize pot of NTD 2,436,300 (~USD 77,160).
In Previous Years
Choong was previously crowned the 2022 GPI Australian Player of the Year, who, at the time, rose to prominence after reaching the final table at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Millionaire Maker. 2022 was a stellar year for the player, with him finishing in 45th place in the $10,700 buy-in WSOP Main Event—the best result for Australia then.
Choong’s 2023 WSOP run was just as impressive, finishing 3rd in the Bumper Freezeout Field and placing 57th overall in a pool of over 3,000. Perhaps in his most ambitious stint in 2023, Choong banked the APT National Poker Championships’ No-Limit Hold’em TLPT 25K Challenge for A$ 383,510 (~USD 242,290)
In his most recent stints, Choong closed off the 2023 poker season in 19th place at Asian Poker Festival (APF) Hanoi’s No-Limit Hold’em event and 2nd place at USOP Da Nang’s Super High Roller event.
Tricia David
Tricia David has long experience as a recreational poker player and has been covering poker events since 2010 for numerous outfits in Asia. She spent one year working part time with Poker Portal Asia then became editor and lead writer for all event coverage of the Philippine Poker Tour (PPT). Under the PPT, she overlooked content for their website, and produced live updates on all their events. In addition, she served as the live and online events website content writer for the Asian Poker Tour. Currently, she does live events reporting in Asia for online news site Somuchpoker and is also one of their news contributors.
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Data source: Global Poker Index