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
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)
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 
against Boivin’s 
. 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)
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)
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)
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)
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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