Hyundong Lee Punches Ticket to Vegas with WPT Prime Taiwan Championship Win

Hyundong Lee is the most recent WPT Prime champion after battling by way of a large area of 1,470 entries to win the 2025 WPT Prime Taiwan Championship. The TWD35,000 (~US$1,025) buy-in flagship occasion generated a prize pool of TWD 45,343,700 (~US$1.51 million), making it one of many largest WPT Prime stops ever held in Asia.

Lee navigated the four-day marathon earlier than surviving dramatic swings on the ultimate desk, the place he finally defeated Ci Hong Ho heads-up to safe the TWD 6,038,460 (~US$212,005) prime prize. His victory additionally comes with a $10,400 entry to the season-ending WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas, the place he’ll have the possibility to compete on one in all poker’s largest phases.

WPT Prime Taiwan Championship Remaining Desk Outcomes

*Contains $10,400 WPT World Championship Seat

Remaining Day Motion

Following the ultimate desk eliminations of Seungmin Yu and Wangkei Lau late on Day 3, simply six gamers returned for the ultimate day of motion.

Hyundong Lee started with a commanding 65 huge blinds, forward of Ting Wei Li on 40 huge blinds. Nevertheless it was Man Woo Park who surged early, doubling by way of Lee when his queens held towards tens to scoop an 82 huge blind pot.

Pak Kwan “Justin” Chan entered because the brief stack with 23 huge blinds and managed to ladder up when Youngjong Lee fell first. Each Li and Y. Lee flopped journey kings, however Li’s ace kicker held to ship Y. Lee to the rail.

On the first break, Ci Hong Ho led the way in which with Li shut behind. Park was in the midst of the pack, whereas Lee and Chan had been brief with underneath 15 huge blinds. Chan doubled by way of Ho however couldn’t grasp on—his ace-queen misplaced to Lee’s ace-king, and Ho cleaned up the remainder of his stack quickly after.

Park exited on the forty fifth hand of the day when Ho flopped a set of nines towards his ace-jack, including one other elimination to Ho’s tally. Three-handed play noticed Lee storm again, doubling by way of Li twice earlier than spiking a three-outer to knock him out and arrange the heads-up battle.

Ho gained the early edge after doubling with a flopped flush, however Lee rapidly reclaimed management, stringing collectively a sequence of pots.

The match ended when the chips went in on a 6♥4♠3♠ flop. Ho held J♦5♦ for an open-ender, whereas Lee’s Okay♠10♠ had a flush draw. The A♠ on the flip sealed it for Lee, who pocketed $212,005 and a seat to the season-ending WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas.

Reporting and pictures courtesy of The World Poker Tour

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