Xuan Liu headed to Montenegro to play in precisely one occasion, the $25,000 WPT International Slam contest that opened the most recent model of the Triton Tremendous Excessive Curler Sequence. It was the primary time she performed in a Triton occasion, and he or she made it rely.
The Canadian professional and WPT International Ambassador made historical past by changing into the primary girl to win a Triton occasion.
“Clearly that is past my wildest desires,” Liu stated after profitable all of the chips.”I do know I actually can’t dangle on a day-to-day foundation (with the seasoned high-rollers), however that is what the fantastic thing about poker is all about — anyone can get fortunate on any given day.”
The $860,000 prize is her largest lifetime match money and her first six-figure money since 2017.
The occasion attracted 99 gamers who rebought a further 56 instances. Three of these gamers have been ladies — and all three cashed. Sosia Jiang completed twentieth, whereas Kristen Foxen — a type of seasoned high-rollers — practically made historical past herself earlier than being knocked-out in fourth for $325,000.
Fellow Canadian Daniel Dvoress was the runner-up ($579,000), whereas David Peters completed third ($398,000). Michael Watson was the fourth Canadian who made the ultimate desk (sixths for $199,000). Foxen was additionally born and raised in Canada.
Liu stated she felt no stress to carry out in the course of the match and believes that gave her a bonus. Right here’s what she stated afterwards:
“I got here solely to play this one occasion, however I informed myself I used to be going to make it actually matter. You realize, on this discipline, there have been three ladies and all three of us cashed, and two of us made the ultimate desk, and I feel it’s simply going to occur increasingly more. I do know so many proficient ladies who’re taking part in small stakes, mid-stakes, and in a couple of years they’re going to be taking part in excessive stakes, and it’s going to be actually thrilling to look at when it occurs.
You realize, I didn’t have the chip lead in any respect on the remaining desk and had an enormous deficit going into heads up, so clearly I ran actually sizzling.
I sort of like the truth that I had the deficit. There was no stress on me. Dan is likely one of the finest on the earth and the onus was on him to win. He had no concept how I play. Clearly I’m not very seasoned in tournaments or heads-up, so I simply acquired to do no matter I wished and it labored out.
This can be a profession spotlight and I don’t know if I can ever high this in poker, to be utterly sincere. I imply, that’s what life in poker is all about. There are at all times going to be setbacks, however typically when one door closes for you, a greater one opens. That’s precisely how this went.”
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