Han Feng has received the 2024 World Series of Poker Circuit Hard Rock Tulsa $1,700 buy-in no-limit maintain’em fundamental occasion. The Houston, Texas resident bested a discipline of 472 entries to safe his first WSOPC gold ring and the highest payout of $144,413.
This was the biggest match rating but for Feng, topping the $119,048 he earned because the runner-up in a $1,100 by-in occasion final summer time in the course of the Venetian DeepStack Championship Poker Series. He now has greater than $439,000 in complete match earnings to his identify.
“It’s hard to explain, I just knew I was gonna win,” Feng told WSOP reporters after locking up the victory. “I willed it into existence in a way. I was down to single-digit blinds multiple times in this tournament, but I got really fortunate in a couple of spots and I spun it a bunch.”
In addition to the cash and the {hardware}, Feng additionally earned 720 Card Player Player of the Year factors for the win. This was his second title and third final-table end of the yr, having additionally taken down a $1,500 buy-in MoneyMaker Poker Tour occasion in his hometown of Houston again in January for $54,100. With 1,096 complete factors, he’s now sitting simply outdoors the highest 75 within the POY standings offered by Global Poker.
The prime 71 finishers made the cash on this occasion, with 5 figures or extra for the highest 12 spots. The ultimate day started with simply eight contenders remaining and Bryce Laymance within the lead.
Ring winner Eric Bunch was the primary to fall (eighth – $16,605), with
Hector Aguilar-Gutierrez following quickly after (seventh – $21,241). Two-time ring winner Schuyler Thornton ran A-6 suited into the A-Q of ring winner Harvey Castro to complete sixth ($27,550).
Three-time World Poker Tour champion, bracelet winner, and four-time ring winner Brian Altman noticed his run come to an finish because of a preflop cooler that pitted his A-Ok in opposition to the pocket kings of Jared Ward. Altman flopped prime two pair, however Ward’s set of kings was greatest. Altman earned $36,227 for his newest deep run. This was Altman’s second WSOPC fundamental occasion ultimate desk of the month, having additionally completed eighth within the large dance at WSOPC Horseshoe Hammond only a week earlier.
Ward additionally eradicated Castro (4th – $48,284), with A-Ok holding in opposition to A-Q. Feng then scored an enormous double up by Ward, with A-10 suited besting pocket kings to see the chip lead change fingers.
Laymance completed in third, dropping the overwhelming majority of his stack when his Ok-J was unable to return from behind in opposition to the A-Ok of Ward. The subsequent hand noticed Ward end off the critically short-stacked Laymance (third – $65,217) to enter heads-up play in a digital tie with Feng.
The lead modified fingers a number of occasions in the course of the ultimate showdown for the title, however finally, Feng pulled forward for a ultimate time when his A-7 made a flush to beat the pocket nines of Ward. The ultimate hand noticed Ward get all-in with 7
3
in opposition to Ok9
for Feng. The board got here down Q
96410 to offer Feng a successful pair of nines. Ward earned $89,255 because the runner-up.
Here is a take a look at the payouts and POY factors awarded on the ultimate desk:
| Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
| 1 | Han Feng | $144,413 | 720 |
| 2 | Jared Ward | $89,255 | 600 |
| 3 | Bryce Laymance | $65,217 | 480 |
| 4 | Harvey Castro | $48,284 | 360 |
| 5 | Brian Altman | $36,227 | 300 |
| 6 | Schuyler Thornton | $27,550 | 240 |
| 7 | Hector Aguilar-Gutierrez | $21,241 | 180 |
| 8 | Eric Bunch | $16,605 | 120 |
| 9 | Travis Riggs | $13,165 | 60 |
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