Richard Yong

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Richard Yong
  Personal information  
Date of birth December 25, 1957
Place of residence
0 		MalaysiaMalaysia Kuala Lumpur Macau
MacauMacau 
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money 0$ 2,130,848
Total prize money $ 14,233,857
World Series of Poker
Bracelets no
Cashes 3
Best main event no cash
Last updated: March 16, 2020

Richard Yong (born December 25, 1957 ; actually Seng Chen Yong ) is a Malaysian businessman and poker player .

Poker career

Career

Yong only plays in super expensive poker tournaments . He is the founder of the Triton Super High Roller Series poker tournament series , which is played around three times a year and for which the buy-ins are the equivalent of at least 25,000 US dollars .

Yong played the World Series of Poker's Big One for One Drop in 2012 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas for a $ 1 million buy-in. There he reached the final table and for his eighth place received prize money of around 1.25 million US dollars. In late September 2012, Yong finished second in the Aspers 100K High Roller in London for £ 570,000 . At the World Series of Poker Europe 2012 in Cannes he played the Majestic Roller and landed in third place for 400,000 euros . In mid-April 2013, Yong finished second behind Joseph Cheong at the Manila Millions in the Philippines for the equivalent of just under 850,000 US dollars. At the end of April 2014, Yong finished fourth at the super high roller event of the European Poker Tour in Monte-Carlo for 637,000 euros. At the Aussie Millions Poker Championship in late January 2015, he won the A $ 100,000 Challenge with a prize of just under two million Australian dollars . In July 2017, Yong took second place behind Manig Löser at the main event of the Triton Super High Roller Series in Budva, Montenegro, and received prize money equivalent to almost 1.5 million US dollars. At the same place, Yong won the Six Max of the Triton Series in mid-May 2018 for the equivalent of almost 400,000 dollars. End of July 2018, he finished in a million Hong Kong dollars expensive short deck Ante-Only Series in South Korean Jeju third place and was awarded the equivalent of nearly 1.2 million US dollars. Two days later he also finished third in the same place in the twice as expensive main event of the series and received his highest prize money to date of the equivalent of more than two million US dollars. In mid-November 2019, Yong won a $ 50,000 tournament at the partypoker Millions World Bahamas and secured a prize of $ 850,000.

In total, Yong has earned almost 14.5 million US dollars with poker in live tournaments , making him the second most successful Malaysian poker player after Paul Phua .

Prize money overview

year Prize money (in $ ) Tournament victories
2012 02,683,332 -
2013 00.931.822 -
2014 00.881.199 -
2015 01,477,560 1
2016 00,000.000 -
2017 01,509,706 -
2018 03,865,074 1
2019 02,405,165 1
2020 00.480,000 -
total 14,233,857 3

Controversy

Yong and his son Wai Yong were arrested in July 2014 for illegally betting on 2014 World Cup matches .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Deconstructing the Macau High-Stakes Cash Games on pokernews.com from October 25, 2012, accessed on August 24, 2017.
  2. ↑ Richard Yong defeats Steve O'Dwyer at the Triton Super High Roller 6-Max Event in Montenegro on hochgepokert.com on May 15, 2018, accessed on August 1, 2018.
  3. ↑ 43rd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2012 ($ 1,000,000 The Big One for One Drop (Event # 55)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed August 24, 2017.
  4. ↑ Aspers 100K High Roller (£ 100,000 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed August 24, 2017.
  5. ↑ 2012 World Series of Poker - Europe (€ 50,000 + 1,000 No Limit Hold'em - Majestic Roller - Re-Entry) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on August 24, 2017.
  6. ↑ APT - Philippines (HK $ 1,000,000 Manila Millions) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed August 24, 2017.
  7. ↑ EPT - 10 - FPS - 4 - Grand Final (€ 98,000 + 2,000 No Limit Hold'em - Super High Roller) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on August 24, 2017.
  8. ↑ 2015 Aussie Millions Poker Championship (A $ 98,000 + 2,000 # 11 No Limit Holdem Challenge) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed August 24, 2017.
  9. ↑ Triton Super High Roller Series 2017 (HK $ 960,000 + 40,000 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on August 24, 2017.
  10. ↑ Triton Super High Roller Series - Montenegro (HK $ 250,000 No Limit Hold'em - Six-Max) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 15, 2018 (English).
  11. ↑ Triton Poker Super High Roller Series - Jeju (HK $ 1,000,000 No Limit Hold'em - Short Deck Ante-Only 1M HKD) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 30, 2018.
  12. ↑ Triton Poker Super High Roller Series - Jeju (HK $ 2,000,000 No Limit Hold'em - Triton Poker Super High Roller Series Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed August 1, 2018.
  13. ↑ partypoker Millions World Bahamas ($ 50,000 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed November 22, 2019.
  14. ↑ Richard Yong in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed August 24, 2017.
  15. ↑ Paul Phua Free, Richard Yong Remains Behind Bars on pokerfirma.com July 29, 2014, accessed August 24, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Yong, Richard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Yong, Seng Chen (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION malaysian businessman and poker player
DATE OF BIRTH December 25, 1957