Wai Yong

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Wai Yong
  Personal information  
Year of birth 1991
Place of residence
0 		MacauMacau Macau Hong Kong
Hong KongHong Kong 
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money 0$ 3,154,065
Total prize money $ 10,837,736
World Series of Poker
Bracelets no
Cashes 2
Best main event no cash
  Main event of the European Poker Tour  
title no
Cashes 1
Last updated: January 5, 2020

Wai Kin Yong (* 1991 ) is a Malaysian poker player . He is the son of Richard Yong .

Poker career

Career

Yong has been taking part in renowned live tournaments since 2011 .

At the beginning of October 2013, Yong made the money at the main event of the European Poker Tour in London and finished 44th, worth the equivalent of just under 20,000 US dollars . In mid-June 2014 he was successful for the first time in the main tournament series of the World Series of Poker in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and cashed in a tournament in the No Limit Hold'em variant . In September 2016, Yong won a tournament in the Triton Super High Roller Series founded by his father Richard in Manila and secured a prize money equivalent to just under $ 800,000. At the beginning of November 2016, he also prevailed at the main event of the Triton Series in Parañaque and received the main prize of more than two million dollars. In August 2019, Yong won the main event of the Triton Series in London and secured his highest prize money to date of more than three million dollars after a deal with Paul Phua . He then reached the final table at the Main Event in Short Deck and finished second for the equivalent of more than $ 2.2 million. At the partypoker Live Millions Super High Roller Series in Sochi in March 2020, Yong won the fifth tournament with a prize money of 800,000 US dollars.

In total, Yong has earned more than $ 10.5 million in poker playing live tournaments .

Prize money overview

year Prize money (in $ ) Tournament victories
2011 00.011,769 -
2012 00,000.000 -
2013 00.117,371 -
2014 00.017,793 -
2015 00,000.000 -
2016 02,874,160 2
2017 00.286,512 -
2018 00.308,868 -
2019 06.030.179 1
2020 00.800,000 1
total 10,837,736 4th

Controversy

Yong was arrested along with his father Richard Yong in July 2014 on charges of illegally betting on 2014 World Cup matches .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wai Kin Yong: the young wizard who's bored of poker on calvinayre.com on May 16, 2018, accessed on August 7, 2019.
  2. ↑ a b Paul Phua free, Richard Yong still behind bars on pokerfirma.com July 29, 2014, accessed August 7, 2019.
  3. ↑ a b Wai Yong in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on August 7, 2019.
  4. ↑ EPT - 10 - UKIPT - 4 - London (£ 5,000 + 250 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed August 7, 2019.
  5. ↑ 45th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2014 ($ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em - Six Handed (Event # 32)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed August 7, 2019.
  6. ↑ Triton Charity Poker Tournament (HK $ 490,000 No Limit Hold'em - Super High Roller) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed August 7, 2019.
  7. ↑ Triton Poker Super High Roller Series - Philippines (HK $ 490,000 + 10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed August 7, 2019.
  8. ↑ Triton Poker Super High Roller Series - London (£ 100,000 No Limit Hold'em - Triton London Main Event (Event # 5)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed August 7, 2019.
  9. ↑ Triton Poker Super High Roller Series - London (£ 100,000 No Limit Hold'em - Short Deck Main Event (Event # 7)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed August 9, 2019.
  10. ↑ partypoker Millions Super High Roller ($ 51,000 No Limit Hold'em - Short Deck) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed March 13, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Yong, Wai
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Yong, Wai Kin (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION malaysian poker player
DATE OF BIRTH 1991