Wai Kin Yong won one of the biggest first-place prizes of the year over the weekend when he took down the Triton Super High Roller Series HK$500,000 Main Event in Manila, Philippines. The buy-in is roughly $65,000 and Yong banked just under $2.1 million for the win.
Yong is the son of well-known high roller Richard Yong, who has nearly $6 million in cashes himself.
Official Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wai Kin Yong | $2,080,557 |
| 2 | Bryn Kenney | $1,401,694 |
| 3 | Sergio Aido | $848,557 |
| 4 | John Juanda | $584,560 |
| 5 | Winfred Yu | $402,275 |
| 6 | Peter Chan | $301,712 |
| 7 | Wai Chan | $245,145 |
| 8 | David Peters | $213,709 |
| 9 | Arnaud Romain | $207,430 |
The tournament got 44 unique entries, with reentries and add-ons pushing the total prize pool to almost $6.