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Wai Kin Yong is a poker player from Malaysia that has made a name for himself on the high roller scene over the last few years. Yong is also the son to Malaysian business man and poker player, Richard Yong. In 2019 Yong took down the £100,000 Triton Main Event in London for over $3.1 million, a career best. Along with several other Triton victories, Yong most recently took down a $50K Short Deck event at the partypoker MILLIONS series in Sochi, March of 2020.
The trophy and $800,000 first prize in Event #5: $50,000 Short Deck went to Wai Kin Yong today, after a heads up battle that truly deserves the name against the player many consider the GOAT, Phil Ivey. Making his first final table at the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Super High Roller Series Sochi, Yong may have…
The Triton Super High Roller Series is now more than a week into our rearview mirror but its ramifications on the Power Rankings are still very noticeable. Bryn Kenney remains up top, as he should, while the new names on the list come from one of two places: The Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open and…
Recording the biggest win of his career, Orpen Kisacikoglu from Turkey took down the partypoker LIVE Millions Europe Triton Super High Roller for €1,040,000 live on PokerGO. Kisacikoglu beat out a field of 32 entries to notch up the first seven-figure score of his poker career, eclipsing his previous personal best nearly fivefold. partypoker LIVE Millions…
After a stunning three days of action at London’s Park Lane, Wai Kin Yong triumphed over Paul Phua heads-up to win the Triton London £100,000 Main Event. RECORD TRITON FIELD CREATES FIVE MILLIONAIRES With a massive 130 players stumping up the six-figure £100,000 buy-in, five players would add seven-figures to their resume in the exclusive…
With the Triton Helping Hand for Charity No Limit Hold’em event about to kick off at the London Hilton on Park Lane in the exquisite venue of the Grand Ballroom on Thursday, the record-breaking £1,050,000 buy-in at London’s epicentre of opulence will feature some of the biggest names in poker, as well as some of…
