On March 26th, Beijing time, Chinese player Tony “Ren” Lin beat 105 players to stand out from the PGT USA Station #2 Hold’em Championship and won his first PokerGO series championship title, winning the fourth highest in his career Reward 23.1W knife!
After the game, Tony said excitedly. “This is the first time in my career to win a game here, and it feels really great!” He also said modestly, “I am not the best player among them, but I am very lucky, and I will continue to participate in the next games , trying to get more good results in the PGT and WSOP Online Spring Tour-Main Event”
As of March 26, 2023, Tony has reached the final table 8 times out of all 16 tournaments he has participated in this year. He is the real light of GG Team China!
In addition, relying on this victory, he has secured the throne of the 2023 GPI Player of the Year. Moreover, Tony’s total live rewards in professional tournaments also rose to US$427W.
All of this is due to the fact that he entered the final table very strongly in the three games he participated in within 7 days. These three games, in addition to the finals on the 26th, also included the 2023 PGT #8 25K Omaha event Finished 2nd, ($352,750) and 7th in PGT America’s #1 Texas Hold’em Opening Day ($52,500).
The most critical hand before the final. At this time, there are only four players left on the field. Nate Silver’s 4.22M yardage is the CL on the field. He used 8♣7♣ on the BTN to raise to 250,000. Tony had the second highest chip size of 4.17M and called from the small blind with 6♣9♥.
The flop is 8♥10♦Q♣. Then the turn card was a 7♦, which was very lucky for Tony to hit a straight. After pretending to think, he chose to go all-in decisively, and his opponent called.
In the end, an insignificant 4♦ fell on the river. It was this hand that put Silver on the brink of elimination, and Tony gained a huge chip advantage, laying the foundation for the final victory.
Coming to the final heads-up, Tony joined forces with Nacho Barbero, the number one player in Argentina’s history and the WSOP gold bracelet master. Before the flop, Nacho Barbero was at a disadvantage with only 1.6M in chips. He pushed all-in with K♠7♠, against Tony with 11.2M in chips and A♠5♦. The community card was 2♣3♣5♣9♥A♣, and Tony was grinning from ear to ear, winning the PGT US #2 Hold’em Championship.
Post time: Mar-31-2023