He’s sat on top of the Global Poker Index leaderboard for 22 weeks, and this victory all but ensures he’ll be named the 2023 GPI Player of the Year a minute after the clock clicks into 2024. With an additional 10 more final tables as part of his 50 in-the-money finishes, Weng is a huge favorite to win just about all the poker Player of the Year prizes.
In between, he won two more WPT titles ($3,500 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown for $1,128,250 and the $10,500 Everyone for One Drop for his lifetime-best for $2,227,054), a WSOP Circuit ring ($1,700 Main Event in Las Vegas in February for $227,344), and the $1,600 Mystery Bounty event at The Wynn Fall Classic for another $147,078. What’s scarier than one Bin Weng? How about an entire row of him? (Image: Bob Pajich)
The 40 year-old pro from Philadelphia started 2023 with his first $1 million cash at the Borgata’s $5,300 buy-in The Return, and he finishes it by adding another $958,279 to his booty by winning the $25,000 World Poker Tour World Championship High Roller event yesterday.
