Another record breaking World Poker Tour event


The WPT Prime Championship in Taiwan has smashed a number of attendance records this week with a field of 1,666.

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Jereld Sam

Record breaking live poker shows no sign of stopping after the WSOP as another major milestone has been broken. Just a few weeks after the biggest field outside Las Vegas, we have seen the biggest WPT Prime Championship outside of Vegas. 

The WPT Prime Championship in Taiwan attracted 1,666 entries, making it the biggest event ever held in Taiwan and also the biggest Prime Championship outside of Las Vegas. 

The eventual champion was Jereld Sam who took it down when he defeated Kosei Oguri heads-up. He pocketed TWD 8,065,000 ($250,699) and a seat in the WPT World Championship for his efforts. 

Next up for the World Poker Tour is the WPT Prime Championship in Cyprus starting on Thursday.

Position Name Amount (TWD) Amount (USD)
1st Jereld Sam TWD 8,065,000* $250,699*
2nd Kosei Oguri TWD 5,390,000 $167,547
3rd Ka Shun Tsang TWD 3,995,000 $124,184
4th Jun Li TWD 2,990,000 $92,944
5th Yuya Arito TWD 2,260,000 $70,252
6th Junya Yamaguchi TWD 1,720,000 $53,466
7th Tomoyuki Yoshimiya TWD 1,325,000 $41,187
8th Wei Chun Cheng TWD 1,029,500 $32,002
9th Paul Hong TWD 810,000 $25,179

* The winner also receives the $10,400 seat into the season-ending WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas on top of his cash prize.


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