Final table of Event #55: $ 10,000 Horse Championship Was full of notable names and completed sports stars mixed with total 21 World series of poker Bracelet between the last eight contenders. As played in the tournament Paris and Horsasho Las VegasThe fight came down to a pair of players in search of its first.

Both came close in the past, but finally it was time Christopher tong To take down this prestigious championship. Michigan Native and Current Dallas, Texas resident outstand Maximilian shindleer Head-up play to win the field of 207 entries Earn the top prize of and $ 452,689,

“I am a super than in life,” Tong told Pokarnevs After victory. “But I had eight, nine months ago like a family tragedy, and sincerely it messed me up for a while. I like a lot, a lot, a lot has learned, actually special people have come more in my life from that situation and it is like crazy.”

Emotions were thrown out of the tongue as they called their family after the last hand, even holding their screen to include family members in their winning photos.

“By calling my parents, who have always been for me and have really helped me during the last nine months, and then my children. That’s what I do everything, I have two motivations in life, so it was incredible.”

Event #55: $ 10,000 Horse Championship Final Table Results

WSOP Inspiration

Jeet comes after a pair of close calls in Las Vegas, including a runner-up Finnish in the 2013 World Series of Poker Event #5: $ 2,500 Omaha/Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low 8-or BetterAnother deep recently came, finished fifth in 2023 Event #43: $ 50,000 Poker Players Championship,

Tong has been playing poker with his family since the age of five, and accepts the time for his first WSOP victory, just feels right.

“When I was too young, I was dying for a bracelet. Then I just wanted to play big cash games. I wanted to earn money. I wanted to do business, and wanted to take care of my family. But I have definitely changed my opinion recently, in fact.”

Another point of inspiration came in this summer, after the series from Tong home. “I saw a friend winning one and what did it mean to him and his family, Philip sternhimeimerAnd I partially flew here to compete only in the tournament because I saw him winning one. I wanted to compete and I wanted to win one, and now I want to win more, honestly. ,

Final table action

Freezeout event attracted 207 players, made an award pool $ 1,925,100 Pokers climbed the leaderboard as some top names in the world. During the final table, Tong was strongly under control, and there was a new opportunity to play against the choice of Scott saver, Brad Ruben, Jason Merceer, Marco JohnsonAnd Alex Livingston,

“I definitely want to compete with all the best players and see where I am and I am getting better, because there is a ton of better players playing this tournament, but it is a tournament so that anyone can win.”

Tong entered the last day with a large chip lead, but had to recover from a slow start.

“I just kept telling myself that I would get a crowd of cards, I will escape from these places, and just try to save a bet here and there. And then when I need it, I was hot. Even when we get a head-up, he was doing me very well for a while. I just kept struggling, struggling.”

After climbing a large chip loss against Shindleer, Tong studs were able to seal the victory in Hi-Lo, making the title directly to claim the title. He will compete next time $ 50,000 Poker Players ChampionshipAnd was already thinking about what his WSOP schedule could look like in 2026.

“I definitely feel really competitive, and I want to fight for more of them. I can go to all and play a huge program and fight to win a bunch of one of these, so we will see what happens.”