He's arguably the hottest player in tournament poker right now and could add even more hardware to his 2023 poker accomplishments. The focus on being more aggressive has clearly worked wonders for Weng's game. But I play more aggressive than in the past years.' 'I played kind of a passive type or tighter in the past. 'I will say I did change my strategy, I play a little more aggressive than what I used to be,' Weng explained. Weng's already won two large field events in 2023 and has a shot at two more later this month. It may be true that he's been on the positive side of variance this year, but we aren't talking about one or two deep runs. I hope that works, but I know I'm just running good, running pure this year in a lot of big spots.' I skipped a WSOP ring series, studying at home. 'I skipped a couple of events, I spent a month at home. 'I was not doing so great in the second half of 2022,' Weng said. PokerNews spoke with him at the conclusion of Day 3 to find out why he's on such a heater. But 2023 has been an extraordinary year for the poker pro. He followed that up by reaching the Seminole final table last week with $1.1 million on the line, and on Monday he earned a spot in the Choctaw final table, which pays $400,740 to first place.Īccording to Hendon Mob, he has over $3.4 million in live tournament cashes. In January, Weng took down a Borgata tournament for $1 million, then won a World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) ring in February for over $200,000.

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In the Choctaw finale, he'll be facing some tough opponents including former WPT Player of the Year Erkut Yilmaz and another past WPT champion, Jared Jaffee. What's even more impressive is that he'll enter both final tables with the chip lead. Weng will already be in town as he also made the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown final table, scheduled for May 25 in the same venue. The Philadelphia area poker pro is one of six players on Monday who made the WPT Choctaw final table, which will take place in Las Vegas at Luxor's HyperX Arena on May 26.

Bin Weng has been virtually unstoppable since the beginning and the year and has now reached consecutive World Poker Tour (WPT) final tables.

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