Hand #133: Sheng Ye Wins WPT Prime Gold Coast! (AUD $374,953); Ben Richardson Finishes as Runner-Up (AUD $238,978)

Photo:  WPT Prime Gold Coast Champion Sheng Ye holds his trophy up high as his friends cheer around him.

HAND #133  –  Sheng Ye moves all in, and Ben Richardson calls all in for about 7,000,000 with .

Ye turns over , and Richardson needs his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board comes , and Richardson pairs his five on the flop, but Ye spikes a queen on the turn to win the pot — and the WPT Prime title — with a pair of queens.

Ben Richardson finishes as the runner-up, earning AUD $238,978.

Sheng Ye wins WPT Prime Gold Coast, earning AUD $374,953 and a coveted WPT Prime trophy. Ye’s prize includes an AUD $16,500 package to play in the season-ending WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas.

Photo:  WPT Prime Gold Coast Champion Sheng Ye

Congratulations to Sheng Ye!

1st:  Sheng Ye  –  AUD $374,953*  (~US $253,843*)
2nd:  Ben Richardson  –  AUD $238,978  (~US $161,788)
3rd:  Mo Haidary  –  AUD $176,753  (~US $119,662)
4th:  Josh Foster  –  AUD $132,048  (~US $89,396)
5th:  Anita Savage  –  AUD $99,654  (~US $67,466)
6th:  Gary Lin  –  AUD $75,981  (~US $51,439)
7th:  Slav Rypinski  –  AUD $58,534  (~US $39,628)
8th:  Andreas Vasiliou  –  AUD $45,564  (~US $30,847)
9th:  Noman Mirza  –  AUD $35,847  (~US $24,268)

* The first-prize amount includes the winner’s AUD $16,500 package to play in the season-ending WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas.

NOTE: For worldwide consistency across all WPT events, the amounts on the Payouts page are in U.S. dollars. For this event, payouts have been converted using a rate of AUD $1.00 = US $0.6770.

Photo:  Runner-Up Ben Richardson