Henry "Coke@Macu" Luo Wins Event #31: ¥815 WSOP Zodiac Autumn Festival for ¥563,257
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There were more than 7,000 total entries in Event #31: ¥815 WSOP Zodiac Autumn Festival, and it was Henry "Coke@Macu" Luo from Hong Kong who emerged with all the chips. He won not only the biggest share of the ¥5,275,593 prize pool with the ¥563,257 first prize, but also secured his first WSOP Gold Bracelet.
The Day last a bit less than 8.5 hours from start to end, and Luo had to survive with his tournament life on the line seven-handed. He woke up with aces, and got a triple on the way to busting Robert "Aerius" Kaggerud in seventh.
Luo jumped into the lead three-handed, but went into the heads-up portion behind after Martin "titan64" Pochat eliminated Yannick "ProbierEs" Schumacher in 3rd for the chip lead. It didn't take Luo long to reverse the situation though.
After just a few hands of heads-up play, Luo found a couple of cooler hands and held to take down the win and the bracelet. His ¥563,257 win is worth about $87,404 USD, while the ¥422,381 2nd place for Pochat was worth about $65,000.
Event #31 Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize (¥) | Prize ($US) |
| 1 | Henry "Coke@Macu" Luo | Hong Kong | ¥563,257 | $87,404 |
| 2 | Martin "titan64" Pochat | Argentina | ¥422,381 | $65,543 |
| 3 | Yannick "ProbierEs" Schumacher | Germany | ¥316,741 | $49,151 |
| 4 | Ryosuke "KBD05" Kubodera | Japan | ¥237,522 | $36,858 |
| 5 | Tiago "catukeira" Lessa | Brazil | ¥178,116 | $27,639 |
| 6 | Yuhan "HansNevrLose" Liu | China | ¥133,568 | $20,727 |
| 7 | Robert "Aerius" Kaggerud | Norway | ¥100,162 | $15,543 |
| 8 | Sota "shishi44" Yamashita | Japan | ¥75,111 | $11,655 |
| 9 | Carlos "Wtfisthis" Silva | Brazil | ¥56,326 | $6,740 |
After 20 starting flights, there were a total of 7,036 entries before the Final Day got underway. That was composed of 5,693 unique entries with 1,343 re-entries. In USD, that put $818,645 into the middle to play for.
A total of 1,102 players booked seats for the Final Day today, but only 700 would get paid. They were in the money by Level 5 and it took about another 5 hours to make it to the final table.
Luo was a bit of a dark horse on this final table, starting it in the bottom third of the counts. It looked like a battle between Yuhan "HansNevrLose" Liu, Schumacher, and Tiago "catukeira" Lessa, but Luo found a huge hand to get back into it and was able to hang on for the win.
That brings Event #31: ¥815 WSOP Zodiac Autumn Festival to close. Check out the 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Hub for upcoming PokerNews coverage details and all the results from the series.