Chinese player Cai Wenqing outlasted a field of 3,787 players to secure his first Maiden title and the top prize of $394,800 in the 2024 CPG Championship Finals aka Main Event. This marked his career best score and took his live earnings to more than $400k. Up next, he will be eying some big scores at the upcoming Poker Dream series starting next month.
The 2024 CPG Championship CNY 10,500 buy-in ($1,480) Finals (Main Event) attracted a staggering field of 3,787 entries inside the Howard Johnson Resort Sanya In Hainan, China, building up a total prize pool of CNY 30,000,000 ($4,230,000). The massive prize pool was shared among the top 405 finishers.
The 2024 CPG Championship Finals ran from August 24th to 30th August, across three starting flights, with remaining players fighting in the last four days. The final table was formed on Day 4, beginning the final table action of the main event. Here is a recap of the 2024 CPG Championship Main Event final table.
The 2024 CPG Championship Finals Final Table Recap
Wenqing’s journey was a pure thriller as he lost three all-in, doubled up five times and busted his friend to clinch his maiden title at the 2024 CPG Championship.
Zhang Chuan led the final table, while Cai Wenqing was in the middle of the pack. Philippines Feng Zhao was the only international player at the final table and held the fourth rank in chip lead. Feng Zhao (9th) was the first player to be eliminated at the final table, as he went all-in with pocket jacks against Wang Song’s pocket queens.
Cai Wenqing was in the danger zone of being eliminated but made some double-ups to stay alive at the final table. Ren Haifeng knocked out Pang Wei Ping (8th). Wenqing soon sent out his friend Jiang Zhou soon to the rail for a 7th-place finish. Hu Ruida knocked out Ji Chunhui in the 6th, kicking off the five-handed way.
Cai Wenqing then sent Ren Haifeng to the railbirds in 5th place, climbing the chip ladder further. Wang Song, after doubling up through Wenqing again doubled up again against the chip leader Zhang Chuan, sending Chuan to the danger zone.
Zhang couldn’t get back his stack and eventually exited in 4th place, while table-shorter Hui Ruida bowed out in 3rd. The heads-up battle lasted over 1.5 hours after a forth and back battle between Wenqing and Song.
Wenqing initially held the chip lead, going into the heads-up, but Wang Song soon reversed the role. Wenqing regained the chip lead and held it until the last hand. On the final hand, Wenqing held A♠︎J♦ against Song’s A♣︎9♥︎. The board ran out 5♥︎8♣︎J♥︎3♣︎ Kh, ending Song’s deep run in 2nd place.
While we don’t have complete details on the final table payouts, the winner Cai Wenqing collected the top payout of CNY 2.8 Million ($394,800) and a CGP trophy.
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