Event #3 PLO Shootout A: Leon Li-ta Hsu (Taiwan SAR) Defeats Victor Chong (Malaysia)

With two players left in PLO Shootout A, and the board showing on the turn with exactly 24,000 in the pot, Leon Li-ta Hsu (Taiwan SAR) and Victor Chong (Malaysia) get it all in.

Leon Li-ta Hsu:  
Victor Chong:  

Hsu has a huge lead with an eight-high straight with an ace-high spade flush draw, while Chong needs a non-spade nine to stay alive.

The river card is the , and Hsu wins PLO Shootout A with an eight-high straight.

Here are the official results from PLO Shootout A:

1st:  Leon Li-ta Hsu (Taiwan SAR)  –  20 pts
2nd:  Victor Chong (Malaysia)  –  18 pts
3rd:  Dylan Wilkerson (USA)  –  16 pts
4th:  Calvin Tan (Singapore)  –  14 pts
5th:  Markus Garberg (Norway)  –  12 pts
6th:  Sam Razavi (UK)  –  11 pts
7th:  Guoliang Wei (China)  –  10 pts
8th:  Martijn Gerrits (Netherlands)  –  9 pts
9th:  Danny Tang (Hong Kong SAR)  –  8 pts
10th:  Paul Hockin (New Zealand)  –  7 pts
11th:  Takumi Samejima (Japan)  –  6 pts
12th:  Martin Shlemon (Australia)  –  5 pts
13th:  Daniel Lee (Korea)  –  4 pts
14th:  Kunal Patni (India)  –  3 pts

The other two tournaments that were part of Event #3 have also concluded; stay tuned for their official results and the updated WPT Global Teams leaderboard.