Seat 1: Hanyong Kuo
Jan 15, 2018
Chip Count: 2,505,000 (83 big blinds)
Age: 45
Hometown: born in China, lives in Gelsenkirchen/Germany
Nationality: German
Twitter: none
Hanyong Kuo was born in China and currently lives in Gelsenkirchen / Germany. The 45-year-old, usually known under his nickname “Gerd”, is playing poker for 10 years and can usually be found at the Pot-Limit Omaha cash game tables, he has started playing tournaments two years ago. Kuo’s biggest and only cash at a live event was an 18th place at the 2016 WSOP International Circuit in Rozvadov for €9,459.
After being denied the top spot at the end of Day 3 by two antes only, Kuo chipped up throughout the penultimate day of the event by winning several smaller pots and will come into the six-handed final table of the WPT European Championship Berlin in his first ever WPT Main Event with 2.505 million chips, good for the third-biggest stack.
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