Tadashi Takei Wins WPT Korea! (₩108,170,000/~US $90,582); Xin Liu Finishes as Runner-Up (₩75,770,000/~US $63,450)

Photo:  WPT Korea Champion Tadashi Takei

Tadashi Takei min-raises from the button to 300,000, Xin Liu moves all in for about 2.95 million, and Takei calls with .

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

The board comes , and Takei wins the pot — and the WPT Korea title — with a turned jack-high straight.

Xin Liu finishes as the runner-up, earning ₩75,770,000 (~US $63,450).

Tadashi Takei wins WPT Korea, earning ₩108,170,000 (~US $90,582), the trophy, and 100 points in the WPT Asia Swing. He also earns POY points in the WPT Asia Pacific Player of the Year race, and with this victory, he’ll be one of the top contenders.

Congratulations to Tadashi Takei!

1st:  Tadashi Takei  –  ₩108,170,000  (~US $90,582)
2nd:  Xin Liu  –  ₩75,770,000  (~US $63,450)
3rd:  Kuang Hung Lee (Taiwan)  –  ₩48,710,000  (~US $40,790)
4th:  Chengjie Ji (China)  –  ₩31,540,000  (~US $26,412)
5th:  Roman Ro (Russia)  –  ₩24,310,000  (~US $20,357)
6th:  Xing Biao Zhu (China)  –  ₩20,120,000  (~US $16,848)
7th:  Zongxin Liu (China)  –  ₩16,880,000  (~US $14,135)
8th:  Dmitri Kovalevskii (Russia)  –  ₩13,830,000  (~US $11,581)
9th:  Huidong Gu (Macau)  –  ₩10,820,000  (~US $9,061)

Photo:  Runner-Up Xin Liu