Team China Defeats Team Hong Kong SAR to Win the WPT Global Teams Final!

Photo:  Team China celebrates their victory in the WPT Global Teams Final. From left to right:Yang Zhang, Xixiang Luo, Guoliang Wei, and Team Captain Dong Guo.

Team China moves all in, and Team Hong Kong SAR calls all in for 306,000 with . Team China turns over , and Team Hong Kong SAR needs their hand to hold to stay alive.

The board comes , and Team China wins the pot — and the WPT Global Teams Final — with a flopped pair of jacks.

Team Hong Kong SAR finishes as the runner-up, earning KRW 16,485,000  (~US $14,700).

Team China wins the WPT Global Teams Final, earning KRW 27,475,000  (~US $24,500), four trophies (one for each team member), plus four KRW 1,100,000 entries (total value ~US $3,950) for all four team members to play on Day 1B of the WPT Korea Main Event, which begins tomorrow at 1200 KST (0400 GMT / 11:00 pm EDT).

Team China swept the WPT Global Teams Event, winning KRW 13,737,640 (~US $12,250) for earning the most points in the five preliminary events.

Congratulations to Team China!

1st:  Team China  –  KRW 27,475,000  (~US $24,625) + 4 Seats
2nd:  Team Hong Kong SAR  –  KRW 16,485,000  (~US $14,775)
3rd:  Netherlands  –  KRW 10,990,000  (~US $9,850)
4th Place: Taiwan SAR  –  $0
5th Place:  Malaysia  –  $0
6th Place:  Korea  –  $0
7th Place:  Singapore  –  $0
8th Place:  New Zealand  –  $0
9th Place:  Japan  –  $0