Ben Yu Wins $50,000 World Series of Poker High Roller Event

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Ben Yu was already having an incredible summer at the World Series of Poker, cashing 14 times and making three final tables for total earnings north of $1 million. Then he topped it all off Saturday night by taking down the $50,000 high roller event for his third career bracelet and a massive payout of $1,650,773.

“This is pretty unreal,” Yu told WSOP reporters after his win. “I mean a couple days ago I was in day 5 of the main event. I just busted and I wasn’t that bummed compared to a lot of people being bummed out of the main event. I did make a final table in the $1K and got fourth place there. And I mean I thought that would be my best chance at that bracelet again this summer. I’ve had a really good summer. I’ve run really well, been very fortunate. So I just thought you know summer is about to be over. Pretty content with it. And this is just like the super special golden cherry on top of everything.”

Yu, whose previous bracelet wins came in the 2017 $10,000 triple draw event, and the 2015 $10,000 limit hold’em event, now has more than $5.2 million in earnings. As a result of his stellar summer performance, he now sits in 12th place in the Card Player Player of the Year rankings.

The $50,000 buy-in ensured a stacked field, but the 128-player turnout was a good showing for the brand-new event, creating a total prize pool of $6,144,000.

To earn the title, Yu overcame a loaded final table that included some of the best players in the world such as Jake Schindler (8th), John Racener (7th), Manig Loeser (6th), Igor Kurganov (5th), Isaac Haxton (4th), Nick Petrangelo (3rd), and Sean Winter (2nd).

Petrangelo was gunning for his second bracelet of the summer, having won the $100,000 high roller to open the series for $2.9 million. The 32-year-old from Massachusetts has focused almost exclusively on high roller events this summer, making the final table of the Super High Roller Bowl and winning two additional Aria $25,000 high roller events for a total summer haul of more than $5.1 million. He now has $15.9 million in live earnings for his career.

Other notables to finish in the money included Elio Fox (9th), Ben Pollak (10th), Jason Koon (11th), Ryan Riess (12th), Mustapha Kanit (13th), Chris Hunichen (16th), Stefan Schillhabel (17th), and Brian Green (18th).

Here is a look at the final table results.

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