Flashback: Tommy Zhang Wins Champions Club WPO $1,500 Main Event!
Last February. the 2024 Champions Club Winter Poker Open $1,500 Main Event saw Tommy Zhang hoist the trophy after defeating Spencer Champlin in a lengthy heads-up battle. Along with the trophy and the title, Zhang took home $209,730, while Champlin was awarded the runner-up prize of $164,430.
“It honestly feels like I’m in a dream,” Zhang said after the grueling two-hour heads-up battle,” It’s kind of crazy, actually, because the only tournament I won was ten years ago in Macao, and I told myself at the end of last year that I really wanted to win another one before I die, and I just feel like I manifested this.” This was prevalent throughout all of the stages of the tournament, as he was heard saying that he could just feel like he couldn’t lose.
The UK-born Shanghai resident did not even plan on playing in the tournament, but the private equity broker just happened to be close in Missouri City, where he was tending to a property. “Yeah, 99% of the time, I just play cash, but I saw there was a $1 mil tournament going on, so I just decided to flick it in.”
2024 WPO Main Event Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tommy Zhang | $209,730 |
| 2 | Spencer Champlin | $164,430 |
| 3 | Andrew Esposito | $131,540 |
| 4 | Jerry Yen | $78,750 |
| 5 | Adam Hendrix | $59,910 |
| 6 | Cedrric Trevino | $48,180 |
| 7 | David Diaz | $40,000 |
| 8 | Chris Staats | $31,920 |
| 9 | Charles Sinn | $24,020 |