Playing a World Series of Poker event is a lot of fun, regardless of whether its online or at a live venue. It’s even more fun, of course, if you win, but imagine for a moment that you win the whole tournament and a WSOP Circuit event after registering for the event just seconds before late registration closes.
If you don’t have to imagine, then you’re Ryan Leng and you just became $113,040 richer overnight.
Leng has previous with the World Series of Poker (WSOP), having won the $1,500-entry Bounty event just a couple of years ago.
This time around, Leng played online, of course, with much of this year’s poker schedule forced behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The WSOP Circuit event he would eventually win was one that he registered for after playing pickleball and signing up on his mobile phone in the car park for $525, according to this interview with PokerNews.