Day 4 of Event #68: $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em at the 2025 World Series of Poker saw only 16 hopefuls return from the substantial 2,338 total field.
In the end it was Yilong Wang, who took home the gold and the massive $830,685 first place prize.
Wang defeated Ran Ilani in heads up play despite the latter entering the final two with a near 2:1 chip advantage.
Yilong Wang managed to double his career earnings along with earning a shiny new bracelet and when asked what it meant to him, here's what he had to say:
"For, like, seven or eight years I played online [and live] a lot and it just kind of felt like I got unlucky every time, but this time I was lucky enough to get a bracelet.