The 2015 World Poker Tour UK £5,250 High Roller concluded last night with Mian Wei as the champion! Wei, from the UK, had to overcome a tough field of 48 players, including Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi on the final table (4th £30,000), over two days of play before he could lift the winner's trophy and celebrate with his friends. Also, he received £100,000 in prize money - the b[...] Read more » Mian Wei Wins WPT UK High Roller
Joined: Mar '12
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 45 (F)
Posts: 2261
I had never heard of this guy before so looked at Hendon and only one Mian Wei with stats which are quite interesting!!before this he had cashed only 3 times since 2013 for £680,£800 and the latest was for £11,000 so 100k is quite a big leap.
Joined: May '08
Location: Lithuania
Age: 39 (M)
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huge huge congratulations to mian wei, mian wei's wife, mian wei's children and even mian wei's neighbours- i am pretty sure everyone were cheering him while drinking some and vodka with roasted guinea pig and some soy marinated cockroaches along the way. great win, just awesome.
Posted by pochui: i am pretty sure everyone were cheering him while drinking some and vodka with roasted guinea pig and some soy marinated cockroaches along the way. great win, just awesome.
He is from the UK. They celebrated with fish & chips and a Guinness.
lol whatever the way he celebrated is not the matter he won great life changing money and I'm glad to see the Grinder still rocking long time no see him...
Joined: Feb '14
Location: Tunisia
Age: 35 (M)
Posts: 2135
only 48 players .. wow WPT High Roller .. i would assume we would get at least 100 pros in there anyway congrats to Mian Wei .. no offence to the guy but i though he was a girl based on his name and it is nice to see Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi still playing .. he is a funny character someday a mobster would take this specific tournament .. i had a dream
Joined: Feb '14
Location: Mauritius
Age: 34 (M)
Posts: 103
There are so many tournaments daily in the world of poker and sometimes pros are very lazy or tired to travel far or even nearby to play a game and don't forget we have online poker too where there is high stakes game they can play at their comfort of their house...
Joined: Mar '12
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 45 (F)
Posts: 2261
I don't know if he is from the UK or not,I had not seen him before and in the last couple of years I see lots of players come to the UK just for the good gambling laws and especially the tax laws,no tax on winnings for UK players!!
