Cai Wenqing Wins Maiden Main Event Title At 2024 CPG Championship Finals

Cai Wenqing wins 2024 CPG Championship Finals
Cai Wenqing wins 2024 CPG Championship Finals

For Cai Wenqing, it was a moment to be forever treasured. He survived a roller coaster final table where he lost three shoves, doubled up five times, and even railed a friend to clinch his first ever Main Event title at the 2024 CPG Championship.

“It feels very exciting! This is my first championship.”

For his victory, Cai shipped a career high payout of CNY 2.8 Million (~US$ 394,800). For those that want to see Cai in action,  he will be bringing that winning vibe to Poker Dream Jeju at the end of the month.

2024 CPG Championship Finals
2024 CPG Championship Finals

The 2024 CPG Championship Finals (Main Event), hosted by premier brand China Poker Games, ran from August 24 to 30, 2024 at the Howard Johnson Resort Sanya in Hainan, China. The annual event drew another immense field of 3,787 entries (2,685 unique) to just miss the guarantee for a pot of CNY 30,000,000 (~$4,230,000) after taxes.

2024 CPG Championship Finals Day 2
2024 CPG Championship Finals Day 2

At Day 2, the bubble burst signaling the ITM round for the remaining 405 players. Two days later, the final 9 was formed with Zhang Chuan in the lead and the lone international player Feng Zhao ranked fourth. While many watched and cheered on from afar, Feng was first out on a cooler with JcJs running into Wang Song’s QcQd.

Feng Zhao at 2024 CPG Championship Finals
Feng Zhao at 2024 CPG Championship Finals

Before the next bust, Cai won two flips. The first was against Ren Haifeng with JhJd dodging AcKd on a low board then QhQc surviving against Song’s AdKd. Ren made up the lost chips by cleaning out short stacked Pang Wei Ping in 8th place.

Shortly after, Jiang Zhou joined the railbirds in 7th place with AsQs running into his buddy Cai’s KsKd. Another cooler trimmed the field further with Pang Wei Ping’s pocket Jacks falling in 6th place to Hu Ruida’s pocket Queens.

Cai Wenqing at 2024 CPG Championship Finals
Cai Wenqing at 2024 CPG Championship Finals

Down to five players, Song doubled up through Cai with Ac3d pairing both cards to get past 5d5c. In turn, Cai chipped up by railing Ren in 5th place. Song doubled up again with AdKs taking a big chunk out of chip leader Zhang Chuan who up until this time was very quiet. This gave Song a massive lead which he celebrated with his rail.

Wang Song with his rail at the 2024 CPG Championship Finals
Wang Song with his rail at the 2024 CPG Championship Finals

The ailing Zhang couldn’t keep up and eventually took 4th place while short stacked Hu enjoyed a triple up with KcKs straight over Song’s Ah2s and Cai’s 9c8c on a board 9hJhQd10c5d. Despite the boost, Hu finished 3rd with Qh9d falling to Cai’s Kd3d.

Heads up at 2024 CPG Championship Finals
Heads up at 2024 CPG Championship Finals

Heads up lasted 1.5 hours. Cai carried in the chip lead with 48 bb to Song’s 27 bb. That quickly switched with Song’s aggression earning him multiple pots. Cai regained the advantage on a double up with Ah2c over 9c8c on a board JhKd10dAs10c then went on to close it out. The final hand was AsJd dominating Ac9h on a board 5h8cJh3cKs. Upon reflecting, Cai said,

“Yes, I had to play every hand against him very cautiously.”

Congratulations to Cai Wenqing the newest CPG Championship Main Event champion!

Stay tuned for our next post on the upcoming CPG Zhuhai Satellite Event!

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