From 2 Big Blinds to a Win for Richard Lee at StormX Invitational II

A chip and a chair is a famous poker saying that was born when Jack Straus won the WSOP Main Event having just one chip left in a tournament. Well, it was two chips and a chair for Richard Lee, a managing partner at Global Blockchain Innovative Capital, who was down to a less than two big blinds at one point but made a big comeback to win the StormX Invitation II!

Lee topped a 130-entry field to take home $175,500 and he did it in quite a style as he manage to knock out all last 4 standing players. In 5^th he eliminated Shingo Lavine, the Ethos.io founder. 4^th place finisher was popular vlogger Brad Owen, who scored a $58,500 for effort, which is his biggest tournament cash to date.

Kacper Piotrowski hit the rail soon after, which gave Richard Lee a huge advantage over Daniel “Tafo” Lee in a heads-up match, which lasted only one hand. Tafo, a former competitive Super Smash Bros. Melee player moved all-in with KT, Richard called with AQ. A queen on the flop and blank turn and river sealed the deal and Richard made a full come back to win the StormX Invitational II.

StormX Invitational II Final Table Results

The invite-only StormX Invitational II featured poker pros, crypto entrepreneurs, and celebrities all competing in the $5,000 buy-in event.

The tournament attracted some of the best and brightest of the three worlds and brought out players such as Maria Ho, Bruce Buffer, Joseph Cheong, Kitty Kuo, Daniel Negreanu, Doug Polk, Margaux Brook, Xuan Liu, Sashimi, and Arden Cho. Simon Yu, CEO and co-founder of StormX, also made his second appearance in the event.

StormX Invitational II Full Highlights