Christina got the most significant cash of her career by winning this WSOPC event for $105,444 and the WSOPC ring on top. According to Hendon Mob, her total live MTT earnings are now $828,527. In 2021, Christina won her first WSOPC ring when she came first in the $400 No Limit Hold’em – Double Stack event for $24,955.
The Event
The buy-in was $600, with 1,483 entries that generated a prize pool of $763,745. The event’s winner was also guaranteed entry into the Tournament of Champions Event scheduled for next week. The event had four starting flights, Day 1A, 1B, 1C, and 1D, and only 92 players qualified for final Day 2.
Entering Day 2, the shortest stack had 95,000 chips, less than 5 big blinds, and the biggest stack was 1,040,000 chips, 52 big blinds. Christina entered Day 2 as the 14th biggest stack with 660,000 chips or 33 big blinds.
The Action
With 24 players left in the game with blinds 30,000/60,000, Christina opened K♠K♥ to 140,000, and, Bastawros went all-in with 5♥5♦, Elvis cold 4-bet shoved with A♦K♣, Chou wakes up with A♠K♦ and goes for the call, and Christina calls. Christina was a 58 percent favorite to win the 7.8 millon pot and the tournament chip lead. The board ran out 6♠10♥4♣Q♦4♦, Kings held and Christina was the new chip leader!
Later on, Christina was at the featured table and had 41 percent of all chips at the table.
Final Table
The final table was created, and there were ten finalists, with Christina being in second position with 6,200,000 chips, only behind Weiqiang Zhao, who had 7,506,000 chips.
The first one eliminated was Paul Chauderson, who ran into K♣K♦ with his 4♦4♣, and the board 5♣9♠10♦8♥A♣ didn’t help him; he won $7,107 for his tenth-place finish.
James Thoman was eliminated when his 9♦9♣ didn’t hold against Sun’s A♣K♦ on J♣4♣Q♠10♥7♠. Thoman finished in ninth place for $8,921.
Rock was all-in with A♣10♦ and got called by Zhao with K♦J♠; unfortunately for her, the board ran out 2♥Q♠9♥K♣9♠ giving Zhao a winning hand. Rock was eliminated in eighth place for $11,395.
Zhao went all-in on the flop A♦6♠8♣ with 8♦6♦ against Lardner’s, who opened on CO with A♣K♦, hit the top pair and top kicker, and called the all-in. The turn was J♠, the river was 10♦, and Lardner was eliminated in seventh place for $14,807.
Phan went all-in with 6♠6♦ and got called by Zhao with K♣9♥; the board ran out K♦Q♦3♥Q♣J♥, and Phan was eliminated in sixth place for $19,568.
Sun was eliminated in 5th place when he went all-in with A♠J♠ and got called by Zhao with 10♠10♥; the board 7♣2♠9♥4♦6♣ didn’t give Sun any aces or jacks, and he was out. Sun won $26,293 for his fifth-place finish.
Hung went all-in with K♠Q♥ and got called by Zhao with A♣4♦ and didn’t manage to hit king or queen and was eliminated in fourth place for $35,910.
A crazy hand happened with three players left when Christina opened to 700,000 with A♦K♥, Solis 3-betted to 1,700,000 with K♠K♣, and Zhao went all-in for 17,000,000 with Q♠Q♦. Christina was in a hard spot and said, “This is going to be the best fold of my F***king life,” and folded her hand.
Solis snap-called and was in great shape against Zhao’s queens, but the flop came 6♠6♥Q♣, leaving Solis with just one out since Christina folded a king. The turn was 2♦, and the river was 6♦, and Zhao extended his chip lead sitting on 28 million chips.
Heads-up
Later on, Christina opened to 850,000 with A♦2♣, and Zhao called with Q♥J♦. The pot was 2,000,000. The flop came 3♣8♣A♥, and Christina bet 400,000; Zhao called. The turn comes Q♦, Zhao checked, Christina continued with the 700,000 bets, and Zhao called again. The river came 9♣, Zhao went all-in and put Christina in a tough spot with her top pair weak kicker. After some thinking, Christina made a great call and doubled up to 14,000,000, but still behind Zhao, who was on 22,000,000.
The last hand happened when Zhao went all-in for 12,000,000 with A♣7♦, and Christina called with A♥8♣. Christina was 66 percent favorite, and the board came 3♣5♦A♠8♥J♥, turn giving her the win.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christina Gollins | $105,444 |
| 2 | Weiqiang Zhao | $70,272 |
| 3 | John Solis | $49,839 |
| 4 | Michael Ung | $35,910 |
| 5 | Tong Sun | $26,293 |
| 6 | Andy Phan | $19,567 |
| 7 | Stephen Lardner | $14,807 |
| 8 | Myagmarsuren Rock | $11,395 |
| 9 | James Thomas | $8,921 |
| 10 | Paul Chauderson | $7,107 |
