For the best part of three years, it felt like Bin Weng was everywhere.
The Pennsylvania poker crusher had already established himself as one of the most consistent tournament grinders in the country, but from 2023 onwards his career went into overdrive. Millions of dollars in scores, major titles and seemingly endless deep runs followed as Weng became one of the hottest players on the tournament circuit.
The volume never really slowed, either. After banking $6,663,696 in live tournament cashes during a remarkable 2023, he added another $519,146 in 2024 and $945,780 in 2025. Then, towards the end of last year, it all came to a halt.
Health complications forced Weng away from the tables for around seven months, leaving one of poker’s busiest tournament regulars watching from home instead of competing.
PokerNews caught up with Weng during the Borgata Summer Poker Open, where he’s among the final three tables of the $650 Super Deep 6-Max. The event attracted 401 entries, creating a $228,570 prize pool, with $41,150 awaiting the winner. Thursday’s action plays down to the final table before the remaining players return on Friday for a livestreamed finale on the BetMGM Poker YouTube channel.
Poker Grind Catches Up to Weng
“I’m fine right now,” Weng said. “Thanks for asking about my health. I had a little medical issue seven or eight months ago. Most of it is fixed now.”
Looking back, Weng believes years of constant travel eventually caught up with him.
“I just played too much poker. One tournament after another. I was always on the road or on the way to play. I wasn’t eating healthy and I wasn’t exercising enough. I think now it’s much better.”
Weng spent much of his early poker career grinding low-stakes tournaments before beginning to break through in bigger buy-in events around 2019. Already known for his aggressive style and relentless schedule, he took his game to another level in 2023.
He started the year by winning The Return: A Borgata Championship Event for $1 million, then followed it with victory in a $1,700 WSOP Circuit Main Event for $227,344 just a few weeks later.
April brought another career milestone when he won the $3,500 WPT Showdown Championship at Seminole Hard Rock for $1,128,250. Less than a month later came the biggest score of his career, $2,227,054, after taking down the $10,000 WPT EveryOne for One Drop.
The results kept coming through the rest of the season. Weng finished runner-up in the Borgata Poker Fall Mini-Series 8-Max Championship for $134,897, before closing the year with another massive score of $958,279 in the $25,000 High Roller at the WPT World Championship festival.
Rather than easing off after a career year, Weng kept travelling. He added another $519,146 in live cashes during 2024 and $945,780 in 2025 before health issues finally forced him to take an extended break from the game.
On December 17, 2025, the World Poker Tour shared an update with Weng’s permission after he withdrew from a tournament.
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The Return of Weng
Outside of six cashes at this summer’s World Series of Poker, Weng was largely absent from the live circuit until making his return in Las Vegas.
“It’s so awesome [to come back], to be honest,” Weng said. “Playing poker is what I love to do. Not only moneywise. I love playing poker when I’m competing. When I’m at the table, I feel like that’s the best fitting for me.”
Despite spending months away from the game, Weng doesn’t feel he lost much.
“Everything makes sense again,” he said. “I feel the same way. I feel I can still play.”
But the break has changed forced his hand to reevaluate his priorities, though.
“My plan is to play a little bit less than before. Not only poker. I have to live real life with my family and spend more time with my kids and family… I can play online poker because I’m staying home, but I just prefer to play live poker.”
This week’s stop at Borgata is also one of the few places that genuinely feels like home.
“Borgata has always been my home casino,” Weng said. “I live in Pennsylvania. It’s only about an hour’s drive to get here. So, coming to Borgata is like a little vacation for me. It’s close and it’s easy.”
Weng still has work to do with 12 players remaining in the Super Deep 6-Max at the time of writing. While many players would already be thinking about Friday’s livestreamed final table, that’s never been his approach.
“I never think that way when I’m playing poker,” he said. “I never think that much about the result. I just do my best every hand and try to win every hand… But, I feel a little special and pretty happy to come back to the live poker scene.”
Calum Grant
Senior Editor & Live Events Executive