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Pennsylvania pro Bin Weng, one of the busiest and most successful tournament grinders of recent years, is back competing after a health scare kept him away from live poker for roughly seven months. Weng spoke with PokerNews during the Borgata Summer Poker Open, where he is among the final 12 players in the $650 Super Deep 6-Max event.
The tournament drew 401 entries for a $228,570 prize pool, with $41,150 going to the eventual winner. Play continues Thursday down to a final table, with the remaining action streamed live Friday on the BetMGM Poker YouTube channel.
Weng said his medical issue, which began around seven or eight months ago, has largely been resolved. He credited years of nonstop travel and tournament play, along with poor eating and exercise habits, for contributing to his health problems.
Between 2023 and 2025, Weng built one of the most dominant runs in recent memory, headlined by a $2,227,054 win in the WPT EveryOne for One Drop and a $1,128,250 victory in the WPT Showdown Championship, among several other seven-figure scores. His total cashes reached $6.6 million in 2023 alone, followed by smaller but still substantial results in 2024 and 2025 before his break.
The World Poker Tour publicly confirmed his withdrawal from a tournament on December 17, 2025, with Weng’s permission. Aside from six WSOP cashes this summer, he was mostly absent from live events until his return.
Weng said he now plans to scale back his schedule to spend more time with family, though he intends to keep playing primarily live rather than online poker going forward.
