Rob Yong is a well-known and respected casino owner, born in Nottingham, England. He is a businessman and high roller, co-founder of PartyPoker LIVE, and owner of Dusk Till Dawn Casino. Yong also received a global poker award in 2008.
Rob Yong: Early Life
Rob grew up in humble beginnings, making money by selling small pieces of antique ornaments with his childhood friend. He always had a business sense and understood that he needed to work for what he wanted in life. Like many successful businessmen, Rob Yong left college early and found himself working for a recruiting agency and then turned around over a year later to open his own agency.
Rob Yong: Poker Business Ventures
After being turned away from a poker tournament for being a minute late, Rob Yong decided to open his own cardroom. In 2007, he opened the famous Dusk Till Dawn cardroom in Nottingham. Rob has concentrated on low-stakes recreational players since DTD’s inception. He made sure they received the same level of service as the high rollers in most other establishments. He also began to offer large guarantees in small buy-in poker tournaments, betting that the small field sizes would pay off his investment. It worked in the majority of cases.
Rob Yong eventually received an offer to work with PartyPoker. It occurred following a very successful WPT stage, which belonged to PartyPoker at the time and was held at Dusk Till Dawn. Rob and the PartyPoker team created a five-year plan for the room’s development in 2014, which helped Party become one of the best poker rooms in the world.
Rob Yong: Poker Career & Highlights
In July 2004 was his first live tournament cash. He finished sixth in a £500 Pot Limit Omaha tournament at the European Poker Championships in London for £2,880.
He started playing small buy-in poker tournaments in 2004, even before he opened up his club in 2007.
Achieved his first six-figure payout in October 2006. He came in sixth place in the €5,000 Main Event at the EPT Dublin for €88,690.
He finished second in the $3,000 NLHE Main Event at the Dusk Till Dawn Caribbean Poker Party on the Caribbean Island of St. Kitts in November 2012. Yong lost the title match in a heads-up battle to fellow Englishman Ashraf Wahid, but he received $50,700 for his efforts.
He made an appearance on 8 episodes of the CBS Sports poker show Poker Night in America in 2017. He played $25/$50 and $100/$200 No Limit Hold’em games there.
Yong played in the €25,500 Short Deck NLHE High Roller event at the 2019 WSOP Europe and finished sixth for €118,653.
Rob Yong won his first tournament for $87,000 by defeating Espen Jorstad heads-up, In Kyrenia at the Luxon Pay Mediterranean Poker.
He has four six-figure cashes, including a €173k cash for third place at the Triton Poker Series in Madrid a few months before his first win.
Top 5 Biggest Cashes
Date
Event
Place
Winnings
March 7, 2023
$75,000 No-Limit Hold’em Eight Max
8th
$239,000
May 16, 2022
€20,000 No-Limit Hold’em Short Deck Ante Only
3rd
$182,280
October 19, 2019
€25,500 No-Limit Hold’em Short Deck €2.5million GTD
6th
$134,250
May 14, 2022
€20,000 No-Limit Hold’em Eight Max
6th
$113,400
October 6, 2006
2006 EPT Dublin Championship Event – Event 1
6th
$112,929
One of the most well-known poker figures right now is undoubtedly Rob Yong. He owns a successful casino and has accomplished a lot. He is one of the poker players who has already established a name for himself, and many people hope to see more of him in the world of online poker.
