GuangDong Asia Millions
The GuangDong Asia Millions was a series of poker tournaments held in Macau in June 2013 . At the two super high roller events, prize money of over 16 million US dollars was awarded.
structure
The tournament series was hosted by PokerStars . The two events were played in the No Limit Hold'em variant . The buy-in and profit distribution was in Hong Kong dollars . For tournament time corresponded to 100,000 HK dollars almost 13,000 US dollars .
Tournaments
Warm up
The first event was played on June 4, 2013. 43 players paid the buy-in of 250,000 Hong Kong dollars, which generated a prize pool of just under 1.5 million US dollars. There were five paid places for the participants:
space | origin | player | Prize money | |
---|---|---|---|---|
in HK dollars | in US dollars | |||
1 | Nick Wong | 4,298,000 | 553,633 | |
2 | Isaac Haxton | 2,579,000 | 332.205 | |
3 | Philipp Gruissem | 1,719,000 | 221,427 | |
4th | Bertrand Grospellier | 1,289,000 | 166.038 | |
5 | Tore Lukashaugen | 858.750 | 110,617 |
Main Event
The main event was played from June 5-7, 2013. It cost HK $ 1 million and attracted 71 attendees. In addition, there were 54 rebuys, which resulted in a prize pool equivalent to more than 15 million US dollars. Eight places were paid for:
space | origin | player | Prize money | |
---|---|---|---|---|
in HK dollars | in US dollars | |||
1 | Niklas Heinecker | 34,600,000 | 4,456,885 | |
2 | Jeff Rossiter | 24,500,000 | 3,155,887 | |
3 | Sorel Mizzi | 16,100,000 | 2,073,868 | |
4th | Zheng Tang | 12,525,000 | 1,613,367 | |
5 | Isaac Haxton | 10,200,000 | 1,313,879 | |
6th | Igor Kurganov | 8,300,000 | 1,069,137 | |
7th | Anson Tsang | 7,150,000 | 921.004 | |
8th | Pratyush Buddiga | 6,000,000 | 772.870 |
Web links
- GuangDong Asia Millions on the Hendon Mob Poker Database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Pokerstars starts Asia Millions - one of the biggest tournaments in the world expected on hochgepokert.com on May 3, 2013, accessed on January 15, 2018.
- ↑ HK $ 250,000 No Limit Hold'em - Warm Up in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed January 15, 2018.
- ↑ HK $ 1,000,000 No Limt Hold'em - Main Event in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed January 15, 2018.