Beijing Millions Runner Up Yang Zhang Wins Inaugural Beijing Cup For ¥623,125 (US$99,700)

The 2014 Beijing Cup was held at the Star Poker Club from December 17-21 and the ¥ 8,800 buy-in Main Event was won by Yang Zhang (cover image) , who claimed the title and the winner’s purse of ¥623,125 (US$99,700).

Zhang was runner up at the Beijing Millions, held in July this year, which drew 2732 entries and became the biggest poker tournament held outside the United States setting a record for any PokerStars affiliated event.

This year, Dec hosted the inaugural APPT logistically supported Beijing Cup, which featured a ¥8,800 (US $1,500) buy-in freezeout tournament that had three starting flights. A player field of 346 entries created a prize pool of ¥2,768,000 (US$445,000.) Only the top 38 places made the money and 33 of these were Chinese players.

Though local players dominated the numbers, there were several from Hong Kong, Macau and Taipei. A few foreign players were Germany’s Andreas Rauh at 27^th, Mongolia’s Tserendorj Batsuren at 19^th, Canada’s Fu Li at 12^th and Korea’s Joon-han Lee who final tabled at 9^th.

The last eight players were all Chinese and in the ensuing heads up play, Yang Zhang defeated Yonggang Wang, who retired for 2^nd place with ¥429,000 (US$68,640.)

2014 Beijing Cup – Final Table Results