The Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) completed its 2014 Beijing Cup a few days ago. The tournament attracted a total of 346 players but it was poker pro Yang Zhang who emerged victorious and captured the amount of $99,700 of the entire prize pool.
Earlier this year, the Chinese player finished second at the 2014 Beijing Millions. The tournament was organized by the APPT team and became the first major poker event to take place in mainland China. A total of 2,732 entrants participated in it.
The 2014 Beijing Millions also became the largest ever poker event that was held outside the United States. No other tournament affiliated in any way with PokerStars reached such a popularity.
After the success of the 2014 Beijing Millions event, the APPT team’s decision to go back to China was not surprising at all. As already mentioned, the 2014 Beijing Cup attracted a total of 346 players who created a prize pool of approximately $445,000.
According to reports from the tournament, predominantly local poker pros took part in it. There were also participants from Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Germany, etc.
The 38 top players were paid. Of those, 33 were from mainland China. Andreas Rauh, who finished twenty-seventh, Tserendorj Batsuren, who finished nineteenth, an Joon-han Lee, who finished ninth, were among the foreigners that got their share of the prize pool.
Ka Cheong Wong, the popular poker pro from Hong Kong, finished eighth and was awarded the amount of $12,000 for his participation in the tournament. This was his fourteenth cash for 2014. What is more, he scored yet another final table after he had made it to several at PokerStars LIVE Macau earlier this year.
At the beginning of the 2014 Beijing Cup’s final table, there were ten players sitting. After Ka Cheong Wong and Korea’s Joon-han Lee were eliminated during its early stages, there were only Chinese players left.
The heads-up play was between Yang Zhang and Yonggang Wang. As mentioned above, Zhang emerged victorious to capture the sum of $99,700. As for his opponent, he received $68,640 for his runner-up finish. Zhi Lin, also from China, was the one to take third place. He took $40,740 from the entire prize pool.
As it was already mentioned, Zhang’s victory at the 2014 Beijing Cup was not his only significant poker achievement during this year. Back in July, he took approximately $100,000 for his second place at the 2014 Beijing Millions, held from July 18-27 at the Beijing Star Poker Club.
