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The invitational event has brought together at the MGM Grand Sanya a selection of local players and international stars, including: Phil Hellmuth, Johnny Chan and McLean Carr. 265 players anted up on Day 1a, prompting tournament director Matt Savage to increase the overall allocation seats from 500 to 550. The event has "surpassed all expectations" and marks a "very auspicious beginning for the WPT's presence in China".
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well china is a place any poker tour want to establish themselves for the long run. it has a huge population, so that equals lots of potential customers. naturally every operator is interested to make a name for himself in well populated countries- lots of customers=lots of so wpt have made a good start- we'll see what this leads to
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WOW....Fantastic that WPT has made it to China..... its a wonderful country more diverse than at first you may think and the opportunities for poker in the country seems endless, it will only be a matter of time before China rules the world of Poker,.
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The first ever World Poker Tour event, and the first major poker tournament, held on Chinese soil wrapped up when Zheng Hua was crowned the winner of WPT National China. The final table buzzed with excitement as it consisted of mostly local Chinese players and one European, Sam Razavi. When all was said an done it was Zheng Hua Lei who claimed the victory and the $192,406 payout.
Here are the top 10 payouts:
1. Zheng Hua Lei – 1,200,000 ($192,406) 2. You Jia Wang – 600,000 ($96,203) 3. Sam Razavi – 300,000 ($48,101) 4. Yue Cao – 200,000 ($32,067) 5. Lei Xu – 150,000 ($24,050) 6. Li Fu Liu – 120,000 ($19,240) 7. Xue Yi Lin – 95,000 ($15,232) 8. Zhi Yong Li – 80,000 ($12,827) 9. Ji Wei Deng – 70,000 ($11,223) 10. Jia He Li – 60,000 ($9,620)
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Good move! China is big and promising market - but more people must play there... The prize for the first place is not too big, compared with other WPT/EPT tournaments. And is this open only for Chinese player?
so wpt have made a good start- we'll see what this leads to
