The Macau Billionaire Poker, which only opened this year, just finished with its 2nd Event offering for the year. The previous event, The 2016 Summer Showdown, which guaranteed HK$1,000,000, was won by Gary Yue who amassed an impressive 1st prize of HK$271,600.
The 2nd offering named the MBP Jade Series I, which was held from October 7-10 at the Macau Billionaire Poker Room, had 5 side events and featured a Main Event with a buy-in of HK$12,000 and again a guaranteed prize pool of HK$1,000,000. All the events in the MBP Jade Series I had a guaranteed prize pool, an offering hardly seen in poker tournaments nowadays. A total field of 60 players attended the Main Event but this participation resulted in an overlay for the organizers. Nonetheless, keeping to the integrity of the event, the organizers forked out the guarantee as promised.
Feng Zhao ended up being the last man standing in the Main Event, taking home Hk$371,000 for prize winnings. This had surely been a juicy addition to his trophy-filled home and his current total live earnings of over US$300,000. Feng Zhao, a renowned poker player in Asia, had been a consistent winner in past events of the Asian Pacific Poker Tour (APPT), Asian Poker Tour (APT), and other poker tournaments in the region.
Jade Series Main Event Payouts (HK$)
| 1st | Feng Zhao | $310,400 |
| 2nd | Hsiao Chih Hsin | $191,840 |
| 3rd | Fu Fung Wing | $134,290 |
| 4th | Hara Satoshi | $97,810 |
| 5th | Isaac Lo | $71,960 |
| 6th | Hisayama Ryota | $53,760 |
| 7th | Rono Lo | $43,120 |
| 8th | Hou Chun Lin | $35,940 |
| 9th | Ssu Wei Yang | $30,880 |
5K Deepstack (HK$ 250,000 GTD)
Hou Chun Lin, who placed 4th in the MBP 2016 Summer Showdown was victorious this time around in the 5k Deepstack side event.
Payouts in HKD
| 1st | Hou Chun Lin | $90,940 |
| 2nd | Ho Sin Kin | $56,210 |
| 3rd | Cheng Ka Kit | $39,140 |
| 4th | Ng Cheuk Lun Jalen | $30,340 |
| 5th | Yeh Lee Chung | $25,870 |
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Payouts in HKD
| 1st | Ong Lai Poh | $250,000 |
| 2nd | Tong Peng Cheng | $154,520 |
| 3rd | Si Da wei | $112,460 |
| 4th | Hong Jiang | $83,170 |
| 5th | Zhao Jie Zhang | $62,470 |
| 6th | Chia-Wei Tsui | $47,650 |
| 7th | Xu Bo | $36,900 |
| 8th | Kah Hing Chee | $29,000 |
2K Deepstack Turbo (HK20,000 GTD.)
Payouts in HKD
| 1st | Si Da wei | $26,620 |
| 2nd | Chang Yu Tzu | $17,750 |
| 3rd | Kelvin Tse Kim Chong | $8,880 |
| 4th | Wang King Chung | $5,910 |
Louis Hartwell
Graduated in Media Communication at the University of Lausanne, Louis Hartman is a co-founder of somuchpoker.com. He began his career in Cambodia as freelance journalist. In same time he was making his living by playing poker every night at that time. Intense learner, he read dozens of poker strategy books to improve his skills during many years. With a strong interest about poker "behind the scene" in Asia and his communication skills, Louis launched Somuchpoker in 2014.
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