Twenty-seven elite 2v1 players from all over China battled in China’s first professional 2v1 Poker game tournament for 1M RMB in prize money on Dec 30th, 2016 in HuangShan. The first place winner walked away with 500,000 RMB, the largest 1st prize ever to be given in 2v1 tournament. The players qualified through the mobile APP, Hero2v1.cn and battled over 2750 players to earn their place for season one of the ‘China Fun 2v1 Poker Tournament Hero Cup 2016’.

2v1 Poker lover Guo Xiao from Taiyuan city of Shanxi Province defeated eight other strong opponents in the last round and won the champion title of the first season of ‘China fun 2v1 Poker Tournament Hero Cup’. He won not only 500,000 RMB of cash prize, but also a reward of 6m gold coins in the mobile APP Hero2v1.cn . “I am very excited to be able to compete with 2v1 poker experts around the country and become champion. I’m grateful this tournament provides a poker sports platform that combines sports and entertainment. I feel that as long as I am calm, composed and dedicated, nothing is impossible.”

Yu Lisong, a university student from Harbin Institute of technology was the runner-up and won 150,000 RMB of cash prize and 3m gold coin, while Zhang Chuanjiang, the 3rd place winner and a citizen of Changzhi city of Shanxi province won 100,000RMB of cash prize and 2m gold coins. The rest of the players’ prize money ranged from 5,000RMB to 27,500RMB and mobile game gold coin amounts from 50,000 to 1M.

Runner-up Yu Lisong was one of the youngest players. He stated after winning that “this is my first pot of gold through my efforts. And the prize money can help me realize my dream of entrepreneurship before university graduation.”