China’s Youze Tian crushes his opponents at the Main Event Warm-up

Macau, China, December 2016 – Yesterday, the Asian Poker Tour Finale Macau 2016 introduced its newest side event, the Main Event Warm-Up, which offered a similar structure to the highlight event of the festival. It was welcomed with 60 players ponying up the HKD7,700 entry fee for a healthy prize pool of HKD407,400. After two grueling days of poker action at the Crystal Palace of the Casino Lisboa, China’s Youze Tian came out victorious to earn the HKD112,800 first place purse, the biggest payout of the festival so far.

Main Event Warm Up Champion, Youze Tian

The first day of the Warm-Up saw many notable players join the action such as Iori Yogo, SJ Kim, Tetsuya Tsuchikawa, Dong Guo, Lim Yo Hwan, Kai Paulsen, and Aso Seitaro, but all of them would fall before the money. By the end of the first night, three-quarters of the field were gone leaving only 15 players at bagging.

After a night’s rest, action resumed early this afternoon, and in rapid fashion, the final table of ten was reached. With only nine players guaranteed a payout, this meant it was bubble time. Coming in with a dominating stack was Tian who proceeded to amass more chips by quickly delivering the bubble.