The PokerStars Beijing Millions Sets Record

The record for the largest entry field for a live poker tournament hosted outside the United States goes to The PokerStars Beijing Millions, a $480 buy-in event with a $1,195,000 prize pool and 2,732 participants, during its inaugural event. "We always believed that this would be a successful event but this result greatly exceeded our wildest expectations," said APPT President Danny McDonagh. "It's a great honour for PokerStars and the APPT team to be selected to support this tournament." McDonagh said. "It's been a historical week. Not just the record itself but how it may change the future landscape for poker in China." The final table was comprised of Chen Qin and Yang Zhang, Tong Shen, Feng Bai, Jing Liu, Chen Hao, Qiang Liu, Hui Xu and Yuanye Chen. In the end it was Qin who reigned victorious with $109,000.