The inaugural Beijing Millions will be held in July in China, as announced by PokerStars LIVE Macau and Asia Pacific Poker Tour(APPT). Beijing Millions will go a long way in boosting the poker scene in Asia. With PokerStars LIVE Macau hosting the Macau Millions in addition to the Macau Poker Cup and the ACOP Series and drawing a huge crowd from China, it was only a matter of time before such a tourney was launched within the People’s Republic of China.
The Beijing Star Poker Club in China will be the host when Beijing Millions is conducted from July 18th-27th, 2014. It is a ¥3,000 buy-in (~US$500) tournament and will be held in a manner similar to the Macau Millions.
Currently the Macau Millions structure has the following: There are several Day 1 flights and instead of playing a set amount of levels on Day 1 like most tournaments, each day ends when 7% of the playing field remain – regardless of how quick or long this takes. Those players who make the 7% then qualify for Day 2 and immediately pocket cash. In the case of the 2014 Macau Millions, a HK$2,200 buy-in tournament, HK$8,000 was awarded for making Day 2.
The Macau Millions also offers players the chance to enter as many Day 1 flights as they like and if any players qualifies more than once for Day 2, the largest chip stack will be taken through to Day 2. There is also a bonus cash prize for each additional stack after the first that qualifies for Day 2. In the case of the 2014 Macau Millions, it is HK$11,000. So as an example, if a player qualified for Day 2 three times, they received HK$8,000 + HK$11,000 + HK$11,000. It is speculated that this structure will follow suit for the Beijing Millions though no official confirmation is there.
2014 Beijing Millions Schedule
TIME | EVENT | TOURNAMENT | Buy-In |
Friday 18th July | |||
5.00pm | 1 | APPT Beijing Millions Day 1A | ¥3,000 (¥2,700 + ¥300) |
Saturday 19th July | |||
2.00pm | 1 | APPT Beijing Millions Day 1B | ¥3,000 (¥2,700 + ¥300) |
Sunday 20th July | |||
2.00pm | 1 | APPT Beijing Millions Day 1C | ¥3,000 (¥2,700 + ¥300) |
Monday 21st July | |||
5.00pm | 2 | No Limit Hold’em Deepstack | ¥2,000 (¥1,700 + ¥300) |
Tuesday 22nd July | |||
5.00pm | 3 | Pot Limit Omaha | ¥1,500 (¥1,275 + ¥225) |
Wednesday 23rd July | |||
5.00pm | 4 | No Limit Hold’em KO Bounty Day 1 | ¥5,000 (¥4,250 + ¥750) |
Thursday 24th July | |||
4.00pm | No Limit Hold’em KO Bounty Day 2 | ||
5.00pm | 1 | APPT Beijing Millions Day 1D | ¥3,000 (¥2,700 + ¥300) |
Friday 25th July | |||
5.00pm | 1 | APPT Beijing Millions Day 1E | ¥3,000 (¥2,700 + ¥300) |
Saturday 26th July | |||
2.00pm | 1 | APPT Beijing Millions Day 1F * | ¥3,000 (¥2,700 + ¥300) |
6.00pm | 5 | Heads Up No Limit Hold’em (16 max) | ¥10,000 (¥9,000 + ¥1,000) |
9.00pm | 6 | Turbo Heads Up No Limit Hold’em (16 max) | ¥10,000 (¥9,000 + ¥1,000) |
Sunday 27th July | |||
2.00pm | 7 | ¥20,000 No Limit Hold’em | ¥20,000 (¥18,000 + ¥2,000) |
2.00pm | APPT Beijing Millions Day 2 | ||
5.00pm | China, Taiwan, Hong Kong & Macau Challenge | Invitation Only | |
6.00pm | 8 | No Limit Hold’em Teams Event | ¥3,000 (¥2,550 + ¥450) |