After five days of play and a field of 888 entries in the World Poker Tour Sanya Main Event in the southernmost city on Hainan Island of China, Qian Zhi Qiang emerged victorious to take home the CNY 1,600,000 ($242,555) top prize.
The invitational tournament at the MGM Grand Hotel had a cap of 888 players and a prize pool of CNY 8.88 million, or about $1.4 million, with direct buyins available to international players. The WPT Sanya events qualified players for the WPT Asia-Pacific Player of the Year leaderboard for Season XVI.