With the Monster World Poker Tour Tournament of Champions all wrapped up, the WPT wasted no time in moving on to Season 16, which began with Pete Yanhan Chen taking down WPT Beijing for $299,485.
The win pushes Chen, a Macau-based pro from Taiwan, past $1 million in lifetime tournament cashes. It's his biggest score to date, surpassing the $90,172 he cashed for at PokerStars Championship Macau Main Event, where he finished in sixth place.
Official Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pete Yanhan Chen | $299,485* |
| 2 | Chen Ke | $199,278 |
| 3 | Lu Yingqi | $128,101 |
| 4 | Zhang Wenbin | $84,974 |
| 5 | Tan Yancheng | $65,401 |
| 6 | Bryan Huang | $54,168 |
Includes $15,000 Tournament of Champions seat
The five-day freezeout event had a buy-in of roughly $3,500 and reached its cap with 400 total runners, making for a successful WPT main tour debut in China.