Guangdong Asia Millions: High Stakes and Big Names in Macau

The Guangdong Asia Millions (GDAM) tournament series was announced in early May by PokerStars and Guangdong Group Ltd. The first GDAM series, which started on June 4, included two tournaments: GDAM Warm-Up with a buy-in of HK $250,000 ($32,500) and the main event with a buy-in of HK $1,000,000 ($130,000).

The main event of the GDAM series featured a starting stack of 1,000,000 with blinds at 3,000/6,000 and level durations of 60 minutes. The GDAM Warm-Up tournament had levels lasting 30 minutes and started with blinds at 100/200.

Notable players who participated in the GDAM series included Гас Хансен, Эрик Сайдел, Грег Мерсон, Джон Джуанда, Джозеф Чеонг, Джонатан Дюхамель, Айзек Хэкстон, Тони Грегг, Майк Уотсон, Евгений Тимошенко, Игорь Курганов, Шон Диб, Тобиас Рейнкемейер, Макс Альтерготт, and others. Bertand Grospellier, also known as Elky, won the largest online poker satellite with a buy-in of $5,200 and secured a seat in the main event of the Asia Millions. Nick Wong won the GDAM Warm-Up tournament, defeating Айзек Хэкстон in the heads-up final.