Hong Kong man scoops largest baccarat tournament winnings with $12m prize in Macao







Jackpot! Hong Kong card king Lin Haisan has scooped the largest ever cash prize at a baccarat cards tournament - 100 million HK dollars ($12,890,500 / £8,565,880).
An incredible grand prize of HKD100 million ($12,890,500 / £8,565,880) ensured the World Series Baccarat Championship organised by the Suncity Group at the Sheraton Macao Hotel made gaming history earlier this month.

A staple of casinos, Baccarat is a card game which sees players hold two- or three-card hands, the winning hand being that giving the highest remainder when its face value is divided by ten.
Suncity’s tournament was held over two qualifying events at Crowne Plaza Melbourne in Australia and at Sands China’s Venetian Macao, ahead of a two-stage semi-final and the eventual final showdown at the Sheraton Macao.

Source- guinnessworldrecords.com



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