Good luck to all WSOM Competitors
Mahjong Club wishes all competitors in the World Series of Mahjong the best of Luck with the games over the next 3 days. We have our two players there and of course they get a little bit more luck – we will post piccies of them as soon as they are available.
The World Series of Mahjong kicks off tommorrow at the Venetian hotel and resort in Macau with the one day Riichi event. With a buy-in of US$1000 this event promises to provide a significant prize to the winner. Mahjong Club is proud to be a sponsor of Reach Mahjong – organisers of this event – and will be represented by Shao-Fu Lu from Taiwan. We wish him all the best for a fruitful game.
Friday sees the start of the 3 day Main Event with a US$650 buy-in. Played to the unique WSOM rules this promises to have the largest prize – topping US$1 Million in previous years. Mahjong Club is pleased to be represented here by William Hung from the USA. William came second in our qualifier and took the place of Frank Yao who was unable to make it to the game. We wish William much luck in the game as well.
The 2010 WSOM will include three separate tournaments, namely the 3-day single-elimination Main Event World Championship, a US$5,000 buy-in High Rollers Event and the US$1,000 buy-in Reach (Riichi Rules) Event. The buy-in for the Main Event is HK$5,000 (US$650), plus HK$500 registration fee. Prize money will be based on the number of participants in each tournament. The total maximum prize pool for the combined 2010 WSOM events is US$1,000,000, and prize money will be paid to the top 32 places in the Main Event. All tournaments are open to any mahjong player who is at least 21 years of age.
