PokerStars.net APPT Macau Main Event day 2 seat draw Table 1 Seat 1: Dennis Huntly (Australia) 4400 Seat 2: Yik Hei Lo (Hong Kong) 34,700 Seat 3: Jaime Ballester (Spain) PokerStars Qualifier 29,400 Seat 4: Shen Yu (China) PokerStars Macau Satellite Winner 6100 Seat 5: Wing Leung (Andrew) Chung (Hong Kong) 41,300 Seat 7: James Potter (Australia) PokerStars Macau Satellite Winner 48,100 Seat 8: Dbinder Singh (Canada) PokerStars Qualifier 79,900 Seat 9: Rodrigo Meneses (Australia) PokerStars Qualifier 13,500 Table 2 Seat 1: Dominic Mykhaltso (Canada) 46,400 Seat 2: Feng Wang (China) 17,300 Seat 3: Casey Kastle (Slovenia) 21,500 Seat
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APPT Macau: Chiang leads day 1C, Myhre still on top
We've reached the end of the beginning in the 2009 PokerStars.net APPT Macau Main Event, with the last of the three day one flights consigned to history and the day two field decided. A total of 196 players will return to PokerStars Macau at the Grand Lisboa Hotel and...more
APPT Macau: Mahjong man welcomes new challenge
Players in the PokerStars.net APPT Macau Main Event at the Grand Lisboa Hotel and Casino are taking their final break for the day, meaning there's just one-hour left before the day two line-up is finalised. Day 1C started with 185, with almost half (86) sent to the rail in...more
APPT Macau: Hachem lops the legs off 'Final Table'
By Landon Blackhall It's still been tough going in the PokerStars.net APPT Macau Main Event with some of the PokerStars contingent finding it hard to gain traction. Team Asia's Celina Lin and PokerStars Pro Lee "Final Table" Nelson have been struggling to find hands, down to 12,500 and 6000...more
APPT Macau: Poker spotlight firmly focussed on Grand Lisboa
By Landon Blackhall and Sean Callander When the Grand Lisboa opened in 2007, the mould for everything that came before in Macau had been shattered. The excitement of the Grand Lisboa opening had barely subsided when new broke that the property would also become home to the new "PokerStars...more
APPT Macau: Record prizepool for Asian event confirmed
The numbers have just been confirmed for the 2009 PokerStars.net APPT Macau Main Event at the Grand Lisboa Hotel and Casino, with a field of 429 players. That's down from last year's figure of 538 but with a buy-in HKD $15,000 higher than 2008, the prizepool of more than...more
APPT Macau: Hello old friend, nice to see you again
Two years ago, UK-based Vietnamese player Dinh Le wrote himself into the Asian poker history books when he won the first APPT Macau Main Event, worth USD $222,640. Le, who earned the nickname "All-in" thanks to his fearless aggression, claimed the scalp of 2005 WSOP champion Joe Hachem on...more
APPT Macau: One step for man, a giant leap for Asian poker
We've just witnessed another historic moment in Asian poker history at an official ceremony to open day 1C of the PokerStars.net APPT Macau Main Event at the Grand Lisboa Hotel and Casino. Dignitaries including Sociedade de Jogos de Macau (SJM) Director and Chief Operating Officer Mr Louis Ng and...more
APPT Macau: A recipe for success
It's amazing what can be achieved with some full cream milk, whipped cream, castor sugar, egg yolks and some puff pastry. Let me introduce you to one of Macau's hidden treasures - the Portuguese egg tart. One of the many manifestations of European culture in this former Portuguese colony,...more
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