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All hail King Karamalikis! The 22-year-old Aussie online phenom known as "xMONSTERxDONGx" is now the toast of the nation after winning the 2010 PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour Grand Final. From the moment after the final river card was dealt, the champagne bottles started popping and the well-wishes began...more

10:00pm: Ben McLean eliminated in second place, Jonathan Karamalikis wins! With Australian PokerStars Qualifier Ben McLean having been crippled severely in the penultimate hand of this heads-up battle, it didn't take long for Jonathan Karamalikis to be confirmed as the fourth consecutive Aussie to claim victory in the PokerStars.net...more

7:25pm: Level up, blinds 25,000-50,000, ante 5,000 7:20pm: Limp backfires for Stojanovski Peco Stojanovski decided to try something different with a limp from the button, but Tom Rafferty was having none of it as he raised to 120,000 from the small blind. Jonathan Karamalikis folded his big blind but...more

We already liked this place before the final table began. But bias aside the PAGCOR Chairman's Cup got the final table it deserved today, and not only for the quality of its new champion. There was the local interest, local heroes and a last Filipino. There was the PokerStars...more

11.10pm: Binh Nguyen wins PAGOR Chairman's Cup and $260,700 A pre-flop all-in show-down has resulted in Binh Nguyen eliminating Scotsman Gordon Huntly to be crowned champion. The action started with a 250,000 raise from Nguyen on the button before Huntly three-bet to 600,000. Nguyen then moved all-in and after some...more

10pm: LEVEL UP The seventh level of the night begins with blinds at 40,000-80,000 with no ante. 9.55pm: Putting out the feelers Most pots so far have been limped pots with little action on the streets. Continuation bets are getting through and no pots have been bet on more...more

Folk will do many things to help bring them good luck. For Victorino Torres that meant shaving off his moustache for the first time in years just before sitting down at the final table. The removal of facial hair worked a treat - he came from second last in chips...more

4.55pm: Level ends That's the end of level 23. 24 will be up without a break. 4.45pm: Brian Green out in 6th place for $572,900 After the early flurry of eliminations we slowed down until just now when Costa Rica's Brian Green, a PokerStars qualifier, hit the rail. Jeppe had...more

8.30pm: Victorino Torres wins APPT Macau for $3,246,200 HKD Chong Cheong runner up for $2,088,000 HKD It's over! Victorino Torres, a PokerStars qualifier from the Northern Marian Islands, wins a quick heads-up battle to become PokerStars APPT Macau season 4 champion. Chong Cheong had opened for 125,000 and Torres called....more

7:58pm: Fabiano Michael eliminated in 2nd place; Young-shin Im is the first female champion in APPT history! After an extensive heads-up battle, Fabiano Michael and Young-shin Im somehow got 4 million chips in the pot pre-flop. Michael started by opening the button to 150,000, a raise of 100,000. Im...more

7:14pm: Break Level 25 has ended. Young-shin Im and Fabiano Michael have been sent on a ten-minute break. 7:05pm: A rare showdown It really is slow going here in this heads-up battle. Young-shin Im seems to have gone into her shell after being quite aggressive once this table got...more

4:49pm: Break time again The last three players have reached the next scheduled break. When they come back we'll be posting updates in a new post. 4:35pm: Family feud While we don't expect to see anything that will challenge the integrity of the game with our couple Young-shin Im and...more

The final table of a major poker event is an exciting place to be. It's where dreams are made, and then shattered, all with the fall of a single card. We started out today with nine talented players who had safely navigated their way through a field of 218...more

Congratulations Danny "Brotha D" Leaoasavaii - Winner of the the 2010 PokerStars.net APPT Auckland Main Event That concludes our live coverage of the 2010 PokerStars.net APPT Auckland Main Event. It was an exciting day of poker and enthralling heads-up battle that ended in a popular victory in Kiwi-legend Brotha D....more

10:50pm: Ten-minute break 10:43pm: Grigg falls further In a limped pot, action checked to the turn on a board of A♦6♣K♣J♥ where Tom Grigg took a stab with a bet of 100,000. Brotha D called and both players checked the Q♣ river. Brotha D opened Q♠6♥ for two pair which...more