It has been an incredible two weeks of poker here in Macau, the final days of which have been highlighted by the $100,000 (HKD) buy-in Asia Championship of Poker Main Event. And the ending -- with Xing Zhou of China defeating Hong Kong's Ying Kit Chan heads-up in final hand in which both players literally went all in blind, was a true head-spinner of a conclusion that was weirdly fitting for the gambling-loving culture which we have come to visit here in Macau. 2012 APPT Macau -- ACOP Main Event Champion Xing Zhou Let's look back at the week and
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APPT Macau to determine APOY
PokerStars Macau at Casino Grand Lisboa hosts the PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) from November 17-27 and the majority of the visitors to the enclave will have their hopes pinned on the HKD $30,000 Main Event which boasts a HKD $6,000,000 guarantee. However, for Taiwanese poker pro Hung Sheng...more
Malaysian domination as Raiden Kan secures MPCC title
It was one of the most dominant performances we've seen in a tournament in quite some time as Raiden Kan has carried his hot form and big stack all the way to a memorable victory in the Macau Poker Cup Championship Main Event. Yesterday, Kan entered day three of play...more
MPCC Final Table: Levels 24-25 (blinds 20,000-40,000, ante 4,000)
Raiden Kan wins Macau Poker Cup Championship! In an utterly dominant performance, Raiden Kan has carried his overnight chip lead all the way to victory in the Macau Poker Cup Championship Main Event. It was a superb performance by Kan who steamrolled his way through his opposition, and despite some...more
MPCC Final Table: Levels 22-23 (blinds 12,000-24,000, ante 3,000)
5:55pm: Ten-minute break 5:45pm: Charles Lam eliminated in 5th place Charles Lam was down to his last 400,000 chips which he moved all in preflop with Q♠J♦ following an open from Victor Chong. Only problem for Lam was that Chong made the call with a dominant K♦Q♥. The Lam picked...more
MPCC Final Table: Levels 20-21 (blinds 8,000-16,000, ante 2,000)
3:40pm: Ten-minute break 3:35pm: Seijiro Machi eliminated in 9th place After going for almost two hours, with very few big hands to report, we've just witnessed an absolute corker as Seijiro Machi's aggression has come back to bite him. The hand started with Raiden Kan opening to 35,000 from early...more
MPCC Main Event Final Table Player Profiles
The record-setting Macau Poker Cup Championship produced a field of 308 entrants to create a massive HK$5,553,856 prize pool. After three days of blood, sweat and a few tears on the felt of the PokerStars Macau Poker Room, our field has been whittled down to a final table of nine....more
Raiden leads, Shaq lurking as MPCC reaches final table
We often talk about how poker players in Macau like to push their chips around. Folding is no fun right? Sure, the modern poker game has evolved into an aggressive one, but in Macau there's an undeniable urge to gamble. However when we started the day just five eliminations away...more
MPCC Day 3: Levels 19-20 (blinds 6,000-12,000, ante 1,000)
Final Table Lineup Seat 1: Seijiro Machi (Japan) - 616,000 Seat 2: "Chester" Seng Yong Lee (Malaysia) (PokerStars Player) - 598,000 Seat 3: Hau Huang Chang (United States) - 466,000 Seat 4: Richard Renyong Hu (China) - 566,000 Seat 5: Hung-sheng "Shaq" Lin (Chinese Taipei) (PokerStars Player) - 614,000 Seat...more
MPCC Day 3: Levels 17-18 (blinds 4,000-8,000, ante 500)
4:20pm: Ten-minute break 4:00pm: Wang washed Victor Chong opened with a raise to 16,000 before Zuo Wang moved all in for a little over 100,000. The table folded back to Chong who quickly called with 9♣9♠ for the best hand against Wang's A♠9♥. With Chong calling out for his hand...more
MPCC Day 3: Levels 15-16 (blinds 2,500-5,000, ante 500)
2:10pm: Ten-minute break 2:05pm: Gabyong gutted Gabyong Kim has been sent to the rail with a devastating river blow against Charles Lam. We're not sure of the action, but it was a battle of the blinds where we assume the chips went into the middle on the flop of T♥9♠3♦....more
From the clouds, Jones flops big and bags up chip lead in Macau
We started out today with 150 players and a long way from the money, but within seven levels of play we find ourselves perched precariously on the edge of the cash as 43 players survived to reach day three of the Macau Poker Cup Championship. Only 38 of those will...more
MPCC Day 3 Seating Draw
Table 1 Seat 1: Seijiro Machi (Japan) - 288900 Seat 3: Tam Truong (Australia) - 182800 Seat 4: Ping San Chan (Hong Kong) - 142000 Seat 5: Haifeng Xue (China) - 75800 Seat 6: Hung-cheng Hung (Chinese Taipei) - 153100 Seat 7: Jung Chou Lee (Chinese Taipei) - 58800 Seat...more
MPCC Day 2: Level 14 (blinds 1,500-3,000, ante 300)
7:45pm: Day two is done; Jones comes from the clouds to top Sunny for chip lead A dramatic end to the day as 43 players have made it through to day three action and we're just five places away from the money. Sunny Jung looked our chip leader all day,...more
MPCC Day 2: Levels 12-13 (blinds 1,200-2,400, ante 300)
6:30pm: Ten-minute break 6:15pm: Steicke sticks around Australasian poker cult hero David Steicke has just landed a timely double up. With a raise to 6,000 from Marcus Lau and a call from chip leader Sunny Jung in front of him, Steicke squeezed all in from the small blind for an...more
MPCC Day 2: Levels 10-11 (blinds 800-1,600, ante 200)
4:20pm: Ten-minute break 4:05pm: Raiden straightens them out After being down to just 30,000 in chips a short time ago, Raiden Kan is now one of the tournament chip leaders after a massive three-way all in pot. Kan had the worst of it with pocket tens up against the pocket...more
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