APPT MACAU: NANONOKO PICKS A GOOD TIME TO WIN FIRST LIVE TOURNAMENT

PHOTO/SOURCE: POKERNEWS.com

It's no secret that Randy Lew (knows to most as nanonoko) is one of the best online poker players in the world. Well, you can now check "win first live major tournament" on the list of accomplishments for Lew.

Lew just won APPT Macau, defeating almost 600 players on his way to a very nice payday - almost 4M Hong Kong dollars (almost 500K USD)!




PTPR LEADERBOARD LIVE LOOK-IN
144. Juha Helppi, 123 PTPR Points
144. Darren Elias, 123
146. Randy Lew, 122
147. Mike Sexton, 120
147. Kunal Patel, 120
149. Vivek Rajkumar, 120

Lew defeated Jimmy Pan heads up. Jeff Rossiter (who scored points at the Aussie Millions in January) looked to be in good shape three handed but, losing a major pot to Lew proved to be the end for Rossiter.

Epic Poker League September runner-up David Steicke finished ninth in the event. The man who held the chip lead heading into final day play - Sangeeth Mohan - was unable to maintain his lead and crashed out in 10th place - one spot out of PTPR Points qualification.

APPT MACAU TOP 10 PAYOUTS (in HKD):
1- Randy Lew, 3,772,000
2- Jimmy Pan, 2,367,000
3- Jeff Rossier, 1,306,000
4- Fabian Spielmann, 1,019,000
5- Zuo Wang, 809,000
6- Kai Yat Fam, 653,000
7- Daniel Nordstrom, 498,000
8- Zheng Tai Tan, 373,000
9- David Steicke, 263,300
10- Sangeeth Mohan, 155,500

RELATED POSTS:
MOHAN LEADS AS FINAL FIFTEEN SET AT APPT MACAU
APPT QUEENSTOWN: SCHREINER IS CHIP BOSS - WINS SNOWFEST
RAIDER KAN WINS MACAU POKER CUP

PTPR TIER 3 EVENT
Asia Pacific Poker Tour Macau
APPT Macau NLH Championship
November 23-27, 2011

Grand Lisboa Casino | Macau
Buy-in: $3,850 | Prizepool: $1,995,896 | Entries: 575

Defending Champion: Victorino Torres

PTS AT STAKE:
RANDY LEW "NANONOKO" 105
JIMMY PAN 65
JEFF ROSSITER 40
FABIAN SPIELMANN 30
ZUO WANG 23
KAI YAT FAM 15
DANIEL NORDSTROM 13
TAN TAI ZHENG 10
DAVID STEICKE 10

PTS AT STAKE: MOHAN LEADS AS FINAL FIFTEEN SET AT APPT MACAU

PHOTO/SOURCE: POKERSTARSBLOG.com

In what was being dubbed as the Phil Ivey comeback event, the 575 player field at APPT Macau was hoping that Ivey would be at the cash game tables and not at the final table when Sunday came ... well, it's almost Sunday and, the final fifteen players returning to the Grand Lisboa Casino for final day play have had their wish granted ... same goes for poker legend Johnny Chan - he too has found his seat at the massive cash games.

No Ivey, no Chan, no dream final table. But it's not like we're left with crap either, there are some fine storylines heading into final day play.


The chip leader Sangeeth Mohan. Mohan (pictured) is weeks removed from a PokerGuru Tour victory in India. In fact, Mohan's cashes all come from India - this is his first cash outside his home country.

Many will be looking for Nanonoko (aka Randy Lew) to lead the way on Sunday. Although he's a little low in chips, Nanonoko certainly has the experience needed to take advantage of lesser experienced players and could very well the one to take it down on the final day.

Jeff Rossiter - who scored poitns at the Aussie Millions this year - and David Steicke are also still in the mix.

PTPR LEADERBOARD FINAL DAY IN-FOCUS
474. Jeffrey Rossiter, 52 PTPR Points
1548. Randy Lew, 17

FINAL FIFTEEN CHIP COUNTS:
Sangeeth Mohan 2,423,000
Kai Yat Fam 2,358,000
Jimmy Pan 1,586,000
Zuo Wang 1,540,000
Fabian Spiedelmann 1,425,000
Jeffrey Rossiter 1,173,000
Josh Barrett 1,013,000
Zheng Tai Tan 985,000
David Steicke 886,000
Randy Lew 845,000
Daniel Nordstrom 786,000
Daoxing 'Bobo' Chen 672,000
Tsugunari Toma 635,000
Baton Fung 338,000
Sparrow Cheung 238,000

APPT MACAU TOP 15 PAYOUTS (in HKD):
1. $3,772,000
2. $2,367,000
3. $1,306,000
4. $1,019,000
5. $809,000
6. $653,000
7. $498,000
8. $373,000
9. $263,300
10-12. $155,500
13-15. $124,400

RELATED POSTS:
APPT QUEENSTOWN: SCHREINER IS CHIP BOSS - WINS SNOWFEST
RAIDER KAN WINS MACAU POKER CUP

PTPR TIER 3 EVENT
Asia Pacific Poker Tour Macau
APPT Macau NLH Championship
November 23-27, 2011

Grand Lisboa Casino | Macau
Buy-in: $3,850 | Prizepool: $1,995,896 | Entries: 575

Defending Champion: Victorino Torres

PTS AT STAKE:
1st position 105
2nd position 65
3rd position 40
4th position 30
5th position 23
6th position 15
7th position 13
8-9th position 10

POKER ROUND-UP 2 OF 2: EMOP BULGARIA AND THE MACAU CUP

PHOTO: POKERSTARSBLOG.com
SOURCE: POKERPAGES.com

While most are at the WSOP at the Rio in Vegas, the rest of the world are still playing tournaments in other casinos!

Here is update 2 of 2 from results from around the world - this update looks at recent results from the Euro Masters of Poker Bulgaria and the Macau Poker Cup

Congratulations to Abdula Atila Seiar - winner of the European Masters of Poker Bulgaria Main Event. He defeated Riku Molander heads up.

Meanwhile the Macau Poker Cup events were recently completed. The Red Dragon Main Event saw Canadian Kwan Mah (pictured) capture the title. In the High Rollers event, Rahul Byrraju picked up the win.


PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
European Masters of Poker Bulgaria
EMOP Bulgaria Main Event
June 1-5, 2011

Crystal Crown Casino
Bulgaria

Buy-in: $1,575
Prizepool: $396,140
Entries: 276

FINAL RESULTS:
ABDULA ATILA SEIAR 35
RIKU MOLANDER 18
LUKA VOVK 10
KIRIL DONOVSKI 8
MIKKO TASKINEN 5

PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
Macau Poker Cup
NLH Red Dragon Main Event
June 1-5, 2011

Grand Lisboa Casino
Macau

Buy-in: $1,410
Prizepool: $576,745
Entries: 447

FINAL RESULTS:
KWAN PAO MAH 35
HAIFENG XUE 18
CONRAD COETZER 10
TIMPSON TIM SHUN LUK 8
MATHEW WENG CHIH CHAN 5

PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
Macau Poker Cup
NLH High Rollers
June 4-5, 2011

Grand Lisboa Casino
Macau

Buy-in: $3,870
Prizepool: $243,271
Entries: 69

FINAL RESULTS:
RAHUL BYRRAJU 35
NEIL ARCE 18
JUSTIN LOWE 10
KENICHI TAKAKI 8
CHO FAI WONG 5

MACAU POKER CUP RESULTS ARE IN!

PHOTO CREDIT/SOURCE: POKERSTARS.com

PokerStars Macau hosted the latest edition of the Macau Poker Cup this past week with the two principle events coming to an end on Sunday.

Firstly, the High Rollers event drew 81 players. Joel Micka of Thailand picked up the victory and over 64K US in the process. Canadian Patrick Crivell was second in the event.

HIGH ROLLERS TOP 5:
1. Joel Micka 64K US (35 PTPR Points), 2. Patrick Crivell 62K (18), 3. Emanuel Seal 33K (10), 4. Nicholas Galtos 28K (8), 5. Michael Mariakis 22K (5).

RED DRAGON MAIN EVENT
A record 635 players entered the Macau Poker Cup Red Dragon Main Event - that's right, the biggest number of players in a tournament in Asia - Nicky Jin was the Main Event winner, collecting over 150K US with the victory.

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FINAL TABLE PAYOUTS (DKK) Nicky Tao Jin $153,871 Abhishek Goindi $136,323 Craig Eichmeier $71,484 David Martirosyan $52,774 Jennette "Jay" Tan $40,645 Zuo "ST" Wang $32,516 Chen Ke $26,452 Po En Ho $20,258 Shao-hung Lee $16,258 RELATED POSTS >> LEE WINS RED DRAGON DEFENDING CHAMPION Patrick Lee 2011 PTPR Ranking: 835th

PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT Macau Poker Cup NLH Red Dragon Main Event February 23-26, 2012 Casino Grand Lisboa | Macau Buy-in: $1,415 | Prizepool: $812,120 Entries: 635 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION NICKY TAO JIN 35 ABHISHEK GOINDI 18 CRAIG EICHMEIER 10 DAVID MARTIROSYAN 8 JEANNETTE TAN "JAY" 5

POKER ROUND-UP: GSOP GREECE, MACAU CUP

PICTURE: GSOPLIVE.com
SOURCE: GSOPLIVE.com, POKERSTARSBLOG.com

Two significant poker events reached their climax this weekend. We have results from the GSOP Greece Main and the Macau Poker Cup Championship.

GSOP GREECE
Another successful tour stop for the Grand Series of Poker. Record-setting numbers for the Greek Main Event. In the end, Sergio Marti Aguilar is your champion, defeating the entertaining Stefan Genchev heads up. It was a first PTPR Score for 2011 for all of the Top 5 players.

MACAU POKER CUP
The Macau Poker Cup Championship Event winner is Raiden Kan. Kan played a great final table and picks up his first major tournament victory. Victor Chong lost to Kan heads up. Charles Lam earns his second 5th place Challenger Event finish of the season.

PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
Grand Series of Poker Greece
GSOP Greece NLH Main Event
October 11-15, 2011

The Porto Carras | Greece
Buy-in: $2,265 | Prizepool: $528,699 | Entries: 345

FINAL RESULTS:
SERGIO MARTI AGUILAR 35
STEFAN GENCHEV 18
DE LIMA CARVALHO 10
ALLY SQUIRE 8
GEORGE TZIMAS 5

PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
Macau Poker Cup
NLH Championship
October 11-15, 2011

Grand Lisboa Hotel & Casino | Macau
Buy-in: $2,570 | Prizepool: $714,015 | Entries: 308

FINAL RESULTS:
RAIDER KAN 35
VICTOR CHONG 18
HAU HAUNG CHANG 10
CHESTER LEE 8
CHARLES LAM 5

RUI CHEN WINS MACAU POKER CUP

Rui "DC" Chen (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-661st) wins the latest instalment of the Macau Poker Cup, surviving a 270-player field at the Grand Waldo Hotel in Macau.

Chen defeated Yosuke Sekiya (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-896th) heads-up.

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TOP 10 PAYOUTS (HKD) Rui "DC" Chen $1,108,500 Yosuke Sekiya $759,000 Robert Wenlong Jin $458,000 Sunny Hyung Sun Jung $361,500 Kevin Kung $289,160 Jessica Ngu $241,000 Lisi Wei $193,000 Ryan Hong $144,500 Robert Streatfeild $120,500 Xing Zhou $96,500 RELATED POSTS > MACAU POKER CUP RESULTS

PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT MACAU POKER CUP CHAMPIONSHIP NLH Main Event September 11-16, 2012 Grand Waldo Hotel | Macau Buy-in: $2,580 | Prizepool: $621,675 Entries: 270 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION RUI CHEN 35 YOSUKE SEKIYA 18 ROBERT WENLONG JIN 10 SUNNY HYUNG SUN JUNG 8 KEVIN KUNG 5

PTPR POKER ROUND-UP: CLOSING APPT MACAU, PUNTA CANA CLASSIC

PHOTO: POKERSTARSBLOG.com
SOURCE: POKERPAGES.com, CALVINAYRE.com

Let us make our way to Macau and to Punta Cana in this edition of the Round-Up!

APPT MACAU SIDE EVENT
We're all done at APPT Macau and while Randy Lew stole the show, there was a 15K HKD NLH side event that was also up for PTPR Points.

Seijiro Machi picked up the win in the side event.


TOP 10 PAYOUTS:
1- Seijiro Machi $ HKD530,100
2- Calvin Ho $ HKD357,000
3- Zhongwei Wang $ HKD227,200
4- Yu Kurita $ HKD183,900
5- Xin You $ HKD146,100
6- Kornelis van Alphen $ HKD119,000
7- Chin Te Chiu $ HKD974,000
8- Damien Kerneis $ HKD75,700
9- Nicky Tao Jin $ HKD64,900
10- Anestis Pantazidis $ HKD54,140

PUNTA CANA POKER CLASSIC
The Dominican Republic hosted the Punta Cana Poker Classic mid-month. Demo Kiriopoulos was the big winner in DR - defeating Evan Mauer heads up and picking up over 130K in the process.

Fifth place finisher Engleberth Varela earned his second PTPR Score of the year - he finished third at the LAPT Punta del Este in Uruguay back in August.


PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
Asia Pacific Poker Tour Macau
NLH Side Event
November 25-26, 2011

Grand Lisboa Casino | Macau
Buy-in: $1,930 | Prizepool: $391,350 | Entries: 160

FINAL RESULTS:
SEIJIRO MACHI 35
CALVIN HO 18
ZHONGWEI WANG 10
YU KARITA 8
XIN YOU 5

PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
Punta Cana Poker Classic
NLH Main Event
November 12-13, 2011

Hard Rock Hotel Casino | Dominican Republic
Buy-in: $1,500 | Prizepool: $622,500 | Entries: 415

FINAL RESULTS:
DEMO KIRIOPOULOS 35
EVAN MAUER 18
GREG BASTIN 10
CARLOS SOBENES 8
ENGLEBERTH VARELA 5

APPT ACOP: ROSSITER WINS BIG IN WARMUP EVENT, CHEONG MOVES UP

Australian poker pro Jeffrey Rossiter (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-132nd) has won the APPT Macau Asian Championship of Poker NLH Warm-Up event, collecting 1.77M HKD for the victory.

Rossiter is best known for his third place finish at the 2011 Aussie Millions. He also finished third at APPT Macau almost a year ago.

The Aussie defeated David Martiroysan (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-337th) heads-up. Martiroysan finished fourth at the Macau Poker Cup in February.


Joseph Cheong (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 13th) - a.k.a Subiime - collected POY points for the eighth time this season ... he joins Daniel Smith and Phil Ivey as the only players to earn eight scores in 2012.

At #13, Cheong is the highest ranked player yet to have won an event on the circuit in 2012.

GSOP Grand Final winner Andrey Shatilov (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-448th) and poker legend Johnny Chan (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-1,722nd) were two other notables who final tabled the event.

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TOP 20 PAYOUTS (HKD) 1. Jeffrey Rossiter $1,777,000 2. David Martiroysan $1,226,000 3. Joseph Cheong $731,000 4. Rong Fan $579,000 5. Daoxing "Bobo" Chen $459,000 6. Andrey Shatilov $375,000 7. Johnny Chan $291,500 8. Adam Latimer $215,500 9. Jan Zeuschner $175,500 10. Hiu Man Ng $139,780 11. Gordon Huntly $115,800 12. Johan Wengelin $115,800 13. Julian Powell $115,800 14. Stanislav Avanesian $95,900 15. Renyong Hu $95,900 16. Munkhbayar Nyamsuren $95,900 17. Katsuhiro Muto $75,900 18. Ping Len $75,900 19. Kevin Kung $75,900 20. Rui Bao $75,900 RELATED POSTS > NANONOKO WINS APPT MACAU

PTPR TIER 3 EVENT ASIA PACIFIC POKER TOUR Asia Champinoship of Poker APPT ACOP NLH Warmup November 3-6, 2012 Grand Waldo Complex | Macau Buy-in: $3,225 | Prizepool: $1,023,971 Entries: 358 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION JEFFREY ROSSITER 103 DAVID MARTIROYSAN 63 JOSEPH CHEONG 38 RONG FAN 28 DAOXING CHEN "BOBO" 21 ANDREY SHATILOV 13 JOHNNY CHAN 11 ADAM LATIMER 8 JAN ZEUSCHNER 8

APT MACAU: CHANG DEFEATS YU TO WIN MACAU

PHOTO: ASIAN POKER TOUR

Carlos Chang wins APT Macau, defeating Winfred Yu heads-up and collecting over 1.9M HKD with the victory.

Fourth place finisher Aaron Lim earned a fourth place finish at ANZPT Perth in March of 2011.




This was Tom Alner's second PTPR Score of 2012. Alner earned a Top 5 finish at NLH Event #43 at this summer's WSOP.

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TOP 10 PAYOUTS (HKD) Carlos Chang 1,913,100 Winfred Yu 1,016,400 Richard Yueqi Zhu 478,300 Aaron Lim 358,700 Tom Alner 299,000 Zhang Ai Min 239,200 Yue Qing Zhou 179,400 Yi-Po Lee 122,600 Samad Razavi 110,600 Martin Nilsson 101,700 RELATED POSTS > SPEIDEL'S APT SCORE

PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT ASIAN POKER TOUR APT Macau NLH Main Event July 27-31, 2012 StarWorld Casino | Macau Buy-in: $3,220 | Prizepool: $771,055 Entries: 268 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION CARLOS CHANG 35 WINFRED YU 18 RICHARD ZHU 10 AARON LIM 8 TOM ALNER 5

RECAP: APPT CEBU, APT MACAU, BORGATA DOUBLE PLAY

PHOTO CREDIT: POKERSTARSBLOG.com


Updates from the APPT CEBU Main Event, the APT MACAU Main Event and the Borgata 250K Guaranteed Double Play PTPR Challenger events - including the first ever female Main Event winner in Pokerstars APPT history ...


PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
Pokerstars.com Asia Pacific Poker Tour Cebu
APPT Cebu No Limit Hold'Em Main Event
November 12-16, 2010

Shangri la's Mactan Resort
Cebu, Philippines

Buy-in: $2,076
Prizepool: $490,170
Entries: 236

FINAL RESULTS
IM YOUNG-SHIN 35
MICHAEL FABIANO 18
GAP YOUNG KIM 10
ROSEN MIKAEL 8
YOON DAREN 5



PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
Asian Poker Tour Macau
APT No Limit Hold'Em Main Event
November 12-14, 2010

City of Dream Complex
Macau

Buy-in: $4,505
Prizepool: $725,305
Entries: 161

FINAL RESULTS
PENG ZHANG 35
WIESLER BJOERN 18
JUNG HYUNG 10
HUH AARON 8
CHEUNG PARKYU 5



PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
Borgata 250K Guaranteed
No Limit Hold'Em Double Play Event
November 13-15, 2010

Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa
Atlantic City, New Jersey

Buy-in: $1,100
Prizepool: $317,000
Entries: 317

FINAL RESULTS
WASSERSON ERIC 35
CHENG YAT 18
SOLOMON DAVID 10
BURNETT JAMES 8
SALTERS JAMES 5

STANLEY CHOI WINS MACAU HIGH STAKES CHALLENGE

PHOTO: POKERACE.com

The Star World Hotel and Casino hosted the inaugural 2M HKD buy-in (250K USD) Macau High Stakes Challenge on Friday. The event drew a total of 94 entries (73 players registered, 21 of them re-bought).

While many of the top / well-known high stakes poker players in the world entered the event, it's those that aren't in the poker world spotlight that stole the headlines on Friday as Stanley Choi (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-162nd) won the event, picking up over 50M HKD (almost 6.5M) for the victory.

John Juanda (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 250th), Sam Trickett (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-214th) and Phil Ivey (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 11th) all final tabled the event while Nicholas Wong, Tang Zheng, Philipp Gruissem and J.P. Kelly cashed in the event that carried a monster 23M USD prizepool.

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EVENT PAYOUTS (HKD) Stanley Choi HK$50,149,000 Zhu Guan Fai HK$33,737,000 Nicholas Wong HK$25,530,000 Tang Zheng HK$17,324,000 John Juanda HK$12,765,000 Lap Key Chan HK$9,574,000 Sam Trickett HK$7,750,000 Phil Ivey HK$6,383,000 Alan Sass HK$5,471,000 Philipp Gruissem HK$4,559,000 Di Van Hoang Dang HK$4,559,000 JP Kelly HK$4,559,000

PTPR TIER 3 EVENT MACAU HIGH STAKES CHALLENGE NLH Super High Rollers August 31, 2012 Star World Hotel | Macau Buy-in: $237,875 | Prizepool: $23,512,950 Entries: 94 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION STANLEY CHOI 100 ZHU GUAN FAI 60 NICHOLAS WONG 35 TANG ZHENG 25 JOHN JUANDA 18 LAP KEY CHAN 10 SAM TRICKETT 8 PHIL IVEY 5 ALAN SASS 5

RESULTS FROM THE US, FRANCE, MACAU AND THE NETHERLANDS!

PHOTO CREDIT: WORLDPOKERTOUR.com


Las Vegas isn't the only place where a poker tournament was completed in recent days. We have results from around the world including four Challenger Events and two Tier 3 Events (Macau Poker Cup and WPT Amneville).

Note that WPT Amneville (won by Sam El Sayed) does not qualify for a Premier Event (unlike most WPT Tournaments) due to the fact that the event will not be part of Fox Sports' Televised events.


PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
World Series of Poker Circuit IP Biloxi
WSOPC No Limit Hold'Em Main Event
November 7-9, 2010

IP Casino Biloxi
Biloxi, Mississippi

Buy-in: $1,500
Prizepool: $392,850
Entries: 270

FINAL RESULTS
LUTES TRAVIS 35
NASSERAZAD FARID 18
TALBOT BOB 10
CLUXTON JASON 8
ALON YAISH 5


PTPR TIER 3 EVENT
World Poker Tour Amneville
WPT No Limit Hold'Em Main Event
November 2-6, 2010

Casino Municipal Amneville
Amneville, France

Buy-in: $4,461
Prizepool: $2,286,294
Entries: 542

FINAL RESULTS
EL SAYED SAM 105
PEPE FRANCK 65
BOUJENAH ILAN 40
KOURDOURLI NESRINE 30
BRESSON WILFRIED 23
PASQUALINI JEAN-PAUL 15
ROBERT JULIEN 13
CHEHADE GEORGES 10
LEGATH PHILIPP 10


PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
Isle Poker Open
No Limit Hold'Em Championship Event
November 6-8, 2010

The Isle Casino
Pompano Beach, Florida

Buy-in: $2,200
Prizepool: $396,000
Entries: 198

FINAL RESULTS
EZROL MATT 35
DIAZ DAVID 18
KELSALL ANDREW 10
MILLER ANTHONY 8
HERRERA JAMIE 5


PTPR TIER 3 EVENT
Macau Poker Cup
No Limit Hold'Em Main Event
November 3-6, 2010

Grand Lisboa
Macau

Buy-in: $2,580
Prizepool: $593,187
Entries: 254

FINAL RESULTS
HASSE JULIAN 102
FLYNN KELLY 62
YEE TAN WEE 37
CHEN CHI 27
OGURA TAKASHI 20
SEET NATHANIEL 12
LUNARDI KRISTIAN 10
HU RENYONG 7
PASTOUT WILLIAM 7


PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
Master Classics
No Limit Hold'Em Event
November 5-7, 2010

Holland Casino
Amsterdam, Holland

Buy-in: $2,065
Prizepool: $656,972
Entries: 318

FINAL RESULTS
HOLMGREN S 35
YAMIN KFIR 18
HARMENS S 10
NYBO SIMON 8
RIETSCHOTEN J 5


PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
Heartland Poker Tour Meskwaki
No Limit Hold'Em Main Event
November 6-7, 2010

Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel
Tama, Iowa

Buy-in: $1,100
Prizepool: $255,316
Entries: 270

FINAL RESULTS
FRASER KURT 35
FISHER JAMES 18
MOSES ANTHONY 10
KRAUSE TIM 8
HAGER TONY 5

APPT ACOP: ZHOU OUTLASTS CHAN TO WIN ASIA CHAMPIONSHIP OF POKER

After six hours of heads-up play, Xing Zhou (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-195th) finally got the best of Ying Kit Chan (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-416th) to win the APPT Macau Asia Championship of Poker Main Event.

Former ANZPT Sydney Champ Michael Kanaan (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-591st) was third in the event while Jacques Zaicik (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-494th), Alan Sass (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-132nd), Andrew Hinrichsen (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-2,037th) and Tom Alner (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 274th) were other notables at the final table.

Recent WSOP Europe High Rollers Champ Mike Watson and former Macau Poker Cup winner Raymond Wu failed to pickup valuable Player of the Year points by finishing right outside the Top 9.

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EVENT PAYOUTS (HKD) 1 Xing Zhou 3,547,500 2 Ying Kit Chan 3,547,500 3 Michael Kanaan 1,731,000 4 Jacques Zaicik 1,384,000 5 Alan Sass 1,125,000 6 Tsugunari Toma 952,000 7 Andrew Hinrichsen 779,000 8 Tom Alner 606,000 9 Henry Wang 432,000 10 Andrew Gaw 346,000 11 Tri Huynh 303,000 12 Mike Watson 303,000 13 Raymond Wu 303,000 14 Ping Lin 259,500 15 Gary Lam 259,500 16 Paolo Compagno 259,500 17 Aaron Lim 216,000 18 Zhongwei Wang 216,000 19 Raiden Kan 216,000 20 Yuri Ishida 173,000 21 Seungsoo Jeon 173,000 22 James McCarty 173,000 RELATED POSTS > ROSSITER WINS ACOP WARMUP > NANONOKO WINS APPT MACAU

PTPR TIER 3 EVENT ASIA PACIFIC POKER TOUR Asia Championship of Poker APPT ACOP NLH Main Event November 7-11, 2012 Grand Waldo Complex | Macau Buy-in: $12,900 | Prizepool: $2,232,560 Entries: 184 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION XING ZHOU 101 YING KIT CHAN 61 MICHAEL KANAAN 36 JACQUES ZAICIK 26 ALAN SASS 19 TSUGUNARI TORMA 11 ANDREW HINRICHSEN 9 TOM ALNER 6 HENRY WANG 6 DEFENDING CHAMPION Randy Lew, $3,772,000 HKD

PATRICK LEE WINS MACAU POKER CUP

SOURCE: THEHENDDONMOB.com

The Macau Poker Cup wrapped up this weekend with the traditional Red Dragon No Limit Hold'em event.

Patrick Lee picked up the win in the event, defeating Tetsuya Tsuchikawa heads up.

A total 478 players entered the main event of the always-successful PokerStars-run event.


Top 10 Payouts (in HKD):
1st Patrick Lee HK$1,039,700
2nd Tetsuya Tsuchikawa HK$717,000
3rd Xiaobo Zhou HK$425,400
4th Jun Yap HK$329,800
5th Chen Lu HK$251,000
6th Daniel Tarnopol HK$203,200
7th Jun Chen HK$160,100
8th Pawel Chmiel HK$119,500
9th Wenlong Jin HK$95,800
10th Andrew Chung HK$79,000


PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
Macau Poker Cup
NLH Red Dragon Event
August 11-14, 2011

Lisboa Hotel & Casino | Macau
Buy-in: $1,410 | Prizepool: $612,457 | Entries: 478

FINAL RESULTS:
PATRICK LEE 35
TETSUYA TSUCHIKAWA 18
XIAOBO ZHOU 10
JUN YAP 8
CHEN LU 5

RESULTS FROM HEARTLAND QUAPAW, APT MACAU, VENETIAN D-STACKS, CAPT BERGENZ

PHOTO CREDIT: HEARTLANDPOKERTOUR.com

We have four PTPR Challenger Event updates ... from the Heartland Poker Tour Oklahoma, APT Macau Red Dragon Main Event, the Venetian Deep Stacks Main Event (which includes the return Joe Bartholdi to the poker ranks) and Austria's CAPT Tour Bregenz Main Event.


PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
Heartland Poker Tour Oklahoma
HPT Main Event
February 26-27, 2011

Downstream Casino
Quapaw, Oklahoma, USA

Buy-in: $1,100
Prizepool: $314.925
Entries: 330

FINAL RESULTS
MICHAEL JENSEN 35
A.P. PHAHURAT 18
STEVE SANDERS 10
DANIEL SUN 8
DAVID DOUGLAS 5


PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
APT Macau
APT Main Event
February 25-28, 2011

Grand Lisboa
Macau

Buy-in: $1,413
Prizepool: $653.856
Entries: 509

FINAL RESULTS
MARK BENASA 35
YOUNGSHIN IM 18
HUNG-SHENG LIN 10
KUO HUANG 8
CHARLES-CHUNG LAM 5


PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
2011 Venetian Deepstack I
Main Event
February 23-25, 2011

Venetian Casino Resort
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Buy-in: $2,500
Prizepool: $621.132
Entries: 271

FINAL RESULTS
ETHAN FOULKES 35
JOE BARTHOLDI 18
DAVID TUTHILL 10
VASSILIOS LAZAROU 8
DAVID QUANG 5


PTPR TIER 3 EVENT
CAPT Bregenz
Main Event
February 26-27, 2011

Casinos Austria
Bregenz, Austria

Buy-in: $2,790
Prizepool: $487.880
Entries: 184

FINAL RESULTS
IZAK MUDAY 35
ERICH KOLLMANN 18
MILAN JOKSIC 10
OLIVIER PONTHIEUX 8
FABRIZIO LEONARDI 5

TAN TAI ZHENG WINS APT CEBU

SOURCE: THEHENDONMOB.com

Tan Tai Zheng (2011 PTPR Rank: 2090th) won the APT Asian Series Cebu Main Event earlier in the month. Zheng - who scored PTPR Points at APPT Macau in November - earns his first points of the season.

Second place finisher Samad Razavi (2011 PTPR Rank: 1056th) cashed at the 2011 Aussie Millions.

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TOP 10 PAYOUTS (PHP) 1st Tan Tai Zheng P3,623,000 2nd Samad Razavi P1,925,000 3rd Mika Viholainen P906,000 4th Bjoern Wiesler P679,000 5th Jerald Tan Gay Peng P566,000 6th David Evans P453,000 7th Bernie Ho P340,000 8th Alistair Duff P226,000 9th Goh Hanruo P215,000 10th Bae Su P193,400 RELATED POSTS >> du GUZMAN WINS APT MANILA

PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT Asian Poker Tour Asian Series Cebu APT Asian Series Cebu NLH Main Event February 4-7, 2012 Waterfront Hotel | Philippines Buy-in: $1,170 | Prizepool: $263,255 Entries: 647 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION TAN TAI ZHENG 35 SAMAD RAZAVI 18 MIKA VIHOLAINEN 10 BJOERN WIESLER 8 JERALD TAN GAY PENG 5

2012 AUSSIE: IVEY'S ROOM OPENS AT CROWN; KEVMATH KASHES IN TERMINATOR

PHOTO/SOURCE: POKERENEWS.com

Let's take you back down under to see what's happening at the Aussie Millions.

Before taking you to Main Event coverage - where a certain MEGA star continues his comeback to the poker circuit - we take you to Event #14 - the $500 Terminator event. Although we're still not sure what exactly happens when you don't cash in the "Terminator" event, we do know that a friend to PTPR - Mr. Kevmath himself - Kevin Mathers (the KING of poker knowledge) was able to secure a sixth place finish, winning over 6K for his efforts! Very well played sir, so happy for you! Score one for the good guys!

Did Kevmath steal Ivey's thunder? Well, if you go according to all the accolades Kev received on Twitter today, it may very well be the case ... but I don't think that Ivey minds not getting the attention!


IVEY'S ROOM

Well, well, well - look who decided to leave the big game in Macau and join most of the poker world in Melbourne? That's right kid, one of the greatest ever is back on the tournament grind. After participating in the 100K Challenge, Ivey registered for Day 1C of the Aussie Millions Main Event.

Ivey's chip stack went up and down and up and down on Day 1C ... but, when we were bagging and tagging, all eyes were on Ivey's chip stack, it sits at over 180K, good for 8th place.

Although it's not the #1 spot, Phil Ivey (2011 PTPR Rank: NR) with a Top 10 chip stack after Day 1? Could be deadly.

The overall chip leader is Brett Watson. Watson (2011 PTPR Rank: NR) is the only man with a +200K chip stack, 257K to be more precise.

James Dempsey (2011 PTPR Rank: 61st), Jason Koon (2011 PTPR Rank: NR), Kenna James (2011 PTPR Rank: NR), Melanie Weisner (2011 PTPR Rank: 1156th) and PCA 5K NLH 8-Max Turbo winner Kunimaro Kojo (2011 PTPR Rank: 2357th) all have healthy chip stacks as all three remaining Day 1 players will converge to the Crown Casino for Day 2 play.

There are currently a total of 654 entries for the Main Event - registration is still open until the end of the first level played on Day 2.

Looks like the total prizepool will top the 6 million dollar mark - well done, Australia!

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FINAL TABLE PAYOUTS (in AUD): PAYOUTS TBA RELATED POSTS >> SMITH COLLECTS 1M >> IRISHMAN PARKHILL WINS BOUNTY >> WEISNER LEADS FINAL 32 >> PEDLEY OUTLASTS KARAMALIKIS >> MIDDLETON DEFEATS DODDS >> MAD MARVIN LEADS FT CHARGE >> RUBIE WINS AUSSIE OPENER >> GOING INTO OVERTIME DOWN UNDER >> BLOOD, GUTS AND GORR!!! (2011)

PTPR PREMIER EVENT Aussie Millions NLH Main Event January 22-28, 2012 Crown Casino | Melbourne Buy-in: $10,000 | Prizepool: $TBA Entries: TBA DEFENDING CHAMPION David Gorr PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION TBA

APPT MELBOURNE: RAZAVI EARNS BIGGEST WIN OF POKER CAREER

It's a career win for English poker pro Samad Razavi (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-120th). After 100K and 200K USD pickups in 2011 (winning the UKIPT Cork Main and final tabling the Aussie Millions) Razavi earned over 325K AUD for the big win at APPT Melbourne in Australia earlier today.


Razavi came into final table play second in chips, but, was the favourite coming into FT play given his live tournament playing experience and his previous results on the circuit.

Tom Grigg (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-609th) - who entered final table play as the chip leader - finished third in the event.

Brendon Rubie (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 35th) - who finished second at the WSOP NLH 4-handed event this past summer - was the first man out. It was a very disappointing result for Rubie, who had his eyes set at the 2012 Player of the Year Top 10 with a victory here at the Crown Casino.

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FT EVENT PAYOUTS (AUD) Sam Razavi 326,125 Keith Walker 205,345 Tom Grigg 114,750 Wayne Bentley 87,575 Gary Benson 72,475 James Bills 57,375 Kristian Lunardi 45,300 Nigel Andrews 36,240 Brendon Rubie 27,175 RELATED POSTS GRIGG, RAZAVI, RUBIE FT > RUBIE RUNNER-UP > LEO LOVE - BOXELL WINS APPT DEFENDING CHAMPION Leo Boxell 2012 PTPR Points: 0 NEXT APPT TOUR STOP APPT Macau November 7-11, 2012

PTPR TIER 3 EVENT ASIA PACIFIC POKER TOUR APPT Melbourne NLH Main Event August 30-3, 2012 Crown Casino | Melbourne Buy-in: $5,160 | Prizepool: $1,246,915 Entries: 257 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION SAM RAZAVI 102 KEITH WALKER 62 TOM GRIGG 37 WAYNE BENTLEY 27 GARY BENSON 20 JAMES BILLS 12 KRISTIAN LUNARDI 10 NIGEL ANDREWS 7 BRENDON RUBIE 7

2012 WSOPE: SIX IS ENOUGH - SIRWATTS TURNS MICRO STACK INTO HIGH ROLLERS WIN

This usually doesn't happen when you have six bb's and you're last in chips at the final table of a major High Rollers event.

Well, they don't call him Sir for nothing ... Star poker pro Michael Watson (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 58th) turned his micro stack into a 1M EURO payout earlier today in Cannes at the 50K Majestic Super High Rollers event.

The event, which drew 60 players (includes 11 re-entries) featured, as expected, some of the biggest names on the tournament circuit including the #1 and #2 ranked poker players in the world Daniel Smith and Marvin Rettenmaier.

But it's Watson who drew all the attention when all was said and done, a fantastic victory, coming back from the dead to win it all. This was Watson's 11th Top 10 finish at a major series event since October of 2011.

Watson defeated John Juanda (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 91st) heads-up. Defeating Juanada in high roller events is certainly not an easy feat. Juanda has played in some of the biggest games around the world - he most recently finished 5th at the 100K Macau High Stakes Challenge.

International businessman Richard Yong (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-522nd) finished third in the event. Yong is best known for reaching the final table at the WSOP Big One for One Drop earlier this summer in Vegas ... Yong had a personal butler (dressed in a tuxedo) at this side during the One Drop event.

In was the second big score in less than a month for Germany's Philipp Gruissem (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-157th). The former two-time EPT High Rollers champ final tabled the WPT Grand Prix de Paris in September.

High Stakes tournament standout Tobias Reinkemeier (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 105th), Jani Sointula (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-1,696th), Steve O'Dwyer (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 41st) and the Raptor, David Benefield (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-877th) all cashed in the event.

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EVENT PAYOUTS (EURO) Mike Watson 1,000,000 John Juanda 600,000 Richard Yong 400,000 Philipp Gruissem 275,000 Tobias Reinkemeier 200,000 Jani Sointula 160,000 Steve O'Dwyer 130,000 David Benefield 115,000 RELATED POSTS > GET YOUR POPCORN READY, HELLMUTH LEADS WSOPE > WSOPE MAIN EVENT HEATING UP > A CHIPPY AFFAIR IN CANNES > DA COSTA SANTOS WINS BRACELET > ROSADONI WINS FIRST BRACELET > BIG WIN FOR BIG ROG! > THE YEAR OF ANTONIO > WE'RE OFF IN CANNES > SMOKROKFLOCK WINS WSOPE MAIN

PTPR TIER 3 EVENT WORLD SERIES OF POKER EUROPE Majestic Super High Rollers Event October 2-4, 2012 Hotel Majestic Barriere | Cannes Buy-in: $65,830 | Prizepool: $3,614,240 Entries: 60 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION MIKE WATSON 100 JOHN JUANDA 60 RICHARD YONG 35 PHILIPP GRUISSEM 25 TOBIAS RENKENMEIER 18 JANI SOINTULA 10 STEVE O'DWYER 8 DAVID BENEFIELD 5

APPT MELBOURNE: GRIGG, RAZAVI, RUBIE HIGHLIGHT FINAL TABLE

Tom Grigg (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: NR) leads as the APPT Melbourne Final Table is set for Monday at the Crown Casino.

Grigg holds close to a 2:1 chip lead on his second place opponent, he will carry a chip stack of 2.27M into FT play.


Poker circuit veteran Sam Razavi (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-1,127th) is the second place opponent in question. Razavi has a 1.31M chip stack.

2012 WSOP NLH 4-Handed Event runner-up Brendon Rubie (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-44th)
comes in fourth. Rubie already has a score at the Crown Casino this year, he cashed in a prelim event at the Aussie Millions earlier this season.

Defending Champion Leo Boxell, Bill Argyros and Michael Kanaan all earned Top 25 finishes.

FINAL TABLE CHIP COUNTS:
Tom Grigg 2,271,000
Sam Razavi 1,318,000
Keith Walker 1,048,000
Brendon Rubie 1,002,000
Gary Benson 631,000
Wayne Bentley 610,000
Kristian Lunardi 352,000
James Bills 322,000
Nigel Andrews 138,000

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FT EVENT PAYOUTS (AUD) 1st 326,125 2nd 205,345 3rd 114,750 4th 87,575 5th 72,475 6th 57,375 7th 45,300 8th 36,240 9th 27,175 RELATED POSTS > RUBIE RUNNER-UP > LEO LOVE - BOXELL WINS APPT DEFENDING CHAMPION Leo Boxell 2012 PTPR Points: 0 NEXT APPT TOUR STOP APPT Macau November 7-11, 2012

PTPR TIER 3 EVENT ASIA PACIFIC POKER TOUR APPT Melbourne NLH Main Event August 30-3, 2012 Crown Casino | Melbourne Buy-in: $5,160 | Prizepool: $1,246,915 Entries: 257 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION 1st place 102 2nd place 62 3rd place 37 4th place 27 5th place 20 6th place 12 7th place 10 8th place 7 9th place 7