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

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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

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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