Dinh Le wins APPT Macau: Asian Poker Open Championship
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The inaugural Asian Pacific Poker Tour Macau: Asian Poker Open, presented by PokerStars.net, crowned a champion early this morning, with Dinh Le taking home the title and nearly $225,000 in prize money. On the 105th hand played at the final table, Dinh Le and second-place finisher Ivan Tan got all the chips in preflop in a race situation. Le’s 88 held up against the A10 of Tan, bringing the historic tournament to a close.
The final table of APPT Macau was an varied combination of skill levels and backgrounds, ranging from a former WSOP main event champion - Joe Hachem - to a man who had never played a live poker tournament before - eventual champion Dinh Le. The complete final table and prize money, in order of finishing (courtesy of PokerStars Blog):
$222,640 Dinh Le (Vietnam)
$129,536 Zhong Wei “Ivan” Tan (Singapore)
$72,864 Sangkyoun Kim (South Korea)
$56,672 Guillaume Patry (Canada)
$48,576 Bertrand ‘ElkY’ Grospellier (France)
$40,480 William Tam (Australia)
$32,384 Liz Lieu (USA)
$24,288 Joe Hachem (Australia)
$16,192 Simon Randall (United Kingdom)
