HomeDay 1B of the Asian Poker Tour (APT) Macau HKD $25,000 buy-in Main Event saw 166 players take their seats, which swelled the total amount of entries to 268. On offer for the tournament’s champion is a whopping HKD $1,913,200 (USD $246,625) and, after yesterday’s action, Singapore’ Fam Kai Yat is currently the best placed player to take it down.
With 100,675 in chips, Yat’s 100,675 stack is the only one above six-figures. Japan’s Yu Kurita ended the day as the best placed female player on 41,075. Others to build a solid chip count included Sparrow Cheung (54,925), Nick Wong (56,525), Sebastian Clot (36,650), Adam Monaghan (36,450) and Antonio Martins (30,625). While Joe Hachem, DafaPoker Ambassador Richard Zhu and Celina Lin will play catch up on Day 2 with 16,000, 10,500 and 6,525 respectively.
Failing to make it through Day 1B were Martin Elliot, Roger Spets, Wally Sombero, Andrew Scott, Ben Abrahams and Conrad Coetzer.
Day 1B Chip Leader: Fam Kai Yat
Day 1B Top 10 Chip Counts
1. Fam Kai Yat (Singapore) – 100,675
2. Daniel Laidlaw (Australia) – 91,050
3. Hung Tu Wang (Taiwan) – 67,151
4. Zhou Yue Qing (China) – 66,350
5. Choi Yun Lam (Hong Kong) – 62,375
6. Zhang Ai Min (China) – 60,850
7. Nick Wong (Hong Kong) – 56,525
8. Xu Qin Wei (China) – 55,375
9. Sparrow Cheung (Hong Kong) – 54,925
10. Patrick Lik-Tung Lui (Hong Kong) – 53,675
Congratulations also to our side event winners yesterday:
APT Macau 2012 Ladies of Poker Champion: Percy Yung
Ladies of Poker Results
29 entries, $1,100 buy-in, HKD $28,400 prize pool
1. Percy Yung (Hong Kong) – HKD $14,200
2. Xiao Luo Qi (China) – HKD $8500
3. Yue Shan Chui (Hong Kong) – HKD $5700
APT Macau 2012 Pot Limit Omaha Champion: Christopher Michael Soyza
DafaPoker Pot Limit Omaha Final Table Results
83 entries, $3,300 buy-in, HKD $244,000 prize pool
1. Christopher Soyza (Malaysia) – HKD $83,000
2. Takeshi Chome Kato (Japan) – HKD $48,800
3. Takuya Nakamuna (Japan) – HKD $26,800
4. Cheun Yeung Shum (Hong Kong) – HKD $19,500
5. Chris Koo (USA) – HKD $17,100
6. Annie Chen (China) – HKD $14,600
7. Dennis Lokz (Singapore) – HKD $12,200
8. Zhou Quan (China) – HKD $9,800
9. Edwin Hui (Canada) – HKD $7,300
10. Feng Zhao (Singapore) – HKD $4,900
APT Macau 2012 Deep Stack Turbo 1 Champion: Marc Rivera
Deep Stack Turbo Final Table Payouts:
1 Marc Rivera (Philippines) – HKD 97,500
2 Liam Anderson (Australia) – HKD 53,000
3 Daejang Kim (Korea) – HKD 26,500
4 Yu Kurita (Japan) – HKD 20,600
5 Can Ye (China) – HKD 17,700
6 Martin Sampath Nilsson (Sweden) – HKD 14,700
7 Edmund Hoi Ting Lee (Hong Kong) – HKD 11,800
8 Richard Randolph Jr. (UAE) – HKD 8,800
9 Wally Sombero (Philippines) – HKD 5,900
10 Fu Man Tin (Hong Kong) – HKD 5,300
Day 2 of the Main Event will set off at 1pm today and be followed by the HKD $4,400 buy-in DafaPoker Freezeout 2 at 3pm and HKD $2,200 buy-in Deep Stack Turbo 2 at 6pm.
Check out the complete Asian Poker Tour Macau 2012 Event Details.