HomeThe second day of action at the Asian Poker Tour (APT) Macau poker festival witnessed another three side event title winners in the form of US pro Nam Le, China’s Wu Bo and Katsuhiro Motu from Japan. Le’s well-earned victory came in the HKD 100,000 buy-in PokerAce High Rollers while Bo won the HKD 4,400 buy-in Head Hunter event and Moto took down the HKD 1,000 Chairyt Event.
It was Le’s first APT title win after having come close on a previous occasion at APT Macau in 2009 when he finished second in the High Roller side event. Yesterday it was in a field of 21 players that included Joe Hachem, Oliver Spiedel, Winfred Yu, Conrad Coetzer and Tom Hall.
Le won at heads up against Nicholas Wong after calling his short-stacked opponent’s K♥ 10♦ shove with A♣ 9♥. The dealer tabled A♠ 6♥ 7♣ A♥ 5? to give Le trip aces and the HKD 841,000 title.
APT Macau 2012 High Rollers Champion: Nam Le
PokerAce High Roller Results
1. Nam Le – HKD 841,000
2. Nicholas Wong – HKD 528,000
3. Conrad Coetzer – HKD 332,000
4. Tom Hall – HKD 254,100
In the Head Hunter event, 103 players created a total prize pool of HKD 352,300. Among those seated at the tables were Raiden Kan, Sparrow Cheung, Justin Chan, Gordon Huntly, Tetsuya Tsuchikawa and Samad Razavi.
The final duel saw Wu Bo rail Liam Anderson when both players got all their money in on a flop of 6♦ 9♣ 7♣. Bo’s K♠ 9♦ top pair was up against Anderson’s Q♥ 8♣ straight draw. With the turn J♠ and river 3♠ Bo’s hand held up and gave him a HKD 119,700 victory.
APT Macau 2012 Head Hunter Champion: Wu Bo
Head Hunter Results
1. Wu Bo – HKD 119,700
2. Liam Anderson – HKD 70,500
3. Huang Qiyan – HKD 38,800
4. Li Kejing – HKD 28,200
5. Jo Bongi – HKD 24,700
6. Bokeet Ma – HKD 21,100
7. Tam Truong – HKD 17,600
8. Tetsuya Tsuchikawa – HKD 14,100
9. Sun Yang – HKD 10,600
10. Ng Sau Chin – HKD 7,000
Also on hand was the Charity Event which was won by Japan’s Katsuhiro Muto. All Add Ons in this event will be donated to the Holy House of Mercy of Macau.
APT Macau 2012 Charity Event Champion: Katsuhiro Muto
Charity Event Results:
1. Katsuhiro Muto – HKD 17,600
2. Baohua Zhang – HKD 11,000
3. Chen Yue – HKD 6,600
4. Lay Huat – HKD 4,900
5. Xiaobo Zhou – HKD 3,900
The HKD 25,000 buy-in APT Macau Main Event Day 1A kicks off at 1pm local time today and will be followed by the HKD 3,300 buy-in DafaPoker Freezeout side event at 2pm.
Check ou the complete Asian Poker Tour Macau 2012.