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The Asian Poker Tour, in collaboration with City of Dreams, successfully held the nine-day festival of live poker action at the Hard Rock Poker Lounge as the Asian Poker Tour Macau 2010 happened last November 6-14.
Poker players were fleet in joining the exciting side events that the Asian Poker Tour prepared for them. The tournament area was filled with poker enthusiasts especially during the APT Macau Celebrity Charity Challenge where model and actress Grace Huang won MOP100,000 for Caritas Macau. Equally well-attended was the APT’s All In Battle of the Nations event won by Team Malaysia (Charles Chua, Daniel Chee and K.C Lee).
China’s Zhang Dan Peng emerged victorious as he outlasted a field of poker pros and legends–the likes of Tom Dwan and Phil Ivey–and grabbed the Asian Poker Tour Macau 2010 Champion title earning him HK$1.678 million (which is approximately USD$215,000). Peng went heads up against Germany’s Bjoern Wiesler with his Ace-Deuce beating the opponent’s Pocket Sevens. It is pretty impressive to note that the 18-year old champ is the only Chinese winner of the APT Macau Main Event—which also happens to be the first-ever poker tournament he participated in. Details on Peng’s victory can be seen here.
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