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David "The Spider" Steicke If the PokerStars.net APPT had a “Rookie of the Year” award, it seems it would have to go to David Steicke. After only one year of tournament poker experience, the Australian-born trader continues to dominate the tournament floor here at the Grand Waldo Casino in Macau....more

Johnny Chan, surrounded by intense hoods Over at Johnny Chan’s table, there are four players sitting around him wearing hoods and sunglasses. Chan must be thinking he’s in some type of fairy tale… we can just imagine him thinking: “You kids all play Red Riding Hood, and I’ll be the...more

The pace of eliminations has increased as players take their final break on day one of the PokerStars.net APPT High Roller event. And the main recipient has been David Steicke, who now leads the tournament with a stack of almost 80,000. The short-stacked Liz Lieu made her move with A-J...more

Xuan Nguyen, playing his table like a xylophone We have a new chip leader over at Andrew “I won a race!” Scott’s table. Xuan Ngyuen, a highly-successful online player, has been bossing Scott, PokerStars sponsored player Emad Tahtouh, and the rest of the table relentlessly with raise after raise. Even...more

The day-trippers are starting to make their way home after a big day on the tables here at the Grand Waldo Hotel and Casino, leaving the clatter of poker chips and the odd scream of ecstasy or agony from the craps’ pit or nearby baccarat tables as the backdrop for...more

Watch APPT Macau 08: High Roller Julien on PokerStars.tv We first met Julien Langvan on day 1C of the PokerStars.net APPT Macau main event. A Frenchman, Langvan was born with a birth defect limiting the use of his arms. However, he can still play poker without trouble, and is currently...more

The APPT Macau main event was a whitewash for the Team PokerStars Pros, but the empire has struck back in the early stages on the first day of the APPT High Roller event. The Joker outfit has been consigned to the back of ElkY's closet. Isabelle Mercier has just doubled...more

Although the PokerStars.net APPT Macau high-roller’s event has been underway for a couple of hours, tournament director Danny McDonagh was still taking late registrations until half-way through Level 2. The final registrant was a somewhat dusty-looking Charles “The Chuck Truck” Chua, who finished in second place in the APPT Macau...more

Andrew Scott is a good friend of David Steicke. Like David, Andrew has only recently started playing tournament poker and has been a great supporter of the APPT (in fact, he’s been one of a handful of players to enter every APPT event played so far). A steelier Andrew Scott...more

The life of a tournament pro on the road isn’t all wine and roses. Team PokerStars Pro Isabelle Mercier was the last player to arrive for today’s APPT High Roller event, having already run deep (37th in a field of 734) in this morning’s PokerStars WCOOP $215 2-7 Triple Draw...more

The assembled media here at the PokerStars.net APPT Macau, have made much of the presence of two particular players; Johhny “Not Terrence” Chan, and Terrence “Not Johnny” Chan, and we’re not about to stop now! In an interesting quirk of fate, or random chan-ce, both players have been drawn together...more

We're back for the start of the APPT High Roller event. The hangovers have barely kicked in for Eddie Sabat and his friends after a few celebratory drinks to toast his victory in the PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour Macau main event, which wrapped up in the not-so-early hours...more