This is the third year that the PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour has visited the world's gaming capital Macau, and with each visit has come more milestones and records. In 2007, it was the first No Limit Hold'em tournament to be played in the People's Republic of China. Last year, it was the largest field and prizepool ever offered in an Asian poker tournament. For all the achievements in the past two years, the 2009 APPT lifted the bar to new heights. For the first time, the tournament was held at the stunning Grand Lisboa Hotel and Casino, and
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Dermot Blain
APPT Macau: Poker earning its stripes in the east
Day 4
APPT Macau: Level 27 updates (final table)
Live updates from day 3 of the PokerStars.net APPT Macau Main Event brought to you by Sean Callander and Landon Blackhall from PokerStars Macau at the Grand Lisboa Hotel and Casino. Click refresh to see the latest updates below, while the latest selected chip counts can be found by...more
APPT Macau: Level 26 updates (final table)
Live updates from day 3 of the PokerStars.net APPT Macau Main Event brought to you by Sean Callander and Landon Blackhall from PokerStars Macau at the Grand Lisboa Hotel and Casino. Click refresh to see the latest updates below, while the latest selected chip counts can be found by...more
APPT Macau: Level 25 updates (final table)
Live updates from day 3 of the PokerStars.net APPT Macau Main Event brought to you by Sean Callander and Landon Blackhall from PokerStars Macau at the Grand Lisboa Hotel and Casino. Click refresh to see the latest updates below, while the latest selected chip counts can be found by...more
Day 3
APPT Macau: Final table profiles
Seat 1: Dermot Blain, Dublin, Ireland (507,000 in chips): Having switched to playing poker full time from his original job as a sales manager, the 25-year-old resident of Dublin said that he has only won a few small tournaments live and online. He took up poker a few years...more
APPT Macau: Local favourite leads field into final table
A massive day of action at PokerStars Macau in the Grand Lisboa Hotel and Casino has ended with the final table decided for the 2009 PokerStars.net APPT Main Event. Despite a star-studded field that included four WSOP Main Event champions and numerous Team PokerStars Pros, it will be a...more
APPT Macau: Level 22-23 updates
Live updates from day 3 of PokerStars.net APPT Macau Main Event brought to you by Sean Callander and Landon Blackhall from PokerStars Macau at the Grand Lisboa Hotel and Casino. Click refresh to see the latest updates below, while the latest selected chip counts can be found by clicking...more
Day 2
APPT Macau: Cheong on song heading into day three
By Landon Blackhall The final 42 players have been decided for day three of the 2009 PokerStars.net APPT Macau Main Event after a gripping day at PokerStars Macau in the Grand Lisboa Hotel and Casino. After eight one-hour levels, the field was slashed by more than 75 per cent...more
APPT Macau: Level 15 updates
Live updates from day 2 of PokerStars.net APPT Macau Main Event brought to you by Sean Callander and Landon Blackhall from PokerStars Macau at the Grand Lisboa Hotel and Casino. Click refresh to see the latest updates below, while the latest selected chip counts can be found by clicking...more
APPT Macau: Level 14 updates
Live updates from day 2 of PokerStars.net APPT Macau Main Event brought to you by Sean Callander and Landon Blackhall from PokerStars Macau at the Grand Lisboa Hotel and Casino. Click refresh to see the latest updates below, while the latest selected chip counts can be found by clicking...more
Day 1C
APPT Macau: Day 2 seat draw
PokerStars.net APPT Macau Main Event day 2 seat draw Table 1 Seat 1: Dennis Huntly (Australia) 4400 Seat 2: Yik Hei Lo (Hong Kong) 34,700 Seat 3: Jaime Ballester (Spain) PokerStars Qualifier 29,400 Seat 4: Shen Yu (China) PokerStars Macau Satellite Winner 6100 Seat 5: Wing Leung (Andrew) Chung...more
APPT Macau: Chiang leads day 1C, Myhre still on top
We've reached the end of the beginning in the 2009 PokerStars.net APPT Macau Main Event, with the last of the three day one flights consigned to history and the day two field decided. A total of 196 players will return to PokerStars Macau at the Grand Lisboa Hotel and...more
APPT Macau: Mahjong man welcomes new challenge
Players in the PokerStars.net APPT Macau Main Event at the Grand Lisboa Hotel and Casino are taking their final break for the day, meaning there's just one-hour left before the day two line-up is finalised. Day 1C started with 185, with almost half (86) sent to the rail in...more
Day 1B
APPT Macau: Scandi steamrolls his way to chip lead
The girls from Tokyo Nights, one of the shows here at the Grand Lisboa Hotel and Casino, have just made their nightly parade past PokerStars Macau, meaning we must be into the final hands of the night on day 1B of the 2009 PokerStars.net APPT Macau Main Event. The...more
APPT Macau: Standing room only
By Landon Blackhall Any sceptics who question the potential for poker in Asia should take a walk through PokerStars Macau at the Grand Lisboa Hotel and Casino this evening. There's a nice crowd playing on the baccarat tables, but the poker room is the heart of the action; abuzz...more
APPT Macau: Rahme removed; Myhre on the march
Team PokerStars Pro Raymond Rahme has been eliminated from the APPT Macau Main Event, ending his all-too-brief stay at PokerStars Macau and the Grand Lisboa Hotel and Casino. The story of Rahme's demise started with a raise from middle position to 800, Team PokerStars Pro Chris Moneymaker re-raised to...more
Day 1A
APPT Macau: Demes the dominator on day 1A
By Landon Blackhall and Sean Callander We started with the traditional changing of the mask and finished with the traditional bagging of the chips - the 2009 PokerStars.net Asian Pacific Poker Tour is off and running after the first of three day one flights in the APPT Macau Main...more
APPT Macau: Famine for most, feast for Steicke
APPT tournament director Danny McDonagh has just announced that there will be just one more level of play this evening, making a total of seven for the opening day of the PokerStars.net APPT Macau Main Event. Good deal for the remaining 71 players, who'll be able to start making...more
APPT Macau: Teammates in another test of loyalty
By Landon Blackhall PokerStars.net Team Australia Pros Eric Assadourian and Emad Tahtouh are good friends, but when it comes to big events (particularly on the APPT) they've had more than their share of battles. In the first year of the APPT, they both made the final table of the...more
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