It's been an incredible two weeks of poker here in Macau, the final days of which have been highlighted by the $100,000 (HKD) buy-in Asia Championship of Poker Main Event. And the ending -- with Xing Zhou of China defeating Hong Kong's Ying Kit Chan heads-up in final hand in...more

It was past 2:30 a.m. here in Macau, about 12-and-a-half hours after the final table had begun, and more than six hours since Xing Zhou and Ying Kit Chan had started their heads-up battle. Here's what they looked like way back when the duel had started. Bright-eyed, determined, ready... It...more

A half-hour into Level 26 (15,000/30,000/4,000), China's Xing Zhou continued to enjoy the chip lead he'd had over Hong Kong's Ying Kit Chan since the start of heads-up play way back in Level 24. Minus the dinner break, that was three hours' worth of poker. Chan had closed the gap....more

It took about seven hours to play down from 22 to nine here on Day 4 of the Asia Championship of Poker Main Event, and when the bagging took place Australia's Michael Kanaan had the most chips to count and collect with 1,393,000. Michael Kanaan Here are links to all...more

It took a while, but the final two eliminations of Day 4 have happened and the nine-handed final table of the 2012 Asia Championship of Poker has been determined. Tri Ba Huynh (Canada) fell in 11th right at the end of Level 19, while Andrew Gaw (Philippines) was knocked out...more

"Call," said Mike "SirWatts" Watson, tossing his cards face up and letting them land on the felt before him. There was a note of resignation in his voice, as though he knew he'd run into an unfortunate situation, made even more so coming so late in an event. Ying Kit...more

We started Day 3 talking about tension increasing, about the game necessarily becoming more serious today now that the 2012 Asia Championship of Poker Main Event had reached a stage where the bursting of the money bubble was imminent. The day turned out to be a long one, lasting all...more

The tension is ramping up as the bubble looms nearer. We've seen several all-ins and players at risk during the first part of Level 15. Some survived their moments of worry, while others did not. Torres tumbles 2010 APPT Macau champion Victorino Torres (Northern Mariana Islands) was one of the...more

It's a deep structure here in the Asia Championship of Poker Main Event. With 33 players left to begin Level 14 (1,200/2,400/300), the average stack was almost 70 big blinds deep. Understandable, then, the action would slow and rate of bustouts lessen -- especially with the money bubble (to burst...more

Sixty minutes into the 90-minute Level 10, play has been stopped for the night. Just 56 players remain from the starting field of 184, with Andrew Gaw of the Philippines ending the day atop the counts followed by end-of-Day-1 leader Yue Hin Lam (Macau) and Xing Zhou (China). Team Pros...more

They've crossed the midway point of Level 9 (500/1,000/100). Team PokerStars Pro Bryan Huang was just eliminated after getting his stack in on the flop with a double-gutshot versus top pair and failing to get there, following fellow Team Pro Eugene Katchalov to the rail. With Huang's elimination, they are...more

Eight Team PokerStars Pros and two members of Team PokerStars Online entered the Asia Championship of Poker Main Event, and all 10 players survived the first day of play to return today. Thus far on Day 2 six of those 10 are still with chips, including all four Asia-based Team...more

A relatively short Day 1 has come to a close at the Asia Championship of Poker Main Event, with play halting a half-hour into Level 5 so as to allow players and staff to attend the ACOP Welcome Party starting a little later tonight. And a later-than-normal start for Day...more

This inaugural Asia Championship of Poker series features a full schedule of events, 18 of which count toward the 2012 Asia Player of the Year race currently led by Japan's Yosuke Sekiya. Sekiya is here today playing in the Main Event, and currently sits with about 20,000 chips. Yosuke Sekiya...more

Registration has now closed as we move through Level 3 of the $100,000 (HKD) Asia Championship of Poker Main Event. All told 184 players entered the tournament, creating a huge prize pool of $17,305,200 (HKD) and thereby well exceeding the $10 million (HKD) guarantee. About 20 have fallen in the...more