Randy 'nanonoko' Lew Wins PokerStars APPT Macau Main EventShort Stack Comes From Behind To Win $480,000 |
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Randy “nanonoko” Lew has won the PokerStars Asia Pacific Poker Tour Macau main event topping a record field of 575 players in the former Portuguese colony.
He collected HKD$3.8 million ($483,000) for his victory, along with 1,440 Card Player Player of the Year points.
Lew and his heads up opponent Jimmy Pan started virtually even in chips and the chip lead swung both ways over more than 90 minutes until the defining hand saw Pan open to 400,000 on the button, Lew call and a flop of Q
T
8 dealt.
Lew bet 400,000, Pan moved all in and Lew snap called, his Q
T
having hit the flop much harder than pan’s K Q. The 5 and J on the turn and river sealed the tournament for Lew who said after his first major live victory, "I got queens in against aces, which was kind of a cooler, but after that I was just able to grind my stack really well.
“My heads-up opponent was a very competent player. I felt very confident though, in heads-up, because I play a lot of heads-up online against good players.”
The final table payouts were:
1: Randy Lew — HKD$3,772,000
(US$483,000) 1,440 POY Points
2: Jimmy Pan — HKD$2,367,000 (US$303,551) 1,200 POY Points
3: Jeffrey Rossiter — HKD$1,306,000 (US$167,485) 960 POY Points
4: Fabian Spielmann — HKD$1,019,000
(US$130,679) 720 POY Points
5: Zuo Wang — HKD$809,000
(US$103,748) 600 POY Points
6: Kai Yat Fam — HKD$653,000 (US$83,742) 480 POY Points
7: Daniel Nordstrom — HKD$498,000
(US$63,865) 360 POY Points
8: Tan Tai Zheng — HKD$373,000
(US$47,835) 240 POY Points
9: David Steicke — HKD$263,300 (US$33,728) 120 POY Points
The HKD$27,000 + 3,000 buy in event, held at Casino Grand Lisboa, was notable for the re-emergence of enigmatic poker pro Phil Ivey who has been absent from the circuit since the collapse of Full Tilt Poker.
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