Israeli
Ziv Bachar won the PokerStars
Asian Pacific Poker Tour held in Seoul, Korea, that ended yesterday. He outlasted 185 other players and won $139,872 in the $2,500 buy-in event, which was the first of its kind to be held in Seoul. The event took place at the Sheraton Walkerhill.
The final nine and their winnings were: Bachar, $139,872; Jozef Berec, $87,420; Sid Shinhan Kim, $48,081; Michel St. Pierre, $34,968; James Honeybone, $28,412; Seval Hægeland, $21,855; Roger Spets, $17,484;
Dan Schreiber, $13,113; and Paul Adams $8,740.
Schreiber won a
World Series of Poker bracelet in the $5,000 heads-up world championship this summer. He lives in Korea.
Bachar also won a seat into the $5,500
APPT Grand Final, which will be held in Sydney, Australia, Dec. 13-16.
Bachar, 25-years-old, qualified for
APPT Korea through PokerStars and has been building his live tournament poker reputation recently. He finished ninth in the 2006
PokerStars Caribbean Adventure ($95,000), and he won the €500 no-limit hold'em event at last year's
PokerStars European Poker Tour Grand Final in Monte Carlo (€54,400).
Players from 33 countries played in this event, including Australian and former
WSOP champion Joe Hachem,
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