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This Week in Tournament Poker
Asian Poker Tour Macau
Yevgeniy Timoshenko emerged with the victory at the Asian Poker Tour event in Macau on Aug. 31, emerging from a field of 257 players to win $500,000. Timoshenko also picked up 1,248 POY points for the win, which is the largest poker tournament win of his career. Joining Timoshenko at the final table was Casey Kastle, who finished in fourth place and won $90,000, to give him $1 million in career tournament winnings. Grant Levy, the champion of the 2007 Asia Pacific Poker Tour main event, also cashed in this event, taking home $18,750 for busting in 12th place.
Asia Pacific Poker Tour Macau
The PokerStars.com Asia Pacific Poker Tour Macau event started right on the heels of the APT event, with day 1A kicking off on Sept. 1. This event featured three day-one flight’s and attracted a field of 538 players. Many professionals were in Macau for both events featured in China last week, and those who cashed at the APPT stop included Lee Nelson (42nd place), John Juanda (26th place), Quinn Do (25th Place), David Chiu (11th Place), and David Steicke (10th Place).
Here is a look at the final table in Macau with chip counts. These players will do battle tomorrow for the first-place prize worth $453,851:
Diwei Huang — 1,046,000
Edward Sabat — 1,001,000
Jeppe Drivsholm — 863,000
Tian Chen — 768,000
Charles Chua — 617,000
Mikael Rosen — 361,000
Kuok Wai Will Cheong — 334,000
Javed Abrahams — 215,000
So Myung Sim — 118,000
Partouche Poker Tour Cannes
Many poker professionals were drawn to the French Riviera this week for the Partouche Poker Tour main event. The tournament featured a €8,500 buy in, and after 480 players jumped into the mix, the prize pool was €3.2 million, with a €1 million ($1,426,649 using today’s exchange rate) first-place prize. Among the pros, the top names that still remain at press time on day 2 of the four-day event were Gus Hansen, Rafe Furst, Michael and Robert Mizrachi, Juha Helppi, Noah Schwartz, Glen Chorny, and Scotty Nguyen.
Sun City Million Dollar Poker Tournament
The first two days of play are in the books in Sun City, South Africa, at the Sun City Million Dollar Poker Tournament. The event featured a $3,000 buy-in, with a $600 rebuy and a $1,000 add-on. Players who made the trip down to South Africa included John Phan, Shannon Elizabeth, and Michael Binger. The prize pool is guaranteed at $1.5 million, and the champion will be crowned on Sept. 7.
Gulf Coast Poker Championship
When Hurricane Gustav was approaching the Gulf Coast, the casinos in Gulfport and Biloxi, Mississippi, were forced to close, and the $5,000 championship event of the Gulf Coast Poker Championship, which was set to begin on Thursday, Sept. 4, was cancelled. There is no word as of yet about whether this event will be rescheduled or not. But even the threat of an approaching Hurricane could not stop Vinny Pahuja. This top POY candidate cashed twice during the four preliminaries that ran before the casinos closed shop. Pahuja finished in 23rd place in a $300 no-limit hold'em event and then followed that up by making the final table of a $500 no-limit hold'em event, where he finished in fourth place and won $9,267, as well as 180 POY points.
Borgata Poker Open
The first three preliminary events at the Borgata Poker Open have begun, and the first event has crowned a champion. Event No. 1, the first $300 buy-in no-limit hold’em preliminary of the Open, was won by Daniel Apicella, who took home $77,170. Event No. 2, a $1,000 no-limit hold’em tournament, will conclude tonight, with Robert Varkonyi still kicking among the final 27 players left in that event.
Card Player Player of the Year Update
POY Standings:
John Phan — 6,401
Erik Seidel — 4,580
David Benyamine — 4,148
Michael Binger — 3,600
David “The Dragon” Pham — 3,582
Erick Lindgren — 3,459
Vinny Pahuja — 3,450
Shannon Shorr — 3,388
Men “The Master” Nguyen — 3,230
David Chiu — 3,120
POY Movement
John Phan still retains his solid lead for first place over Erik Seidel and the rest of the field. David Chiu just missed taking home at least 120 POY points when he finished in 11th place at the APPT Macau event, barely missing the final table. As mentioned before, Vinny Pahuja was the only player to take home POY points this week when he won 180 points by finishing fourth in a $500 no-limit hold'em event at the Gulf Coast Poker Championship. This was enough for Pahuja to leapfrog Shannon Shorr for the seventh-place position on the leader board. This also puts Pahuja just nine points behind Erick Lindgren, who currently holds sixth place. The player who took home the most POY points this week was Yevgeniy Timoshenko, who brought home 1,248 points for his win at APT Macau. This gives him 1,408 POY points on the year. Timoshenko was surpassed on the POY leader board by another player at the final table in Macau, Casey Kastle. Kastle received 624 POY points for his fourth-place finish and now holds 1,523 points total.
Looking Ahead
EPT Barcelona
The first stop for season V on the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour will begin next week in Barcelona, Spain, and it begins on Sept. 10. The event will feature two day-one flights, and the final table will take place on Sept. 14. The event will feature a €8,000 buy-in, and the field will be capped at 600 entrants. Last year, 543 players participated in the event, and Sander Lylloff was the champion.
APPT Macau
The champion of the APPT Macau main event will be crowned on Sept. 6, and the next day, a $150,000 HKD ($19,208 U.S., using today’s conversion rate) high-roller event will begin on Sept. 7 and crown a champion on Sept. 9 to close out this stop on the APPT tour in Macau.
Borgata Poker Open
Preliminary events 4-12 will take place next week at the Borgata. These events are primarily no-limit hold’em, with buy-ins ranging from $300-$5,000, the Borgata Poker Open will also feature a $300 ladies no-limit hold'em event on Sept. 7, a $300 limit hold’em event on Sept. 7, and a $300 seven-card stud event on Sept. 8, in addition to the $10,000 World Poker Tour championship, which will begin on Sept. 14.
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