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EPT Barcelona Open
The first stop on season five on the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour began on Wednesday, Sept. 10 in Barcelona, Spain. The event broke its own field-size record by attracting 619 entrants to the Gran Casino on the shores of the Mediterranean. The total prize pool is €4,952,000, and the first-place prize is €1,361,000. At press time, the players were approaching the money bubble, and the fast speed of play slowed down after the dinner break on day 2, when 80 players hoped to make the final 64 places, which would receive prize money. The chip leaders heading into the money bubble were Sebastian Ruthenberg, with 220,000, and Jonas Klausen, with 216,000.
The final table for this event will take place on Sunday, Sept. 14, and Card Player will be there every step of the way to bring you live updates, chip counts, and photos. Be sure to also check out the EPT Live video feed, which will feed over into live tournament coverage and provide live video from the final table.
Asia Pacific Poker Tour Macau
Main Event
Edward Sabat won the $3,200 no-limit hold'em main event at the Asia Pacific Poker Tour stop in Macau on Saturday, Sept. 6. He took home $453,851 for beating out a field of 538 players. The win takes Sabat’s lifetime winnings to just over $600,000. Sabat qualified for the event online, and he was the youngest player at a final table, which featured players from eight different countries. The final table was a long affair, and Sabat had to battle for 12 hours before he could claim the title as his own.
Here were the final-table results:
1st: Edward Sabat — $453,851
2nd: Charles Chua — $291,761
3rd: Diwei Huang — $153,984
4th: Mikael Rosen — $108,600
5th: Jeppe Drivsholm — $81,044
6th: Kuok Wai Cheong — $56,730
7th: Tian Chen — $42,143
8th: Javed Abrahams — $30,797
9th: So Myung Sim — $22,692
The top 56 players in the field received at least $4,862 in prize money, and the professionals who finished in the money included Lee Nelson (42nd), John Juanda (26th), Quinn Do (25th), David Chiu (11th), and David Steicke (10th). The APPT main event began on Sept. 1 and featured three day-one flights. The final table took place on the fourth day of the event. The final event at the APPT Macau tour stop is a $19,200 high roller event that began on Sept. 7 and it will end on Sept. 9.
High Roller Event
Nam Le won $474,358 in prize money when he defeated Andrew Scott heads up to win the Asia Pacific Poker Tour high-roller event in Macau. The event featured a buy-in worth $19,250, and 61 players entered to make a total prize pool worth $1,282,052. Many top players in the game were drawn to the large buy-in event, but only the final nine received prize money. Quinn Do finished in third place, taking home $153,846. It was a good week for Le and Do, who, along with J.C. Tran, all signed deals to represent the Asian Poker Tour on their trip to Macau.
Johnny Chan also made the final table and finished in seventh place. David Steicke continued his strong run at the Macau stop on the APPT by finishing in fifth place. He dominated the first two days of the event, and he took the chip lead into the final table. Steicke also finished in 10th place at the APPT Macau main event, just missing the final table.
Here is a look at the final-table results:
1: Nam Le — $474,358
2: Andrew Scott — $269,230
3: Quinn Do — $153,846
4: Charles Chua — $115,384
5: David Steicke — $89,734
6: Wei Will Ma — $64,102
7: Johnny Chan — $51,282
8: Ivan Tan — $38,461
9: Van Marcus — $25,641
Partouche Poker Tour Cannes
Alain Roy emerged from a field of 480 players at the Partouche Poker Tour main event in Cannes, France, to win the $1,426,465 first-place prize on Saturday, Sept. 7. The €8,500 buy-in event attracted professional players from all over the world and that created a huge prize pool worth €3.2 million. The tournament was characterized by long days, but the final battle was ironically short-lived. Only three hands were needed to decide a winner between Roy and his adversary, Claudio Rinaldi. Roy received 2,400 Card Player Player of the Year points for the win.
Here are the final-table results:
1st: Alain Roy — $1,426,465
2nd: Claudio Rinaldi — $729,158
3rd: Antonin Tesseire — $477,926
4th: Stephane Bazin — $321,709
5th: Philippe Narboni — $223,270
6th: Jean Philipe Rohr — $175,477
7th: Brice Cournut — $143,378
8th: Michel Abecassis — $111,278
Many professionals who made the trip to the French Riviera faired well, including Gus Hansen, who just missed the final table when he finished in ninth place to end a long day 3. Other pros who made the money included Raul Paez (11th), Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi (14th), Robert Mizrachi (15th), Noah Schwartz (28th), and Scotty Nguyen (44th). The top 48 players received a minimum of $15,963 in prize money.
Borgata Poker Open
John Gale won event No. 7 at the Borgata Poker Open, taking home $55,293 for his victory in a $400 no-limit hold'em tournament that attracted 483 players. Atlantic City legend Nick Frangos made the final table of event No. 9, where he finished in fifth place and took home $14,130 in a $500 no-limit hold'em tournament that drew 471 players.
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
Edward Sabat — 3,413
Shannon Shorr — 3,388
David Chiu — 3,264
POY Movement
One player jumped into the top 10 this past week on the POY leader board, while one player leap-frogged another to stay in the top 10. Edward Sabat charged to eighth place with his victory at the APPT Macau main event. He was awarded 2,880 points for the win, and he now has 3,413 POY points on the year. David Chiu finished in 11th place at the APPT main event, which gave him 144 POY points, just enough for him to surpass Men “The Master” Nguyen for the 10 spot. There was no movement in the top five, and John Phan still stands squarely in the lead with 6,401. Another large POY-point winner this past week was Alain Roy, who won the PPT Cannes main event and took home 2,400 POY points.
Looking Ahead
WPT Borgata Poker Open
The $10,000 Word Poker Tour no-limit hold’em championship event at the 2008 Borgata Poker Open begins on Sunday, Sept. 14. The event will run until Thursday, Sept. 18, when a champion will be crowned at the WPT television table that will feature the final six players left in the event. Roy Winston will be back at the Borgata to defend his title. In 2007 he won $1,575,280 when he defeated Heung Yoon and a field of 560 players. The tournament will feature a guaranteed prize pool of $5 milllion in 2008. Card Player will be in Atlantic City every step of the way to bring you live updates, chip counts, photos, and videos from the event.
U.S. Poker Championships
Also taking place in Atlantic City next week will be the U.S. Poker Championship at the Taj Mahal. The first of 23 preliminary events kicks off the long tournament series on Sunday, Sept. 14 with a $340 limit hold’em event. The $10,000 no-limit hold’em championship begins on Oct. 5 and runs until Oct. 8. Last year, Adam Gerber took home the top prize of $606,095 when he defeated Louis Lee heads up at the final table.
World Series of Poker Europe
The second World Series of Poker Europe will begin on Friday, Sept. 19 next week. The first preliminary event will be a £1,500 no-limit hold’em tournament that will last for four days. Other preliminaries include a £2,500 H.O.R.S.E. event and a £5,000 pot-limit Omaha event. The £10,000 no-limit hold’em main event begins on Sept. 27, and all eyes will be on Annette Obrestad as she starts the title defense of her historic victory from one year ago.
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