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It takes time to build tradition in any sporting event. Imagine if The Masters suddenly appeared on the PGA circuit a few years ago and the organisers started handing out green jackets to the winners. It would hardly be a big hit. But having established more than 80 years of history and stories of triumph and heartbreak, The Masters stands the test … [Read more...]

2.05am: Andrew Scott eliminated in second position (HKD $2.1 million) Andrew Scott's great run in the PokerStars.net APPT Macau high-roller tournament has come to an end at the hands of Nam Le. Scott began the heads-up battle with a 2-to-1 chip disadvantage, and saw that ratio only increase in his disfavour. Le expertly whittled away at Scott's stack … [Read more...]

The final 10 finally became nine after a dramatic day two in the APPT High Roller. It's a day that will go down in the annals of PokerStars.net APPT history. A day that the APPT came of age, and the APPT Macau High Roller carved out a reputation as the region's premier poker event. More than 11 hours ago, 28 players took their seats for day two of … [Read more...]

We have now ticked past three-and-a-half hours of this 10 seated "imitation" final table. The larger stacks are no doubt regretting their decision to agree to redraw to a 10-handed game, when if the five-handed structure had been maintained, "on the balance of probabilities," everyone would be tucked-up in bed by now. Johnny Chan, short-stacked for … [Read more...]

There is one heck of a lot at stake at this "unofficial" final table of the PokerStars.net APPT Macau High Roller tournament. The remaining 10 players have been foxing with each other for close to two hours; unwilling to put everything on the line, when the potential for much greater rewards lie only one elimination (and not theirs) away. Players have … [Read more...]

Steven Silverman has joined the railbirds on the other side of the ropes here at the Grand Waldo Casino. The American held the shortest stack for the majority of the time since Mike McDonald's departure, and only had one move; all-in. However, he had recently felt a bit more comfortable following a double-up courtesy of PokerStars Sponsored player, … [Read more...]

The well-oiled machine that is David Steicke continues to hum, having just eliminated another player in Mike timex McDonald. Steicke, who continues to build a very long line of chips, that PokerStars Sponsored player Eric Assadourian calls the Great Wall of China, looked up timex's all-in on a turned board of 5h-9s-7s-9h Steicke showed pocket jacks, … [Read more...]

The last Team PokerStars Pro in the APPT Macau High Roller event field, Joe Hachem, has been eliminated in 13th place. Short stacked after losing a big pot to Andrew Scott, Hachem successfully committed his chips twice to scoop up the blinds and antes and was trying to make it three in a row when he pushed in for 10,000 in the small blind. But Mike … [Read more...]

In last year's APPT High Roller event in Macau, it took five hours to eliminate the last six players before the final table line-up was decided. The writing is also on the wall that the remaining 14 players are in no hurry to commit their chips as we tick into level 10 (800/1600 with an ante of 200) on day two of this year's High Roller event at the … [Read more...]