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Folk will do many things to help bring them good luck. For Victorino Torres that meant shaving off his moustache for the first time in years just before sitting down at the final table. The removal of facial hair worked a treat - he came from second last in chips when the nine players sat down to storm the event and take his first ever poker title. … [Read more...]

8.30pm: Victorino Torres wins APPT Macau for $3,246,200 HKD Chong Cheong runner up for $2,088,000 HKD It's over! Victorino Torres, a PokerStars qualifier from the Northern Marian Islands, wins a quick heads-up battle to become PokerStars APPT Macau season 4 champion. Chong Cheong had opened for 125,000 and Torres called. The flop was [10h][9s][js], … [Read more...]

4.55pm: Level ends That's the end of level 23. 24 will be up without a break. 4.45pm: Brian Green out in 6th place for $572,900 After the early flurry of eliminations we slowed down until just now when Costa Rica's Brian Green, a PokerStars qualifier, hit the rail. Jeppe had limped and Green checked his option from the big blind to see a [2d][5h][8h] … [Read more...]

While we wait for the final of PokerStars APPT Macau season 4 to get under way, take a look at our players.... Seat 1: Victorino Torres - Northern Mariana Islands Victorino Torres is a 33-year-old attorney from the Northern Mariana Islands, a commonwealth in political union with the United States. Torres has been playing poker for about three years … [Read more...]

The more pessimistic observers looked at today's starting field of 44 and noted we would be in for a long haul. Surely there would be a slow down as the bubble approached? Then once the required 40 were in the money, the journey would be just as slow since no-one wanted to miss their place on the nine-handed final table. Other, perhaps more wise spectators, … [Read more...]

7.35pm Housekeeping The final nine players will return tomorrow for a 12.15pm start. We'll have a wrap with you shortly. Take a look at the payouts so far over here, and marvel at the following chips: -- SY Cole Swannack, 1,262,000 Jeppe Drivsholm, 1,223,000 Brian Green, 970,000 Chong Cheong, 904,000 Kenny Nielsen, 791,000 Kai Paulsen, 528,000 Albert … [Read more...]

4.35pm: End of the level That's the end of level 18. We have a ten-minute break and then move up to level 19 with blinds of 5,000-10,000 and a 1,000 ante. We have 18 players remainnig. -- SY 4.22pm: Yoo falls Young Hyun Yoo saw his remaining chips enter the middle of the pot and Mikhail Mazunin came along for the ride. Yoo: [Ah][10c] Mazunin: [Kc][Qh] Although … [Read more...]

What a day. First Brendon Rubie ran away with the chip lead, then Kai Paulsen joined him. TJ Vorapanich caught up as well, before both he and Rubie got pegged back. It looked like Paulsen would take the honor of being top dog - until the last hand of the night when Vorapanich scooped a big pot to leave him way out in front. We had 160 players starting … [Read more...]

7.55pm: Play finishes That's it. Seven levels are done today and we're left with 46 players, a big drop from the 160 who started. They'll come back tomorrow and we need to lose five more before the money kicks in. A full wrap will be with you shortly, as will all the chip counts on the chip count page. But we can safely say our chip leader is TJ Vorapanich … [Read more...]

7pm: We're sniffing the cash The players are back in their seats for level 14. Only 51 remain, which means we are getting might close to the bubble. Just 40 get paid here, so 11 of these are going to leave empty-handed. Play will end either when we burst the bubble, or when we reach the end of this one-hour level, whichever comes first. -- SY 6.45pm: … [Read more...]