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Joe Hachem wins first tournament in Oz
The Shane Warne Foundation is now $50,000 better off after the charity’s patron and Team PokerStars Pro Joe Hachem won the first PokerStars.net APPT Tournament of Champions.
Holding an 8:1 chip lead over fellow Team PokerStars Pro Greg Raymer, Hachem had been blessed with a run of cards after the dinner break, which continued when Raymer decided to take a stand on the fifth hand of heads-up play.
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Australia’s newest poker millionaire
The first season of the PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour has ended with the crowning of the APPT Grand Final champion at Star City Casino in Sydney.
Grant Levy, a teacher from Sydney’s outer-west has become the first Australian player to a $1 million prize on home soil after he outlasted Jeremiah Vinsant from the USA in a marathon heads-up battle that went 67 hands (and a final table of 226 hands).
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APPT in Macau a resounding success
Dinh ‘Daren’ Le became China’s first ever poker champion, winning the PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour Macau: Asia Poker Open (APPT Macau) and pocketing a massive US$222,640 in prize money.
Furtheremore, Eric Assadourian a young Sydneysider, carried off the 15k win at the High Rollers event following the $2500 buy-in Main Event.
Join APPT for two mega-events to be held in the People’s Republic of China.
The ‘PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour Macau: Asian Poker Open’ USD $2,500 buy-in Main Event, which is being run in conjunction with the Galaxy Entertainment/Grand Waldo Casino group and First Impression Ltd., takes place from November 22-27 at the Grand Waldo Hotel and Casino on the historic Chinese island of Macau.
“Tzabra” sensation celebrates Seoul success
The Hebrew word “Tzabra” or “Sabra” is used to describe native Israelis. A tzabra is a tough desert plant that thrives under harsh conditions. Under its thorny exterior, the “Tzabra” protects a softer, less severe interior.
It's a perfect analogy for our first PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour Seoul champion, Israel’s Ziv Bachar (ziviland on PokerStars).
The soft-spoken 25-year-old showed no mercy during the final table at the Sheraton Grande Hotel. He brought the chip lead to the final table, and was rarely threatened on his way to the $139,872 first prize.
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Brett Parise wins final table in Manila
MANILA, Philippines, 27 August 2007 – American college student Brett Parise beat 254 players to take home the title of the inaugural event of the PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour, just under US$180,000 and a seat to the APPT Grand Final in Sydney.
The tournament kicked off with an astounding field of 255 players from more than 30 countries, creating a prize pool of almost US$600,000. The tough field included three of the top Team PokerStars players: 2005 World Champion Joe Hachem, multiple World Series of Poker bracelet winner, Daniel ‘KidPoker’ Negreanu, and Vanessa Rousso, one of the most successful female players in the world.
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PokerStars gear up for Seoul.
There's a winners hand of PokerStars players getting ready for the APPT's next stop in Seoul, Korea. Expected to compete are Team PS members; Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Lee Nelson, Isabelle "No Mercy" Mercier and Joe Hachem.
Other high profile players attending APPT Seoul include; Hiroshi Shimamura, Man Le Wan, Daniel "Rekrul" Schrieber, Guillaume Patry, Emad Tahtouh, Masaaki Kagawa, and Tuan Lam.
Qualify online for your opportunity to play in Seoul.
