Post by jdaddy on Apr 4, 2008 10:58:03 GMT -4
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GRANT LEVY WINS INAUGURAL APPT GRAND FINAL
Grant LevyAustralian Grant Levy won the PokerStars.net APPT Season 1 Grand Final in Sydney, taking home AUD$1 million after beating a field of 561, including some of the world's top players including Team PokerStars Pros Joe Hachem and Greg Raymer. For full details of Season 1 and the Sydney Grand Final visit the PokerStars blog.
Levy, a 28-year-old teacher and father of two, has truly arrived on the local tournament scene after placing third at the PokerNews Cup in Melbourne, outlasting a field of 428 players to finish third (winning $131,800). But his glory at the APPT Sydney Scorcher will be tough to beat in 2008.
Also claiming home glory in Sydney was Hachem himself. The WSOP 2005 Main Event champ was crowned the APPT Season 1 Tournament of Champions winner in an event that matched all previous APPT winners against a host of WSOP and WPT champs: Hachem and Raymer, Scotty Nguyen, and Team Pokerstars Pros Isabelle Mercier and Chris Moneymaker. Hachem donated his $50,000 prize to the Shane Warne Foundation.
APPT Season 1: The Story as it happened
The Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) has already become one of the world's richest poker tours. It incorporates many firsts in the poker world, including the first major poker tournaments in South Korea, the Philippines, Macau and Sydney.
The winner of the first event in Manila was 22-year-old political science student Brett Parise, from Indiana, USA. Parise’s pair of 10s were enough to beat second place winner Ira Blumenthal when heads-up, allowing him to take down the first prize worth $179,775.
APPT Seoul was won by 25-year-old Israeli Ziv Bachar. He brought the chip lead to the final table, and was rarely threatened on his way to the $139,872 first prize. He survived a tense moment when three-handed at the final table, when his two pair held up against opponent Sid Kim’s flush draw, a 2d on the river sending Kim to the rail.
Dinh Le – now known as ‘All-in’ Dinh – a 27-year-old from London, England, took the APPT Macau Main Event crown. He rose above the field of 352 players to claim the $222,640 first prize in the first poker tournament ever to be staged in China, beating out such seasoned pros as Joe Hachem and Bertrand ‘ElkY’ Grospellier on his way to glory.
First place in the High Roller event, meanwhile, went to Eric Assadourian. His 8-1 chip lead heads-up was enough for him to beat Bo Sehlstedt to claim the $368,640 prize.
www.appt.com
GRANT LEVY WINS INAUGURAL APPT GRAND FINAL
Grant LevyAustralian Grant Levy won the PokerStars.net APPT Season 1 Grand Final in Sydney, taking home AUD$1 million after beating a field of 561, including some of the world's top players including Team PokerStars Pros Joe Hachem and Greg Raymer. For full details of Season 1 and the Sydney Grand Final visit the PokerStars blog.
Levy, a 28-year-old teacher and father of two, has truly arrived on the local tournament scene after placing third at the PokerNews Cup in Melbourne, outlasting a field of 428 players to finish third (winning $131,800). But his glory at the APPT Sydney Scorcher will be tough to beat in 2008.
Also claiming home glory in Sydney was Hachem himself. The WSOP 2005 Main Event champ was crowned the APPT Season 1 Tournament of Champions winner in an event that matched all previous APPT winners against a host of WSOP and WPT champs: Hachem and Raymer, Scotty Nguyen, and Team Pokerstars Pros Isabelle Mercier and Chris Moneymaker. Hachem donated his $50,000 prize to the Shane Warne Foundation.
APPT Season 1: The Story as it happened
The Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) has already become one of the world's richest poker tours. It incorporates many firsts in the poker world, including the first major poker tournaments in South Korea, the Philippines, Macau and Sydney.
The winner of the first event in Manila was 22-year-old political science student Brett Parise, from Indiana, USA. Parise’s pair of 10s were enough to beat second place winner Ira Blumenthal when heads-up, allowing him to take down the first prize worth $179,775.
APPT Seoul was won by 25-year-old Israeli Ziv Bachar. He brought the chip lead to the final table, and was rarely threatened on his way to the $139,872 first prize. He survived a tense moment when three-handed at the final table, when his two pair held up against opponent Sid Kim’s flush draw, a 2d on the river sending Kim to the rail.
Dinh Le – now known as ‘All-in’ Dinh – a 27-year-old from London, England, took the APPT Macau Main Event crown. He rose above the field of 352 players to claim the $222,640 first prize in the first poker tournament ever to be staged in China, beating out such seasoned pros as Joe Hachem and Bertrand ‘ElkY’ Grospellier on his way to glory.
First place in the High Roller event, meanwhile, went to Eric Assadourian. His 8-1 chip lead heads-up was enough for him to beat Bo Sehlstedt to claim the $368,640 prize.