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APPT Macau: Race for Asia's biggest poker prize
down to nine

The final table for the PokerStars.net APPT Macau main event has been decided, with a Macanese local set to take on players from around Asia, Europe and the US in the final chase for the HKD $3,540,040 (USD $453,851.28) first prize.

The big story is Kuok Wai ?Will? Cheong?s qualification for the final table in the biggest poker tournament ever played on Asian soil.

?I?m still pinching myself, it?s a miracle,? he said as the reality began to sink in for the 28-year-old, who works in the local casino industry.

Despite having plenty of chips and a generous structure, players continued to commit their chips with gusto, and the 39 players who started day three were whittled down to the final nine in less than six levels.

The three ?notable? players who started day three were all eliminated ? 2008 WPT Championship winner David Chiu lasted the longest, finishing 11th, while Quinn Do (the short stack entering the day) and John Juanda finished 25th and 26th respectively.

Three of the four chip leaders at the start of day three ? Eddie Sabat, Charles Chua and Javed Abrahams ? all reached the final nine, but PokerStars qualifier Keith Wintermans (third at the start of play) and David Steicke (who?d led at numerous stages of the tournament) both fell short. Steicke was the final-table bubble finisher, after being eliminated by Tian Chen on the final hand of the day.

The final table kicks-off at 1.30pm local time, but allowing for TV commitments, play should be underway around 2.15pm.

PokerStars.net APPT Macau final table

IJG_7253.jpgEddie Sabat, 1,001,000 in chips

Seat 1: Eddie Sabat, Lancaster, CA, USA (1,001,000 in chips): The youngest player at the APPT Macau final table brings arguably the best resume to the line-up. PokerStars qualifier Eddie Sabat has enjoyed a successful year on the live circuit, with a best finish of third in the WSOP Circuit Series event at Harrah?s Rincon in San Diego, worth $70,680, back in February. He also cashed in the PokerStars.net LAPT event in Brazil last month, and finished in the money twice at the 2008 WSOP. The 22-year-old recently completed his accountancy studies at USC but considers his new classroom the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles where he is a regular in the cash games.

IJG_7148.jpgSo Myung Sim, 118,000 in chips

Seat 2: So Myung Sim, Seoul, South Korea (118,000 in chips): The connection between the electronic game Starcraft and poker is firmly established in Korea thanks to ex-pats like Team PokerStars Pro Bertrand ?ElkY? Grospellier. But when it comes to Starcraft celebs, there are few bigger in Korea than So Myung Sim, who shocked the gaming community when he announced his retirement last year at the ripe old age of 23. He has now turned his full-time focus to poker and in just his second major tournament start, So Myung Sim has reached the final table. He will start as the short stack.

IJG_7305.jpgTian Chen, 768,000 in chips

Seat 3: Tian Chen, Beijing, China (768,000 in chips): Players like this 31-year-old have played a pivotal role in establishing a poker culture in Asia. Two or three times a week over the past four years, he has played a ?home? game in a Beijing coffee shop with some friends. They then travelled to Macau together for this event, with three making the money. A software engineer, he spent 10 years in the US and started playing in cardrooms around Seattle, Washington before returning to China in 2004. One of the short stacks when play reached the final three tables, he rebounded to take the fourth biggest stack to the final table.

IJG_7312.jpgWill Cheong, 334,000 in chips

Seat 4: Kuok Wai Will Cheong, Macau (334,000 in chips): What a story for the growth of poker in Asia to have a Macanese local at the final table of the biggest tournament ever played in Asia. What?s more, he was down to less than 15,000 in chips on day two before clawing his way back into contention? Having honed his skills in live games at PokerStars Macau in recent months, this 28-year-old who works in casino administration has been playing poker for about two years but has never scaled such heights prior to this event. So how does he feel about representing the world?s biggest gaming destination in the continent?s biggest ever poker tournament? ?It?s a miracle!?

IJG_7323.jpgJeppe Drivsholm, 863,000 in chips

Seat 5: Jeppe Drivsholm, Aalborg, Denmark (863,000 in chips): Don?t let the gentle façade and quietly-spoken nature of this 24-year-old student deceive you ? he brings a fierce determination to the game as shown by his third-place finish in the charity event played at the Macau Cup here back in May. A specialist live cash-game player, he has already sampled big fields in Asia and was part of poker history at last year?s inaugural APPT event in Manila. With more than three years? experience, expect the young Scandinavian to make his mark at the APPT Macau final table when he starts from third chip position.

IJG_7289.jpgMikael Rosen, 361,000 in chips

Seat 6: Mikael Rosen, Karlskrona, Sweden (361,000 in chips): Karlskrona is home to the Swedish navy but might have a more notable claim to fame if this man follows the rich tradition of poker-playing Swedes (like Team PokerStars Pro William Thorson) when the APPT Macau main event final table kicks-off. This 31-year-old software engineer (he actually earned a Masters in software engineering) didn?t create many waves during the APPT Macau main event, steadily picking his way through the field and taking down a big pot when required to secure his first major live tournament final table.

IJG_7249.jpgJaved Abrahams, 215,000 in chips

Seat 7: Javed Abrahams, London, UK (215,000 in chips): fresh from an eighth place finish in the 2008 WPT Bellagio Cup (worth more than USD $100,000, this polished 23-year-old from London has also cashed in three PokerStars EPT events over the past three years, including 19th in the 2007 EPT Barcelona main event. He entered day three of the APPT Macau main event in fourth chip position but faces a tough challenge as the second shortest stack at the final table. Away from the poker table, he?s preparing to commence studies for a Masters in Latin American Studies. So having experienced EPT and APPT events, look out LAPT!

IJG_7243.jpgBryan Huang, 1,046,000 in chips

Seat 8: Diwei ?Bryan? Huang, Singapore (1,046,000 in chips): This accountancy student (scheduled to graduate later this year) has already lived out one of his poker dreams after freerolling onto a poker cruise in 2006, where he won almost USD $80,000 in a preliminary event. Since then, poker has been a ?serious hobby? for this 23-year-old ? from home games to regular online sessions. No player experienced such wild swings of fortune on day three ? he lost a big pot on the first hand of the day to be down to just 40,000 in chips but less than three hours later, his stack was above 800,000 and he finished the day in the box seat as chip leader heading into the final table.

IJG_7214.jpgCharles Chua, 617,000 in chips

Seat 9: Charles Chua, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (617,000 in chips): One of the crowd favourites after his amazing run on day two, this 31-year-old?s tournament record might be modest but he?s one of the better known players in Melbourne, Australia where he lived before returning home to Malaysia recently. ?Chucky? might play the clown at the table, but it?s all for show ? this law graduate brings plenty of smarts to the table as shown by his ability to stay out of too many big pots on day three after building a big stack on day two. He enters the final table in fifth chip position.

All photography © Joe Giron/IMPDI



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Ma-ma-ma-ma-Mookie, Musings and Fantasy Sports
Live

I had no intention of playing The Mookie the other night, much as I've not had any intention of playing poker at all these last few months, aside from a trip or two to the local Indian casino. As I was driving home from the train station, I was mentally lining up my tasks for the evening and one of them was that I had to transfer Pauly some cash. And then it hit me: It's Wednesday! I've got nothing going on! If I'm to take the time and trouble to actually log on to Full Tilt, I might as well play The Mookie!

I'm pretty sure that's how Moneymaker got started.

Anyways, there was an early reminder of one of the reasons I've put online poker and blonkaments in my rearview, a snide comment on the way I'd played a hand (which I won) from one of the many experts that populate the field and who have never taken a wrong step on the felt. I indulged in what I thought was a clever and benign retort and left it at that.

I know this. I never got all my money in wrong. I made one or two small-ish mistakes, but had the good sense not to compound them. I felt like I knew what I was doing, which is a far cry from the way I'd played before taking a break. I was aggressive with the re-raises. I didn't shy on the bubble. I didn't allow myself to get run over by bigger stacks. Maybe I forgot how shitty I was.

My withdrawl from both poker and blogging has been nice. For a while there, my days revolved around both. The realization that I was a) never going to have the time, interest or the natural ability to pursue poker as anything more than a recreational thing and b) spending too much brainpower on blogging, brainpower that I could use more wisely in the writing arena (and what I do have to spare, I try to use at Offsprung, though my output there has faltered, as well). The unintended consequence of both those was more free time to reconnect. There's the exercise, which is good. Playing soccer on Sunday, also good. I'm coaching AJ's U8 AYSO team and loving nearly every second of it (except when they space out on me and when they do, it's like a team-wide thing, not individual, the very essence of herding cats). Heck, there's even the possibility of dating.

And I have been writing. I entered a story in a contest last month. I don't have high aspirations for it, simply considering the publication and their preferred style, but I like the way my story came out, especially since I started it almost a year ago and it's gone through several incarnations. I've tried to make writing a ritualistic thing. Again, like poker, I'll always see writing as an interest, rather than a vocation, and, ultimately, I think blogging is a help to that, if one is possessed of the requisite amount of discipline. So, that's what I'm trying to achieve and then I can hopefully come back here more frequently.

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Okay, good. Congratulations to me. I suck less now that I did 8 months ago. Very proud of ya.

Now onto important things. I am so totally ready for the National Fucking Football League. Last year was the first time in my life (I'm serious) that I had free Sundays. No all-day church, no weekend shifts, no soccer games. I immensely enjoyed my NFL Sunday Ticket and my sportsbook.com account and my fantasy teams and...of course..



That's right...Fantasy Sports Live is back with a wide range of daily options, including the Blogger Battle (money added!) and Sundays With Dr. Pauly (prizes galore). I got killed last year in these games (so look for me), but had a blast nonetheless. Bonus code: Speaker if you're not already signed up and if you are, tell your friends. Tell everyone in your fantasy league that they don't have to wait the entire year for the thrill of victory or a cash payout. It's just a few clicks, people, half as many as you'd go through for new porn.





So, do me this one favor: Sign up! Play! Win! And maybe I'll be around more in order to show my appreciation for you. Or less, if you prefer. Your call.http://www.text-link-ads.com/xml_blogger.php?inventory_key=UFNK7F8ROC6KWVUXNIVZ&feed=1

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APPT Macau: Consistency a strong play of Dodds

Joel Dodds nickname is ?Strong Play?. However, the Sydneysider adopted a far more conservative approach than his nickname would indicate to claw his way to 14th place in the PokerStars.net APPT Macau main event. How?s this for a world-class piece of trivia ? Dodds finished 14th in this very event last year!

IJG_7312.jpgStrong Play to No Play: Kuok Wai Will Cheong sends Dodds packing.

After Kuok Wai Will Cheong raised to 20,000 under-the-gun, Dodds pushed all-in for 108,000 then Cheong beat him into the pot with pocket kings. Dodds rolled his eyes as he showed pocket queens, which stayed behind.

Soon after, former chip leader Mark Walsh decided it was time to make a stand with his last 77,000 in chips. It was race between the pocket eights of the PokerStars qualifier and Diwei Huang?s As-Js, and although neither player connected, it was the Singaporean who broke the tape when his ace played on a board (10d-6d-Qs-Qc-10h). Huang becomes the first player to break the one-million chip mark.

IJG_7298.jpgPokerStars qualifier Mark Walsh bows out in 13th.

The dwindling stack of Taneli Tiikkaja received a much-needed boost when he picked off Ed Sabat?s bluff with 10h-8h on a board of 8c-2h-10c-3s against the Californian?s Kc-Qc. The Jh was no help, and the Finn was above 300,000 again.

The biggest hand of the past level was played out on the cusp of the last break between David Chiu and Denmark?s Jeppe Drivsholm in a battle of the blinds.

IJ2_1474.jpgChiu and Drivsholm go at it in the biggest pot of level 18.

After a flop of 9h-6s-7h, Chiu bet 62,000, Drivsholm pushed all-in for 220,000 and Chiu called after several minutes in the tank. He showed black 10s, while the Dane had two-pair nines and sevens. The board ran out Ks-3d taking Drivsholm to more than 800,000 in chips while Chiu was down to less than 250,000.

Play is into level 19 (5000/10,000 and a 1000 ante) with Huang leading from Drivsholm, Sabat (620,000), David Steicke (440,000) and Charles Chua (410,000).

Recent eliminations and payouts

13 Mark Walsh (Ireland) HKD $101,145
14 Joel Dodds (Australia) HKD $101,145



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Democrats v. Republicans - The Battle Continues!

*** WARNING: NO POKER CONTENT ***

Democrats: "Barack Obama's DNC speech was amazing! He was persuasive, eloquent and tough when he needed to be. John McCain's RNC speech was dull and themeless. It was just more of the same old speech from the same old Republican party that drove this nation into the ground over the last eight years. The right-wing nuts at Fox News should be ashamed of themselves for their blind support of John McCain!"

Republicans: "John McCain has the experience and leadership abilities to protect our nation from foreign threats and help the economy! Barack Obama's DNC speech was all rhetoric with no substance. Change? What change? It's just the same old liberal bullshit. The left-wing media like CNN is too busy kissing Obama's ass to give fair and balanced reporting!"

Let those two argue for several months, both with their minds made up and their heels in the ground. Pull up a chair. If you agree with either side, just block the other one out and sing your Hallelujah or Amen. Agree until your heart's content or alternatively until you heart is boiling in its own juices.

But it's all a dog and pony show. I tried watching some of the McCain speech last night. Boring. I won't even put forth a definitive political view here other than to say that I am bored of it all. Ok, Barack will ruin our nation. Fine, McCain is the anti-christ. Whatever. One of those fuckers are going to end up running our nation, and amazingly all of the discourse on the Internet, TV, radio, newspapers, conventions, whatever, is just theatre. Thousands show up at the DNC to jerk off to Obama. Thousands show up at the RNC to beat their meat to McCain. Good for you both, but it's still just masturbation.

As a kid, when I started to develop my love for debate, I would discuss religion and politics as a perfect jumping off point to deep discussions. My father always warned, "You don't discuss religion and politics." At the time, I thought he was warning me that those topics were private and taboo; that by discussing them, I was rude and invading others' privacy. Now I realize the truth. It's all very futile. 90% of you have already made up your mind about who you are (or, are not) voting for. The other 10% probably have made up their minds too, but like the label of being independent. They sure as hell must be leaning one way or another by this point.

Meanwhile, as I typed this, the Republican and Democrat from above have gone on to discuss the vice presidential nominees. My guess is that the Republican will praise Palin and smash Biden. Meanwhile, the Democrat will praise Biden and smash Palin. Let's check:

Democrat: "Sarah Palin should worry more about her fucked up family and less about running for VP. This is the same woman who raised taxes just to build a $15M hockey rink for her kids in Alaska...Isn't there ice already in Alaska? As for Biden, he's the perfect choice for VP. He's experienced and will help national security and the economy."

Republican: "That Joe Biden is a hack, a racist and a plagiarist. Great pick, fucking Democrats. As for Palin, she's a god damn hero. She fought corruption, terrorism (not one Al Queda attack has occurred in Alaska since she was elected into office!), and will lower gas prices by allowing mining for oil!"

And as they prattle on, I wonder to myself, why the fuck do I care? The president is elected via the electoral process. My one vote in New York, a state that will undoubtedly vote for the Democrats, will not change a damn thing. And I'm a freaking independent! Maybe the rhetoric from both sides is designed to mobilize otherwise dormant voting blocks or convince en masse the independents, but on a personal level, it doesn't mean shit to me. Republicans will continue to wack off to their candidate, Democrats will continue to fellate theirs and the whole masturbatory political process continues.

I finally learned why my father didn't like to discuss politics. It's a fucking waste of time and energy. In the end, you just end up looking like a tool, preaching your version of the Bible to your own congregation and baiting trolls from the other side to throw some vitrol around. And the other side is doing the same thing too.

So, have at it, political masturbators. Just do me a favor and clean up after yourselves when you are done. I'm going for a beer. Let me know when this whole class president thing is done.

Until next time, make mine poker!

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Excalibur Poker Room Goes High Tech

photos by flipchip • lasvegasvegas.com Excalibur Poker RoomLas Vegas now has an all digital poker room. The Excalibur Resort has opened it's 12 table, sans dealers, poker room filled with PokerPro digital tables. I was at the initial introduction[...]

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APPT Macau: Mills mucked, Gill gone, Lam lost

IJ2_1460.jpgMedia row has moved inside the ropes at the Grand Waldo for day 3 of the APPT Macau main event .

After three days of seemingly non-stop eliminations, play has slowed for the first time as we reach the business end of the PokerStars.net APPT Macau main event.

At the end of level 16, two players were eliminated on the same hand, which allowed Ed Sabat to close on chip leader Diwei Huang.

IJG_7229.jpgGill's tournament is ended by Sabat.

On a flop of 8c-6c-Qd, Sabat bet, 30,000, Carter Gill moved all-in for almost 190,000, Charles Lam also moved in for 96,000 and Sabat called.

Gill showed Kc-Qh for top pair, Lam held Qc-3d for top pair with a worse kicker but Sabat?s pocket aces were well ahead, and with 4d-4c filling the board, Sabat now sits behind a stack that resembles the Great Wall of China.

It took 40 minutes of level 17 until another player was sent to the rail. David Chiu?s raise to 18,000 was greeted with an all-in from Kenny Hicks for 90,000. Chiu called and showed Kc-Qc, but Hicks had his nose in front holding Ac-7h. But Chiu connected on the flop (8c-10d-Qd) to end the roller-coaster ride of Hicks.

Blinds are now up to 4000/8000 with a 1000 ante, with an early victim of the new level being PokerStars qualifier Adrian Mills from Ireland. The money was in before the flop, with Mills? As-7s trailing the Ad-Ks of So Myung Kim. Both players improved to a pair of aces on the flop, but there was no more help for Mills who left the tournament in 15th place on the next hand after being left with just 4000 in chips.

IJG_7280.jpgSo, that's it: Mills is KOed by the Korean.

Huang leads on 910,000, followed by Sabat (730,000), Chua (700,000), Chiu (550,000) and Steicke (430,000). Joel Dodds is the short stack on 125,000. There are three PokerStars qualifiers still in the field ? Sabat, Mark Walsh and Taneli Tiikkaja.

Recent eliminations and payouts

15 Adrian Mills (Ireland) HKD $101,145
16 Kenny Hicks (USA) HKD $101,145
17 Carter Gill (USA) HKD $75,860
18 Charles Lam (Hong Kong) HKD $75,860



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APPT Macau: Gill up to monkey business as MacPhee
goes ape

With the TV cameras rolling, the big personalities are coming to the fore in the PokerStars.net APPT Macau main event.

IJG_7195.jpgFriends are in short supply for Carter Gill.

Carter Gill has adopted a monkey as a ventriloquist dummy, and is taking advice from the soft toy. But after showing aces to take down a big pot just before the last break, APPT tournament director Danny McDonagh warned that Carter was sailing close to the wind in terms of declaring his hand. The monkey has since gone quiet.

Gill?s good friend and PokerStars qualifier Kevin MacPhee has also just put on a show for the 441 TV crew when he slammed a water bottle to the floor.

IJG_7221.jpgA steaming Kevin MacPhee.

That came after a massive three-way pot between MacPhee and all-in players Mudasser Khan and Kenny Hicks. MacPhee held pocket aces, Hicks pocket eights and Khan K-6. The board came down 3d-6s-4c-5c-7c, giving Hicks a straight on the river. After yesterday?s blow-up on the bubble, the resurrection of Kenny Hicks is well underway.

IJG_7146.jpgDavid Chiu claims another victim.

There have been some big movers in the past hour, with 2008 WPT Championship winner David Chiu among them. Norway?s Ole Steinvik moved all-in on a flop of Kc-Jh-6h with 8h-7h but Chiu was chasing the nut flush (Ah-9h). Neither player connected on the turn (Qs) or river (6d), sending Steinvik out in 23rd place.

IJG_7182.jpgKorea's So Myung Sim.

So Myung Sim has also rocketed up the chip count and claimed another pile of chips when he KOed Eugene Borukhov of the USA. It was the A-K of Borukhov against Sim?s pocket kings, which played on a board of 3-5-3-5-5

IJG_7219.jpgNo joy for Jung Hyun Choi.

But the big story of the day has been Singapore?s Diwei Huang. After losing a big pot on the first orbit of the day to John Juanda, Huang has shot to more than 850,000 in chips after eliminating Korea?s Jung Hyun Choi. After a flop of Jh-5s-9c, the money went in with Choi holding 10s-7s and Huang Ah-Jd but running fives eliminated Choi.

Recent eliminations and payouts

19 Jung Hyun Choi (Korea) HKD $75,860
20 Kevin MacPhee (USA) HKD $75,860
21 Mudasser Khan (USA) HKD $75,860
22 Eugene Borukhov (USA) HKD $75,860
23 Ole Steinvik (Norway) HKD $75,860



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APPT Macau: The music's over for Wagner

The redraw for the top 23 players in the PokerStars.net APPT Macau main event after the elimination of 15 players in less than 90 minutes of play early on day 3. The short stacks were on the move early, but now some of the more fancied chances are starting to feel the pressure.

IJG_7100.jpgDavid Steicke sends John Juanda on his way.

After reaching the final table of the APPT High Roller event here last year, John Juanda has bowed out in 26th spot after he made a stand with K-5 only to find David Steicke ready for the race with pocket jacks. The board (10-10-6-6-2) brought no help for the three-time WSOP bracelet winner.

Finnish PokerStars qualifier Taneli Tiikkaja continues his charge, and just took out overall day one chip leader Andre Wagner. After a miserable start to the day, Wagner was short-stacked and committed the last of his chips with Ad-Jd on a flop of 6c-10d-3d, drawing against Tiikkaja?s pocket queens. There was no ace or diamond to save Wagner as his APPT Macau dreams became an unfinished symphony.

Another of the chip leaders entering day three, Canadian PokerStars qualifier Keith Wintermans, has also just been taken out. The money went in on the river after the board came 2h-4s-As-Ad-7s, with Wintermans showing Qs-6s for a flush but Huang?s Ks-10s allowed the Singaporean to rake in a massive pot.

IJG_7141.jpgKeith Wintermans: Huang, drawn and quartered.

Simon Greene had patiently waited for more than an hour for a hand with which to bet the last of his chips and woke up early in level 12 to find pocket aces. He was happy to see Diwei Huang call with pocket fives, but Simon turned green when a five landed on the flop.

The short-stack entering today, Quinn Do hung on until his Ad-Qs met Mudasser Khan?s pocket sevens, with the 10-high board enough fore the Dane to take the pot and send Do to the rail.

Table redraw (23 players remaining)

Table 1

Seat 1: Eugene Borukhov
Seat 2: Charles Chua
Seat 3: David Steicke
Seat 4: Tian Chen
Seat 5: Mark Walsh
Seat 6: Joel Dodds
Seat 7: So Myung Sim
Seat 8: Mikael Rosen

Table 2

Seat 1: David Chiu
Seat 2: Jeppe Drusholm
Seat 3: Ole Steinvik
Seat 4: Kenny Hicks
Seat 5: Javed Abrahams
Seat 6: Mudasser Khan
Seat 7: Kevin MacPhee
Seat 8: Kuok Wai Will Cheong

Table 3

Seat 1: Charles Lam
Seat 2: Adrian Mills
Seat 3: Edward Sabat
Seat 4: Taneli Tiikkaja
Seat 5: Diwei Huang
Seat 6: Carter Gill
Seat 7: Jung Hyun Choi

Top 5 chip counts (approximate)

Charles Chua 550,000
Edward Sabat 470,000
Diwei Huang 450,000
Jung Hyun Choi 450,000
David Steicke 360,000

Recent eliminations and payouts

24 Keith Wintermans (Canada) HKD $75,860
25 Quinn Do (Korea) HKD $63,215
26 John Juanda (USA) HKD $63,215
27 Kejing Tang (China) HKD $63,215
28 Andre Wagner (Germany) HKD $63,215
29 Simon Greene (UK) HKD $63,215



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APPT Macau: A new poker flower blooms

After about an hour of play on Day 3 here at the PokerStars.net APPT Macau, we have already seen ?12? players eliminated from the 39 who started the day. One of those players is the highest-placed female finisher in the event, Daisy ?Chain? Wain. Wain finished in 35th position, earning $50,570 Hong Kong dollars (or $6,433.83 US dollars) for her time here at the Grand Waldo casino.

IJG_6914.jpgDaisy Wain; importing and exporting chips in bulk

Talking to Wain while waiting in the cashout line, we learned she heard about the Macau tournament and decided to give it a try, having no previous live tournament experience. That?s not to say she doesn?t know what she?s doing, Wain is a Filipino born American who calls Palm Desert, California, home, and spends much of her time playing $2/$5 No-Limit with her friends at the many casinos in the area.

A self-made businesswoman, Wain owns an import-export business which trades in Chinese marble statues. She also owns a long-haul semi-trailer trucking company in Manila. During the APPT Macau, Wain has taken some impressive scalps with her willingness to call all-in bets with almost any two high or connected cards. The most notable of these was of 2005 WSOP Main Event winner, and Team PokerStars Pro member, Joe Hachem. However, Wain was elimintated herself in similar circumstances calling an all-in with A9 of spades. She turned an ace, but her opponent rivered a set of sevens to end her time here in Macau. Undeterred however, Wain now has a taste for APPT tournament poker, and intends to travel to Korea and the Philippines for the events in those countries. Good luck Daisy; your willingness to gamble will certainly keep opponents on their toes.



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2008 Pokerstars WCOOP has Begun

The 2008 World Championship of Online Poker has begun on Pokerstars.

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