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After an unscheduled break, players in the APPT Grand Final and APPT High Roller events have returned to their seats. Let’s just say there was an altercation between person “A” and person “B”, which required the room to be cleared for a few minutes. We’re into level six of the APPT Grand Final with 64 of the 81 starters still in contention, while three levels in the High Roller event have been completed.

It wouldn’t be a High Roller event without an update on the progress of Hong Kong’s David Steicke. “Hero or zero” is an apt description of his record in these events (having twice final-tabled the high stakes tournament at APPT Macau). But it was a short stay for the Aussie expat today after moving all-in pre-flop with J-10, only to be called by Johnny Huynh who revealed pocket kings.

Steicke made two pair on the flop of J-10-6 to take the lead and stayed there when a four fell on the turn. However Huynh counterfeited Steicke’s hand when a six sailed down the river. Huynh moves up to 35,000 in chips.

Meanwhile in the APPT Grand Final, the pace of action has picked up with recent eliminations including PokerStars Player Dustin Dorrance-Bowman from the USA and Melbourne’s Tony Paino.

On a flop of [5c] [6h] [2c], Daniel Hameiri led out for 6000 from the big blind and two other players folded before Dorrance-Bowman raised from the button and made it 14,500 to go. Hameiri re-raised to 23,000, Dorrance-Bowman shoved his last 13,000 into the middle and Hameiri called, showing [6s] [5s] for two pair against his [ac] [8c]. The turn and river ran red all the way as the dealer turned up [9d] [qd] to send Dorrance-Bowman to the rail.

Only moments later on table 21, Paino moved the last of his short stack into the middle holding [ah] [8d], but ran into the [as] [kd] of fellow Aussie Pedrag Jovanovic. The board ran out [jd] [6h] [qh] [2s] [3d] to give Jovanovic the pot and Paino his marching orders.

One of the joys of travelling with the PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour is experiencing different countries and cultures. We’ve visited countries like Korea, where conformity is an obsession, and countries like the Philippines, where parents will go to extraordinary lengths to make their children stand out from the crowd.

As a result, there are thousands, if not millions, of Filipinos walking around with highly unusual names. Given we’re here for a poker tournament, let’s start with politician Joker Arroyo. He has a brother Jack, but we’re unsure if there’s a King or Queen Arroyo. There is, however, another politician named Robert Ace Barbers, and he prefers to play the Ace.

Jejomar is a popular name in this highly religious country, taking the first two letters from Jesus, first two letters from Joseph and first three letters from Mary.

And strolling the Marquee floor today, we heard 2009 APPT Macau runner-up Mike Kim singing the Paul Lekakis gem Boom Boom (Let’s Go Back to My Room). Van Marcus then kicked into a rendition of Boom Boom Boom by the Outthere Brothers. Why all the singing? The young lady dealing their table is named Boom.

Close by on table 10 where Bing is dealing - seriously - Daniel Schreiber just vacated his seat after being KOed by Michael Shinzaki. The PokerStars.net Team Asia Pro kicked off the betting with a raise to 825, Shinzaki popped it to 2200 and Schreiber called.

They checked the flop of [6c] [6d] [2d], before Shinzaki shoved all-in after Schreiber had checked the turn of [4h]. Schreiber called and showed [5c] [5d] only to find Shinzaki holding [ks] [6h] for trips. The river blanked and the Korean-based American was heading for the door, as he discussed …

Watch APPT Cebu 09: Daniel Schreiber - Day 1A on PokerStars.tv

Ticking down to the end of level four on day 1A, the sensibly named Lee Jin from Korea leads on 65,000 ahead of Hong Kong’s Elton Tsang on 62,000. Hang on … Elton?

One of the joys of travelling with the PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour is experiencing different countries and cultures. We’ve visited countries like Korea, where conformity is an obsession, and countries like the Philippines, where parents will go to extraordinary lengths to make their children stand out from the crowd.

As a result, there are thousands, if not millions, of Filipinos walking around with highly unusual names. Given we’re here for a poker tournament, let’s start with politician Joker Arroyo. He has a brother Jack, but we’re unsure if there’s a King or Queen Arroyo. There is, however, another politician named Robert Ace Barbers, and he prefers to play the Ace.

Jejomar is a popular name in this highly religious country, taking the first two letters from Jesus, first two letters from Joseph and first three letters from Mary.

And strolling the Marquee floor today, we heard 2009 APPT Macau runner-up Mike Kim singing the Paul Lekakis gem Boom Boom (Let’s Go Back to My Room). Van Marcus then kicked into a rendition of Boom Boom Boom by the Outthere Brothers. Why all the singing? The young lady dealing their table is named Boom.

Close by on table 10 where Bing is dealing - seriously - Daniel Schreiber just vacated his seat after being KOed by Michael Shinzaki. The PokerStars.net Team Asia Pro kicked off the betting with a raise to 825, Shinzaki popped it to 2200 and Schreiber called.

They checked the flop of [6c] [6d] [2d], before Shinzaki shoved all-in after Schreiber had checked the turn of [4h]. Schreiber called and showed [5c] [5d] only to find Shinzaki holding [ks] [6h] for trips. The river blanked and the Korean-based American was heading for the door, as he discussed …

Watch APPT Cebu 09: Daniel Schreiber - Day 1A on PokerStars.tv

Ticking down to the end of level four on day 1A, the sensibly named Lee Jin from Korea leads on 65,000 ahead of Hong Kong’s Elton Tsang on 62,000.

Live updates from day 3 of PokerStars.net APPT Macau Main Event brought to you by Sean Callander and Landon Blackhall from PokerStars Macau at the Grand Lisboa Hotel and Casino. Click refresh to see the latest updates below, while the latest selected chip counts can be found by clicking here.

Level 16 (blinds 3000-6000, ante 500)

2.10pm: High Roller players take their seats

‘Eight’ is the lucky number in Chinese culture, so it makes perfect sense that the buy-in for the 2009 PokerStars.net APPT Macau High Roller event is HKD $88,800. Even better for the locals, players will start with 88,800 in chips! It looks as if the field will break 50 players. We’ll keep an eye on the High Roller in between hands in the APPT Macau Main Event. After 10 players were KOed in the first hour, there hasn’t been a single elimination in the past hour. The biggest cheer came from Charles Lam, who rivered a flush with [ah] [10h] against the set of sevens of UK Pokerstars Macau Satellite Winner Dermot Blain. That took Lam to 140,000.

1.50pm: Sombero’s stack heading south

You may have noticed that level 16 is going on, and on, and on. A small glitch last night when the clock was wound back after the bubble period meant we actually started today at level 15. So here we are, back in level 16. No eliminations in the past 20 minutes, but some big moves at either end of the chip count. Brandon Demes has regained the chip lead on 600,000, but Wally Sombero’s stack is in freefall. The ever-popular Filipino is down to just 135,000. The latest hit to his stack came from Jicheng Su, who called Sombero’s all-in after the flop of [kh] [ac] [3s]. The Chinese PokerStars Macau satellite winner showed [as] [3d], while King Wally’s [ad] [10c] needed help. It didn’t eventuate on the turn [2d] and river [4s]. Jicheng Su is up to 275,000. We’re at 32 players at the mid-point of the level.

1.30pm: Spets collects third APPT cash

Roger Spets joins a select group of players with three APPT cashes after finishing 35th here in the APPT Macau Main Event. The short-stacked Swede, who scored two final tables in the APPT’s first season, was bowled over by Darkhan Botabayev’s 3-9 when the Kazakh found threes on the flop and river against Spets’ A-10. Theo Tran’s tournament is over after Canadian Shawn Buchanan made a set of fours on the flop against the US PokerStars Qualifier’s A-7. China’s Winfred Yu followed in 33rd, eliminated by Canadian Tran Linh, The Pokerstars Macau Satellite Winner held [ac] [ad], which led wire-to-wire against Yu’s [6c] [6s].

1.15pm: Short stacks under attack

The APPT Macau Main Event field is down to 35 with the eliminations continuing to tick over. The short-stacked Carlos Chang was confirmed 38th when the last of his chips were committed with [7d] [3d] against the [ad] [qs] of Sunny Bjayana. Chang actually made two-pair on a board of [3s] [qd] [9c] [7c] [9h] but found his hand counterfeited. UK PokerStars Player Karl Mahrenholz bowed out in 37th after he made a final stand with [10h] [9s] against the [jh] [6h] of Michael Collins. The board showed [10s] [jd] [3s] [7c] [jc] sending Collins to 365,000 and Mahrenholz on his way. Van Binh Pham stretched his short stack to the next pay level, but his run ended in 36th in a race of [jd] [jc] against the [ac] [qs] of Daniel Hansson. The Swedish PokerStars Qualifier found an ace on the flop, and the Canadian is off to collect HKD $ 64,500.

12.55pm: Demes dominates in early stages

Brandon Demes is on the move after taking out another player in the opening 30 minutes of play. The PokerStars Player didn’t hesitate to make the call with [kh] [ks] against the A-K of Taipei’s Hsuan Lee. The board fell [6c] [jd] [7d] [6s] [10h], sending Lee, a Pokerstars Sponsored Player, out in 40th. The remarkable comeback of Van Marcus continues - the 2008 APPT Manila Main Event was down to just a few thousand in chips yesterday but is up to 200,000 after his K-4 found a friend on the turn against the A-J of Carlos Chang. The Taipei player has barely 20,000 left.

12.40pm: Last Team Asia Pro is out

Bust-outs are coming thick and fast. Canada’s Dbinder Singh sent H.C. Lin from Taipei to the rail in 42nd when his A-Q connected against the pocket 10s of the Pokerstars Sponsored Player. Former chip leader Brandon Demes has started strongly by claiming the scalp of Australian PokerStars Qualifier Stanley Hou (41st) and the final PokerStars.net Team Asia Pro, Daniel Schreiber is also out. His pocket sixes were always dominated by the pocket jacks of Swede PokerStars Qualifier Stefan Hjorthall on a board that ran out [ah] [kc] [7c] [qh] [2h].

12.25pm: 7 x 6 = 42; cards in the air

Players have arrived for day three of the APPT Macau Main Event, with the remaining 42 players spread over seven tables. Each of the top seven players has been placed on a different table - another innovation from APPT tournament director Danny McDonagh. Red 25,000 chips have been introduced for the first time. And shame on us for not mentioning in last night’s wrap the one remaining female player - Pokerstars Macau Satellite Winner Youngshin Im from Korea, who holds 163,500 (just under the chip average of 193,000).

PokerStars.net APPT Macau Main Event day 2 seat draw

Table 1

Seat 1: Dennis Huntly (Australia) 4400
Seat 2: Yik Hei Lo (Hong Kong) 34,700
Seat 3: Jaime Ballester (Spain) PokerStars Qualifier 29,400
Seat 4: Shen Yu (China) PokerStars Macau Satellite Winner 6100
Seat 5: Wing Leung (Andrew) Chung (Hong Kong) 41,300
Seat 7: James Potter (Australia) PokerStars Macau Satellite Winner 48,100
Seat 8: Dbinder Singh (Canada) PokerStars Qualifier 79,900
Seat 9: Rodrigo Meneses (Australia) PokerStars Qualifier 13,500

Table 2

Seat 1: Dominic Mykhaltso (Canada) 46,400
Seat 2: Feng Wang (China) 17,300
Seat 3: Casey Kastle (Slovenia) 21,500
Seat 4: Jonathan Lin (Taipei) PokerStars Team Asia Pro 25,800
Seat 5: Pieter Tielen (Netherlands) 22,900
Seat 6: Elton Tsang (Hong Kong) PokerStars Macau Satellite Winner 17,300
Seat 7: Boon Teck Suen (Singapore) 11,400
Seat 8: Tarik Keast (Switzerland) PokerStars Qualifier 18,100
Seat 9: Troy Burkholder (USA) PokerStars Qualifier 15,900

Table 3

Seat 1: Kenny Ng (Malaysia) 46,000
Seat 2: Isaac Galazan (Thailand) 44,200
Seat 3: Suen Kit Cheong (Australia) 118,300
Seat 4: Foo Yong Cheong (Singapore) PokerStars Qualifier 27,800
Seat 5: Matt Russell (USA) 11,300
Seat 6: Neelesh Chudasama (UK) 78,400
Seat 7: James Kerrane (UK) PokerStars Player 55,500
Seat 8: I-tsau (Peter) Wang (Taipei) Sponsored Player 18,000
Seat 9: Peter Anh Nguyen (USA) 55,000

Table 4

Seat 1: Michael Collins (USA) PokerStars Qualifier 45,300
Seat 2: Allie Prescott (USA) 9300
Seat 3: Gavril Constantin (Romania) PokerStars Qualifier 39,000
Seat 4: Theo Tran (USA) PokerStars Qualifier 62,600
Seat 5: Darkhan Botabavzv (Kazakhstan) 124,500
Seat 6: Chad Siu (Canada) PokerStars Player 34,600
Seat 7: Mark Cornwall (Australia) PokerStars Qualifier 79,000
Seat 8: Min Soon Lim (Singapore) 49,100
Seat 9: Hung Chang Lin (Taipei) PokerStars Sponsored Player 23,300

Table 5

Seat 1: Kim Endsjø (Norway) PokerStars Qualifier 38,500
Seat 2: Han Ching Wang (Taipei) PokerStars Sponsored Player 52,900
Seat 3: Mick Noya (Netherlands) PokerStars Qualifier 13,400
Seat 4: David Long (USA) 60,400
Seat 5: Dermot Blain (UK) PokerStars Macau Satellite Winner 45,700
Seat 6: Ziad Alameddine (USA) PokerStars Qualifier 25,300
Seat 7: Ro Woong Park (Hong Kong) 24,800
Seat 8: Sungling Li (Taipei) PokerStars Qualifier 42,400
Seat 9: Wei Cheng (Jacko) Chiang (Taipei) PokerStars Sponsored Player 124,800

Table 6

Seat 1: Christian Jagersbacher (Austria) PokerStars Qualifier 21,100
Seat 3: Raymond Wu (Taipei) PokerStars Team Asia Pro 51,600
Seat 4: Krestian Mathiesen (Denmark) PokerStars Qualifier 28,200
Seat 5: Young Phan (USA) 40,900
Seat 6: Tony Hachem (Australia) PokerStars Team Australia Pro 50,400
Seat 7: Tran Linh (Canada) PokerStars Macau Satellite Winner 23,600
Seat 8: Wally Sombero (Philippines) 46,900
Seat 9: Josh Field (UK) 93,700

Table 7

Seat 1: Roy Arnaud (France) PokerStars Qualifier 10,000
Seat 2: Roger Spets (Sweden) 24,100
Seat 3: Rytis Praninskas (Lithuania) PokerStars Qualifier 12,700
Seat 5: Hui Chen Kuo (Taipei) 23,600
Seat 6: Aditya Agarwal (India) 93,300
Seat 7: Van Binh Pham (Canada) 68,100
Seat 8: Wei Sha (China) 28,200
Seat 9: Tony Makasovski (Australia) PokerStars Macau Satellite Winner 64,800

Table 8

Seat 1: Jonathan Karamalikis (Australia) 29,900
Seat 2: Antoine Zaatar (Lebanon) PokerStars Qualifier 17,300
Seat 3: Eric Assadourian (Australia) PokerStars Team Australia Pro 35,300
Seat 4: Daniel Aldridge (USA) PokerStars Qualifier 28,000
Seat 5: Yujian Zhou (Singapore) 38,300
Seat 6: David Chiu (USA) 44,000
Seat 7: Hyunshik Yun (USA) 15,800
Seat 8: Patrick Hanoteau (France) PokerStars Qualifier 64,800

Table 9

Seat 1: Preetinder Bhayana (Canada) PokerStars Qualifier 99,300
Seat 2: Sven Runing (Sweden) PokerStars Qualifier 33,900
Seat 3: Tu Thanh Le (Australia) 67,700
Seat 4: Ang Pang Leng (Singapore) 45,900
Seat 5: Kristopher Cunz (Australia) PokerStars Qualifier 41,000
Seat 6: Sida Yuen (UK) PokerStars Player 72,800
Seat 7: David Steicke (Hong Kong) PokerStars Qualifier 82,300
Seat 8: Tee Heng Neo (Singapore) 17,300
Seat 9: Yuen Lance Lee (Canada) 25,800

Table 10

Seat 1: Justin Ostrowski (USA) PokerStars Qualifier 80,500
Seat 2: Yalcin Kaya (Australia) 66,000
Seat 3: Jarno Lahdenpera (Finland) 19,600
Seat 4: Kwok Man Lau (Hong Kong) 21,800
Seat 5: Stewart Scott (Australia) 45,100
Seat 6: Ramon Cserei (Romania) PokerStars Qualifier 64,900
Seat 7: Daniel Hansson (Sweden) PokerStars Qualifier 110,500
Seat 8: Anders Christensen (Denmark) PokerStars Macau Satellite Winner 70,200

Table 11

Seat 1: Kejing Tang (China) 24,500
Seat 2: Kristoffer Myhre (Norway) 183,400
Seat 3: Bjorn Verbakel (Netherlands) PokerStars Qualifier 600
Seat 4: Chen An Lin (Taipei) PokerStars Sponsored Player 13,900
Seat 5: Hong Cheng Wu (China) 35,700
Seat 6: Brandon Huynh (Australia) 33,800
Seat 7: Farmhn Khaligh (Denmark) 28,400
Seat 8: Tom Rafferty (Australia) 21,100

Table 12

Seat 1: Shawn Ryan (USA) PokerStars Qualifier 62,000
Seat 2: Gia Dang Trinh (Canada) 21,900
Seat 3: Jan Vos (Netherlands) PokerStars Qualifier 40,500
Seat 4: Man Waii Paul Siu (Hong Kong) 21,500
Seat 5: Yu Wang (China) 40,500
Seat 6: Tremzin Gleb (Russia) PokerStars Qualifier 57,900
Seat 7: Daoxing Chen (China) 42,400
Seat 8: Brandon Demes (USA) PokerStars Player 102,200
Seat 9: Uten Ungchusak (Thailand) 31,500

Table 13

Seat 1: Phi Long Luu (Australia) 29,100
Seat 2: David Paananen (Sweden) PokerStars Qualifier 52,600
Seat 3: Cheng Lun Tsai (China) PokerStars Macau Satellite Winner 15,700
Seat 4: Tommy Den Vartog (Netherlands) PokerStars Qualifier 4200
Seat 5: Stanley Hou (Australia) PokerStars Qualifier 43,800
Seat 6: Youngshin Im (Korea) PokerStars Macau Satellite Winner 40,400
Seat 7: Jung Chou Lee (Taipei) 43,500
Seat 8: Richard Barnes (UK) PokerStars Qualifier 10,000
Seat 9: Claus Carlsen (Denmark) PokerStars Qualifier 6500

Table 14

Seat 1: Frank Gu (USA) 34,700
Seat 2: Kristian Lunardi (Australia) 57,900
Seat 3: Chih Fang (Taipei) PokerStars Player 47,400
Seat 4: Iakov Onuchin (Russia) PokerStars Macau Satellite Winner 15,500
Seat 5: Benjamin Haun (USA) 30,400
Seat 6: David Ewing (Australia) 17,100
Seat 7: Derek Hoi Wing Cheung (Hong Kong) 36,800
Seat 8: Ikeuchi Kazuki (Japan) PokerStars Macau Satellite Winner 76,400
Seat 9: Christopher Chau (Hong Kong) 16,200

Table 15

Seat 1: Ye Wei Wu (China) 70,700
Seat 2: William Te (Philippines) PokerStars Macau Satellite Winner 18,500
Seat 3: Tom Hall (UK) PokerStars Sponsored Player 120,700
Seat 4: Darren Devery (New Zealand) PokerStars Qualifier 27,200
Seat 5: Michael Tat Woo (Hong Kong) 38,900
Seat 6: Victorino Torres (USA) 22,500
Seat 7: Leo Gar Bon Kam (Canada) 39,800
Seat 8: Wing Cheong (John) Chong (Hong Kong) 64,500
Seat 9: Bertrand ‘ElkY’ Grospellier (France) PokerStars Team Pro 60,700

Table 16

Seat 1: Jannick Wrang (Denmark) PokerStars Player 52,500
Seat 2: Sean Wilson (Canada) Pokerstars Qualifier 67,000
Seat 3: Philipp Gruissem (Germany) 34,600
Seat 4: Michael Landmann (Malta) PokerStars Qualifier 25,900
Seat 5: Terry Gonzaga (Philippines) 51,200
Seat 6: Celina Lin (China) PokerStars Team Asia Pro 19,400
Seat 7: Shawn Buchanan (Canada) PokerStars Player 37,700
Seat 8: Hsuan Lee (Taipei) PokerStars Sponsored Player 45,200
Seat 9: Yue Qing Zhou (China) PokerStars Macau Satellite Winner 39,900

Table 17

Seat 1: Remy Bakke (Norway) PokerStars Macau Satellite Winner 31,600
Seat 2: Aaron Lerner (Canada) PokerStars Qualifier 27,400
Seat 3: Ricky Kroesen (Australia) PokerStars Qualifier 25,600
Seat 4: Van Marcus (Australia) PokerStars Sponsored Player 38,500
Seat 5: Bingjian Wu (China) 38,500
Seat 6: Julian Schlegel (Germany) PokerStars Qualifier 34,400
Seat 7: Edward Pham (USA) 43,500
Seat 9: David Plastik (USA) 27,600

Table 20

Seat 1: Jukka Kokkonen (Finland) PokerStars Player 21,900
Seat 2: Peter Nielsen (Denmark) 141,500
Seat 3: Danny Huynh (Australia) 18,400
Seat 4: Carlos Chang (Taipei) PokerStars Qualifier 68,200
Seat 6: Takashi Ogura (Japan) 51,000
Seat 7: Ambrose Ng (Canada) 49,600
Seat 8: Harold Tsakmaklis (Australia) PokerStars Sponsored Player 6700
Seat 9: David Saab (Australia) 44,700

Table 21

Seat 1: Robert Browning (Philippines) 17,200
Seat 2: Stefan Hjorthall (Sweden) PokerStars Qualifier 29,500
Seat 3: Dave Lee (Australia) PokerStars Macau Satellite Winner 20,100
Seat 4: Ken Leung (Hong Kong) 17,800
Seat 5: Bernard Vu (France) 66,400
Seat 6: Pontus Kers (Sweden) PokerStars Qualifier 34,000
Seat 8: Winfred Yu (China) 53,600
Seat 9: Wai Kei (Steven) Liu (UK) PokerStars Player 19,000

Table 22

Seat 1: Jin Hua Li (China) 19,400
Seat 2: Alexander Corpuz (Philippines) PokerStars Macau Satellite Winner 8700
Seat 3: Karl Mahrenholz (UK) PokerStars Player 43,800
Seat 4: Daniel Schreiber (USA) PokerStars Team Asia Pro 78,700
Seat 5: Terry Fan (Taipei) 75,900
Seat 6: Richard Lancaster (New Zealand) PokerStars Qualifier 37,700
Seat 7: Erol Kankoc (Germany) PokerStars Qualifier 58,400
Seat 8: Amnon Filippi (USA) 54,000

Table 23

Seat 1: Seungduk Yang (Korea) PokerStars Macau Satellite Winner 52,300
Seat 2: Roel Pijpers (Netherlands) PokerStars Qualifier 125,500
Seat 3: Jicheng Su (China) PokerStars Macau Satellite Winner 82,000
Seat 4: Geert Jans (Netherlands) PokerStars Qualifier 63,000
Seat 5: Hon Ming (Kim) Lee (Hong Kong) PokerStars Macau Satellite Winner 24,100
Seat 6: David Allan (Australia) PokerStars Qualifier 94,700
Seat 7: Ming (Phil) Lau (Hong Kong) PokerStars Qualifier 40,400
Seat 8: Seoyong Chin (USA) PokerStars Qualifier 19,200

Table 28

Seat 1: Grant Levy (Australia) PokerStars Team Australia Pro 19,500
Seat 2: Jia Feng (Macau) 17,700
Seat 3: Andrew Scott (Australia) 33,200
Seat 4: Richard En (Philippines) 20,100
Seat 5: Chung Yiu Charles Lam (Hong Kong) 32,000
Seat 6: Quoc Nguyen (UK) PokerStars Qualifier 12,500
Seat 7: Kai Danilo Paulsen (Norway) 14,700
Seat 8: Joe Hachem (Australia) PokerStars Team Australia Pro 48,400
Seat 9: Corwin Cole (USA) 39,700

Table 29

Seat 1: Yury Kerzhapkin (Russia) 15,800
Seat 2: Mike Kim (Korea) PokerStars Sponsored Player 55,500
Seat 3: Sergey Chumachev (Russia) PokerStars Qualifier 10,600
Seat 4: Kent Cyrus Del Rosario (Philippines) 85,400
Seat 5: Kevin Ko (USA) PokerStars Macau Satellite Winner 21,500
Seat 6: Zhong Wei (Ivan) Tan (Singapore) PokerStars Sponsored Player 54,500
Seat 7: Emanuel Seal (Australia) 22,200
Seat 8: Dane Lomas (USA) 45,300
Seat 9: John Steger (USA) PokerStars Qualifier 55,200

It’s only be a couple of years since we first talked about a little poker tour. The Asia Pacific Poker tour was in its infancy. No one knew exactly what would happen with it.

PokerStars had a pretty good idea, though, and it predicted the APPT would become poker’s biggest tour in that part of the world. PokerStars was right.

Now, just a couple of years later, the APPT has announced the dates for its third season.

According to information just released on APPT.com, the tour is going to kick up again in Macau August 24-30. The event will return to the scene of its other successes at the Grand Lisboa. The $5,160 buy-in event can handle up to 700 players over three Day 1 flights. Last season, Eddie Sabat played a marathon 12-hour final table to take down the Macau championship. Now it’s time for another group of people to have a shot at Macau glory.

The APPT has four other events on its Season 3 schedule. After starting in Macau, the APPT will wind its way across Asia and the Pacfic, from Seoul, to Auckland, to Cebu, and finally to Sydney for the Grand Final.

It was there that Martin Rowe became Australia’s newest million-dollar man in Season 2 of the APPT. Just six months ago, Rowe won the Season 2 Grand Final for AUD $1,000,000.

Keep your eye on the Events > APPT section of the PokerStars tournament lobby. Before too long, you should be able find a full array of satellites for the APPT. And, as always, you can get full details on that tour over at APPT.com.

See you in Macau!