APPT Macau Crowns its Main Winner

Filed in archive Tournament News on September 10, 2008

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All eyes that are not online watching the World Championship of Online Poker at PokerStars this week are in Macau taking in the first leg of the Asian Pacific Poker Tour's second season.

Edward Sabat, an online qualifier made the trip to the Far East for the tournament along with 537 other hopefuls who gathered up the huge $1.6 million prize pool. Sabat took home the $453,851.28 first place prize after defeating Charles Chua heads up when as PokerListings.com reports:

Already 11 hours into the day, heads-up play began with Chua holding a slight lead over Sabat, but that quickly changed. Sabat drew first blood doubling through Chua when he got all-in with top pair and Chua called with just a gut-shot.

Chua doubled right back to get close to even when he got it in with bottom pair and a flush draw against Sabat's top pair and sucked out trips on the river.

But a few hands later he was done when his own top pair couldn't hold against a Sabat flush draw.
And so it was that young Edward Sabat was crowned champion of the biggest poker tournament in Asian history today. Not bad for a lousy eight bucks on Stars.

With its 538 entrants and $1.6 million prize pool behind us, PL.com says goodbye to a successful main event in Macau, but not to Macau itself.

The high roller event is left on the two event ledger for the APPT Macau tournament series.