The 2011 edition of the Asia Pacific Poker Tour Macau Main Event came to a close yesterday following a brutal day that saw 15 runners play down to a winner. Although Sangeeth Mohan entered the day as the chip leader, his momentum ran out part way through the day, allowing Randy Lew of Team PokerStars Online to score the victory along with 3,772,000 HKD.
All 15 players were jockeying to avoid elimination prior to the final table, but noted pros including Baton Fung, Daoxing Chen, Tsugunari Toma, Josh Barrett and Sparrow Cheung came up short. Mohan, the former chip leader, was indeed the final table bubble-boy when he pushed all-in with Q-Q on a Q-10-4 board against Kai Yat Fam. Fam held K-J suited, and was able to score a flush on the turn to dominate Mohan’s trips.
Despite his relatively extensive experience, David Steike was the first eliminated from the final table. He made a desperate all-in call with 7-4 offsuit only to run into the pocket aces of Daniel Nordstrom. Zheng Tai Tan was then eliminated in 8th place after his 2-2 was dominated by the 8-8 of Jeff Rossiter. Nordstrom himself then struck out in 7th place, also thanks to Rossiter.
It didn’t take long to get to three-handed play, as Fabian Spielmann, Zuo Wang and Kai Yat Fam quickly hit the rail in 4th, 5th and 6th places, respectively. Rossiter held the chip lead and this point, courtesy of his string of knock-outs, but was soon crippled by Lew and ultimately eliminated by Jimmy Pan with A-Q over 10-9.
Pan and Lew traded the chip lead several times during heads-up play, but Lew finally managed to bag up the win with two-pair on Q-10. This marks the biggest live tournament win in Lew’s career, primarily marked by success in online cash games. He previously won $100k in the 2011 Aussie Millions.
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