Who will be Crowned High Roller Champion of the APPT9 Macau?
The first day of the HK$100,000 High Roller Event of the Asia Pacific Poker Tour at the "PokerStars LIVE Macau at City of Dreams" started and ended fast and furious with a total of 75 unique entries and 30 rebuys. After 12 40-minute levels, only 30 players bagged up chips and Steve O'Dwyer claimed a comfortable lead with 941,000 chips.
Liang Yu (685,000) and Shashank Rathi (644,000) complete the overnight podium whereas other notables include Shing Fung "Rono" Lo (513,000), PokerStars Team Online member Randy Lew (464,000), HK$50,000 runner-up Jack Hu (362,000), Tom Alner (304,000) and Sunny Jung (267,000).
JP Kelly (203,000) and Team PokerStars Pro Celina Lin (158,000) are among the short stacks when Day 2 kicks off in about half an hour from now at 14:30 local time with blinds at 6,000-12,000 and a running ante of 1,000. Only the top 11 spots get paid at least HK$293,000 while the first place is rewarded with a silver PokerStars trophy and a payday of stunning HK$2,492,500.
Make sure to tune into the PokerNews live reporting to find out who is crowned champion. The Main Event is also about to recommence and you can check out the updates from the final table here.