High Rollers Event | 2008 PokerStars.net APPT Macau

09-09-2008 12:38 UTC+8

Seat 5: Johnny Chan - 60,500 chips

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Johnny Chan is a poker player who needs no introduction. Chan has been playing poker since before many of today's players were born, racking up almost $7 million in career earnings in that time. He has an impressive 42 WSOP cashes on his poker resume, covering all different types of poker variants: hold'em, Omaha, stud, and lowball. Ten of Chan's cashes were first-place finishes; he shares the record for most WSOP first-place finishes with Phil Hellmuth, Jr. Chan also won the Main Event of the WSOP in 1987 and 1988, and is one of only four players to ever win the Main Event more than once.

Chan successfully lobbied last night for play to be consolidated into one ten-handed table rather than two five-handed tables. He will start the day with just 20 big blinds and will need to chip up aggressively if he hopes to take down this tournament.

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09-09-2008 12:36 UTC+8

Seat 4: Wei Will Ma - 186,500 chips

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Wei "Will" Ma is a Canadian who may be one of the least-known players at today's final table, but that doesn't mean he's a stranger to poker success. Ma finished first in the 2007 Grand Prix de Paris, collecting over EUR 422,000 in prize money for doing so. He's also well-known online, where he goes by the screen name "CutiePi314" and has over a quarter-million dollars in MTT earnings to his credit.

Ma has played this tournament quietly but effectively, chipping up without drawing much attention to his increasing stack size. He will start the final table in third place, behind only Andrew Scott and chip leader David Steicke.

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09-09-2008 12:34 UTC+8

Seat 3: David Steicke - 391,000 chips

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The man with the colorful caps and mispronounce-able surname, David Steicke has entertained us all week with his dominant performance on the felt.

A relative newcomer to the poker scene, in less than 12 months Steicke has already etched himself as a force in the Asian poker region. With cashes at the Aussie Millions and WSOP, including a fourth-place finish in the $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em event worth $166,000, Steicke returns to the table where he first came to prominence. Last year in this same event Steicke collected third place and over $110,000, and will be looking to go a couple places better today. Steicke also finished tenth in the 2008 APPT Macau Main Event just a few days ago.

Steicke has demonstrated some amazing reads and unpredictable play at the table that has thrown off his opponents and ensured his place at the top of the chip count leaderboard throughout the entire tournament. This Australian, who now resides in Hong Kong, enters as our chip leader with 391,000.

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09-09-2008 12:27 UTC+8

Seat 2: Quinn Do - 105,000 chips

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How many WSOP bracelet winners are there at this final table? You may not realize that besides Johnny Chan, we have another bracelet winner here today in Quinn Do.

Quinn's victory in the $2,500 Limit event in 2005 kick-started a career that now includes six WSOP cashes and three WPT cashes, with his biggest score coming earlier this year when he finished runner-up to Phil Ivey in the WPT LA Poker Classic worth $900,000.

Quinn has been another quiet accumulator in this tournament to enter today's final table with a comfortable 105,000 chips.

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09-09-2008 12:14 UTC+8

Seat 1: Nam Le - 107,000 chips

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Nam Le has a record that stands up on any final table in the world. Nam rose to fame and fortune when he won the WPT Bay 101 Shooting Stars event in early 2006 for $1.2 million and since then he hasn't looked back. One of the most successful tournament players on the circuit over the past few years, his 11 WPT cashes and 15 WSOP cashes, including four this summer, have seen Nam accumulate over $4 million in career earnings.

Nam credits everything he knows in poker to his cousin, Tuan Le.

Nam has made steady progress throughout the tournament without being involved in too many big clashes. He starts the day in the middle of the pack with 107,000 chips.

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09-09-2008 12:01 UTC+8

Final Table Lineup

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Seat 1: Nam Le - 107,000
Seat 2: Quinn Do - 105,000
Seat 3: David Steicke - 391,000
Seat 4: Wei Will Ma - 186,500
Seat 5: Johnny Chan - 60,500
Seat 6: Charles Chua - 47,000
Seat 7: Ivan Tan - 61,000
Seat 8: Andrew Scott - 226,000
Seat 9: Van Marcus - 43,000