Once again we are fortunate to have one of our favourite NZ poker players representing in Macau at the lastest APPT event. Dan Sing has a big following in the Auckland poker scene and he’s kindly sent back a telegram of the latest goings-on up in Macau.
Not only do we get a run down of the table action, but Dan also adds his own unique spin on things as he see’s them.
Grab a coffee and settle in, you’ll enjoy this……
Dan Sing
After an essentially failed ANZPT Sydney effort all round I didn’t really have the desire to write up a storm so to speak. In summary it went like this
• Made it relatively deep into day 2 • Sucked the kumara • Went out with the La Vida Team • Got pissed • Pretended we won • Had giant mud crabs • Came home • Read bank statement • Gave myself an uppercut.
Anyway, despite what is basically a *spoiler alert* similar Macau session, I thought I would give you something to read and if anything some travel advice on Macau for those of you keen on venturing up here.
I was conveniently required to be in Hong Kong for a work opportunity at the same time as the APPT festival was running in Macau so I thought I would hatch a plan.
Rough exchange rate NZD 1 = HKD 5
The main event entry is HKD40,000 which is way too expensive for my liking and as I didn’t have time to play the phase satellites I decided to play the deep stack HKD1500 and the HKD10,000 HKD500K guarantee and pending result would decide whether I would fork out for the main.
The way I see it is that if you aren’t a sponsored pro and you can’t satellite in to an event you really shouldn’t be playing.
Day two kicked off with 111 players in the field, including big name players like Grant Levy, Tony G and Billy ‘The Croc’ Argyros. PokerNZ’s own ‘downtrou’ was also in the field today and got off to a good start.
The Croc and downtrou
It was certainly noticable how tight people were playing today, after 4 hours there was only 10 players eliminated compared to yesterday’s field that had shrunk considerably at the same time. Perhaps flight 1 had set the level, so competitors were playing tight and conservative all day long.
Around 4:30 sadly, Kiwi hero Graeme ‘Kiwi G’ Putt was elimnated leaving only a few Kiwis left in the game.
As the tournament drills down, I’m thinking that tonight’s game could go longer and as the players head to dinner shortly, the prize money has been announced. 1st place will take home over $190,000AUD and the top 18 people will be in the money.
110 players kicked off for Day 2 of the Aussie Millions event with previous night’s chip leader, Dean Blatt, in good form for the win. After a long fought battle and a number of casualties (sadly including NZ’s own ‘Kiwi G’ Graeme Putt) Christian Heich of Germany emerged as the day’s winner and took home a coveted Aussie Millions ring and the $150,000AUD prize money. Check out this video from pokernews.com
Day one of the Aussie Millions event kicked off in Melbourne’s Crown Casino on Friday with 342 players drawn to the felt on the opening round.
Familiar famous faces were found in the field including Australia’s Tony Hachem, Michael Chrisanthopoulos, Jamie Pickering and New Zealand’s own Graeme ‘Kiwi G’ Putt…
