APPT Macau = StarCraft event??

Hi guys.. seems like a StarCraft event.. lol :D

this is the final table:

Seat 1: Simon Randall, United Kingdom — 125,000
Seat 2: Liz Lieu, United States — 384,000
Seat 3: William Tam, Australia — 201,000
Seat 4: Bertrand 'Elky' Grospellier, Korea — 467,000
Seat 5: Joe Hachem, Australia — 325,000
Seat 6: Dinh Le, England — 657,000
Seat 7: Guillaume Patry, South Korea — 552,000
Seat 8: Sangkyoun Kim, South Korea — 261,000
Seat 9: Ivan Tan, Singapore — 553,000

Yes that's Elky and Grrr... two former pro StarCraft players.. don't know about that other korean guy, might be a pro too haha :)

sorry for the lack of updates.. I was too dissapointed at myself I guess, but bad luck is something you have to deal with.

Critical hands:

flop goes A96 , 2 hearts , I had pocket 6 in my hand, reraised his bet on the flop a bit, he pushes all in, thought he had a AK with a flush draw, but he flips over 99, deadly..

I was crushed in chipstack, shortstacked play.. but not very long.. I sat on the BB, against only a SB who limps in. I pushed all in with A9s and the guy has 96o, I had him dominated but he turned over a straight on the river after pre-flop allin.

You can view some party videos at the APPT site, I should congratulate Liz Lieu for making it to the final table, she was shortstacked for a while too, and I never thought she would make it.. but she did won the medium pocket pair coinflip against AK.

Going to try to qualify for the APPT in Sydney now.. wish me luck :)

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GP.Dragon

Training

Hi guys,

this week been playing Online Multi Tournaments only:

got first spot at 10$+1$ buy-in 2 days ago, and yesterday got 12th spot in same value tournament and 2nd at a 11$+1$ tournament

so that's not too shabby ;) trying to play as much MTT's as possible for my arrival in Macau.. so many pro's are there.. Barry Greenstein, Joe Hachem, Liz Lieu, Hevad Khan, Isabelle "No Mercy" Mercier, Lee Nelson, Bill Chen, Masa Kagawa, Chad Brown, Emad Tatouh, Tuan Lam, Scotty Nguyen, and 2007 WSOP Main Event champion Jerry Yang. All of them are playing in the 2500$ buy-in Main Event, where I am also going to play in..

I hope to get a seat close with Liz haha :) anyways.. gotta run now.. may the river be with me!

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GP.Dragon

My first post

Hi,

My full name is Dang Dai, most people know me by my nickname Ryu, and actually all my friends call me that way. I've created this blog, because I'm not only a poker player, I'm also manager of Silver RakeBack, one of the top rated online poker affiliates ;) So if you are still looking for a good deal, go give the site a visit or add us to your favorite IM.

Why the blog? well, because of the upcoming events ofcourse.. the APPT is on it's way and the first step is the APPT main event in Macau, which I am personally participating in :)

I just want to create this blog so all my friends can view and read all about it, like they are being part of this event. Anyways.. I'll keep you all updated every step of the way!

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