Poker Cup Wraps Up
July 23, 2009
The Poker Stars Summer Macau Poker Cup finished up this past week and
there were many very pleased poker players going home from it. The Macau
Poker Cup runs through five events on the other side of the world, with a HK
$1 million guaranteed Red Dragon Main Event that players just couldn’t wait
to get their hands on.
The Red Dragon poker event ended up being so popular that the prize pool
ended up being significantly higher than anyone thought that it would be.
They had 168 players sign up to play the poker event, and the pool ended up
being HK$1.6 million instead, or $203,763 in US currency.
Australia born Celina Lin of Team Poker Stars ended up coming out strong and
was a favorite to win the whole thing after the final tournament. Lin was
fourth place in Event 2, and ended up to win $50,940 and her first win of a
live poker tournament. Her teammate Bryan Huang of Singapore won the Charity
Event that saw the poker proceeds go to the social service agency Caritas
Macau.
Bryan took the win of Event One, which was the charity event, and $28,890.
He also got an entry into the Red Dragon poker tournament that was worth
$10,000. Event Two went to “Anson” Yan Shing Tsang of Hong Kong for $45,560;
Event Three went to Ted Wang from China for $85,050; and of course Celina
Lin took Event Four – the Red Dragon $1 Million Guarantee. Event Five went
to Ricky Yong Cheong Foo from Singapore for $32,805.
