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Join PokerStars now! Vivian Im may have only been in the game of poker for just a few years, but don’t confuse lack of time with lack of experience or skill. In her short career she has achieved something that many before her are still trying to do. Im kick-started her live tournament game through a PokerStars online satellite into APPT Macau in 2009

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Vivian Im: From poker hobbyist to first female APPT champion

Join PokerStars now! They say that you should never judge a book by its cover but in most cases in poker you really can see what you’re getting. You know what to expect when you find yourself sitting next to a young kid in a hoodie with Beats by Dre headphones wrapped round their noggin just as much as if you find yourself a couple of seats away from someone who picks their cards up high off the table to check their hand. Every street

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EPT8 Deauville: Don’t mess with Moreira De Melo

Join PokerStars now! Oh, it looked like the APPT’s fifth season had come to an end. The year 2011 drew to a close, Shaq Lin won the Asia Player of the Year Award, and the APPT schedule had no more dates listed for its fifth season. Oh, yes, it looked like it had all come to an end.

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APPT adds Seoul to Season 5 schedule

Join PokerStars now! Randy “nanonoko” Lew Wins APPT Macau Main Event! Congratulations to Randy “nanonoko” Lew who displayed the maturity and composure of a veteran to navigate his way through a record APPT field and a super-stacked final table to capture the APPT Macau Main Event crown. Despite having an online record that few can match, this is Lew’s first major live title and one of the first major titles for PokerStars Team Online. Lew takes home an impressive trophy and HK$3,772,000 in prize money

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APPT Macau Day 4: Levels 31-33 (blinds 100,000-200,000, ante 20,000)

Join PokerStars now! Randy “nanonoko” Lew Wins APPT Macau Main Event! Congratulations to Randy “nanonoko” Lew who displayed the maturity and composure of a veteran to navigate his way through a record APPT field and a super-stacked final table to capture the APPT Macau Main Event crown. Despite having an online record that few can match, this is Lew’s first major live title and one of the first major titles for PokerStars Team Online. Lew takes home an impressive trophy and HK$3,772,000 in prize money.

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APPT Macau Day 4: Levels 31-33 (blinds 100,000-200,000, ante 20,000)

Join PokerStars now! 12:25pm: Big stacks find some luck We didn’t catch all of the action but we saw Renat Lyapin angrily bounce his chips onto the felt after copping a bad beat against Germany’s Fabian Spiedelmann. The chips were in preflop with Lyapin holding ace-queen and looking good for a big double up against Spiedelmann’s king-queen, but another king on the flop was enough for Spiedelmann to take it down. He’s up to 600,000

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APPT Macau: Day 3 live updates, levels 16-19 (Blinds 2,000-4,000-400)

Join PokerStars now! 2:42pm: Photo evidence For those who might have been wondering if the Phil Ivey Returns story was legit, we offer this photographic evidence taken just moments ago. –BW Phil Ivey at APPT Macau main event 2:30pm: Back to it Players are back in their seats for the third level of the day. –BW 2:23pm: Inside the APPT number crunching factory While we’re waiting on the players to come back to their seats, here’s some facts from the the APPT statistics factory

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APPT Macau: Day 1a live updates, levels 1-4 (Blinds 100-200-25)

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Join PokerStars now! As the saying goes, all good things must come to an end. So it’s with a touch of sadness that our time here in beautiful Queenstown is up and we must head home from this winter wonderland back to our normal, boring, everyday lives.

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A fitting finale looms in Queenstown

Join PokerStars now! 2:35pm: Ten-minute break 2:20pm: The million dollar man, Matty Yates We’ve just seen the biggest pot of the tournament so far as New Zealand’s Matty Yates has decimated the lead of Marcel Schreiner in a massive million-plus pot. It started with Schreiner opening to 12,500 from middle position before Yates three-bet to 28,500 on the button.

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APPT Queenstown Day 4: Levels 16-17 (blinds 3,000-6,000, ante 500)