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APPT Macau 2007: ‘All-in’ Dinh is the master of Macau

Less than two months ago, the concept of a No Limit Texas Hold’em poker tournament in the People’s Republic of

But having already achieved milestone after milestone in 2007 with the biggest poker tournament ever held in the Philippines and the first international event scheduled in South Korea, the PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour team pulled up its sleeves and made something out of nothing to break down the metaphorical ‘Great Wall of Poker’.

As the biggest gaming market in the world, it was only fitting that the poker fever swept into Macau like a typhoon swirling in from the South China Sea.

Over the past week, 352 players arrived at the Grand Waldo Hotel and Casino chasing a slice of poker history ever bit as momentous as Johnny Moss’s World Series of Poker victory in 1970 and Chris Moneymaker’s WSOP success in 2003, which spearheaded the online poker boom.

Dihn Le winner of the APPT Macau 2007

The man who will occupy that most important page of poker history is an unlikely hero. A shy and soft-spoken 27-year-old from south London, Dinh Le, swept to victory and a life-changing first prize of $US222,460.

Le’s hard exterior, which materialised in an often ultra-aggressive style over the three-day event, is tempered by his humble Vietnamese background. He even listed his occupation as a nail technician – not the hardware variety; his family actually run a beauty shop in south London. Read the rest of this entry »

Jerry Yang − 2007 WSOP Main Event Champion

From the very beginning of the final table until the last hand was dealt it was Jerry Yang’s bracelet. He took control of the table and never let go. Jerry applied continual aggression by raising first to act and applying well timed reraises to test opponents for their entire stack. He came into the final table with the second-shortest chip stack and the least experience. After just 14 hands, he had assumed the chip lead, which he never relinquished.

Jerry Yang is the 2007 Main Event bracelet winner and wins a whopping $8,250,000 in the process. Congratulations Jerry on a well deserved win!

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After doubling up, Tuan Lam won three hands in a row and seemed to be gaining momentum. Yang won a pot and then raised the next hand to 3.3 million and Tuan moved all in over the top for 17.1 million more. Jerry folds. Jerry had shifted downwards a bit as he was not raising every hand anymore. Instead he was picking different spots… I’d say 1 in 3 or 1 in 4 hands.

Jerry raised to 1.5 million and Tuan moved all in over the top. Jerry had the magic 8’s that worked for him earlier. Tuan has A Q. It’s a race and if Jerry wins it, it’s all over and he’s the Main Event winner! Crowd chanting U.S.A. and Tuan asks for an ace or diamonds (a queen would work too Tuan). Is Jerry’s mug about to be on the Wall of Fame? Let’s see the flop…

Q 9 5 - Tuan has done it… he’s hit his card and is in great shape to double up and make this a real match.

The turn is a 7 giving Jerry more outs. Any 8 or 6 and he is the Main Event winner. The crowd is on the edge of their seats… what is going to come on the river?

The river is… a 6. It’s OVER! Jerry Yang has won it. He is the 2007 Main Event World Series of Poker winner!

Tuan Lam finishes in 2nd place for $4,840,981.

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