KOREA TRIUMPHANT IN APT 'BATTLE OF THE NATIONS'
21 August 2009
Convincing victory for Brandon Wong and Poker
Pack pros David ‘Chino’ Rheem and Steve Sung
It wasn't only the sports of golf which saw South
Koreans triumphant this week; it was also glory for
Korea in the inaugural JBET Battle of the Nations event
at the 2009 Asian Poker Tour Macau Festival.
Dominant throughout the event, all three members of Team
Korea - Brandon Wong and Poker Pack pros David ‘Chino’
Rheem and Steve Sung - advanced to the final table en
route to a comprehensive victory.
The team
garnered 106 points to win the overall team championship
before the final table even began. The Vietnamese team,
which was composed of brothers Nam Le, Tommy Le, and
Allan Le, was second with 89 points. For the team win,
the Koreans picked up the HK $406 060 team championship
prize.
Rheem said: “We’re all delighted that the
Korean team picked up first place and that our win was
so comprehensive. Halfway through I really thought it
was going to be our day. It is always fantastic to win
any poker tournament but it gives you something extra
when national pride is at stake too!”
The top two
individual awards went to members of the Vietnamese
contingent, however. Allan Le won the top player award
for a prize of HK $95 700 while his brother and Poker
Pack member Nam Le picked up HK $52 200 for second.
Third place went to Rheem, who went home with HK $26
100.
The JBET Battle of the Nations event was the
ninth side event at the 2009 Asian Poker Tour Macau.
Amongst the teams that took part were 888Poker Team
Australia, sponsored by 888.com and captained and
managed by James Potter, Team USA and Team Vietnam,
which featured Poker Pack stars JC Tran, Quinn Do and
Nam Le.
Hong Kong was represented by 2009 Asian
Poker Tour Macau High Rollers winner David Steicke and
the legendary Johnny Chan. Vivek Rajkumar led the line
for India, David Chiu was a key member of Team China,
while Theo Tran was a flag bearer for Canada. One
surprise package was the team from Belarus, featuring
PartyPoker.com online qualifiers, while Japan also
brought a strong side.
The JBET Battle of the
Nations was a unique team NLHE tournament. Teams were
composed of three members from the same country, and
faced each other with all tables six-handed.
There were 13 teams of three, featuring 39 players in
all. The top three players left and the winning team
scooped the prize pool. The buy-in for the event was
HK$48 000, with 70 percent of the prize pool going to
the winning team and the remainder split between the top
three players.
This weekend should see a result
from the HK$ 34 400 buy-in Main Event now in progress,
with a good turnout of players, many of whom qualified
at the industry's major online poker rooms.
Online Casino News Courtesy of
Infopowa
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