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added on 2010-11-17 04:08:16
The Asian Pacific Poker Tour has recently crowned its first female poker champion at the Asian Pacific Poker Tour Cebu Main Event. Korean Young-Shin Im outlasted a total field of 236 players and won the Cebu Main Event, marking her fifth cash on the APPT in the last year and a half.
The runner-up of the event was decided after only two hours of heads-up play. For his efforts, the Australian Michael Fabiano took home the second place prize of PHP 3,660,000.
Although he was the chip leader of the final table, Kim Gap Young, Young-Shin's life partner, only managed to finish the third. Considering their relationship, special precautions were taken to prevent eventual complicity at the final table.
Young-Shin Im won her seat at the Asian Pacific Poker Tour by qualifying in a $22 tournament on PokerStars.net.
“I'm very excited and happy to be the first female champion of the APPT. My boyfriend made third place, so I am of course very happy for him too,” Young-Shin Im said after the win.
The APPT Cebu took place from 12th to 16th of November at the Shangri-La Mactan Resort & Spa Hotel . The 100,000 PHP (2,165 USD) buy-in created a total prize pool of PHP 21,518,480 (US $490,170).
Here are the final table results:
1. Young-shin Im, Korea - PHP 5,810,000;
2. Michael Fabiano, Australia - PHP 3,660,000;
3. Kim Gap Young, Korea - PHP 2,045,000;
4. Mikael Rosen PHP, Sweden - 1,560,000;
5. Daren Yoon, Malaysia - PHP 1,290,000;
6. Basilios Diakokomninos, US - PHP 1,025,000;
7. Jukka Juvonen, Sweden - PHP 805,000;
8. Richard En, Canada - PHP 645,000;
9. Raymond Lapitan, Australia - PHP 485,480.
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