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26 July
2008 Top Asian
Poker Pros Look Forward To APT Macau The list of
renowned Poker
pros participating in the Macau leg of this year's
Asian Poker Tour (APT) has just gotten
longer. With 2008 APT
Philippines champion David Saab already placing
46th at the World
Series of Poker
and confirming his participation in the main event
of APT Macau, four big-name poker pros of Asian
lineage have been added to the list of players
looking for a chance to win big at the upcoming
tournament in late August. They are J.C. Tran, Nam
Le, Quinn Do, and Steve Sung - the latter three
pros returning for another shot after coming up
short in the APT Philippines main event. Of the four, J.C.
Tran may be the most prominent poker player at
present. A Vietnamese-American living in
Sacramento, J.C. is currently the top-ranked player
on the Bluff Magazine/ESPN power rankings. After
starting out by playing in local card rooms, he has
become well-respected in the poker world. He has
topped various poker tournaments and has total
winnings of more than $6.7 million to date. His
most recent victory was at Event #49 of the 39th
World Series of Poker 2008, where he won $631,170
for placing first. He'll be looking to leave Macau
with yet another title under his belt. At only 25,
Vietnamese-American Nam Le is already considered by
many to be a major threat at live tournaments. He
will be out for redemption after his early exit at
the APT Philippines main event. Nam already has a
couple of first place finishes under his belt - the
2006 Bay 101 Shooting Star WPT Championship and the
2006 Scotty Nguyen Poker Challenge II, as well top
place finishes in several WSOP and WPT events. His
most recent finish was at 4th at the 2008 LA Poker
Classic WPT Championship where he earned
$411,770.00. Le's total winnings to date exceed
$4.3 million. Quinn Do, on the
other hand, fared much better at APT Philippines.
He finished 20th overall and won $7,500 in prize
money. He will be looking to top that
accomplishment by grabbing first place at APT
Macau. Quinn decided to play poker full time in
2004 after his time at the University of Washington
and after dabbling in the restaurant business.
Since turning pro, Do has been a regular at major
live poker events and has won a WSOP Gold Bracelet
at the 2005 WSOP Limit Hold'em Event. Other notable
finishes by the Vietnam-born Do includes a 2nd
place finish at the Bellagio Challenge Cup
Championship in 2005 and most recently, a 2nd place
finish at the 2008 LA Poker Classic WPT
Championship where he went home with $909,400.00.
Quinn Do's total poker winnings to date are close
to $2 million. Like Nam Le,
Korean-born Steve Sung will be looking to do better
than his early finish at APT Philippines. While
still lacking a major tournament title, he has been
a top placer in several World Poker Tour (WPT) and
World Series Of Poker (WSOP) events, his best
finish being second place in the recent 2008 Bay
101 Shooting Star WPT Championship. Before playing
at live tournaments, Sung has been an avid online
poker player under the moniker 'MuGGyLiCiOuS". To
date, his total poker winnings amount to over $1.4
million. APT Macau, the
second leg of the 2008 Asian Poker Tour, will be
held at the Galaxy StarWorld Hotel and Casino in
Asia's gambling mecca from August 27 to 31, 2008.
The APT is home to Asia's largest guaranteed prize
pool with $1,500,000 in cash. The winner of APT
Macau is guaranteed at least $500,000, which is
sure to attract the top poker players from all over
the world. |
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