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2007-11-26 14:37:08
Dinh Le has won the main event at the first ever major poker tournament to be held in Macau, China.
He held off the challenge from a hot final table, featuring Bertrand Grospellier and Joe Hachem among other top pros, Card Player reported.
Dinh, who lives in Birmingham, England, won $22,640 for coming first, beating out Ivan Tan, who took home $129,536.
Sangkyoun Kim came third, receiving $72,864.
Top Starcraft player Grospellier came fifth, while former World Series of Poker winner Joe Hachem finished in eighth.
The tournament began with 350 players, each buying in for $2,500 at the event, officially titled Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) Macau Asian Poker Open.
A $15,000 high-roller tournament, which is part of the event, has yet to take place - but it will feature the likes of Scotty Nguyen and Barry Greenstein.
The next APPT event will be held in Syndey.
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