WSOP APAC HR and Caesars Cup Results, WSOPC and WPT Updates

Gruissem Wins WSOP APAC High Roller

The $50,000 NLHE High Roller tournament was a non-bracelet at the World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific but popular nonetheless. With unlimited rebuys, the tournament attracted some of the biggest names in Melbourne, including some Macau high-stakes players who flew in for the opportunity to play. The registration period showed 37 original players and rebuys from players like Rettenmaier and Trickett to bring the number of entries to 44. The subsequent prize pool was $2,156,000 to pay out the top six players.

Day 1 ended with 11 players remaining and Joseph Cheong in the lead with 1.5 million chips. Day 2 eliminated Joe Hachem, Jonathan Duhamel, Devan Tang, Kyle Cheong, and Marvin Rettenmaier before the money. Play rolled on at the final table until Philipp Gruissem took on Joseph Cheong heads-up for the title. Gruissem ended up with the title and $825K.

The final results were:

1^st place: Philipp Gruissem ($825,000)

2^nd place: Joseph Cheong ($511,000)

3^rd place: Paul Phua ($325,000)

4^th place: Lo Shing Fung ($225,000)

5^th place: Elton Tsang ($155,000)

6^th place: Tom Hall ($115,000)

Team Europe Wins WSOP APAC Caesars Cup

The teams for the Caesars Cup Invitational were built at the hands of captains Joe Hachem for Team Asia-Pacific, Phil Ivey for Team Americas, and Sam Trickett for Team Europe. There was to be three matches played, with the final of three matches pitting Asia-Pacific against Europe to determine who played the Americas for the title.

Team Europe won the first match, courtesy of Philipp Gruissem, and Jackie Glazier led Team Asia-Pacific to a win in the second match. Team Europe and Dominik Nitsche then defeated Team Asia-Pacific and Jeff Lisandro to head to the finals.

The first of the matches went to Team Europe with Nitsche beating Daniel Negreanu, and the second match found Gruissem and Marvin Rettenmaier losing to Phil Hellmuth and Ivey to give the win to Team Americas. In the final match, Greg Merson and Sam Holden battled until the former was left with a very short stack. Merson lost the match, giving Holden and Team Europe the win for the Caesars Cup.

Live updates from WSOP APAC are courtesy of PokerListings.

WSOP-C Cherokee Reaches Money

The World Series of Poker Circuit hit the Harrah’s Cherokee in North Carolina on April 4 and started its $1,675 NLHE Main Event on Friday, April 12. The first of two starting days brought in 354 players, though only 83 survived the night. David Nicholson was the chip leader with 260,400 chips.

The second and final starting day added another 502 players for a total of 856 entries and a $1,284,000 prize pool. That was enough to pay out the top 90 players and pay more than $250K to the ultimate winner. That day saw 118 players remaining when play stopped, and Rick Hensley became the overall chip leader with a stack of 401,400.

Day 2 thinned the field toward the money bubble, at which time Sean Walton busted in 91^st place to leave the rest of the players in the money.

WPT Seminole Down to 21 Players

The World Poker Tour headed to Hollywood, Florida, last week to begin the Seminole Hard Rock Showdown. There were two starting days in the $5,000 NHLE Main Event, with rebuys available for the second starting day.

Day 1A brought in 205 players but only about 75 remained at the end of the night. Donald Nicholson was the leader of them all with 355,100 chips. Day 1B added another 337 entries, bringing the grand total to 542. The subsequent prize pool was $2,547,400, enough to pay out the top 54 players and award more than $660K to the winner. That night’s chip leader was Shaun Deeb with a stack of 235,400 chips.

The 222 survivors gathered on Day 2 and dwindled the field down to only 86 players. Day 3 took some of those players into the money. It was Christian Harder who busted in 55^th place to allow the other 54 players through the money bubble, and some who cashed that evening included Dan O’Brien in 47^th place, Shaun Deeb in 41^st, Joe Serock in 40^th, and Paul Volpe in 27^th. The night ended with 21 players remaining and Kevin Eysteras the chip leader with 1,904,000 of them.

World Poker Tour updates provided by the WPT Live Updates team.