November 30 2011, Josh Bell

Take to the felt in the $10,000 PokerStars PokerNews League before it’s too late!

The top three places on the $10,000 PokerStars PokerNews League leaderboard have started to tighten up as the last three weeks are closing in.

“Kanabal18″ is still out in front after an impressive few weeks but the consistent form of ”AJEI” has seen him skyrocket up the leaderboard to sit only a few points behind first place.

Last week’s league event was taken down by ”AJEI” and he received 21 points for taking down the $3+0.30 turbo event. ”AJEI” also received the lion’s share of a free added prize pool.

$10,000 PokerNews League Leaderboard

It may seem like it is too late to catch “Kanabal18,” but his 64 points came after taking part in just three league events, and with three more events remaining in the league, it’s definitely possible for you to make your dream a reality.

Weekly $10,000 PokerNews League Tournaments

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Team PokerStars Pros To Play In Your Leagues!

If you don’t already have enough reason to participate in the league, how about the fact that a number of Team PokerStars Pros will be taking to the felt in your league!

Not only will you be able to sit side-by-side with some of poker’s most recognizable names, you also stand the chance of claiming their $200 bounty and the bragging rights of sending a Team PokerStars Pro to the rail!

Below is a list of the Team PokerStars Pros who are lined up to take to the felt and in which league they will be playing in.

For your chance to play with one of the Team PokerStars Pros, download PokerStars through PokerNews and get involved in the amazing value leagues!

Players receive one point for participating in a league event, and the top 10 players receive the most points. See below for a breakdown of how league points are awarded.

League Point Payout Structure

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There are only three events left, but it is definitely not too late to start playing and this is mostly due to the wild card tournament.

The wild card tournaments gives players the opportunity to earn double points. This mean if you choose your wild card tournament wisely, then you could earn 42 points and make your way to the top of the league leaderboard in no time.

If you post some good results over the next couple of events, then you could be one of the top 27 players who will qualify for the PokerNews League Final.

The League Final will take place on Dec. 21 at 2100 EST (0200 GMT) and the top 18 finishers in that event will earn a share of the huge $10,000 league prize pool.

$10,000 League Final Payout Structures

The best thing about the $10,000 PokerStars PokerNews League is that it is open to players from all regions! All players need is a password which will be released on PokerNews 48 hours prior to each event.

In addition to the $10,000 PokerStars PokerNews League, there are also seven region-specific leagues which will also award huge cash to players thanks to PokerStars and PokerNews. The leagues are locked to players with accounts from the given region.

Players from these region-specific leagues also have the ability to take part in $10,000 PokerStars PokerNews League and the Australasian League, which is also open to all players.

Iberian League: The league features a $4,000 prize pool and is locked to players with accounts based in Portugal and Spain.

Western European League: The league features a $9,000 prize pool and is locked to players with accounts based in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Switzerland, Luxemburg, Liechtenstein, Austria and the Netherlands.

Central European League: The league features a $9,000 prize pool and is locked to players with accounts based in Solvenia, Balkans, Czech Republic and Hungary.

Eastern European League: The league features a $9,000 prize pool and is locked to players with accounts based in Romania, Bulgaria, the Russian Federation, Poland and Ukraine.

Nordic League: The league features a $4,000 prize pool and is locked to players with accounts based in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden.

Baltic League: The league features a $9,000 prize pool and is locked to players based in Estonia, Israel, Turkey, Lithuania and Latvia.

Australasian League: The league features a $5,000 prize pool and is targeted at players with accounts based in Japan, Korea, China, India and Australia. (This league is also open to everyone.)

If you would like to start playing the league but don’t yet have a PokerStars account, make sure to use the marketing code “POKERNEWS.COM” and the bonus code “STARS600″ when signing up to PokerStars through PokerNews and you could be privy to a huge 100% up to $600 first-deposit bonus

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November 27 2011, Donnie Peters

The 2011 PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour Macau Main Event completed on Sunday after a long day of action. Fifteen players returned to action on the last day of play, which made things last a tad bit longer than normal. To begin the day, Sangeeth Mohan was the man in charge. He held the chip lead to enter the day, but was not the one to walk away with the title. That man was Team PokerStars Online’s Randy Lew. He topped Jimmy Pan in heads-up play to claim victory and earn HKD$3,772,000.

Sparrow Cheung was the first player eliminated on Day 4 and he was followed out the door by Josh Barrett, Tsugunari Toma, Daoxing Chen and Baton Fung before the tournament came to the final table bubble. Two tables were stacked with five players each with the final nine making the official APPT final table.

Falling on the final table bubble was the start-of-the-day chip leader Mohan. With the blinds at 25,000/50,000/5,000, Mohan opened from the button to 110,000. Kai Yat Fam was in the small blind and reraised to 380,000. Action moved back to Mohan and he four-bet to 710,000. Fam called.

The flop fell , and Fam checked to Mohan. Mohan bet all of his chips and Fam quickly called with the . Mohan had flopped top set with , but wasn’t in the clear yet. Fam held a big draw and spiked it on the turn when the fell to give him a flush. The river failed to pair the board and Mohan was eliminated to officially set the final table.

Final Table Seat Draw and Chip Counts

The first player to be eliminated at the final table was the man with the most major final table experience, David Steicke. Steicke was crippled to just a few big blinds before getting the last of his money in with . He was up against Daniel Nordstrom and his . Despite flopping a straight draw on the board, the turn and river failed to give Steicke what he needed.

Next to go was Zheng Tai Tan in eighth place. He was all-in preflop with pocket deuces, but crushed by Jeff Rossiter’s pocket eights. The board ran out and Tan hit the rail.

Nordstrom went out in seventh place and he fell at the hands of Rossiter as well. Then, in sixth place, was Fam. He was eliminated by Lew. After that, Zuo Wang fell in fifth and Fabian Spielmann in fourth.

When three-handed play began, Rossiter held the chip lead, but it would all soon disappear. Rossiter got into a battle with Lew that saw the two flip for nine million chips. Rossiter five-bet all-in and Lew made the call to put his tournament life on the line. Lew held and Rossiter showed . A clean board of followed and Lew secured a double up.

Rossiter was eliminated on the next hand when he shoved the button with and ran into Jimmy Pan’s. The board ran out .

When heads-up play began, Lew had the slight edge. He was up 9 million to the 8.25 million for Pan. At the beginning of the match, Lew began to pull away, but then Pan doubled up to take the lead ten million to seven million. Lew stayed focused, though, and fought his way back in front. But then, he lost the lead again and was back up against the wall.

Lew came storming back to the lead after his pocket sixes held up against Pan’s . Lew was all-in preflop for around 6 million and flopped a set with a six in the window. That win gave him a big lead of 13 million to 4.25 million, and the match ended shortly thereafter.

On the final hand, Lew and Pan got all of the money in on the flop. Lew held the for top two pair and was up against Pan’s . The turn brought the , which left Pan needing just a king on the river. The fell and that was it. Pan was eliminated in second place while Team PokerStars Online’s Lew took home the title.

This win is by far the largest of Lew’s career. Prior to this score, his largest live cash came in January when Lew took 10th place in the Aussie Millions Main Event for AUD$100,000.

Final Table Results

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