The event will feature the APT Asian Series format which is known for its PHP 50,000 Main Event buy in. in addition, a new side event will be introduced at this event – Mix Game Pot Limit (Hold’em/Omaha) together with the several other side events and satellites will complete the lineup of tournaments.

For more info, check out the Asian Poker Tour’s official website.

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Razavi took down $48,101 for his effort beating the likes of Phil Hellmuth, Johnny Chan and David Chiu among many other poker luminaries. The win added yet another cap to his feather after wins at the Asian Poker Tour (APT) and Australia New Zealand Poker Tour (ANZPT) earlier this year.

The top three finishers also received a World Poker Tour L.A. Poker Classic package.

World Poker Tour China (Top 10) 

1st        Zheng Hua Lei – $192.406

2nd       You Jia Wang – $96.203

3rd       Sam Razavi – $48,101

4th        Yue Cao – $32,067

5th        Lei Xu – $24,050

6th        Li Fu Lui – $19,240

7th        Xue Yi Lin – $15,232

8th        Zhi Yong Li – $12,827

9th        Ji Wei Deng – $11,223

10th      Jia He Li – $9,620

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The APT India 2012 is scheduled from December 3 to 9, 2012 on board the classy Casino Carnival in Goa, India.  With a INR 1,50,000 buy-in (roughly US $2,750) for the APT India 2012 Main Event, the APT brings to South Asia the high-stakes, high-quality poker regularly seen in the Philippines and Macau. Completing the fully-loaded week are seven satellites to the main event as well as seven side events including the PokerAce High Rollers (INR 3,00,000) and the FundooPoker Freezeout event (INR 25,000).

The front-runner for the APT Player of the Year (POY) race is Samad Razavi from England. With the ultimate APT event in India, he has the inside track to the POY award with 1,445.80 points thus far. Completing the top five in this contest are Sweden’s Martin Nillson (1,085.40), Thailand’s Liam Anderson (963.60), Japan’s Tetsuya Tsuchikawa (747.80) and Philippines’ Marc Rivera (691.80).

Samad Razavi

The APT Player of the Year will receive US$ 8,000 worth of buy ins at any APT event of his/her choice. View Razavis’s player profile from PPA’s Player Database. For complete POY rankings, visit APT’s rankings page. 

For complete schedule and details of APT India 2012, head to the official website of the Asian Poker Tour.

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Heads up between Ha Duong from Vietnam and Jan-Eric Schwippert from Germany

APT Asian Series Cambodia Main Event Final Table Payouts and APT Player Points:

1st Place: $30,200 – Ha Duong (400pts)
2nd Place: $17,700 –  Jan Eric Shwippert (280pts)
3rd Place: $12,200 – Daniel Chua (200pts)
4th Place: $8,900 – The Ju Van (176pts)
5th Place: $7,400 – Sam Razavi (152pts)
6th Place: $6,100 – Chuan Bin Yao (132pts)
7th Place: $5,000 – Do Hoang Anh (112pts)
8th Place: $4,200 – Martin Nilsson (96pts)
9th Place: $3,600 – Richard Mari (80pts)
10th Place: $3,140 – Lor Sam Ath (60pts)

Ha Duong with his APT Asian Series Cambodia Main Event Trophy

The APT Asian Series Cambodia 2012 is the first international poker tournament to be held in Cambodia. For more details about the APT Asian Series Cambodia, head to their official website at www.theasianpokertour.com now!

Below are the final 8 chip counts:

1 – Ha Duong, Vietnam – 512,000 chips

2 – Jan-Eric Schwippert, Germany – 290,000 chips

3 – Do Hoang Anh, Vietnam – 258,000 chips

4 – The Vu Van, Vietnam – 250,000 chips

5 – Chuanbin Yao, China – 219,500 chips

6 – Daniel Chua, Singapore – 123,500 chips

7 – Sam Razavi, United Kingdom – 91,000 chips

8 – Martin Nilsson, Sweden – 85,500 chips

Here are the other side event winners:

Sam Nee Aikchun - Freezeout 2 Champion

Urs Hausen - Deep Stack Turbo 2 Champion

The final table starts today at 3PM local time. For more information about APT Asian Series Cambodia, head to their official website at www.theasianpokertour.com.

“It’s been a tremendous first event for us here in Cambodia. We are delighted at the response from players and we truly have an international field of players, many the very best from Asia,” said Jason Morris, Tournament  Manager, APT.

APT Asian Series Cambodia, which is the first major international event to be staged in Cambodia, finishes tomorrow, 20^th November and has been a full APT event week consisting of a main event; 9 side events, a charity event and 7 satellite tournaments.

Here are the top 10 chip leaders for Day 2:

1 – Ha Dong, Vietnam – 102,100 chips

2 – Sam Razavi, England – 83,000 chips

3 – Alan Jackson, Thailand – 79, 200 chips

4 – Binh Van Pham, Canada – 71,500 chips

5 – Do Hoang Anh, Vietnam – 68, 500 chips

6 – Julien Genet, France – 68, 100 chips

7 – Sam Ath, Cambodia – 65, 100 chips

8 – Jan-Eric Schwippert, Germany – 64,700 chips

9 – Sam Ng Aik Chuon, Malaysia – 63,900 chips

10 – Roman Babela, Czech Republic – 62, 300 chips

Below are the winners of this year’s APT Asian Series Cambodia side events:

Sam Razavi - Welcome Event Champion

William Mcauley - Add On for Charity Champion

Casey Kastle - Head Hunter Champion

Linh Tran - High Rollers Champion

Thomas Bihl - DafaBet Freezeout Champion

Mike Gaertner - Deepstack Turbo Champion

Keo Sophal - Freezeout 2 Champion

Day 2 starts today at 1PM. For more information about the Asian Poker Tour (APT) Asian Series Cambodia, head to their official website at www.theasianpokertour.com

A welcome message from Jason Morris, APT Tournament Manager.

Visit the official site of the Asian Poker Tour to view the complete event schedule.

The APT Asian Series Cambodia 2012 will feature the Main Event which has a buy-in of US $1,100. Other events lined-up are the usual APT side events, satellites to the main event and cash games all-week long.

Aside from the main event, one of the highlights is the APT Asia Series Cambodia Charity Event which will aid the local community of Bavet— particularly the Bavet Primary School which will benefit from the add-ons of the charity event. The special side event is scheduled on opening day.

PokerAce and DafaPoker/DafaBet, two of the major sponsors for this Asian Series will also be adding incentives for the winners of various events including the main event. PokerAce will give the Top 8 players in both the Main Event and High Rollers event online series tournament tickets. While DafaPoker/ DafaBet has committed to give a free starting bankroll for those who join the DafaBet Freezout side event.

For complete schedule and full details of all events of the APT Asian Series Cambodia 2012, visit the official site of the Asian Poker Tour.

Zhou, from Heilongjiang, China outlasted a field of 184 players in the main event which produced a prize pool of HKD $17,305,200. Although he grabbed the title, Zhou went home with HKD $3,547,500, the same figure second placer Ying Kit Chan (Hong Kong) got in an apparent two-way deal when the play was heads-up. Zhou and Chan went blind all-in the final hand of the tournament to decide who gets to be called the champion:

Zhou: 10♦ 6♣

Chan: 7♠ 5♦

Flop 9♦ 8♠ 3♦, turn 5♠ and river 7♥ and Zhou completes the straight and earns the right to be called the APPT ACOP Main Event Champion.

2012 PokerStars.net ACOP Main Event Final Table Payouts

1^{st -}  Xing Zhou, China –  HKD $3,547,500

2^{nd -} Ying Kit Chan, Hong Kong – HKD $3,547,500

3^{rd -} Michael Kanaan, Australia – HKD $1,731,000

4^{th -}  Jacques Zaicik, France – HKD $1,384,000

5^{th -} Alan Sass, USA – HKD $1,125,000

6^{th -} Tsugunari Toma, Japan – HKD $952,000

7^{th -} Andrew Hinrichsen, Australia – HKD $779,000

8^{th -} Tom Alner, UK –  HKD $606,000

9^{th -} Henry Wang, Taiwan – HKD $432,000

Zhou had a mid-sized stack before the last day began play. He immediately doubled up close to a million in the first few hands of the final table when he won a hand against eventual 3^rd placer and then-chip leader Michael Kanaan. Zhou tripped his 8♦ 8♠ on a board of 9♠ 8♣ 5♦ A♠ J♦ beating his Australian opponent’s 9♥ 7♥. He rose among the chip leaders at this point and went all the way to the heads-up round.

Also concluded the same day was the 2012 ACOP High Rollers Event. Jonathan Karamalikis from Australia went home the high-stakes title worth HKD $3,707,000. 

2012 Asia Championship of Poker High Rollers Payout:

1^{st -}  Jonathan Karamalikis, Australia – HKD $3,707,000

2^{nd -} Jeff Rossiter, Australia  - HKD $2,224,000

3^{rd -}  Chunlei Zhou, China –  HKD $1,483,000

4^th-  Joseph Cheong, Canada – HKD $1,112,000

5th- David Steicke, Hong Kong – HKD $740,400

Notable pros who fell by the wayside in Day 2 were Team Pros Bryan Huang, Bertrand Grospellier, Maxim Lykov, Eugene Katchalov, Randy Lew and Naoya Kihara. Also falling short were David Steicke, Hirotoshi Nakabo, Joseph Cheong, Danny Wong, Jackie Glazer and Jonathan Karamalikis among others.

Also yesterday, Jeff Rossiter of Australia ruled the 2012 PokerStars.net APPT Macau: Asia Championship of Poker HKD$25,000 Warm-Up event winning over HKD$ 1.7M.

Day 3 of the ACOP Maine Event resumes at 3:10 PM later today with the 56 hopefuls targeting a spot inside the money. 22 players will be paid in the ACOP Main Event with the champion getting a hefty HKD $4,240,000 (US $547,007) from the total HKD $17,305,200 (US $2,232,563) prize pool.