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Poker Tournament Results
Betfair Asian Poker Tour
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Tony Guoga |
| 1 |
Tony Guoga AKA "G" (Melbourne, Australia) |
$451,700 |
| 2 |
Ang Pang Leng (Singapore) |
$233,200 |
| 3 |
Lee Nelson AKA "Final Table" (New Zealand) |
$116,600 |
| 4 |
Samuel Lehtonen (Sweden) |
$102,000 |
| 5 |
Jeff Kimber AKA "JaffaCake" (London, UK) |
$87,400 |
| 6 |
Mark Whent (UK) |
$72,900 |
| 7 |
Hans Vogl (Germany) |
$58,306 |
| 8 |
Henrik Dahlgarrd (Denmark) |
$43,700 |
| 9 |
Brendan Walls (Ireland) |
$29,200 |
| 10 |
Neil Yong Hsin Yi (Singapore) |
$17,500 |
| 11 |
Carl Linderson (Sweden) |
$17,500 |
| 12 |
Allan Christenssen (Denmark) |
$17,500 |
| 13 |
Mansour Matloubi (London, UK) |
$14,570 |
| 14 |
Charles Kay (UK) |
$14,570 |
| 15 |
Jim Buckley AKA "WonkyJim" (Leamington Spa, UK) |
$14,570 |
| 16 |
Torben Mikkelsen (Denmark) |
$11,660 |
| 17 |
Christian Schulz AKA "Monaco" (Frankfurt, Germany) |
$11,660 |
| 18 |
Steven Richards (Liverpool, UK) |
$11,660 |
| 19 |
Jani Sointula (Finland) |
$8,740 |
| 20 |
Harry Demetriou (London, UK) |
$8,740 |
| 21 |
Armin Khadjehbili (Sweden) |
$8,740 |
| 22 |
Joanne "JJ" Liu (Las Vegas, NV, USA) |
$8,740 |
| 23 |
Fuhrer Wilhelm (Austria) |
$8,740 |
| 24 |
Maskara Subodh (Mumbai, India) |
$8,740 |
| 25 |
David Callaghan (Dublin, Ireland) |
$8,740 |
| 26 |
Alexander Faye-Schojoell (Norway) |
$8,740 |
| 27 |
Jani Vilmunen (Porvoo, Finland) |
$8,740 |
| 28 |
Martin Groth (Denmark) |
$5,830 |
| 29 |
Martin Page (UK) |
$5,830 |
| 30 |
Paul Noonan (UK) |
$5,830 |
| 31 |
Imraan Kolia (Australia) |
$5,830 |
| 32 |
Timo Ojala (Kuopio, Finland) |
$5,830 |
| 33 |
Rob Sherwood (Manchester, UK) |
$5,830 |
| 34 |
Lu Chon Hock (Singapore) |
$5,830 |
| 35 |
Kieran Walsh (Cork, Ireland) |
$5,830 |
| 36 |
Jonas Johansson (Linkoping, Sweden) |
$5,830 |
Tournament Report
Tony Guoga wins Betfair Asian Poker Tour Main Event
…and will give half his winnings to Charity.
Tony Guoga took control of the final table on day three of the Betfair Asian Poker Tour with a combination of sharp banter and aggressive play.
He saw off challenges from top pro Lee Nelson, Swede and overnight chip leader Samuel Lehtonen, and local player Joshua Ang.
He won $451,700 and will give half of it to Asian and Australian charities to be nominated by Betfair.
Local player Joshua Ang managed to out last eight other players at the final table. He won $233,200 (US) in second place.
The final hand was all-in after the flop. Joshua's ace-jack failed to beat ten-six after Tony hit a ten on the flop.
'His offer of a fifty per cent donation to charity is extraordinarily generous,' said Betfair's Head of Poker Ben Fried.
Guoga said, 'I want people to know that poker is sport. This is not a large amount compared to what people like Bill Gates give to charity but it is a gesture to show that it's not all about the money, it's about the competition as well.'
Tony also won a Merlion trophy as a symbol of Singapore which he promptly gave to Joshua so that the trophy would 'stay in Singapore.'
Ben Fried asked Joshua to bring the Lion back next year when Betfair will return for the Betfair Asian Poker Tour.
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