Vietnamese born Dinh Le has just earned himself a spot in poker's history books, having won the first ever major international poker tournament held on Chinese soil. Now the guy who once said, "It's hard to make me smile" has $222,640 reasons to do just that.
Congratulations to both Le and runner-up Ivan Tan on a job well done!
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Dinh Le has the button in seat 6 and makes it 240,000 to go. Ivan Tan then announces a re-raise, shoving 720,000 across the betting line. Le then announces "all-in" and Tan quickly makes the call:
Tan:
Le:
Flop:
Turn:
River:
Dinh Le's pocket eights hold up and he is dubbed the official winner of the 2007 PokerStars.net APPT Macau Asian Poker Open!
Ivan Tan has the button in seat 9 and completes the bet. Dinh Le checks his option and the flop comes ; both players check. The comes on the turn and Dinh checks to Ivan Tan, who bets 50,000; Le makes the call. The last card off the deck is the . Dinh Le leads out with a 95,000 bet on the river and Tan lays it down.
Dinh Le has the button in seat 6 and completes the bet; Ivan Tan wraps the table, opting to see a free flop.
The flop comes and both players check. The turn brings the and again, both players check. The last card off the deck is the and Tan checks to Le who checks behind.
Ivan tables for jack-high, and Le tables for king-high to win the pot.