Day 1 of The PokerStars.net APPT Macau High Roller Event is Complete. Torbergsen Leads; Yu In Contention
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The PokerStars.net Asia-Pacific Poker Tour Macau High Roller Event drew an impressive 59 players who ponied up HK$100,000 (about $13,000) and are in competition for the first-place prize of HK$1,831,000 (about $236,000).
There were nine 40-minute levels played today and Marius Torbergsen emerged as the tournament chip leader with 706,500. His stack is well ahead of 2014 APPT Seoul High Roller Champion Quan Zhou, who ended up the day second in chips with 523,000.
The action was aggressive and fast-paced with building a big stack the name of the game. Only 22 players bagged chips for a day 2 start and that list includes players with some pretty impressive credentials including high-stakes player Winfred Yu (243,500), 2012 Aussie Millions Champion Kenny Wong (230,000), successful tournament player J.J. Liu (214,500) and 2010 APPT Macau Main Event Champion, Victorino Torres (163,000).
Unfortunately it was a short day for 37 players including Team PokerStars Pro Celina Lin, JP Kelly, Nick Wong and straight of his 30th-place finish in The Main Event Peter Chan.
Play is schedule to resume tomorrow at 2:20 p.m. local time, when we will be playing until we crown a champion. Make sure and join PokerNews as we bring you all the action as it happens live. We'll see you then.