Congratulations to Yat Wai Cheng, Winner of the 2015 PokerStars.net APPT Macau Main Event (HKD$2,525,000)
The 2015 PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour Macau Main Event completed on Sunday after five days of action. Seven players returned for the final table with Yat Wai Cheng in the front seat. He held the chip lead for the entirety of the final table, and was the one that walked away with the title. He topped Weijie Ye in a quick heads-up play, to claim victory and earn himself HKD$2,525,000.
The action started early on the final day with the two big stacks clashing in the opening level. This would be the pot that would set up Cheng for his eventual victory in the tournament. In a hand against fellow big stack, Weiyi Zhang, Cheng watched as his opponent raised from the button. Cheng then bumped it up from the blinds before Zhang came back over the top with a four bet. Cheng’s next five-bet would not be the end of the hand as Zhang opted to move all in for just over 2.5 million in chips. Cheng had more chips, and obliged with a call, before the cards were shown. Zhang tabled 
but was in trouble against Cheng’s 
. A nine-high board would run out and Zhang was sent to the rail. Cheng stormed to 5.6 million in chips, an amount he would only drop below one more time on the final table.
Nearing the end of the same level, Fan Zhao found himself all in, and in great shape with his pocket queens going up against Zhenru Xie’s pocket queens. However, the board ran out 
to see Xie river a straight to send Zhao to the rail in 6th.
Twenty minutes later and Chun Liang Kuo would move all in with the best hand, holding pocket tens against Cheng’s 
. Kuo would fade the flop but the 
on the turn would be enough to see him sent home, collecting HKD$490,000 for his efforts.
Four handed play would last over an hour before the next Chinese player would be eliminated. Zhenru Xie completed the call before Cheng raised enough chips to commit Xie. The bet was snap called and Xie found himself in great shape to double with 
against Cheng’s 
. Unfortunately for Xie, a six dropped on the flop to see him trail in the hand, and it was all over when another six and four came out adding salt in the would as Cheng made a full house.
The impressive story to come out of the final table was Florencio Campomanes’ run. He started the day as the shortest stack, but manoeuvred his way around several flips, before finally succumbing to a 3rd place finish. His last hand would see him get it in with against Cheng’s pocket three. No help would come as the board ran out queen-high to see his dream run come to an end.
Coming into heads up play, Cheng held a 2:1 chip lead over Ye. Play lasted half an hour before Ye moved all in with pocket fives against Cheng’s 
. Cheng would get lucky flopping a king to see him take down the pot and more importantly the title.
A great effort for the local player, who’s efforts saw him take out five of the six players at the table to walk away with a magnificent trophy and the first place prize of HKD2,525,000.
PokerNews spoke to Yat Wai "Tony" Cheng right after his victory!
Final Table Standings
| Place | Name | Country | Prize (HKD) | Prize (US) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yat Wai Cheng | Hong Kong | 2,525,000 | 325,806 |
| 2 | Weijie Ye | China | 1,526,000 | 196,903 |
| 3 | Florencio Campomanes | Philippines | 926,000 | 119,484 |
| 4 | Zhenru Xie | China | 698,000 | 90,065 |
| 5 | Chun Liang Kuo | China | 490,000 | 63,226 |
| 6 | Fan Zhao | China | 381,000 | 49,161 |
| 7 | Weiyi Zhang | China | 310,280 | 40,036 |
That’s it for us here at the City of Dreams. Make sure to stay tuned to PokerNews as we bring you all the live coverage from the next stop on the APPT, from Manilla in the Philippines in late July.