Player Profiles - David Paul Steicke
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It’s a long way from the sleepy town of Murray Bridge, about an hour east of the South Australian capital Adelaide to the bright lights of Hong Kong, but it’s proven a highly successful step for this 45-year-old trader.
A lifelong poker player, it was not until news of the PokerStars.net APPT reached him that he decided to sharpen up his skills and try his luck at the Walker-hill Casino in South Korea at the APPT Seoul main event back in September. He earned a spot in the last eight of the $15,000 APPT Macau High Roller Event (and a minimum payout of $US27,648) the hard way. With 10 players to go, he was the short stack but made a set of 10s against fellow Australian Gary Benson to kick-start his run to the line.