David Steicke Wins High Rollers Event at 2009 Asian Poker Tour Macau

With so much money on the line, David Steicke came through and dominated at the tail end of The Poker Pack High Rollers event at the 2009 Asian Poker Tour Macau to win the first prize of HK $1,000,000.

Steicke overcame a field of players which included The Poker Pack members Nam Le (who finished second for HK $426,400) and JC Tran, Asian Poker Tour CEO Chris Parker, defending Asian Poker Tour Macau champion Yevgeniy Timoshenko, and poker pro Vivek Rajkumar.

The turning point in the match came with five players left when Joseph Marchal went all-in preflop with J-10 and Zhou Yueqing followed after the turn with J-J on a 4-5-4-10 board. Steicke instantly called and tabled 4-5 for the full house, eliminating Marchal and seriously crippling Zhou’s stack.

The 2009 Asian Poker Tour Macau will be held at the StarWorld Hotel and Casino in Macau from August 12 to 23, 2009. Buy-in for the main event is set at HK $32,000 + $2,400.