Asia Player of the Year (APOY) In just a few days, PokerStars Macau will be buzzing at Casino Grand Lisboa for the commencement of the Macau Poker Cup (MPC): Red Dragon. This big event marks the beginning of the 4th Asia Player of the Year (APOY) season running from February 18 to November 11, 2012. The APOY awards sponsorship and glory to the player with the highest points in PokerStars Asian tournaments at the end of the season.
Players such as Team PokerStars Pros Celina Lin, Raymond Wu and Malaysian player Raiden Kan are all strong contenders looking to get their names etched on the APOY trophy side by side previous winners Kitty Kuo in 2009, Team PokerStars Pro Bryan Huang in 2010 and PokerStars sponsored player Hung-sheng "Shaq" Lin in 2011.
According to PokerStars Macau stats over the last three years, reigning champion “Shaq” Lin and Raiden Kan are the only two players who made the top ten lists for each accomplishment broken down into 'highest winnings', 'highest points' and 'most final table appearances'.
Here is a breakdown of the top finishers in each category:
By Winnings
1. Randy Lew (Canada) – HKD $3,772,000
2. Jimmy Pan (Netherlands) – HKD $2,367,000
3. Devan Tang (Hong Kong) – HKD $2,086,450
4. Nicholas Cho Fai Wong (Hong Kong) – HKD $2,052,800
5. Raiden Kan (Malaysia) – HKD $2,023,683
6. Hung-Sheng "Shaq" Lin (Chinese Taipei) – HKD $1,701,430
7. Zuo Wang (China) – HKD $1,429,800
8. Jeffrey Rossiter (Australia) – HKD $1,306,000
9. Julian Hasse (Germany) – HKD $1,148,750
10. Mark Benasa (Philippines) – HKD $1,100,000
Randy Lew leads the top of this category after capturing first prize in the 2011 APPT Macau Main Event in November, 2011. Most may also remember Lew as the player who set a Guinness World Record for the most hands played in an eight-hour period (while remaining profitable) last month at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) Bahamas.
By Points
1. Hung-Sheng "Shaq" Lin (Chinese Taipei) – 8,606 pts
2. Raiden Kan (Malaysia) – 7,885 pts
3. Tae Joon Noh (Korea) – 5,954 pts
4. Bryan Huang (Singapore) – 5,884 pts
5. Celina Lin (China) – 5,828 pts
6. Chen An Lin (Chinese Taipei) – 5,747 pts
7. Aaron Hung-Chang Lin (Chinese Taipei) – 5,643 pts
8. Devan Tang (Hong Kong) – 4,808 pts
9. "Kitty" Hui-chen Kuo (Chinese Taipei) – 4,752 pts
10. Justin Chan (Hong Kong) – 3,878 pts
"Shaq" Lin is well ahead in this category with winnings that include a 1st place finish at the 2011 Macau Millions and 3rd place finish at the 2011 Macau Poker Cup: Red Dragon. Trailing on his heels is Raiden Kan who bagged first prize at the 2011 Macau Poker Cup Championship and a 4th place finish in the 2011 Macau Millions.
By Final Table Appearances
1. Hung-Sheng "Shaq" Lin (Chinese Taipei) – 15 FTs, 2 titles
2. Celina Lin (China) – 15 FTs, 1 title
3. Raiden Kan (Malaysia) – 14 FTs, 2 titles
4. Aaron Hung-Chang Lin (Chinese Taipei) – 13 FTs, 2 titles
5. Milton De Spain (Macau) – 13 FTs, 0 titles
6. Bryan Huang (Singapore) – 12 FTs, 3 titles
7. Ted Wang (China) – 11 FTs, 2 titles
8. Sparrow Cheung (Hong Kong) – 10 FTs, 2 titles
9. Alexandre Chieng (China) – 10 FTs, 0 titles
10. Chen An Lin (Chinese Taipei) – 9 FTs, 3 titles
Once again "Shaq" Lin leads the pack followed by Celina Lin and Raiden Kan. With these consistent stats, Lin and Kan are certainly the players to beat, and the time to start racking up those points is now.
To date, there have been a total of 131 Official APOY tournaments held with over HKD $111,000,000 awarded in prizes.
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