Carlos Chang Takes the Title at Asian Poker Tour Macau

Taiwanese poker player, Carlos Chang reigns as the winner of the HKD25,000 (US$3,220) buy-in main event at the Asian Poker Tour Macau main. He knocked out a whopping 267 opponents on his way to taking the top spot and a prize of HKD1,913,100 (US$246,625).

After elimination chip leader Richard Zhu, Chang earned himself a good 7:1 advantage over his heads up opponent, Winfred Yu. It wasn&t long before Chang claimed the title leaving Yu as the runner-up with a HKD1,016,400 pay day.

Carlos Chang is the 2012 APT Macau Main Event champion.

The players at the APT final table received the following payouts:

1: Carlos Chang (Taiwan) — HKD 1,913,100 (€200,835)

2: Winfred Yu (Canada) — HKD 1,016,400 (€106,700)

3: Richard Yueqi Zhu (China) — HKD 478,300 (€50,211)

4: Aaron Lim (Australia) — HKD 358,700 (€37,656)

5: Tom Alner(England) — HKD 299,000 (€31,389)

6: Zhang Ai Min (China) — HKD 239,200 (25111)

7: Yue Qing Zhou (Singapore) — HKD 179,400 (€18,833)

8: Yi-Po Lee (Taiwan) — HKD 122,600 (€12,870)

9: Samad Razavi (England) — HKD 110,600 (€11,610)