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 wasnt 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) mdash; HKD 1,913,100 (euro;200,835)

2: Winfred Yu (Canada) mdash; HKD 1,016,400 (euro;106,700)

3: Richard Yueqi Zhu (China) mdash; HKD 478,300 (euro;50,211)

4: Aaron Lim (Australia) mdash; HKD 358,700 (euro;37,656)

5: Tom Alner(England) mdash; HKD 299,000 (euro;31,389)

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

7: Yue Qing Zhou (Singapore) mdash; HKD 179,400 (euro;18,833)

8: Yi-Po Lee (Taiwan) mdash; HKD 122,600 (euro;12,870)

9: Samad Razavi (England) mdash; HKD 110,600 (euro;11,610)