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The Pokerkaki League 2013: Series 4 Concludes; Series 5 Underway

2013-05-12T04:49:48Z

The 2013 installment of the Pokerkaki League is nearing the halfway mark of its second month, and many kakis have already picked up some pretty snazzy prizes for their performances last month! Read on for a quick rundown of the players who brought home the bacon in April:

April 2013

1. neuroric - Sunday Million ticket + seat to PKL2 GPF
2. Yoler731 - Big $55 ticket + seat to PKL2 GPF
3. eRaiser88 - Big $22 ticket + seat to PKL2 GPF
4. MJFX - Sunday Storm ticket + seat to PKL2 GPF
5. blueknight09 - seat to PKL2 GPF
6. LeoKezoJr - seat to PKL2 GPF
7. eliasinstar - seat to PKL2 GPF
8. ssupresident -seat to PKL2 GPF

Most Knockouts: eRaiser88 (48 KOs + Trophy)

Play Money Standings:

1. bomberman339 - Sunday Storm ticket + seat to PKL2 GPF Semi-Final
2. riseee - Hot $4.40 ticket + seat to PKL2 GPF Semi-Final
5. yihlong - Hot $3.30 ticket + seat to PKL2 GPF Semi-Final

You have three more months to get your mitts on some of these attractive prizes, and your shot at a dream Macau Poker Cup Package, which includes entry to the Red Dragon Main Event, in addition to two nights free accommodation at the luxurious City of Dreams. Check out www.pokerkaki.com/pkl2013 for all the important details. See you at the tables!

LWPS Notice

2013-05-08T06:25:23Z

LWPS XVI: Event Roundup

2013-04-07T13:53:18Z

The good times continued to roll over the weekend as the LWPS ushered in its 4th Season and Sweet Sixteenth installment. As always, proceedings were all about good cheer, making new friends, catching up with old one, talking hand histories, talking plays, sharing the latest community gossip... Oh and some poker was played too! Read on for all the intense final table action, as well as the full results!

Main Event

The charge for the title began in earnest with the forming of the LWPS XVI final table. Leading the assault were perennial deep-runners 'Dangerous' Daniel Chua and Neo Zhi Han, the latter the overnight chip-leader by some distance. Also making another final table appearance was Tan Chow Lin, who's made some serious in-roads in the game in a relatively short space of time.

First to fall at the final hurdle was Lester Pinto, who had to battle heaven and earth on Day 2 simply to stay in the hunt. Seemingly forever short-stacked, Lester hung in there sufficiently to get himself in contention, before running pocket 5s into Neo Zhi Han's AK. Tan Chow Lin was next to go, when got his hand caught in the cookie jar after his steal attempt from late position got snapped off by a big pair.

The unstoppable freight train that was Neo Zhi Han was coasting, before two dramatic hands completely redefined the dynamics of the final table. Ho Bao Qiang raised from the cut-off, only to be 3-bet by Zhi Han. Bao Qiang made the call, and open shoved on a J88 board. Zhi Han snap-called, turning over KK for a big lead over Bao Qiang's AT. An Ace on the turn however, sent Bao Qiang and his railbirds wild. The river blanked out for both players, giving Bao Qiang a massive double through, while leaving Zhi Han short-stacked. Barely several hands later, Iranian native Kian Vatani moved all-in to an initial raise from Mohd. Dasreen. Zhi Han, in later position, quickly moved the rest of his chips in too. More than covering both players, Dasreen would make the call and give himself to opportunity of busting two players. Zhi Han looked in great shape when the T97 board landed, giving him top-set and his opponents very few outs. The turn however, brought a Q, giving Mohd. Dasreen's KJ an improbable straight. The river card failed to pair the board, and the tournament lost both Kian and Zhi Han at once.

Mohd. Dasreen, in his first LWPS final-table, sensed a momentum shift and did his utmost to capitalise. He certainly rode the Zeitgeist for a bit, picking 6 hands in a row and wresting the chip lead from Ho Bao Qiang in the process. He was finally stopped by Dutchman Peter de Groot, who, to the relief of everyone else, prevented Das from making it 7 on the trot.

The escalating blinds were beginning to exert pressure the remaining short stacks at the table, and Daniel Chua made the move first, looking for some cheap blinds, if not a timely double through. Unfortunately, Mohd. Dasreen had As7s in addition to a ton of chips, while Ho Bao Qiang had found two ladies in the hole, and was not about to opt out with them. Once the dust had settled on the three-way confrontation, the tournament had lost Daniel Chua in 5th, and Bao Qiang had assumed a massive chip-lead into 4-handed play.

Now it was time for Peter de Groot and Bosco Cheung to jump into the mix. Both had been astutely keeping out of harm's way while the big stacks had gone at it, and were now reaping the rewards of having the fourth place purse sewn up at the minimum. Now, they knew they had to chip up to make a serious run for the big prize. With very little by way of chips separating them, everything went into the middle in an all-in preflop contest, with Bosco's 88 besting Peter's 55. A very credible run from the affable Dutchman in his maiden LWPS outing.

If experience is anything to go by in this game, then Bosco Cheung would certainly have been the favourite moving into 3-handed play. One of the earliest adopters of the game in the region with more than a decade of playing history, he may have been out-chipped, but was certainly by no means overwhelmed. As 3-handed play progressed, it seemed a matter of time before his mileage would assert itself. As it turned out, it wasn't to be. Bosco's attempted trap with AA turned to tragedy when he and Bao Qiang got the lot in on a river that brought the latter a full house. Bosco bags 3rd spot, and walks away with a nice bit of dosh for his troubles.

The 3-1 chip advantage Bao Qiang held quickly turned 4-1 after the first few hands of heads-up play. Now struggling to keep his chips above water, Mohd. Dasreen made his stand with AJ in an all-in preflop showdown, with Bao Qiang turning over T9. The rail erupted when the board brought a 9, with Mohd. Dasreen drawing to six outs. With neither the turn nor the river delivering any lifelines for him, he was eliminated in 2nd spot, crowning Ho Bao Qiang the newest champion of the Leisure World Poker Series Main Event.

Full Results

The Pokerstars Freeroll:

1st - Muhd. Fir- Seat + Merchandise
1st - Mervin Ng - Seat + Merchandise
1st - Koh Khee Leng - Seat + Merchandise
4th - Ye Renjie - Merchandise
5th - Tan Jiunn Haur - Merchandise
6th - Maverick Chew - Merchandise
7th - David Shadrach - Merchandise
8th - Teo Ronnie - Merchandise

Main Event:

1st - Ho Bao Qiang - $7,300
2nd - Mohd. Nasreen- $4,300
3rd - Bosco Cheung - $3,400
4th - Peter de Groot- $2,700
5th - Daniel Chua - $2,100
6th - Neo Zhi Han - $1,600
7th - Kian Vatani - $1,200
8th - Tan Chow Lin - $850
9th - Lester Pinto -$700

LWPS Head-Hunter:

1st - Feng Zhao - $1,135
2nd - Richard Lim - $680
3rd - Eric Chen - $455

Browse our comprehensive event picture gallery on our Facebook page (ID: Kaki King):

The LWPS thanks all participants, and congratulates all winners. Big thanks also go out to our partners Pokerstars, Youbet, and the MV Leisure World for making it all possible.

The Pokerkaki League 2013

2013-03-20T05:15:58Z

The Pokerkaki League 2013

Fancy winning a Macau Poker Cup (MPC) Main Event Seat and 2 Night's accommodation at Macau's luxurious City of Dreams? Last year, The Pokerkaki League - organised by the Pokerkaki Home Games Club on Pokerstars - sent league champion MJFX to the MPC, where he had the opportunity to pit his poker wits against the finest tournament field in Asia.

This year, we're doing it all over again. And this time, you'll have the opportunity to win your seat for FREE. In addition to our regular buy-in leagues, we'll be running a Play Money league concurrently. In addition to a shot at the coveted MPC package, Play Money league contestants will also stand to win attractive monthly prizes.

The MPC package will awarded to the champion of The Pokerkaki League's Grand Prize Freeroll, scheduled for early August, 2013. Here are the myriad ways of qualifying for the Grand Prize Freeroll:

The Pokerkaki League 2013 will run from April to the end of July. League competition days are Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays. Regular tournaments will be conducted concurrently with Play Money tournaments. Look out for tournament schedules, information, as we'll as updated league standings in the Pokerkaki Home Games Club on Pokerstars.

Participating -

Download the Pokerstars client here.

Join the Pokerkaki Home Games Club:

1) Select the Home Games tab in your Pokerstars lobby
2) Click the green ‘Join a Poker Club’ button
3) In the Club ID field, enter: 11831
4) In the Invitation Code field, enter: pokerkaki
5) Once the club manager accepts your request, you’ll be able to participate in all the league tournaments.

Be sure to check out the PKL homepage for further information, in addition to the important terms and conditions governing this promotion.

LWPS XVI: Season 4 Sets Sail April 6-7!

2013-02-18T16:39:35Z

The LWPS returns on the back of a record-breaking third season, to once again bring you all the unmatchable thrills and spills of a live poker tournament. Put on that poker face and look forward to another rousing installment of non-stop action packed into one crazy weekend. Expect the usual doses of free eats, free beer, tough-as-nails competition, more laughter than you're accustomed to at a competitive event, in addition to a Champion's trophy so heavy it takes a forklift to move (tongue firmly in cheek). Oh and the prize money's decent too. See you on board!

Date	Time	Tournament	Buy-in
6 April	11am	The LWPS Freeroll (3 ME Seats, Merchandise)	$0 + $30
6 April	1pm	LWPS XVI Main Event – Flight 1	$265 + $35
6 April	730pm	LWPS XVI Main Event – Flight 2	$265 + $35
7 April	1pm	The LWPS Head-Hunter	$180 + $40 + $30

Don’t forget to check out our LWPS page, as well as the LWPS FAQ for all the vital information.

Call NCTours at +65 6214 2822, or +60 7254 3990 now to reserve your ferry tickets and cabins. Limited cabins are available so be sure to get yours nice and early!

Thrice Weekly Satellites on Pokerstars from February 24, 2013!

Win your seat on the cheap with our satellite series on Pokerstars! The LWPS GUARANTEES 1 Seat awarded every time. Satellites run every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday, at 10pm (GMT+8). Look under Tourney/Regional in your Pokerstars client to locate the satellites. All satellite winners are automatically registered for Flight 1A.

The LWPS 2nd Chance Freerolls (17th March and 4th April!)
Pokerstars will run 2 LWPS Main Event Freerolls for players, with each freeroll awarding one seat to the LWPS Main Event! Each freeroll will take place after two weeks of LWPS satellites have been played. Any player who has played at least 2 LWPS satellites in the preceding weeks will be automatically entered for the freeroll. Freeroll tickets will not be issued to players who have already won their seats via satellite.

The Leisure World Poker Series Releases Dates for Season 4

2013-02-11T06:37:25Z

Mark your calendars ladies and gents, because The Leisure World Poker Series is about to hit the high seas once again!

Season 4 of the LWPS is slated for the following dates:

LWPS XVI: April 6-7
LWPS XVII: June 22-23
LWPS XVIII: September 21-22
LWPS XIX: December 14-15

Watch this space for LWPS XVI event details and structures over the coming weeks!

Happy New Year!

2013-02-09T05:21:01Z

Wishing all the kakis a good fortune on the Chinese New Year. Huat ah!

Ho Ho Ho! Merry Christmas to all the kakis!

2012-12-24T12:02:21Z

The Pokerkaki Management wishes all members and associates Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

LWPS XV: Edmund Lau Wins Main Event, Season 3 Ends with a Bang!

2012-12-17T17:38:54Z

Season 3 of the Leisure World Poker Series came to a conclusion last weekend, and what a season it's been. Record prize pools have been set, record attendances have come, and new champions have conquered. The weekend was no different, with many a player making his/her maiden voyage to the LWPS. As it was with LWPS XIV, it was the young blood who asserted their dominance of all events.

Main Event

After the agony of the final table bubble, the floodgates opened with most of the shorter stacks trying to chip up for a serious run at the Championship. First to depart the final table was the field's sole female survivor Michelle Ang, after an excellent run saw her make the FT on her first LWPS outing. Next to fall was overnight chip leader Chong Ee Woon, who found the going less forgiving in Day 2, as well as LWPS veteran Jerry Lai, who was unable to recover after a big all-in preflop hand went an opponent's way.

6-handed play edged along cautiously for an extended period, before a sudden burst of drama. Deric Lee moved his lot in pre-flop from the button with KT, and was dismayed to find not one but two callers. Donn Chia in the small blind had no problems moving in the rest of his chips from the small blind with AK, while Patrick Poh in the big blind, who had them both covered, obliged with AQ. Donn's AK held, and he picked up a massive triple through. With the board bricked out for Deric's KT, Patrick would pick up the side pot with AQ, eliminating Deric in the process.

Also sent to the rails shortly after was Malaysian Henry Wong, who'd, through the tournament, seen his stack size swing more violently then most. With action folded around to him in the small blind, he moved the lot in with K9, only for Edmund Lau to make the call with KT. Neither player connected with the low board, and Henry was out in 5th.

Patrick Poh, who was sitting pretty until the massive 3-way all-in earlier, tried to pick up some (sizeable) blinds and antes when he found the action folded to him in the small blind. After a brief survey of his chips, Aaron Lam in the big blind decided he had sufficient, making the call with QT, which outran Patrick's 34 without undue difficulty. Patrick. who'd played some pretty solid poker thoughout, departed in 4th, a good chunk of change for the better.

The vastly experienced Aaron Lam, finding himself the chip leader 3-handed, made a concerted attempt to pressurise his opponent with increased aggression. The strategem was paying dividends, until he found himself on the wrong end of a pre-flop all-in, his 44 coming in 2nd best to Donn Chia's AK. The tide was duly turning when Aaron was further forced to fold when two more pre-flop raises were snapped off by his opponents' reshoves. In the end, it was Edmund Lau who delivered the killer blow. With Donn having folded the button, Aaron moved all-in from the small blind, and Edmund made a quick call with A3. An Ace on the board put paid the Aaron's run, and he'd exit in 3rd, good for $3,500.

The commencement of heads-up play saw Edmund hold a decent chip advantage, which was promptly threatened when his 2h 5h all-in pre-flop was called by Donn, who tabled Q7. The 6d Jd 8h board was good news for Donn, who'd have pole position wiith a massive double up. As the poker gods would have it however, the Ah turn and 9h river brought Edmund an implausible backdoor flush, the champion's purse of $9,000, in addition to the coveted LWPS XV championship trophy!

Full Results

The Pokerstars Freeroll:

1st - Chong Ee Woon- Seat + Merchandise
1st - Lin Ruizi - Seat + Merchandise
1st - Erwin Ng - Seat + Merchandise
4th - Roger Flueckiger - Merchandise
5th - Bernard Tay - Merchandise
6th - Lester Pinto - Merchandise
7th - Edmund Lau - Merchandise
8th - Cham Yong Wee - Merchandise

Main Event:

1st - Edmund Lau - $9,000
2nd - Donn Chia - $4,800
3rd- Aaron Lam - $3,500
4th - Patrick Poh- $2,700
5th - Henry Wong - $2,100
6th - Deric Lee - $1,600
7th - Jerry Lai - $1,200
8th - Chong Ee Woon - $850
9th - Michelle Ang - $600
10th - Bertrand Wan - $450
11th - Don Zhang - $450
12th - Kenneth Koh - $450
13th - Terence Lai - $450
14th - Tan Eng Li - $450
15th - Muhaimin bin che Din- $450

LWPS Head-Hunter:

1st - Alfred Foo - $1,850
2nd - Thyronnie Soh - $1,100
3rd - Eugene Lee - $700
4th - Andy Toh - $400
5th - Sean Tan - $300

Browse our comprehensive event picture gallery on our Facebook page here!

The LWPS thanks all participants for making Season 3 our best yet, and congratulates all winners. Big thanks also go out to our partners Pokerstars, Youbet, and the MV Leisure World for making it all possible.

LWPS XV: The Season 3 Finale

2012-11-01T16:24:33Z

Fasten your seat belts, as LWPS XV steers the record-breaking Season 3 to a big finish on December 15-16! We're talking non-stop poker, hefty prize pools, free beer, in addition to all the laughter you can handle in one weekend. So give yourself an early Christmas present by joining the melee, and you might just add the coveted LWPS Main Event title to your trophy cabinet, while joining our illustrious gallery of champions!

Date	Time	Tournament	Buy-in
15 Dec	11am	The LWPS Freeroll (3 ME Seats, Merchandise)	$0 + $30
15 Dec	1pm	LWPS XIII Main Event – Flight 1	$265 + $35
15 Dec	730pm	LWPS XIII Main Event – Flight 2	$265 + $35
16 Dec	1pm	The LWPS Head-Hunter	$150 + $30 + $20

Don’t forget to check out our LWPS page, as well as the LWPS FAQ for all the vital information.

Call NCTours at +65 6214 2822, or +60 7254 3990 now to reserve your ferry tickets and cabins. Limited cabins are available so be sure to get yours nice and early!

Thrice Weekly Satellites on Pokerstars from November 6, 2012!

Win your seat on the cheap with our satellite series on Pokerstars! The LWPS GUARANTEES 1 Seat awarded every time. Satellites run every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday, at 10pm (GMT+8). Look under Tourney/Regional in your Pokerstars client to locate the satellites. All satellite winners are automatically registered for Flight 1A.

The LWPS 2nd Chance Freerolls (23rd November and 13th December !)
Pokerstars will run 2 LWPS Main Event Freerolls for players, with each freeroll awarding one seat to the LWPS Main Event! Each freeroll will take place after two weeks of LWPS satellites have been played. Any player who has played at least 2 LWPS satellites in the preceding weeks will be automatically entered for the freeroll. Freeroll tickets will not be issued to players who have already won their seats via satellite.

ACOP kicks off this Friday

2012-10-24T17:56:43Z

MACAU, CHINA, October 24, 2012 – The Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) will kick off its Macau leg of Season 6 this Friday with the inaugural Asia Championship of Poker (ACOP) held at the Grand Waldo Entertainment Complex in Macau.

The newest PokerStars Macau series runs from October 26 to November 11 and features the HKD $100,000 (US $13,000) Main Event which boasts a HKD $10,000,000 (US $1.3M) guarantee.

If participating PokerStars pros are any indication, the largest guaranteed prize money in Asia has not only attracted players from the Far East but has clearly received the attention of the international poker community.

There are 10 members of Team PokerStars who have already confirmed their attendance with Brazil's Andre Akkari being the latest to join Bertrand 'ElKY' Grospellier (France), Angel Guillen (Mexico), Eugene Katchalov (Ukraine), Celina Lin (China), Vivian Im (Korea), Raymond Wu (Taiwan), Bryan Huang (Singapore), Naoyo Kihara (Japan), and 2011 APPT Macau champion Randy Lew (USA).

he ACOP offers 17 days of poker action so here's a quick look at the first half of the schedule.

PokerStars Macau opens with the HKD $10,000 Deepstack Championship this Friday night which comes with a HKD $1,000,000 guarantee.

The 3-day tournament is an ACOP Title Event and allows re-entry to Day 1B for players who fail to advance to Day 2 from the Day 1A field.

The ACOP then offers several tournaments ranging from HKD $1,000-4,000 before the next ACOP Title Events on November 1st and 2nd where the HKD $8,000 Six-Handed Championship and $2,000 Rebuy Championship take place respectively.

Live satellites to the ACOP will be running at PokerStars daily from October 26 to November 7.

2012 ACOP Title Events
(all figures in HKD)

Oct 26 -- $10,000 Deepstack Championship ($1,000,000 Guarantee) - Day 1A (Day 1B re-entry allowed)
Oct 27 -- $10,000 Deepstack Championship ($1,000,000 Guarantee) - Day 1B (3-day event)
Nov 1 -- $8,000 Six-Handed Championship ($400,000 Guarantee) (2-day event)
Nov 2 -- $2,000 Rebuy Championship ($300,000 Guarantee) (2-day event)
Nov 3 -- $25,000 ACOP Warm-Up ($5,000,000 Guarantee) - Day 1A (3-day event)
Nov 4 -- $25,000 ACOP Warm-Up ($5,000,000 Guarantee) - Day 1B (3-day event)
Nov 4 -- $8,000 Turbo Championship ($500,000 Guarantee)
Nov 7 -- $100,000 ACOP MAIN EVENT ($10,000,000 Guarantee)
Nov 8 -- $10,000 KO Big Bounty (2-day event) ($2,000 cash for each elimination)
Nov 9 -- $15,000 NLH ($1,000,000 Guarantee) (3-day event)
Nov 10 -- $250,000 High Rollers Event (2-day event)
Nov 10 -- $8,000 NLH ($500,000 Guarantee) (2-day event)
Nov 10 -- $4,000 Ladies Asia Championship

For the complete 2012 ACOP Schedule, please visit http://www.pokerstarsmacau.com

Dates Confirmed for LWPS XV!

2012-10-06T16:01:25Z

LWPS XV, the final LWPS installment of Season 3, will take place from December 15-16 on board the MV Leisure World. Look out for event details in the coming weeks!

LWPS XIV: New Champions, and the Rise of the Young Guns

2012-09-17T20:53:54Z

The 14th installment of the Leisure World Poker Series flew by this weekend amidst a flurry of absorbing competition, high-octane action, and unceasing drama. In spite of the increased Main Event buy-in, the Series managed to record its second $10,000 first place prize. The LWPS has already posted record participation numbers and prize pools in its 3rd Season, which augurs well for the development of this poker community, and is testament to the sustained growth of poker in the region.

The weekend was marked by the influx of new faces at the LWPS. While these were faces new to the scene, they certainly weren’t new to poker. The wave of young, online bred phenoms made their presence felt this weekend, as they proceeded to dominate almost every event with their sound fundamentals, control, and reflexive knowledge of odds and sizing.

Main Event

27 runners took their seats for day 2 of the Main Event, led resoundingly by overnight chip leader Jonathan Lau, who'd managed over the course of the previous day to amass 150,000 chips; a boggling 60,000 more than his closest pursuer. Also still in the hunt was defending champion Richard Lim, who was looking to bag a historic trifecta of ME titles, along with Neo Zhi Han and Dhanesh Chainani, who were both looking to bag their first.

A flurry of eliminations marked the first few levels, before screeching to a near halt with the approach of the money bubble. Chris Chong in particular found himself on a knife’s edge when his AK lost a massive flip to Lee Kwang China’s QQ, right on the money bubble. With next to no chips remaining and automatically all-in on the next hand in the big blind, Chris miraculously managed to triple through, at the exact moment that Gabriel Tan broke the bubble on the adjacent table in equally dramatic fashion, to the relief of the remaining thirteen players.

With players now safely in the money, the floodgates opened with many of the shorter stacks looking to chip up for a final table run. In rapid succession, the tournament lost Chris Chong, Chew Ern Boon, Keith Seah, and Neo Zhi Han to the rails, assembling an almost complete line-up of LWPS Main Event final table first-timers.

Jonathan Lau, who’d crushed his Day 1 flight by some margin, was unable to muster any momentum in the tournament’s later stages, and after coming in second best over several pots, was eventually eliminated in 9th spot. He was soon joined at the rail by Chua Zee Wei and Tan Chow Lin, the latter having spent most of Day 2 deftly maneuvering a short stack. In addition to his strong ME finish, Chow Lin would also go on to bag the runner up spot in the inaugural LWPS Heads-Up Challenge.

A dominant chip lead was established several hands later, and in dramatic fashion. Ong Ee How limped from UTG, only to find defending champion Richard Lim moving all his chips in the middle from late position. Gary Yow, one of the shortest stacks, made the call for his stack in the SB. Ee How would tank for several minutes, and, realizing he had both players covered, made the call with AK. A King on the flop and bricks on the turn and river bested Richard’s A2 and Gary’s 77, and both players were duly eliminated, giving Ee How a commanding chip advantage moving into 4-handed play.

Next to depart was Julien Muel, who’d been nursing a short stack since the bubble burst. The Frenchman, attending his first LWPS, was eventually forced to make a stand in lieu of the escalating blinds, and was unceremoniously dispatched by Ong Ee How in 4th place for $3,000. What followed was an extensive 3-handed battle that lasted several levels, with Ong Ee How and Lee Kwang Chian trading the chip lead back and forth. After being unable to make much headway, the excellent Wong Wai Loon was sent to the rail in a 3-way all-in that pitted his KQ against the KJ of Ee How and 99 of Kwang Chian. A nine on the flop sealed the hand for Kwang Chian, and had both opponents drawing dead on the turn. Wai Loon would pocket $3,900 for his 3rd place finish.

The heads-up battle was brief and dramatic. With Ee How still holding a slender chip advantage, both players got the lot in pre-flop. When the cards were placed on their backs, it was off to the races with Ee How’s AQ up against Kwang Chian’s 33. With neither player connecting with the board, Kwang Chian established an insuperable 15-1 chip lead. Two hands later, it was done and dusted when Kwang Chian’s KQ outran Ee How’s A6 for the championship. Ee How heads home to Malaysia with $6,300 extra for his troubles, while Kwang Chian commemorates a truly remarkable weekend with the winner’s purse of $10,000, in addition to the coveted LWPS Main Event trophy.

Full Results

The Pokerstars Freeroll:

1st - Nicki Sun - Seat + Merchandise
1st - Mohd. Redzhuwan - Seat + Merchandise
1st - Tan Chow Lin - Seat + Merchandise
4th - Norbert Koh - Merchandise
5th - Lionel Loh - Merchandise
6th - Saravanakumar Rajagopalan - Merchandise
7th - Leonard Kong - Merchandise

Main Event:

1st - Lee Kwang Chian - $10,000
2nd - Ong Ee How - $6,300
3rd- Wong Wai Loon $3,900
4th - Julien Muel - $3,000
5th - Richard Lim - $2,300
6th - Gary Yow - $1,300
7th - Tan Chow Lin - $1,300
8th - Chua Zee Wei - $950
9th - Jonathan Lau - $700
10th - Neo Zhi Han - $550
11th - Keith Seah - $550
12th - Chew Ern Boon - $550
13th - Chris Chong - $550

Heads-Up Challenge:

1st - Daniel Chua - $2,165
2nd - Tan Chow Lin - $1,100
3rd - Norbert Koh - $550
4th - Lin Ruizi - $550

The Rebuy Frenzy:

1st - Zhou Hongming - $2,100
2nd - Kenny Wong - $1,550
3rd - Eddie Seetho - $1,000
4th - Saravanakumar Rajagoplan - $500

The LWPS thanks all participants for making LWPS XIV a success, and congratulates all winners.

Heads-Up Challenge Announced for LWPS XIV

2012-08-28T05:57:48Z

The Leisure World Poker Series has confirmed that it will be conducting its first ever Heads-Up event at LWPS XIV!

The event buy-in has been set to $300+$40, and matches will commence from 5pm, 15 September, 2002.

Be part of yet another first at the Leisure World Poker Series! Very limited slots are still available on a first come first serve basis, so do register your interest here.

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Have you gotten your seat to the LWPS XIV Main Event yet? 16 players have already qualified for the LWPS via satellites on Pokerstars, and you can add your name to this growing list by playing the thrice weekly LWPS satellites on Pokerstars. Satellites run every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday, at 10pm. Remember, as long as you've played 2 satellites from August 23, 2002 - September 11, 2002, you'll receive entry to our LWPS Main Event freeroll on September 13, where you'll have the chance to win your ME seat completely free!

Limited cabins and ferry tickets are available closer to tournament dates, so do reserve yours early. Give the good people at NCTours a ring at +65 6214 2822, or +60 7254 3990 to ensure your passage and accommodation.

See you on board!

The Leisure World Poker Series XIV – September 15-16!

2012-07-25T07:03:36Z

Mark your calendars ladies and gents. The sequel to the record-smashing LWPS XIII has officially been unleashed! Read on for all the details!

Date	Time	Tournament	Buy-in
15 Sep	11am	The Pokerstars Freeroll (3 ME Seats, Merchandise)	$0 + $30
15 Sep	1pm	LWPS XIII Main Event – Flight 1	$265 + $35
15 Sep	730pm	LWPS XIII Main Event – Flight 2	$265 + $35
15 Sep	5pm	The LWPS Head-Up Challenge (TBC)	TBC
16 Sep	1pm	The LWPS Rebuy Frenzy	$100 + $20 + R

View tourney structures here. Don’t forget to check out our LWPS page, as well as the LWPS FAQ for all the vital information.

Call NCTours at +65 6214 2822, or +60 7254 3990 now to reserve your ferry tickets and cabins. Limited cabins are available so be sure to get yours nice and early!

Thrice Weekly Satellites on Pokerstars from August 2, 2012!

Win your seat on the cheap with our satellite series on Pokerstars! The LWPS GUARANTEES 1 Seat awarded every time. Satellites run every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday, at 10pm (GMT+8). Look under Tourney/Regional in your Pokerstars client to locate the satellites.

The LWPS 2nd Chance Freerolls (23rd Aug and 13th Sep!)

Pokerstars will run 2 LWPS Main Event Freerolls for players, with each freeroll awarding one seat to the LWPS Main Event! Each freeroll will take place after two weeks of LWPS satellites have been played. Any player who has played at least 2 LWPS satellites in the preceding weeks will be automatically entered for the freeroll. Freeroll tickets will not be issued to players who have already won their seats via satellite.