American Edward Sabat has won the PokerStars.com Asia Pacific Poker Tour event in Macau, topping a field of 538 players to lift the $453,851 first prize. Sabat battled through a 12-hour final table to triumph in the $3,200 buy-in event after qualifying online. Two Europeans made the final table: Mikael Rosen came fourth for $108,600 and Dane Jeppe Drivsholm made fifth for $81,044.
The final table payouts were:
- Edward Sabat — $453,851
- Charles Chua — $291,761
- Diwei Huang — $153,984
- Mikael Rosen — $108,600
- Jeppe Drivsholm — $81,044
- Kuok Wai Cheong — $56,730
- Tian Chen — $42,143
- Javed Abrahams — $30,797
- So Myung Sim — $22,692
The four-day event saw 56 players make the money, and eight nations were represented at the final table. The final event of the APPT Macau is currently under way. The $19,200 High Roller game will see a victor tomorrow, Sept. 9.
