American of Ukrainian descent Evgeny Timoshenko became the winner of the largest poker tournament in Asia - Aptheld in Macau. The guaranteed prize pool of the tournament was $1'500'000.
In heads-up, Evgeny was opposed by a South Korean Jun Hee Ye... The Ukrainian started the heads-up game with more than three times the chip advantage over his opponent. Such an advantage could not but affect - as a result, the heads-up ended in the course of the first hand. The victory brought Yevgeny Tymoshenko more than half a million dollars.
Results:
1 place Evgeny Timoshenko — $500 000
2nd place Jun Hee Ye - $250'000
3rd place Robber Carlian — $126 000
4th place Casey Castle - $105'000
5th place Julio Diaz - $75'000
6th place Kwang Nguyen — $52’000