PokerStars Macau at Casino Grand Lisboa launched the Macau Poker Cup (MPC) this week which runs from February 21-27.

Event 1, the Charity Event, had 139 players and a prize pool of HKD $291,263 which are both new records for this long running MPC tournament.

Hong Kong’s Roy Wan was the winner and collected HKD $60,300 and a HKD $11,000 Red Dragon main event entry for his victory.

The Charity event raised HKD $69,500 for Caritas de Macau who are the leading social services organization of Macau. The worthy cause brought out the likes of Team PokerStars PRO: Asia players Bryan Huang, Raymond Wu, and Celina Lin. UK’s Team PokerStars PRO: Online and popular blogger Dale Philip also joined the opening event.

Huang, the defending Asia Player of the Year (APOY), looked comfortable heading into the final three with a chip lead. However, it would be Wan who would knock out Japan’s Shingo Cho and gain the chip advantage entering heads up play.

Huang went all-in on a flop of 7-5-4 and was called. Huang held 65o for the middle pair and open ended straight draw. Wan had T7s for top pair and that would hold for the win.

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