Rousso Wins in APPT Tournament of Champions Charity Event
It was a star-studded single-table tournament but this time, no one was playing for extra money in their bankrolls. PokerStars.Com Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) Tournament of Champions invited APPT winners to come back and compete against each other for their respective charities. In the end, it was Vanessa Rousso who came out on top after she beat APPT Sydney champion Martin Rowe in heads-up play. As a result of her win, Rousso’s charity, the No Limit No Profit Initiative, gets a huge windfall.
Other players who played in the event included 2007 APPT Macau High Rollers champion Eric Assadourian (Samuel Morris Foundation), 2005 WSOP Main Event Champion Joe Hachem (Shane Warne Foundation), 2008 APPT Manila champion Van Marcus (Child Fun), 2008 APPT Auckland winner Daniel Craker, APPT Sydney champion Martin Rowe (Save the Children), Lee Nelson (CanTeen of New Zealand) and 2008 APPT Macau champ Eddy Sabat (The Hemophilia Foundation of Southern California).
Of course, one can’t really expect cutthroat action during a charity game. The levels were short and the atmosphere was friendly—a far cry from the APPT games, that’s for sure. Daniel Craker was the first one out when eventual winner, Rousso, hit a straight on the river with her pocket 7s.
Martin Rowe then proceeded to pick out opponents, starting with Grant “Gunter” Levy and then with Joe Hachem who never fully recovered after being hit early. Rousso then sent Lee Nelson home with pocket Kings when Nelson went all in with Kc-Qc. Chad Brown, Eric Assadourian and Eddy Sabat were eliminated in that order, leaving Rousso, Rowe and Van Marcus fighting for their charities.
Van Marcus shoved his chips in with Ks-Jd and was called by Martin Rowe with Ah-10d. It looked dangerous for Rowe when the flop gave Van Marcus the nut flush draw. Unfortunately, the turn and the river were blanks leaving Rowe with an almost 2:1 chip lead against Rousso in heads up play.
Heads-up play went back and forth but Rousso got chip lead and never looked back. In the last hand, Rousso pushed with Kd-5s and was called with 9h-7s. Both players didn’t hit anything on the board giving Rousso the victory and AU$45,000 for her charity. Rowe’s charity was given AU$5,000.
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