The final table in a poker event is always the most exciting to watch. The final table consisted of 9 poker players:  Victorino Torres, Kai Danilo Paulsen, Jeppe Drivsholm, Keith Hawkins, Albert Kim, Chong Cheong, Cole Swannack, Brian Green, Kenny Nielsen.

Victorino Torres is from Northern Mariana Islands. He is a 33-year-old attorney, and he has been playing poker for three years. He prefers to play cash games over tournaments. He had very little experience with poker tournaments.  Besides practicing law and spending time with family, he enjoys his spare time with the farm.

Kai Danilo Paulsen is from Norway. He is one of the more experienced poker player at the final table. He has six years of experience in his poker career. A 26-year old poker player who enjoys sports such as football, snowboarding, and skiing.

Jeppe Drivsholm is from Denmark. He enjoys traveling around the world, and he calls Macau his temporary home as he spends time there every now and then for poker.

Keith Hawkins is from England. He has a nickname “The Camel”. He is 42-years old with many years of experience in poker.

Albert Kim is from United States. He is a professional poker player from Staten Island. His biggest win was in 2008 for $257,334 in prize money. His hobbies are drinking, traveling, and reading.

Chong Cheong is from Hong Kong. A successful businessman who enjoys playing poker on his free time. He prefers tournaments over cash games.

Cole Swannack from New Zealand. He was the youngest person to be in the Asia Pacific Poker Tour’s final table.

Brian Green is from Costa Rica. Another successful businessman at the age of 48. He loves to go to the gym besides playing poker.

Kenny Nielsen is from Denmark. He is a physical therapist, and has 8 years of experience in poker.

When the Asia Pacific Poker Tour first started its first season, it wasn’t there many people who joined. The event was hosted in four different locations: Manila, Seoul, Macau, Sydney. In Manila, there was 255 people who bought in, 186 for Seoul, 352 for Macau, and 561 for Sydney.

The buy-ins for each location was a bit different, but it was close to an average of $2,500.The poker prize pool was different for each location because of the number of poker players who were playing.

Here are the results for Asia Pacific Poker Tour season 1:

In Manila, the names are listed in order from 1^st place to 9^th: Brett Parise ($179,775), Ira Blumenthal, Nicholas Bamman, Van Marcus, Maor Feldinger, Roger Spets, Bas van Liere, Kazuhiro Sato, and Derick Hernandez. The winning hand for this poker tournament was 10 of spades and 10 of diamonds, and the number of payouts were 24.

In Seoul: Ziv Bachar ($139,000), Jozef Berec, Shinhan Sid Kim, Michel St-Pierre, James Honeybone, Seval Hegeland, Roger Spets, Dan Schreiber, Paul Adams. Winning hand for this poke tournament was King of diamonds and 10 of clubs with a 16 payouts.

In Macau: Dinh Le ($222,640), Ivan Tan, Sangkyoun Kim, Guillaume Patry, Bertrand Grospellier, William Tam, Liz Lieu, Joe Hachem, Simon Randall. Winning hand was 8 of diamonds and 8 of spades with a payout of 40.

In Sydney: Grant Levy ($875,542), Jeremiah Vinsant, Lei He, Sol Bergren, Jai Kemp, Barry Kohlhoff, John Matwey, Vijayan Nagarajan, and Larry Wright. Winning hand for this poker tournament was Queen of spades and 6 of spades with payout of 56.