PokerStars Macau Poker Cup 26 concluded the series' flagship tournament, the HK$15,000 Red Dragon Main Event, late Thursday night. This year's edition of the popular freezeout event drew a massive field of 1,216 runners, continuing its tradition as one of Asia's marquee poker events.
Hong Kong pro Alan Lau won this year's Red Dragon for HK$3,265,000, or roughly $420,000. That's nearly double Lau's previous total live cashes of $244,571. He also won a preliminary event in this series for $33,751.
Official Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alan Lau | Hong Kong | HK$3,265,000 |
| 2 | Chien Fa Chou | Taiwan | HK$1,954,000 |
| 3 | Apoorva Goel | India | HK$1,163,000 |
| 4 | Yang Zhang | China | HK$840,000 |
| 5 | Edwin Gerard | USA | HK$570,000 |
| 6 | Liang Xu | China | HK$411,500 |
| 7 | Bobby Zhang | Australia | HK$348,000 |
| 8 | Zhen Wen | China | HK$300,500 |
| 9 | Jun Liu | China | HK$253,720 |
PokerStars Team Pro Celina Lin, PokerStars Team Online Pro Randy Lew, Bryan Huang, Tom Alner, Kitty Kuo, Louis Salter, Dong Guo, JP Kelly and PokerStars Team Pro Jake Cody were some of those who fired in the event, with the latter making a deep run into the top 30 before busting out.