2014 PokerStars LIVE Macau Asia Player of the Year (APOY)
The Asia Player of the Year award returns in 2014, with another illustrious PokerStars LIVE Macau one-year sponsorship deal up for grabs. Not only will the eventual APOY win entry into many PokerStars Macau tournaments in 2015, but they will also have their name permanently etched on the APOY trophy that is proudly displayed in the PokerStars Macau poker room.
In 2013 the APOY was a hotly contested battle, but in the end their could only be one winner and it was Jian Yang who was crowned the Asia Player of the Year.
Yang joined past champions Kitty Kuo (2009), Team PokerStars Pro Bryan Huang (2010), Hung-Sheng "Shaq" Lin (2011) and Yosuke Sekiya (2012).
Who will be the next Asia Player of the Year? Return to Poker Asia Pacific to find out!
Below is how the top 50 players on the APOY leader board currently stands.
| Rank | Player | Location | Points | Winnings (HKD) | FTs | Titles |
| 1 | Quan Zhou | China | 3,024 | $2,187,746 | 5 | 1 |
| 2 | Jiajun Liu | China | 2,957 | $2,776,000 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Yen Han Chen | Chinese Taipei | 2,916 | $758,118 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | Hao Chen | China | 2,800 | $630,857 | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | Cyril André | France | 2,464 | $1,693,000 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | Victor Teng | Australia | 2,400 | $1,498,000 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Buyanjargal Bold | Mongolia | 2,400 | $1,492,000 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Percy Yung | Hong Kong | 2,400 | $1,184,200 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | Jixue Yin | China | 2,358 | $336,600 | 3 | 2 |
| 10 | Terry Fan | Chinese Taipei | 2,120 | $401,300 | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | Ka Cheong Wong | Hong Kong | 2,072 | $331,700 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | Chenxiang Miao | China | 2,060 | $717,634 | 3 | 1 |
| 13 | Sheng Chang | China | 2,060 | $443,379 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Soo Jo Kim | Korea | 2,046 | $933,800 | 2 | 1 |
| 15 | Billy 'The Croc' Argyros | Australia | 1,971 | $940,000 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Richard Renyong Hu | China | 1,800 | $597,000 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | Masayuki Hakoda | Japan | 1,800 | $577,000 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | Huidong Gu | Macau | 1,798 | $537,100 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | Li-ta Hsu | Chinese Taipei | 1,731 | $266,500 | 2 | 1 |
| 20 | Chang Rak Choi | Korea | 1,726 | $166,400 | 3 | 1 |
| 21 | Wenliang Zhang | China | 1,674 | $149,300 | 3 | 1 |
| 22 | Kenneth Yuen Kiong Leong | Hong Kong | 1,600 | $270,000 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | Darian Kok Fye Tan | Malaysia | 1,586 | $184,500 | 2 | 1 |
| 24 | Chao Chen | China | 1,560 | $675,800 | 2 | 1 |
| 25 | Vincent Kohne | Germany | 1,554 | $307,420 | 1 | 1 |
| 26 | Christian Haggart | Canada | 1,551 | $1,086,310 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | Luis Chul Woo Jung | Korea | 1,550 | $174,895 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | Yongjun Ma | China | 1,533 | $305,500 | 1 | 1 |
| 29 | Ziyang Zhao | China | 1,510 | $275,626 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | Akash Malik | India | 1,500 | $430,000 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | Thomas Mcgarrity | UK | 1,478 | $737,000 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | Saehoon Lee | Korea | 1,471 | $404,500 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | Kenneth Wong | Hong Kong | 1,452 | $284,100 | 1 | 1 |
| 34 | Jae Kyung "Simba" Sim | Korea | 1,450 | $179,053 | 3 | 1 |
| 35 | Bobby Zhang | Australia | 1,434 | $368,600 | 2 | 1 |
| 36 | Joachim Teck Wei Chia | Singapore | 1,400 | $527,100 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | Hao Tian | China | 1,386 | $217,200 | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | Chen Wang | China | 1,384 | $1,127,300 | 2 | 0 |
| 39 | Stephen Yibo Zhou | China | 1,384 | $308,800 | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | Carlos Kuo Chang | Chinese Taipei | 1,336 | $524,100 | 2 | 0 |
| 41 | Chane Kampanatsanyakorn | Thailand | 1,305 | $1,103,435 | 1 | 1 |
| 42 | Samantha Cohen | USA | 1,305 | $637,123 | 1 | 0 |
| 43 | Chia Wei Tsui | Chinese Taipei | 1,305 | $205,315 | 2 | 0 |
| 44 | Wei Hsiang Yeu | Malaysia | 1,295 | $208,400 | 1 | 0 |
| 45 | Franco Cultreri | Italy | 1,260 | $578,500 | 1 | 1 |
| 46 | Yaron Zeev Nisim Malki | Bulgaria | 1,200 | $927,400 | 1 | 1 |
| 47 | Fei Xie | China | 1,200 | $334,000 | 1 | 0 |
| 48 | Mikal Blomlie | Norway | 1,200 | $191,630 | 2 | 1 |
| 49 | Jiahua Liu | China | 1,200 | $173,000 | 1 | 1 |
| 50 | Shingo Cho | Japan | 1,193 | $211,400 | 2 | 1 |