The PokerStars LIVE Macau card-room
Now that the eu Poker Tour season is over, and SCOOP is entering its death throes, there hasn't ever been a greater reason to move over to Asia--specifically Macau and the PokerStars LIVE card-room on the City of Dreams.
The Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) is now in its tenth season and Macau is the only destination at the tour that has hosted no less than one event yearly. Buy-ins have changed, as has the location, but after trips in the course of the Grand Lisboa, the Grand Waldo and downstairs within the City of Dreams, the card-room now has an outstanding perch at the casino's second level, overlooking the casino floor but agreeably break away it.
There's a food court across the corner, or even a spot to look at the action from a bar. You'd want to go some distance to seek out a greater poker site than this one, and the action is appropriately enticing.
This festival comprises 14 events, with buy-ins beginning at HKD$1,000 (rather less than USD $200) and rising to HKD$100,000 (around USD$13,000).
Our principal spotlight will be the HKD$25,000 main event, which begins at 2pm on Wednesday, and has two opening flights. Day 1B is on Thursday and the sector will combine on Day 2 on Friday. We'll then play all the way down to a last on Saturday before crowning a champion sometime on Sunday night.
With something like 500 players a definite possibility, it is going to be a marathon.
See table below for stats from previous renewals of this tournament.
This evening, all eyes may be at the start of a HKD$50,000 two-day event, one of those high-ish roller to offer something for the early-arriving sharks to sink their teeth into.
Registration is under way right now, prior to a 6pm start. Players can buy-in as much as the top of the ninth 40-minute level, at 12:30am.
Keep your eyes on PokerStars Blog for all of the action from Macau.
We'll go blow-by-blow for the primary event from tomorrow, and drop in at the high-ish roller once in a while tonight.
APPT Macau season-by-season
| 1 | 352 | $2,500* | Dinh Le | $222,640* |
| 2 | 538 | $3,200* | Eddie Sabat | $453,851* |
| 3 | 429 | $5,160* | Dermot Blain | $541,072* |
| 4 | 342 | $40,000 | Victorino Torres | $3,246,200 |
| 5 | 575 | $30,000 | Randy Lew | $3,772,000 |
| 6 | 358 | $25,000 | Jeff Rossiter | $1,777,000 |
| 6 | 184 | $100,000 | Xing Zhou | $3,547,500 |
| 7 | 388 | $25,000 | Alexandre Chieng | $2,165,000 |
| 8 | 494 | $25,000 | Jiajun Liu | $2,776,000 |
| 9 | 493 | $25,000 | Tony Cheng | $2,525,000 |
| 10 | ? | $25,000 | ? | ? |
*Buy-in in USD.
Read More... [Source: PokerStarsBlog.com :: PokerStars Macau]
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