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 during the Grand Lisboa, the Grand Waldo and downstairs within the City of Dreams, the card-room now has an effective perch at the casino's second level, overlooking the casino floor but agreeably become independent from it.
There's a food court across the corner, or even a spot to observe the action from a bar. You'd wish 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 concentration is going to 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 sphere 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 will be a marathon.
See table below for stats from previous renewals of this tournament.
This evening, all eyes might be at the start of a HKD$50,000 two-day event, one of those high-ish roller to present something for the early-arriving sharks to sink their teeth into.
Registration is under way right now, sooner than 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 every now and then 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 :: Asia Pacific Poker Tour]
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