PokerStars Macau
MPC26: Year of the Rooster? It's still about them Dragons
Happy Chinese New Year everyone!For those who don't know, this is the Year of the Rooster but on the minds of many it's still about the Dragons as the Macau Poker Cup (February 3-19) enters its second weekend.BABY DRAGONThe MPC26 Live Coverage schedule features four key events and the PokerStars Blo...more
2016 ACOP: The Ultimate Guide
After weeks of anticipation, the 2016 Asia Championship of Poker (Oct. 28 - Nov. 13) is finally upon us!Here's the Ultimate Guide to everything you need to know about the 2016 ACOP:TOURNAMENT STRUCTURESThe full schedule and all-important structures can be found right here: psta.rs/2016ACOP-structure...more
2015 ACOP: The Ultimate Guide
For the past seven weeks leading up the 2015 Asia Championship of Poker (Oct. 30 - Nov. 15) I've been writing about all thing related to the ACOP. Here's your handy all-in-one guide for what's in store:TOURNAMENT STRUCTURESEverything you need to know about the ACOP tournaments and the all-important...more
2015 ACOP: The Epic 2015 APOY race and the heroes
The word 'epic' is an abused and overused term in the world of poker commentary. However, as we approach the 2015 Asia Championship of Poker (Oct. 30 - Nov. 15) it's clearly the most appropriate description for APPT Season 9's furious battle for the Asia Player of the Year (APOY) title. Sure, recor...more
2015 ACOP: Not just fun and games (actually mostly fun and games)
The Asia Championship of Poker is the biggest and richest poker festival in the Far East and kicks off on October 30, 2015. Coming with the glory, fame, and life-changing prize money is an added level of stress you might not feel at other events. Clearly, the players have lots at stake but the mom...more
2015 ACOP: The Race to Two - Part 2
Last year, I wrote a piece about the race to two Spadies and wasn't planning on a Part 2. In fact, I fully expected to be amongst heated arguments about how to compare ACOP title counts - such as open tournaments vs. restricted tournaments (e.g. Ladies Events) or whether two Main Event's Gold Spadi...more
MPC23 High Roller: All glory to James Chen
Today saw once again what the Macau Poker Cup has become renowned for - records broken!The record 75-player MPC23 High Roller field just worked its way down to a champion after one of the fastest final tables in MPC history. And that champion was Taiwan's James Chen, who took only 75 minutes to navi...more
MPC23: Pan's push to victory!
What a week it's been here at PokerStars LIVE Macau!A new record for the summer edition of the MPC Red Dragon saw a field of 945 where a champion has now been crowned. After three days of play it took less than six hours for that champion to emerge tonight. China's Yue Feng Pan made light work of th...more
Chen-An Lin & Yaxi Zhu playing their first Red Dragon as Team PokerStars Pro
The first few days of any Red Dragon at PokerStars LIVE Macau is a like a giant reunion. Hundreds of poker players from around the world under one roof, catching up and getting ready to share in the experience of playing one of the region's favourite poker tournaments. China's Yaxi Zhu and Taiwan's ...more
APPT9 Macau: The Mid-Season Finale
It's been a busy period for the Asia Pacific Poker Tour - with five poker festivals over the past four months - but the mid-season finale is upon us in the form of APPT Macau from May 20-31.The tour is going to take a 2-month hiatus afterwards so the 'PokerStars LIVE Macau' poker room has prepared a...more
APPT9 Macau: Bryan Huang secretly taking over the Asia-Pacific
When you're a Team PokerStars Pro it's not often you get overlooked or unnoticed. But with so many incredible stories on the Asia Pacific Poker Tour this season (Phil Ivey wins his third Aussie Millions $250K Challenge, Yuguang Li wins two titles in two days), Bryan Huang has gone under the radar w...more
Asia Pacific Poker Tour announces schedule for Macau
The Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) today unveiled the Season 9 schedule for APPT Macau which takes place at the 'PokerStars LIVE Macau' poker room. The poker festival will now be held from May 20-31, 2015 moving the dates one week back from the dates announced earlier in the year. The 12-day sched...more
MPC22: The Preview
Happy Chinese New Year! Kung Hei Fat Choy!The Year of the Goat is upon us and while you're probably busy with red envelopes, turnip cakes, and fireworks the good people at 'PokerStars LIVE Macau' are putting the finishing touches for the 22nd edition of the Macau Poker Cup (MPC22) which takes place...more
APPT8 Macau kicks off to record start
APPT Macau has kicked off their 12-day poker festival to a smashing success thus far.Hosted by 'PokerStars LIVE Macau', the tour's longest running event set personal bests for player numbers in a side event and opening weekend.The new HK $5,000 APPT Macau Warm-up event drew 308 runners while the fir...more
APPT8 Macau: History. Glory. Pride.
It's been an amazing year for all of us involved with the 'PokerStars LIVE at the City of Dreams' poker room. We've smashed several records and while we're extremely pleased with the results so far, everyone is mindful that we're just at the halfway mark of the 2014 season. Next up is the Macau leg ...more
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