PokerStars Macau Poker Room
Published on 26 May 08 10:48 by Drakhor
PokerStars opened its first live poker room. But if you thought they did so in Las Vegas, you're wrong. PokerStars picked the Grand Waldo Hotel and Casino in Macau for the location of their card room.
160 tables are waiting to be filled by poker enthusiasts. The most diverse tournaments and cash games will be offered on a weekly basis. The kick-off was a charity tourney a few days ago in which the proceeds were donated to the victims of the devastating earthquake.
The buy-ins of the weekly tournaments range from HKD $500 up to HKD
$10,000 (HKD = Hong Kong Dollar, pegged to the US Dollar with 1:8).
PokerStars also offers a whole bout of satellites for the PokerStars.net Asian Pacific Poker Tour which will make its stop in the PokerStars Macau Poker Room early September. More detailed information can be found on the internet site: PokerStars Macau
The gambling metropolis Macau
Macau (sometimes also Macao), often called the »Las Vegas of the East« or a bit more classical as the »Monte Carlo of the Orient«, doesn't have to fear the competition of Las Vegas at all for quite a while.While Vegas struggles with a declining demand for years, the boom in Macau continues unchecked. The turn-over and revenues via gambling surpass those of Las Vegas by far already, and almost every big Las Vegan casino operators have even bigger and glitzier casinos and hotels in Macau than it is the case in Las Vegas.
Poker still a minor matter in Macau
Despite all the records, poker still plays a minor part in Macau. The gamblers in Macau are rather going for the slot machines and horse-racing bets than the card games. PokerStars brought the first international major to Macau in the course of the APPT and has since successfully lobbied for a relaxing of regulations for private card rooms. With the own poker room they now have created an ideal location for the next APPT Macau and once again delivered a pioneering feat.| LINKS | |||||||
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