Hard Rock Poker Lounge Opens at Macau's City of Dreams

Macau's City of Dreams hosted a media launch event yesterday to mark the official opening of its highly anticipated Hard Rock Poker Lounge.

Located on Level Two of City of Dreams Casino, Hard Rock Poker Lounge boasts full integrated bar and lounge facilities and is perfect for private parties and special events. The Hard Rock Poker Lounge offers 9 tables, plays great music, and combines the excitement of the Hard Rock experience with the thrill and suspense of Texas Hold’em Poker.

“With the increasing development of poker rooms and large-scale tournaments held in 2009, Macau has already established as the go-to place for Texas Hold’em poker in Asia,” said Mr. Greg Hawkins, President of City of Dreams.


“Hard Rock Poker Lounge at City of Dreams provides a sophisticated yet fun atmosphere designed with the players’ comfort in mind to attract the world’s top poker players as well as high-end bachelor parties and private events. We believe our Hard Rock Poker Lounge will significantly enhance the face of the Macau Poker scene.”

Players and patrons of Hard Rock Poker Lounge will be able to enjoy their Hard Rock Poker gaming experience whilst listening to great music and sampling a wide range of stylish and sophisticated drinks.

The main table area consists of 7 tables, including two VIP ‘High Stakes’ tables for hard-core Texas Hold’em Poker fans. Two special party tables are available for use by groups of friends or colleagues, ideal for rock star style partying fun.


An Art Wall defines the lounge area, with framed images of rock ‘n’ roll instruments and TVs showing Poker player action. The atmosphere is certainly stimulated further with the very own Poker Lounge Hard Rock Babes who will help to make the rock star atmosphere really rock.

As part of the launch event, Hong Kong celebrity model Ms. Ankie Beilke was invited as a special guest and dressed in Hard Rock Poker Lounge Babe style to charm the audience and introduce City of Dreams’ coolest and most exciting Hard Rock gaming experience.


For more information, visit City of Dreams online by clicking here.

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Tokyo Poker Tour Holds Successful Inaugural Event

The newly-created Tokyo Poker Tour (TPT) held its debut tournament this past weekend and it was a success as poker players and even celebrities from all over Japan were in attendance.

A total of 150 players, many with APT, APPT, and WSOP experience, came to the Japanese capital for the TPT’s very first tournament.

In the end, it would be Takeshi "JAYRO" Shioji who would win the tournament and the coveted title of being the TPT’s first champion.

The Osaka-based poker player took home a prize package of US $3,000, which included a WSOP side event prize package and Everest Poker merchandise.

“I am so happy to get prize at the first TPT event. I came all the way from Osaka with my friends to come and play poker here,” said Mr. Shioji. “Hopefully next time, there will also be an event in Osaka.”

The second and third placers in the tournament both received merchandise prize packages, including gift pack bundles from Everest Poker. In Japan, government regulations prohibit the handing out monetary prize packages.

Even with no prize money at stake, it was fun all around for everybody in attendance. Two of Japan’s most popular professional wrestlers, DDT’s Sanshiro Takagi and Muscle Sakai, played in the tournament and left with a positive impression of poker.

In addition, there was a surprise guest at the final table. Tokio, the twelve-year-old son of TPT tournament director and promoter Itaru Kaneko, was the dealer, drawing raves from the crowd and making him a lock to be the youngest dealer at a Japanese poker tournament.


The TPT tournament was held this past June 19 at the Tokyo Women’s Plaza at Omotesando. Buy-in for the event was 4,500 yen.

According to Mr. Kaneko, the next TPT events will be held on August 7 and August 14. The prizes for those events will include a Spanish Poker Tour (SPT) package tour and a 7 Luck Casino prize package for two.

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Filipino Poker Tour Returns with Php 5 Million Guaranteed Tournament

The Filipino Poker Tour (FPT) will be looking for the next local poker champion as it holds its next featured event this weekend.

"Who's Next?" is the tagline of the FPT's latest event, which will be held at the Metro Card Club in Pasig City. Buy-in is set at Php 10,000. A Php 1,000 fee will be added for those who register on or after June 25.

Up for grabs is a big prize pool, which is guaranteeing Php 5,000,000. Included is a seat to the next Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) main event in the Philippines, which is said to be happening during late 2010.

The FPT tournament will be held from July 25-28 and will have two starting days, a Day 2, and a final table day. Each day will start at 3:00 pm.


The event comes a week after the Metro Card Club's last tournament, the Php 2,000,000 guaranteed Independence Day Weekend Special.

Local player Christian Aaron Lee was the winner of that tournament, pocketing a total of Php 636,000 in winnings.

For more information, visit the FPT by clicking here.

The Metro Card Club is located at the Metrowalk complex in Pasig City, Philippines. For more information, read the Asia PokerNews feature on the poker room by clicking here.

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Wing Cheong Chong Wins Macau Poker Cup's June Special

Wing Cheong Cheong continued his great run in Macau after winning the recently concluded MPC June Special at the Grand Lisboa’s PokerStars Macau.

Cheong bested 66 other players to win the tournament and HK $115,500 in prize money. A well-known player in Macau, he used his aggressive play to rack up chips until he found himself heads-up with Vinson See of Singapore.

See would eventually move all-in with Q-4 but needed to catch some cards after Cheong called with K-10. The board did not bring help for either player, making Cheong’s king-high the top hand and giving him the title.

The win builds on a great month for Cheong. The Hong Kong-based player, who also made the final table of the Asian Poker Tour (APT) Macau main event in 2008, finished second in the Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) Macau main event in May for a cash prize of HK $2,088,000.


The MPC June Special took place on June 19 at the PokerStars Macau poker room at the Grand Lisboa. The event guaranteed a prize pool of HK $350,000 for a buy-in of HK $5,000.

PokerStars Macau will be hosting two more of Asia’s biggest regional tournaments in the coming months. The Macau Poker Cup arrives from July 7-11 featuring the Red Dragon HKD $2,000,000 Guarantee event. This will be followed by the Macau Millions from August 4-8 where players only need to enter for HKD $2,200 to be part of the HKD $1,000,000 Guarantee.

Players can qualify for both events online at PokerStars.net or live in the PokerStars Macau poker room.

Here are the results from the final table:

1st Wing Cheong Chong (HKD 115,500)
2nd Ku-shin "Vinson" See (HKD 73,500)
3rd Sarah Lee (HKD 49,000)
4th Hang Ho Tao (HKD 38,500)
5th Jurg Niederberger (HKD 28,000)
6th Sparrow Cheung (HKD 24,500)
7th Mei Ngok (HKD 21,000)

The next Macau Poker Cup will take place from July 7 to 11 at PokerStars Macau. For more information, visit the PokerStars Macau web site here.

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The Poker Circuit Officially Announces TPC Motherboard

The Poker Circuit (TPC) has officially announced its long-rumored TPC Motherboard event, with Poker Royale in Manila signing on as the first leg of the innovative tournament.

Poker Royale, which is located in Pasay City, Philippines, will have its leg from August 6 to 9 feature a Php 1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool for a buy-in of Php 5,000 + Php 400.

The last eighteen players of the leg will then move on to the TPC Motherboard's finale on the first day of APT Philippines 2010.

The series’ unique format will give local players the opportunity to win seats into the APT Philippines 2010 main event.

According to the APT's website, "Independent poker rooms from around the country will run their own legs of the TPC Motherboard during July and August with the finalists from each event coming together for a final play-off tournament to be staged on the opening day of APT Philippines."


For more information about the TPC Motherboard, click here.

APT Philippines 2010 will be held from August 23 to 29 at the Resorts World Manila complex in Manila, Philippines. Buy-in is set at approximately US $2,500 + US $200.

Last year’s main event in Manila was won by local poker pro Neil Arce, who was awarded US $185,000 for finishing first.

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Poker King Club Announces Summer Challenge

The Poker King Club in Macau has announced that its next tournament, the Poker King Summer Challenge, will be taking place on the first weekend of July.

The Poker King Summer Challenge will be a two-day event featuring a HK $388,000 guaranteed prize pool. Buy-in is set at HK $4,500.

The first day will take place on Saturday, July 3, at 1:00 pm. Play will continue until the final table is reached. The remaining players will then return on Sunday afternoon to duke it out for the top prize.

In addition to the Summer Challenge, the Poker King Club will also be holding a small 32-max Heads-Up event on Sunday afternoon.

The Poker King Club is located on the third floor of the StarWorld Casino in Macau. The poker room's last big tournament was the second-ever Macau Poker Challenge, which was won by Australian player Michael Marvanek for HK $89,000 in prize money.


For more information about the Poker King Club, read the Asia PokerNews feature on the Poker King Club. You may also visit their web site by clicking here.

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Resorts World Manila Ready for Sunday’s Satellite Series

Players will get their first crack at winning a seat to the APT Philippines 2010 main event when Resorts World Manila holds its Php 500,000 guaranteed RWM Satellite Series this Sunday.

A big turnout is expected for the event, which is slated to be the first step in the build-up towards the big APT Philippines 2010 tournament at Resorts World Manila in August.

The RWM Satellite Series tournament will take place at 2:00 pm on Sunday with a guaranteed prize pool of Php 500,000 up for grabs. Included in that big guarantee is a seat to the APT Philippines main event worth US $2,700. Buy-in is set at Php 5,000 + Php 500.

To celebrate the start of its satellites to the APT main event, Resorts World Manila also announced that Php 25/50 cash games will be available to all players on Sunday.



The minimum cash game stakes at the Resorts World Manila poker room are typically Php 50/100.

Eighteen winners will be receiving cash prizes, with the winner of the tournament receiving an APT Philippines 2010 main event seat and at least Php 40,000 in cash.

In addition, players who finish second all the way to fifth will be awarded seats to the final event of the Satellite Series.

The final event, entitled the RWM Satellite Series Finale, will take place on August 21 at RWM for a buy-in of Php 10,000 + Php 1,000.

APT Philippines 2010 will be held from August 23 to 29 at the Resorts World Manila complex in Manila, Philippines. Buy-in is set at approximately US $2,500 + US $200.

Last year’s main event in Manila was won by local poker pro Neil Arce, who was awarded US $185,000 for finishing first.

For more information about the RWM Satellite Series, click here.

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Php 2M Guaranteed Independence Day Special Kicks Off Today

Players from all over the Philippines will be looking to make their long weekend a little more special by winning the Independence Day Special.

The four-day tournament, which will be held at the Metro Card Club in Pasig City to help commemorate the Independence Day long weekend, kicks off today at 3:00 pm.

A big guaranteed prize pool of Php 2,000,000 will be up for grabs for a buy-in of Php 3,000.

Many of the country's top poker players, such as Neil Arce and Kent del Rosario, are expected to be in attendance.

Mike Takayama, who won the Labor Day Special at the Metro last April, is another player looking to make a splash in the event.


Here is the complete schedule of the four-day event:

Day 1A- Friday June 11, 3pm
Day 1B- Saturday June 12, 3pm
Day 2- Sunday June 13, 3pm
Final Day- Monday, June 14, 3pm

Independence Day, a national holiday in the Philippines, is commemorated every year on June 12.

The Metro Card Club is located at the Metrowalk complex in Pasig City, Philippines. For more information, visit their website by clicking here.

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Michael Marvanek Wins Second Macau Poker Challenge

The Poker King Club's second-ever Macau Poker Challenge took place this past weekend and it was Michael Marvanek who came out on top.

The Australian poker pro bested a field of 78 players in the HK $250,000 guaranteed event to take home the title.

Incidentally, Marvanek is a member of the Poker King team, which represents the Poker King brand at tournaments all over the world.

For the win, Marvanek took home a shiny new trophy and HK $89,000 in prize money. Meanwhile, runner-up Junwoo Oh was awarded HK $48,000 for his efforts.

In addition, Marvanek joins the ranks of Weng Hong Hoi, the Hong Kong player who won the first Macau Poker Challenge earlier this year.


The second edition of the Macau Poker Challenge was held on June 6 at the eighth floor of the StarWorld Hotel and Casino. The event guaranteed a HK $250,000 prize pool with the buy-in set at HK $2,750 + HK $250.

Here are the top ten finishers in the event:

1. Michael Marvanek (HK $89,000)
2. Junwoo Oh (HK $48,000)
3. Yong Bin Yan (HK $26,400)
4. Kan Yew Fatt (HK $19,200)
5. Song "Tony" Tian Yuan (HK $16,800)
6. Anson Gong Wah Wong (HK $14,400)
7. Wen Jie Dai (HK $12,000)
8. Phung Man Hue (HK $9,600)
9. Edwin Leong (HK $7,300)
10. Chan Sio Long (HK $4,800)

The Poker King Club is located on the third floor of the StarWorld Casino in Macau. For more information, read the Asia PokerNews feature on the Poker King Club. You may also visit their web site by clicking here.

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Asia PokerNews Featured Poker Room: TNC Poker

One of the fastest-growing poker rooms in Hong Kong is TNC, a card room with a friendly atmosphere and plenty of great players.

TNC, which opened in February of this year, is short for Tuesday Night Club. According to Frankie Chow, who manages the poker room, the room’s name has significance to its players.

“TNC is a group of poker players; back then we loved to play on Tuesdays. We started by playing home games at a friend’s home in Hong Kong Island. In time, the number of players grew so we needed to find a new place to play,” he said.

The TNC has four tables open from Monday to Saturday and is closed on Sundays. Cash games that take place in the room usually fall in the ranges of HKD 5/10 and HKD 10/20 stakes.

Regular tournaments in the future are also being planned. In the meantime, there are plenty of alternatives at the poker room.

“Right now we don’t have any tournaments yet. But we do have Sit N Go’s. At around 6 or 7 pm, we usually have groups of friends gathering around and creating their own little tournaments just for fun, said Mr. Chow. “The buy-in is often about HKD 100 and it’s winner-take-all. But we do plan to organize more tournaments and events in the future.”

With its membership growing steadily, Mr. Chow says that they are definitely looking to promote the TNC brand.

“I know there will be many competitors in Hong Kong in the future. So my wish is to establish and promote the TNC as a brand name,” he said. “Right now we have four or five players who are our TNC pros. We send them to poker tournaments in Macau and even the Philippines to represent our poker room and wear our team jackets.”

“We also plan to have a newbie night every Monday where new players can come learn the game at smaller blinds such as HKD 1/2 and HKD 2/4. We want people here to try poker. I guess at this stage many people in Hong Kong think that poker is gambling and luck, so we want them to try it out and see for themselves that it mostly skill. Poker is a great sport and a fun game.”

The TNC is located on the second floor of the Yeung Iu Chi Commercial Building on Jaffe Road in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong. For more information, visit them on the web by clicking here.

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Independence Day Special This Weekend at Metro Card Club

To celebrate the Philippines' Independence Day, the Metro Card Club in Pasig City will be holding a special Php 2,000,000 guaranteed tournament this weekend to commemorate the holiday.

The biggest poker room in the Philippines will be host to the Independence Day Special, which will take place from Friday, June 11 to Monday, June 14. Buy-in is set at Php 3,000.

The special tournament is a tribute to the country's Independence Day, which is officially on June 12. The Metro Card Club also ran a similar event, the Labor Day Special, during the end of last April to celebrate the Labor Day weekend in the Philippines.

That event was won by the Metro regular Mike Takayama, who took home Php 318,000 for finishing first.


Here is the complete schedule of the Independence Day Special:

Day 1A- Friday June 11, 3pm
Day 1B- Saturday June 12, 3pm
Day 2- Sunday June 13, 3pm
Final Day- Monday, June 14, 3pm

The Metro Card Club is located at the Metrowalk complex in Pasig City, Philippines. For more information, visit their website by clicking here.

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Henrietes Acain Wins Php 1M Guaranteed Tournament in Cebu

Local poker player Henrietes Acain took home first prize at last weekend’s Php 1,000,000 guaranteed tournament at the All-In Poker Sports Club in Cebu, Philippines.

Acain, who hails from the nearby island province of Siquijor, overcame a field of top players from Cebu and the rest of the Philippines to win the Php 350,000 in total prizes. He was awarded Php 200,000 in prize money as well as a package to the upcoming APT Philippines 2010 main event worth Php 150,000.

On the last hand of the tournament, with blinds at 20,000/40,000, Acain made a button raise of 80,000 and was called by Jeff Clair, his heads-up opponent. When the flop came , Jeff shoved his stack all-in and Acain made the call after a few moments of deliberation.

Jeff showed for flopped bottom pair but Acain was just a notch higher as he tabled .

The turn and river did not help either player, sending Clair out in second place and giving Acain the championship. For his runner-up finish, Clair received Php 175,000 in prize money.

The All-In Club’s single-day Php 1,000,000 guaranteed tournament took place on May 29 at the poker room’s location inside PAGCOR Cebu at the Waterfront Hotel & Casino in Cebu City. Buy-in for the event was Php 5,000 + Php 500.

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APT Philippines 2010 Gets Early Support from Top Online Poker Rooms

PRESS RELEASE (Manila, Philippines) -- With APT Philippines 2010 still over two and a half months away, some of the biggest names in online poker are on board to show their support for the event.

Three top poker sites and networks – PKR, PartyPoker, and the iPoker Network, will be running online satellites to the APT Philippines 2010 main event.

PartyPoker, which operates the World Poker Tour (WPT), is the third largest poker site in the world. PKR, meanwhile, is known throughout the poker industry for its cutting-edge graphics and realistic 3D game-play simulations.

Also running qualifiers to the event will be the iPoker Network. The largest online poker network in the world today, the iPoker Network has a total of 67 member cardrooms.

Land-based qualifiers to the event are also on the horizon. Resorts World Manila, the official venue of APT Philippines 2010, is looking to run satellites and other promotions leading up to the big event.

In addition, the APT will be looking to partner with poker rooms around Asia to run qualifying tournaments for seats to the main event.

APT Philippines 2010 will be held from August 23 to 29 at the Resorts World Manila complex in Manila, Philippines. Buy-in is set at approximately US $2,500 + US $200.

Last year’s APT Philippines main event won by Filipino poker pro Neil Arce, who took home US $185,000 for finishing first. The win gave poker a big boost in the country as it was the first time a local player had won an international poker tournament held in the Philippines.

Aside from the main event, there will be eight exciting side events at APT Philippines 2010, including a high-rollers tournament, a Pot-Limit Omaha tournament, and the APT’s very own Greed tournament.

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Resorts World Manila Announces Satellite Series to APT Philippines 2010

Resorts World Manila (RWM), the official venue of Asian Poker Tour (APT) Philippines 2010, has announced that it will be running satellites with guaranteed seats to the main event starting from next week.

The first qualifying tournament to the APT Philippines 2010 main event will take place on Sunday, June 13, at RWM. The Php 5,000 + Php 500 buy-in tournament, which is expected to be part of a group of similar events called the RWM Satellite Series, is guaranteeing a Php 500,000 prize pool.

Eighteen winners will be receiving cash prizes, with the winner of the tournament receiving an APT Philippines 2010 main event seat and at least Php 40,000 in cash.

In addition, players who finish second all the way to fifth will be awarded seats to the final event of the Satellite Series.


The final event, entitled the RWM Satellite Series Finale, will be giving away a minimum of ten APT Philippines 2010 main event seats guaranteed. The Series Finale will take place on August 21 at RWM for a buy-in of Php 10,000 + Php 1,000.

APT Philippines 2010 will be held from August 23 to 29 at the Resorts World Manila complex in Manila, Philippines. Buy-in is set at approximately US $2,500 + US $200.

Last year’s main event in Manila was won by local poker pro Neil Arce, who was awarded US $185,000 for finishing first.

For more information about the RWM Satellite Series, click here.

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Kenneth Leong Wins Inaugural Asia Poker Masters at Venetian Macau

Yuen Kiong “Kenneth” Leong made history this past weekend as he became the first-ever winner of a poker tournament at the Venetian Macau’s poker room.

(Main photo: Venetian Macau casino manager Trevor Hammond, left, presents the HK $300,000 first prize and winner's trophy to Kenneth Leong, right.)

Leong navigated through a field of some of Macau’s most experienced players and bested Anson Tsang heads-up to win the Venetian Macau’s inaugural Asia Poker Masters tournament.

For the win, he received HK $300,000 in prize money, a sparkling new trophy, and the honour of being the first poker champion at the Venetian Macau.

A total of 116 players signed up to play in the two-day event, which took place from May 29-30. It was truly an international affair as there were representatives from Europe, HK, China, Japan, USA, Australia, and Macau.

The HK $1,000,000 guaranteed tournament saw twenty players get into the money, including some well-known names on the Macau poker scene such as Fred Leung, David Ewing, and Elton Tsang.

Here are the top ten finishers from the tournament:

1. Kenneth Leong Yuen Kiong (HK $300,000)
2. Anson Tsang Yan Shing (HK $180,000)
3. David Ewing (HK $100,000)
4. Wang Han Bing (HK $75,000)
5. Tommy Wong Kai (HK $60,000)
6. Chao Li (HK $50,000)
7. Benjamin Condit Royal (HK $40,000)
8. Jason Coe George (HK $30,000)
9. Khenh Chanthamala (HK $20,000)
10. Fred Leung (HK $20,000)

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APT Philippines 2010 Schedule Announced

The Asian Poker Tour (APT) has released the full schedule of its upcoming APT Philippines 2010 to coincide with the debut of its new-look website.

The week-long APT Philippines 2010 will consist of eight different side events to compliment the main event, including high rollers, Pot-Limit Omaha, shootout, and head hunter tournaments.

Also on the schedule is the APT’s very own Greed event, a Deal or No Deal style tournament where one player has the chance to take home the entire prize pool.

APT Philippines 2010 will be held from August 23 to 29 at the Resorts World Manila complex in Manila, Philippines. Buy-in is set at approximately US $2,500 + US $200. Last year’s main event in Manila was won by local poker pro Neil Arce, who was awarded US $185,000 for finishing first.
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The release of the full schedule coincides with the launching of the redesigned APT website, which is expected to be an aesthetic improvement while also making navigation of the site more user-friendly.

“We are very excited for APT Philippines 2010. It’s going to be held in the luxurious Resorts World Manila, which is a great venue for a poker tournament,” said Jeff Mann, CEO of the APT. “We’ve also updated our website, so be sure to check it out today.”

For more information, visit the APT’s official web site by clicking here. For the full schedule of APT Philippines 2010, click here.

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Dual Tournament Weekend in Cebu Starts Today

Poker players around the Philippines will have two big tournaments to choose from this weekend in Cebu.

In Mandaue City, the Metro Card Club Cebu will be having its Php 1,000,000 guaranteed tournament – the Sharpe Classic. The event starts today and will end on Sunday.

Buy-in is set at Php 7,000 + Php 500 if you register before May 28 and Php 7,000 + Php 1,000 if you register during the tournament itself.

The Metro Card Club Cebu is located at the Bravio Sports & Resto Lounge in Mandaue City, Cebu.

Meanwhile, Cebu City will be host to the All-In Poker Sports Club's single-day Php 1,000,000 guaranteed poker tournament, which takes place tomorrow at its poker room located inside PAGCOR Cebu at the Waterfront Hotel & Casino in Cebu City.


Buy-in for the event will be Php 5,000 + Php 500. It will be featuring a 1-rebuy 1-add-on format up to the fourth level of play.

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HK $1M Guaranteed Tournament at the Venetian Macau this Weekend

The luxurious Venetian Macau’s poker room will be holding a tournament this weekend with a big guaranteed prize pool at stake.

Entitled the Asia Poker Masters tournament, the tournament will be a two-day event taking place at the poker room from May 29 to 30. Players will be competing for a HK $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool in the freeze-out tournament, which has its buy-in set at HK $6,000.

A satellite tournament into the Asia Poker Masters event will take place tonight at 8:00 pm at the poker room. The buy-in for the qualifier is HK $600.

The Venetian has also announced that Sands Reward Club members will be able to enter the tournament if they accumulate 5,000 points from table play at the Venetian Macau Casino or The Plaza Casino.

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HK $1M Guaranteed Tournament at the Venetian Macau this Weekend

The luxurious Venetian Macau’s poker room will be holding a tournament this weekend with a big guaranteed prize pool at stake.

Entitled the Asia Poker Masters tournament, the tournament will be a two-day event taking place at the poker room from May 29 to 30. Players will be competing for a HK $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool in the freeze-out tournament, which has its buy-in set at HK $6,000.

A satellite tournament into the Asia Poker Masters event will take place tonight at 8:00 pm at the poker room. The buy-in for the qualifier is HK $600.

The Venetian has also announced that Sands Reward Club members will be able to enter the tournament if they accumulate 5,000 points from table play at the Venetian Macau Casino or The Plaza Casino.


For more information on poker at the Venetian Macau, click here to read the Asia PokerNews feature on the poker room.

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Poker King Club Announces Next Macau Poker Challenge

Poker players in Macau will have a new tournament to look foward to as the Poker King Club has announced the date of its next event.

The poker room has announced that the second edition of the Macau Poker Challenge will be held on June 6 at the eighth floor of the StarWorld Hotel and Casino. The event is guaranteeing a HK $250,000 prize pool with the buy-in set at HK $2,750 + HK $250.

The first Macau Poker Challenge was held on March 7 at the same venue. It featured a guaranteed prize pool of HK $200,000 and was won by Hong Kong’s Weng Hong Hoi, who bested a field of 143 players to take home the crown and first prize of HK $116,800.

Aside from the Macau Poker Challenge, the club also holds bigger events such as the Asian Poker King Tournament. The last one, which guaranteed HK $1,000,000 was won by Hong Kong player Elton Tsang. He took home HK$ 553,600 for finishing as the champion.


The Poker King Club is located on the third floor of the StarWorld Casino in Macau. For more information, read the Asia PokerNews feature on the Poker King Club. You may also visit their web site by clicking here.

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Victorino Torres Wins APPT Macau Main Event

Victorino Torres of the Northern Mariana Islands was the big winner at the recently concluded Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) Macau  main event, outlasting 341 other players to win HK $3,246,200 in prize money.

An attorney by profession, Torres had to face adversity all throughout the tournament. Left with just 2,500 in chips after Day 1, he rebuilt his stack to a respectable number only to have it reduced to about seven big blinds on Day 3.

Undaunted, he made the long climb back until he was part of the final table. Even then, he had his work cut out for him as he started the final day with the second-smallest stack.

Torres never gave up, though, and he finally had his breakthrough late in the day as he caught fire and eliminated two consecutive players to end up with a commanding chip lead over Cole Swannack and Chong Cheong.

After Cheong had eliminated Swannack, who moved all-in with deuces only to find that Cheong had limped with aces, the tournament was down to the final two. Cheong would manage to double-up early on, but Torres would make sure that heads-up play wouldn’t last very long.

On the final hand, Cheong raised from the button to 125,000 and Torres made the call from the big blind. The flop came {j-Spades}{10-Hearts}{9-Spades}and Torres checked over to Cheong, who immediately moved all-in for a massive overbet of the pot.

Without hesitating, Torres snap-called the shove and tabled {8-Clubs}{7-Clubs} for the flopped bottom straight. However, Cheong was still alive as he had outs to the higher straight with {q-Spades}{6-Clubs}. The cards he needed would not come, eliminating him in second place for a cash prize of HK $2,088,000.

Here are the payouts from the final table:

1st - Victorino Torres (3,246,200 HKD)
2nd - Chong Cheong (2,088,000 HKD)
3rd - Cole Swannack (1,177,600 HKD)
4th - Jeppe Drivsholm (891,000 HKD)
5th - Kenny Nielsen (700,000 HKD)
6th - Brian Green (572,900 HKD)
7th - Kai Paulsen (445,600 HKD)
8th - Albert Kim (350,100 HKD)
9th - Keith Hawkins (254,608 HKD)

This year’s APPT Macau was held from May 18-23 at the Grand Lisboa’s PokerStars Macau poker room. Buy-in was HK $40,000. For more information about the APPT, visit its official web site by clicking here.

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Victorino Torres Wins APPT Macau Main Event

Victorino Torres of the Northern Mariana Islands was the big winner at the recently concluded Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) Macau main event, outlasting 341 other players to win HK $3,246,200 in prize money.

An attorney by profession, Torres had to face adversity all throughout the tournament. Left with just 2,500 in chips after Day 1, he rebuilt his stack to a respectable number only to have it reduced to about seven big blinds on Day 3.

Undaunted, he made the long climb back until he was part of the final table. Even then, he had his work cut out for him as he started the final day with the second-smallest stack.

Torres never gave up, though, and he finally had his breakthrough late in the day as he caught fire and eliminated two consecutive players to end up with a commanding chip lead over Cole Swannack and Chong Cheong.


After Cheong had eliminated Swannack, who moved all-in with deuces only to find that Cheong had limped with aces, the tournament was down to the final two. Cheong would manage to double-up early on, but Torres would make sure that heads-up play wouldn’t last very long.

On the final hand, Cheong raised from the button to 125,000 and Torres made the call from the big blind. The flop came {j-Spades}{10-Hearts}{9-Spades}and Torres checked over to Cheong, who immediately moved all-in for a massive overbet of the pot.

Without hesitating, Torres snap-called the shove and tabled {8-Clubs}{7-Clubs} for the flopped bottom straight. However, Cheong was still alive as he had outs to the higher straight with {q-Spades}{6-Clubs}. The cards he needed would not come, eliminating him in second place for a cash prize of HK $2,088,000.

Here are the payouts from the final table:

1st - Victorino Torres (3,246,200 HKD)
2nd - Chong Cheong (2,088,000 HKD)
3rd - Cole Swannack (1,177,600 HKD)
4th - Jeppe Drivsholm (891,000 HKD)
5th - Kenny Nielsen (700,000 HKD)
6th - Brian Green (572,900 HKD)
7th - Kai Paulsen (445,600 HKD)
8th - Albert Kim (350,100 HKD)
9th - Keith Hawkins (254,608 HKD)

This year’s APPT Macau was held from May 18-23 at the Grand Lisboa’s PokerStars Macau poker room. Buy-in was HK $40,000. For more information about the APPT, visit its official web site by clicking here.

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Judges Leads All Players as APPT Macau’s Day 2 Begins

After the first three starting days of the Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) Macau main event, the United Kingdom’s Darren Judges has emerged as the overall chip leader heading into Day 2.

A huge field of 170 players showed up for yesterday’s Day 1C, doubling the field size of the first two days combined. The large field boosted the total number of entrants to 342, which means that first place will be paying out a total of HK $3,246,200 in prize money.

As a result of the larger number of runners yesterday, there was a big chance for players to amass plenty of chips before the day was over. That’s exactly what happened as Judges eliminated player after player to end up with a total chip count of 173,800 – good for the top overall spot on the chip count leader board.
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Judges was absolutely on fire, even eliminating top players such as PokerStars Team Asia Pro Tae Joon Noh. On a board of {q-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{6-Spades}, Judges moved all-in and Noh made the call. He would only be met with disappointment, though, when he saw that his {k-Diamonds}{k-Hearts} was drawing thin to Judges’ {a-Clubs}{10-Spades}. The river did not bring the king he needed, sending the PokerStars pro to the rail about an hour away from the end of the day.

The next biggest chip stack from Day 1C belonged to Ralf Westphal with 115,000. Trailing Judges in the overall chip count board are Henrik Gwinner (140,700) and David Steicke (124,950), who both played during Day 1B.

Here are the top ten chip counts heading into Day 2:

Darren Judges 173,800
Henrik Gwinner 140,700
David Steicke 124,950
Jun Wei Liu 124,475
Ramon Demon Cserei 118,250
Brendon Rubie 114,375
Alexandre Chieng 113,100
Ralf Westphal 111,775
Yong Hyun Yoo 101,025
Dinh Le 97,800

This year’s APPT Macau will be held from May 18-23 at the Grand Lisboa’s PokerStars Macau poker room. Buy-in is set at HK $40,000. For more information about the APPT, visit its official web site by clicking here.

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Judges Leads All Players as APPT Macau’s Day 2 Begins

After the first three starting days of the Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) Macau main event, the United Kingdom’s Darren Judges has emerged as the overall chip leader heading into Day 2.

A huge field of 170 players showed up for yesterday’s Day 1C, doubling the field size of the first two days combined. The large field boosted the total number of entrants to 342, which means that first place will be paying out a total of HK $3,246,200 in prize money.

As a result of the larger number of runners yesterday, there was a big chance for players to amass plenty of chips before the day was over. That’s exactly what happened as Judges eliminated player after player to end up with a total chip count of 173,800 – good for the top overall spot on the chip count leader board.
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Judges was absolutely on fire, even eliminating top players such as PokerStars Team Asia Pro Tae Joon Noh. On a board of {q-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{6-Spades}, Judges moved all-in and Noh made the call. He would only be met with disappointment, though, when he saw that his {k-Diamonds}{k-Hearts} was drawing thin to Judges’ {a-Clubs}{10-Spades}. The river did not bring the king he needed, sending the PokerStars pro to the rail about an hour away from the end of the day.

The next biggest chip stack from Day 1C belonged to Ralf Westphal with 115,000. Trailing Judges in the overall chip count board are Henrik Gwinner (140,700) and David Steicke (124,950), who both played during Day 1B.

Here are the top ten chip counts heading into Day 2:

Darren Judges 173,800
Henrik Gwinner 140,700
David Steicke 124,950
Jun Wei Liu 124,475
Ramon Demon Cserei 118,250
Brendon Rubie 114,375
Alexandre Chieng 113,100
Ralf Westphal 111,775
Yong Hyun Yoo 101,025
Dinh Le 97,800

This year’s APPT Macau will be held from May 18-23 at the Grand Lisboa’s PokerStars Macau poker room. Buy-in is set at HK $40,000. For more information about the APPT, visit its official web site by clicking here.

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