The Asia Pacific Poker tour(APPT) has confirmed the schedules of its Season 8 for APPT Macau and Macau Poker Cup(MPC). Both events will be held at the PokerStars LIVE at the City of Dreams, Macau poker room. APPT Macau is scheduled Season 8 schedules will take place from May 14-25th 2014 while the 21st Edition of the MPC takes place from 1-17 August 2014.
Both the APPT Macau and the MPC Events are highly attended by Indian poker players. The Red Dragon Event is the showcase event of the MPC are the 20th celebrated edition of the Red Dragon had seen an Indian in the form of Akash Malik headlining in 5th place.
The details of APPT8 Macau are:
17 May 6:00 PM – HK$5,000 APPT Macau Warm-up (HK$1,000,000 Guarantee)
21 May 3:00 PM – HK$25,000 Main Event – Day 1A
22 May 3:00 PM – HK$25,000 Main Event – Day 1B
23 May 9:00 PM – HK$15,000 No Limit Holdem
24 May 6:00 PM – HK$100,000 High Roller
Details of MPC21 are:
Macau Poker Cup Schedule Highlights
01 Aug 8:00 PM – HK$2,000 Deepstack NLH (HK$200,000 Guarantee)
02 Aug 6:00 PM – HK$6,000 Baby Dragon (HK$1,000,000 Guarantee)
08 Aug 7:00 PM – HK$11,000 Red Dragon (HK$5,000,000 Guarantee) – Day 1A
09 Aug 3:00 PM – HK$11,000 Red Dragon (HK$5,000,000 Guarantee) – Day 1B
10 Aug 3:00 PM – HK$11,000 Red Dragon (HK$5,000,000 Guarantee) – Day 1C
14 Aug 7:00 PM – HK$80,000 High Roller (1 re-entry)
16 Aug 5:00 PM – HK$20,000 NLHE
In another part of the continent, the APPT Seoul Main Event got underway with defending champion Aaron Lim amongst the entrants. Ohers in the foray include APT Player of the Year 2013 Samad Razavi, Poker stars Pro Bryan Huang, Celina Lin amongst tournament regs of the Asian poker scene.