APT Macau, Star Studded Affair
At the APT Macau for the Main Event and it's quite a turnout, considering the total field for 3 starting days was 160.
Ivey, Dwan, Juanda, JC Tran, Lisandro, Hachem, Giang, Rheem.
Wish I was playing this event like last year and not covering it.
Though it is nice to be able to go from table to table watching the action up close with my media pass.
Ivey, Dwan, Juanda, JC Tran, Lisandro, Hachem, Giang, Rheem.
Wish I was playing this event like last year and not covering it.
Though it is nice to be able to go from table to table watching the action up close with my media pass.
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Macau is where it's at now! Vegas is soooooooo out.;)
Made it through Day 1B with an average chipstack. Busted in the second level of Day 2. Bought into a PLO event immediately after and bubbled it. Frustrating days of poker, but I won a $6500 package for the $3200 ME, so coming from Shanghai we had tonnes of money to have a nice 2 week vacation.
Today was pretty hilarious. Dwan was up all night playing a giant cash game in a private suite. Came down, played one hand where he shoved preflop with T4o, hit his hand and doubled up to close to the chiplead. Went back to the cash game and let himself get blinded down for about 4 hours. Came back and busted shortly thereafter.
Pretty sick when $3200 means absolutely nothing to you.
He probably flew over on Ivey's private jet.
Actually, what most people don't realize is that these blinds and pot sizes are typical in Macau, as there are tonnes of Chinese billionaires who play, many of which are just learning the game.
I was playing my usually games in Macau during the 2009 WSOP, and there were a few big name players in the big game. I couldn't figure out what they were doing there when they should be sweating bracelets. I started asking around and apparently one of them had turned $400k HKD (roughly $50,000) into $10.4 million HKD in one night in the game.
Nosebleed Cash Games in Macau (Cliff Notes Version) - Poker News - News, Views and Gossip
I'd post the link to my article, but it would feel like spam :-)
It's funny, because I spent a bit of time chatting with Matt Savage during the event, and ran into Tom Hall for the second time.
The APT went from having a massive amount of media coverage when I played there in 2009 (Poker News Live Reporting, for example) yet I was the only poker website with on the scene live coverage from the event.
Now they're looking for a 2+2 member to report on the cash games I've talked with friends about for a couple of years now and I was right there to do the reporting. Missed opportunity.
One condition that the Chinese guy had was that all the hole cards would have to be exposed regardless if it went to showdown or not. Interesting and expensive learning process.