Bobby Zhang wins Baby Dragon, MPC20 opens to record numbers
'PokerStars LIVE Macau' kicked off the 20th installment of the Macau Poker Cup (MPC) with the series' biggest ever opening weekend. The first three days of the 12-day schedule saw the completion of...
View ArticleMPC20: Celebrating the Red Dragon
China. Not the People's Republic kind, the porcelain kind. That's the traditional gift for celebrating a 20th Anniversary. Macau, which is a Special Administrative Region of China (the People's...
View ArticleMPC20: Day 1a Live Updates
3:45am: Familiar Fan Flies into Lead on Opening Day of MPC20 Red Dragon The final five hands of the night have been dealt, approximately 75 players have bagged up some chips and that's all she wrote on...
View ArticleMPC20: Fan Happy to not be the Leader on Day 1a
"The Day 1 chip leader never wins the tournament!" Terry Fan exclaimed as he filled his bag with 176,200 reasons to be happy with his Day 1a of the MPC20 Red Dragon Main Event. Perhaps fortunately for...
View ArticlePokerStars LIVE Macau Helping Make a Difference
Huge amounts of money are won and lost every day in poker tournaments all around the world. Players are pitted against each other in a battle of wits and all have the same objection - to win. That's...
View ArticleMPC20: Gao the Goliath Dominates Day 1b
Exactly 60 players survived Day 1b of the MPC20 Red Dragon Main Event. And 59 of them didn't fare anywhere near as well as chip leader Lei Gao. It was a huge day at the felt for Gao as he navigated...
View ArticleMPC20: Day 1c Live Updates
Record-breaking Day 1c in the Books The third and final Day 1 flight of the MPC20 Red Dragon Main Event has drawn to a close and now it's time for the player's party! Approximately 100 players bagged...
View ArticleMPC20: Red Dragon Record Smashed on Day 1c
Day 1c of the MPC20 Red Dragon Main Event was all about the numbers. You see, for the last few days the team at PokerStars LIVE Macau and us here in the media have been hoping the MPC20 would be able...
View ArticleMPC20: Day 2 Live Updates
Quick Day 2 Done with Gao Leading Four hours and 20 minutes ago. That's when Day 2 began and now it's already over. At the start of the day there were 223 players, now there are 77. Our chip leader...
View ArticleMPC20: Day 3 Live Updates
Teng Leads Final Table, Fan Looking to Make History The MPC20 Red Dragon final table has been set! Australia's Victor Teng leads the final nine, but the big story is Terry Fan making the final table of...
View ArticleACOP Platinum Series III begins this week
The ACOP Platinum Series returns to the PokerStars LIVE at the City of Dreams poker room this week from February 20-23 and once again features the HK $5,500 Main Event which comes with a HK $500,000...
View ArticleACOP Platinum Series III blows up with Yongjun Ma win
The PokerStars LIVE Macau poker room predicted a record year for 2014 and if the first two special events are any indication, that prediction looks as safe as the sun rising tomorrow. After posting a...
View Article2014 Macau Millions long awaited return is here
The 'PokerStars LIVE at the City of Dreams' poker room is ready to kick off the 2014 Macau Millions which takes place from March 7-16. This is a unique event that's had a two year break since it was...
View Article2014 Macau Millions: Bubble
Eleven players remain. Among those are APOY year contenders Percy Yung, APPT7 Macau champion, Alex Chieng and 2013 ANZPT Player of the Year, Iori Yogo. But all three of these players are short stacked...
View Article2014 Macau Millions: Yung Bubbles
Percy Yung -- who's tied in points for the APOY lead -- has been eliminated in 11th place. With 6,000/12,000 blinds and a 1,000 ante, Yung was crippled with just about 23,000. Yung moved all-in from...
View Article2014 Macau Millions: 10 survive Day 1A, Blomlie leads
We have our final 10 players. After 16 levels of play and 134 entries, the field was whittled down to just 10 players, 7 percent of the field. Leading those lucky 7 percent is Mikal Blomlie, who...
View Article2014 Macau Millions: Day 1B begins
The PokerStars LIVE room took a short break. A little less than 12 hours ago, the final 10 players from Day 1A bagged their chips and called it a day. Now a fresh new batch of players -- along with...
View Article2014 Macau Millions: Back for more
Players can't resist the millions. The number of entries keeps ticking up and more familiar faces are popping up. Team PokerStars Pro Celina Lin is in the field. Lin took two shots at the Macau...
View Article2014 Macau Millions: Blind struggles
After just 75 minutes of play, the tournament clock brought the tournament to level 4. With that, players are faced with 200/400 blinds, making the starting stack just 25 big blinds. Several players...
View Article2014 Macau Millions: Rising and falling
Players are coming from their first break to face 400/800 blinds. The average stack is about 15,000 and some leaders are starting to emerge. Stephen Wong, from Hong Kong, appears to be leading the...
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