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MPC21: Day 1C live updates
Blomlie leads past champ Cheong What a day! The largest ever single-day flight of the Red Dragon began with 447 players and now we are down to approximately 130 as Day 1C has drawn to a close. Leading...
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MPC21: Macau-based Norwegian and former champ lead record-breaking Day 1C
On Day 1b of the MPC21 Red Dragon all the staff at PokerStars LIVE Macau were expecting a similar field size to Day 1A's 213 players. So, when just 148 players hit the felt it was perhaps a little...
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MPC21: Day 2 live updates
Chan bullies his way into Day 3 chip lead What a day! It started with 221 players and now after six 60-minute levels, approximately 45 players have bagged up some chips and made their way out of...
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MPC21: Enthusiastic 46 make it through Day 2
There's nothing quite like the tournament floor deep in a poker event in Macau. No matter how big or small the tournament is there is an excitement that is unparalleled almost anywhere in the world....
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MPC21: Day 3 live updates
MPC21 Red Dragon final table set Then there were nine! What started as 808 players is now down to nine as we have reached the final table of the MPC21 Red Dragon Main Event. Leading the way with...
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MPC21: Hu Liu leads eclectic final nine
Five days ago 808 players sat at the felt of PokerStars LIVE Macau with the same dream. Only nine of those still have a chance of that dream coming true and in the end there can be only one champion of...
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MPC21: Final table player profiles
Seat 1: Takuya Yamashita, 26 - Tokyo, Japan - 1,220,000 in chips The lone Japanese player in the final nine, Takuya Yamashita will start the final table with the fifth largest chip stack. Yamashita was...
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MPC21: Final table live updates
8:30pm: Mathew Ryan eliminated in 2nd place (HK$1,100,000), Zhenru Xie wins! It's all over! Mathew Ryan has been eliminated in 2nd place and Zhenru Xie has been crowned the champion of the MPC21 Red...
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MPC21: Zhenru Xie brings the Red Dragon back to China
China have dominated poker in Macau over the last few years. Not surprising considering its proximity to the 'Vegas of the East'. In many ways it's just a pure numbers game with China often making up...
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MPC21: High Roller Event Day 1 Updates
High Rollers Day 1 Summary As mentioned earlier the Red Dragon main event may have concluded but that by no means finishes the action for the weekend. The 2-day High Roller attracted 59 big spending...
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MPC21: High Roller Event Day 2 Updates
Rono Lo Finishes In 2nd Place For HK$932,000 Just as we write about Tollefsen's small ball game the Norwegian changes gears abruptly and moves all-in from the button on hand eleven of heads-up and is...
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Henrik Tollefsen Wins MPC 21 High Roller
After a grueling 16-hours of play Norway's Henrik Tollefsen has emerged victorious in the 21st Macau Poker Cup High Roller Event. Tollefsen defeated the 59-strong field, winning the lions share of the...
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Henrik Tollefsen wins MPC 21 high roller
After a grueling 16-hours of play Norway's Henrik Tollefsen has emerged victorious in the 21st Macau Poker Cup High Roller Event. Tollefsen defeated the 59-strong field, winning the lions share of the...
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2014 ACOP: The Countdown Begins!
Seven. There's something special about the number. Seven Elevens, Seven Dwarfs, seven minute abs, and for the purposes of this blog... ...seven weeks. That's the time-span between now and the beginning...
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2014 ACOP: The Race to Two
In the two years of running the Asia Championship of Poker there have been 23 Spadies trophies awarded to 23 different players. The legends of tomorrow are built today and the jury is still out on who...
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2014 ACOP: Platinum Series VI
The 'PokerStars LIVE Macau' poker room has two special events left on the year: 1.) ACOP Platinum Series VI (Sep 25 - 28) 2.) 2014 Asia Championship of Poker (Oct 24 - Nov 9) Confused? Don't be. The...
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2014 ACOP: PokerStars partners with MBP for High Roller events
PokerStars is proud to announce that it has partnered with Macau Billionaire Poker (MBP) for the two high roller events at the 2014 Asia Championship of Poker (ACOP) which takes place at the...
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2014 ACOP: Twitter Freeroll to 2m GTD Spadie!
We are now less than a month away from the October 24 launch date of the 2014 Asia Championship of Poker and the fine folks at PokerStars have decided to give away some free seats. Yes. Free seats....
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Alexandre Chieng wins ACOP Platinum Series VI
This past weekend, the 'PokerStars LIVE at the City of Dreams' poker room completed ACOP Platinum Series VI and the 4-day series drew totals of 664 players and nearly HK$1.8 million in prize money....
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APPT announces schedule for Season 9
The Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) has announced the full schedule for Season 9 and includes the dates for all major poker festivals in the Asia-Pacific region. Season 9 kicks off on January 14 with...
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