Has imminent Chinese poker ban impacted Macau?

May 5, 2018

Last week’s confirmed news that the Chinese government plans to ban social poker apps and the promotion thereof on social channels on June 1 (see previous reports) has prompted media speculation that the forthcoming ban has impacted Macau operations. The reports have conflated news of the ban with announcements that the City of Dreams and […]

Battle of the giants in Macau’s Triton Poker Main Event

October 21, 2017

The HK $1,000,000 buy-in Triton Super High Roller Series Main Event in Macau concluded in a  HK $22,410,400 (US $2,872,300) victory for poker ace John Juanda Friday after a taxing four-and-a-half-hour heads up against one of the best high stakes players currently in the game, Fedor Holz. The event was hosted by the Galaxy Macau […]

Records broken at Macau poker tournament

January 19, 2016

With a prize pool of HK$6.1 million generated by a record 2,343 entrants, the HK$3,000 buy-in Macau Millions main event at the Pokerstars Live poker room in Macau lived up to its name this week, and was won by Chinese player Alvan Zheng (27). Zheng’s reward was HK$911,000 after he bested fellow countryman Quan Zhou […]

Plenty of poker action in Macau

May 26, 2014

The weekend saw some hectic weekend action in Macau as the 2014 Pokerstars.net Asia-Pacific Poker Tour main event and high roller competitions came to a conclusion, distributing millions of Hong Kong dollars in prize money. In the five-day main event Jiajun Liu bested a field of 282 to clinch the title and claim the first […]

New record for Macau Millions live tournament

March 15, 2014

Pokerstars’ top Asian live tournament, the Macau Millions, broke all previous entry records at the PokerStars LIVE Macau at the City of Dreams Friday when it was revealed that 1,804 hopefuls had ponyed up the buy-in of HK$2,200 ($285) and registered to play over the six entry days. The entry list overtook the previous record […]

Macau police warn on internet poker scam

December 31, 2013

Judiciary Police on the gambling island of Macau have warned internet users playing on illegal websites that a scammer is at work, reports the Macau Daily News. The crook’s modus operandi is to log on to internet poker sites and communicate through their systems, or poker forums, with punters, offering to sell poker chips for […]