The countdown to the final Red Dragon Event in the land of the rising sun has begun, from the 1st to 5th September the poker tournament will be played in Macau.
Representatives of the tournament with a guaranteed HKD 2,000,000 main event hape they can ride on the success of the Macau Million which had the biggest prize pool for a poker tournament in Asia. Fred Leung marketing manager of PokerStars Macau said: “As we enter the eleventh Macau Poker Cup we have a chance to make it ten consecutive MPCs of growth and prize pool records. It’s a special and exciting time to be part of the PokerStars team in Macau and work with the amazing organization at Grand Lisboa.” The MPC consists of six events including a Knockout Bounty tournament, charity event, a No-Limit Hold ‘ em event, a deep-stack and finally the Red Dragon Main Event. All of these poker online events will be held at the Grand Lisboa hotel in Macau. All events of the Macau Poker Cup will count for the Asia Player of the Year (APOY).
The winner of the APOY receives a year sponsorship of the online poker site PokerStars Macau. The online poker player Raymond Wu currently leads the rankings.