APPT Macau Spring Festival of Poker from PokerStars

The PokerStars APPT Macau Spring Festival of Poker will run from May 3rd to May 23rd.

PokerStars announced a 20-day schedule for the PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) Macau Spring Festival of Poker.

All of the events will take place at the PokerStars Macau Poker Room at Casino Grand Lisboa in Macau.

The $40,000 HKD ($5,160USD) Main Event is scheduled for May 18th-23rd is expected to draw players from across Asia and the rest of the world as it did in 2009. Last year 429 players from 46 countries entered the Main Event, competing for a prize pool of $16,130,400 HKD ($2 million USD), with the victory going to Irishman Dermot Blain.

Monday, May 3rd will be the first events, a live 'step' satellite.

APPT President Jeffrey Haas said "The success of APPT Manila means huge numbers are expected for APPT Macau. We have great momentum right now, and all our players and staff are excited about the prospect of having at least three events in our fourth season with prize pools greater than $1M USD! More than just larger prize pools, the larger fields tell the real story. It seems that these years of nurturing poker's growth in Asia are really starting to have a positive effect on the game's growth across the region."

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