PokerStars Opens Live Poker Room in Macau

PokerStars.com will tomorrow open the 250-capacity PokerStars Macau, the first live poker room to open in the former Portuguese colony in Southeast Asia.

The poker room is located in the Grand Waldo Hotel and Casino in Coti and will launch with a charity tournament in aid of the victims of the recent earthquake in China.

Team PokerStars pro and former World Champion Joe Hachem said, “PokerStars is committed to the development of poker in Asia. Although Macau has overtaken Las Vegas as the gaming capital of the world, it was only with the incredible success of the Asia Pacific Poker Tour last November that Texas hold’em poker started growing there. PokerStars planted the seeds, and now this beautiful poker room is going to be the garden where future champions learn to play. I wouldn’t be surprised if the next world champion comes from Macau or elsewhere in China.”

The new room hosts the Macau Poker Cup, running from May 23-25, and includes a $10,000 buy-in event and a slew of satellites for the Asia Pacific Poker Tour. Visit PokerStarsMacau.com for details.

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