Begin preparations for the 2009 Festival Poker Tour Macau. Tournament Director Matt Savage said there are a total of 326 runners, 133 on Day 193 Day 1A and 1B. Prizes at stake go up to HK $ 10,919,040, HK $ 3,035,000 received first place.
Last year’s event attracted 257 runners. Chris Parker, CEO of Asian Poker Tour, said last year it was estimated that the event will go to about 300 runners and the number of persons involved was close to the number of estimated runners. Many of the organizers aim to Asian Poker Tour Macau into a festival of 12 days.
In the last year was an increase of players in Asia.In day1 just over 50% of the area was in Asia. A significantly increased the quota of qualified online compared to 2008. The event attended by a lot of familiar names. 1B Day marked the start of filming on “Poker King”, the first Chinese language movie poker.Asiatice Poker Tour Macau hosts over 20 events, 15 adverse events official. Some online networks, which sent players were Ongame Network, iPoker Network and PartyPoker.com.
