Welcome to the 2013 APPT Macau ACOP $250,000 High Roller
Welcome to the 2013 APPT Macau Asia Championship of Poker HKD$250,000 (approximately $32,000 USD) High Roller. For the past week the Main Event has dominated the headlines, but today the biggest buy-in event of the series will kick off.
Needless to say, a rich tournament in Macau tends to attract some of the biggest names in the game, and this tournament is no exception. We're expecting a few dozen players or so including numerous Chinese businessmen, Team PokerStars Pros Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier and Eugene Katchalov, Macau high-stakes legend Winfred Yu, Australian Jeff Rossiter, and the UK's Jack Salter, who just finished runner-up in a side event here at the ACOP.
Getting the ferry from Hongkong back to Macau to play the High Roller! #GotThatmrgr33n13LuckyMoney #ACOPFollow @jackziyang
Players will start with 250,000 in chips, and blinds will last one hour. Players are allowed a single re-entry during the first four levels, and registration will come to a close after four hours. It's a two-day event, so action should be fast and furious straight out of the gate.
Play is set to kick off in about an hour, so join us then as we look to bring you some photos, videos and hands from Day 1 of the High Roller. Until then, check out Sarah Grant taking the leap off the world's highest bungee jump, which is located right here in Macau: