I miss Macau.

Would love to see Palace grand opening.

hi fred

Old Lisboa now running 10/25 upstairs on the 2nd floor along with 25/50 50/100 etc etc.

Hope this will ease some of the congestion at the other rooms

Thanks for this, any more info. eg how many tables (hopefully no electronic ones?), is there omaha, etc.
thx!

Does any poker room run MTT on regular basis? Say on the weekends with 500-2k buy-in?
If so, please let me know.

yup

http://www.pokerstarsmacau.com/tournaments/daily/

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Old Lisboa's room - 3 tables run under Lisboa's brand, but being supported by Poker King Club.

They currently run 1 game consistently which is the 10/25 NLHE game. This is currently the only place to play 10/25 in Macau. No Omaha, and doesn't seem to be any other games than this. Granted, they have only been running for 2 weeks.

It's located on the 2/F above the Crystal Palace area.

Buy-in for the 10/25 game is min 500 max 4000

Thanks for the info. Toro!

Dear PS Macau,
My last souvenir of Macau is playing a « main event » with a starting stack of 7,500 chips that had a lower starting stack and was more turbo than an EPT satellite!
Anyway, I’m very excited about the EPT going global and the prospect of a “PokerStars Championship” in Macau instead of the usual APPT.
Does it mean you guys will use the EPT structures? I think many of the European and American players would like to know that , because the satellite with 2,000 stack and 15’ levels are clearly not in the “EPT spirit”.
Even the Red Dragon with its 15K starting stack seems little compared to its European counterpart such as Estrellas, Eureka, UKIPT and FPS which all have a starting stack of 25K.
Finally, are the EPT TD’s going to come over to Macau?
See you soon, I miss Macau : )

Thanks
Looks like I'll be at Macau most of the weekend.

Isn't the MPC(Macau Poker Cup) running today or this week? Try open APPT site

yeah..

http://www.pokerstarsmacau.com/tourn...p/2016/august/

Hello. Would love to see you again on this side of the world Lou!

Hi seriallooser,

Thank you for your comments.

The BIG difference in structures between PokerStars LIVE Macau vs. Other PS brands is often overstated. While there are certainly some differences, it's not nearly as far apart as some think it is.

The issue arises when comparing different buy-ins or just looking at start banks alone.

BUYIN: Comparing a $500-1k USD buy-in Main Event in Macau vs. a 5k USD EPT event doesn't quite work. They may both be Main Events but clearly the buy-in will often affect the structure that's offered. If you look at the ACOP Main Event it has a 30k start bank and 90min. levels.

START BANKS: Even the 15k start bank for the Red Dragon vs. the 25k start bank of Estrellas isn't what it appears to be on the surface. The first level of Red Dragon is 25/50 (300bb) while Estrellas begins at 50/100 (250bb).

To answer your other question, the PokerStars Championship will be very consistent globally and structures are definitely part of that package. It will be an extension of the current EPT to the rest of the world but offering an even greater player experience.

Cheers,

Fred

Hi Fred,
Thanks for your answer, it’s good news that the PokerStars Championship to be held in macao from March 30th to April 9th 2017 “will be an extension of current EPT to the rest of the world”.

Does it mean there will be no APPT (er I mean Pokerstars festival in May )

So it also means the payout will be like the new EPT Payout of 20%?

On a side let’s compare macao structures vs EPT / UKIPT / FPS / Estrellas structures.

CASE #1 , 1,000 € events
Red Dragon 12,000 HKD 1,381 € Starting Stack : 15K levels : 40/60 & 75 for FT
UKIPT / FPS / Estrellas / Eureka : 1,100 € Starting stack : 25K levels : 45/60
You mention the fact that Red Dragon starts at 25/50 but that irrelevant as levels are shorter and Red Dragon is skipping some levels for 75/150 & 250/500 , which means level 7 of Red Dragon is 300/600 and level 7 of UKIPT / FPS / Estrellas / Eureka is … 300/600
300/600 is usually when things starts to get exciting, in Macao that makes 25BB based on the starting stack , in Europe that makes almost 42BB. I think that’s a BIG difference.

CASE #2 500€ events
Macau ACOP Platinium XIV 5,500 HKD (633 euros) Starting stack : 10,000 levels : 40’
UKIPT super series main event 550£ (645 euros) Starting stack : 25,000 levels : 40/50/60
More details here http://www.ukipt.com/assets/files/sc...es_Event_2.pdf
Yes Macau starts at 25/50 and Europe at 50/100 but once again it doesn’t change anything level 6 is 300/600 at both places!
So the differences are huge, Macau always offer much less chips for the same buyin as Europe and has a faster structure.

CASE #3 Satellite
Freezeout Sat of Estrellas 200 + 20 € starting stack 7,000 level : 20’
Freezeout Sat of Red Dragon is 1200 HKD (138€) starting stack is 2,000 level : 20’
Satellite are in my book Macau biggest problem (but I might be bitter because I’ve played about 10 sat there, never played more than 2 hands per sat, and never shipped the ticket  )
Here is my compared & detailed analysis of Macau vs EPT for Sat.

Europe
Stack 7000
Level SB BB Ante BB/Starting stack
1 25 50 140,00
2 50 100 70,00
3 75 150 46,67
4 100 200 25 35,00
5 150 300 50 23,33
6 200 400 50 17,50
7 250 500 75 14,00
8 300 600 100 11,67
9 400 800 100 8,75
10 500 1000 100 7,00

Macau
stack 2000
Level SB BB Ante BB/Starting stack
1 25 50 40,00
2 50 100 20,00
3 100 200 10,00
4 200 400 5,00
5 300 600 3,33
6 500 1000 2,00
7 700 1400 1,43
8 1000 2000 1,00
9 1500 3000 0,67
10 2000 4000 0,50

note that's the "normal" sat for Red Dragon, there is a "turbo" one with a starting stack of 2,500 and 15' levels.

note that i'm not critizing or anything, just stating facts, after 5 levels having 3bb or 23bb , that seems quite far apart in my book : )

I love the structures as they are, hate to play two or three days of 12hrs playing cards and just reach the money or get kicked out in the bubble. here at least you have some decent space to play before you get blinded out and it still doesn't absorb your whole day playing 1 event. It just cuts off the hours of small ball in the first levels.

I'm quite sure existing macau structures have their supporters otherwise there wouldn't be any debate ... Most probably the "EPT like" event will be once a year, so they'll have more latitude for the rest of the year.

However, you are wrong to think Macau reaches the money before euro tournaments, it's quite the opposite because PokerStars europe pays 20% of the field vs ~12% in Macau. so the situation you describe doesn't exist. In barcelona last week money was reached early in day 2 (in a 4day event) for the 1,100 estrellas. day 2 started with 862/3447 players for 695 ITM.

This.

structures in Macau are usually pretty bad(turbo-ish) , they skip too many levels. especially with what they offer in sattelite,it's barely playable. thankfully it's moving approach EPT.

Hi seriallooser,

You are correct. There will no longer be APPT as the global PS tours will now either be PokerStars Championship of PokerStars Festival.

I appreciate all the feedback and we do take it into consideration each and every time. The two EPTs after Barcelona is also planned for a 20% payout distribution. All I know is that the payout% will be reviewed and analyzed for future events.

Cheers,

Fred

To Macau People,

I am going to Macau for a month soon and have some questions.

Which casinos / poker rooms should I check out if I want to play 50/100 HKD and 100/200 HKD, both PLO and NLHE? so far I have Wynn, Venetian, Galaxy - Pavillion Poker, City of Dreams. Figure most of my play will end up being at the Wynn or Venetian.

How do i go about getting cash / chips to play with in Macau? I can send a wire to the cage at the Wynn but other than that I will only be able to bring AUD cash, are there money changers who can change the AUD into HKD without taking too big of a percentage?

Thanks in advance

http://www.bocmacau.com/en/fimarkets...07_937841.html

take cash, change at bank of china in macau and play at wynn.

Since there are 10/25 games now, does that mean the 25/50 games are getting tougher at Wynn? I wonder if a lot of the bad regs from Wynn went to play the 10/25 games instead.

PSLive Fred,

APPT will be replaced by PokerStars Championship, so that means no more ACOP from next year? How about Macau Poker Cup in 2017? Platinum Series?

Thanks

I believe if you're playing PLO, then Wynn is your best (if not only) option atm. Poker King Club at Venetian is good for 50/100 in terms of non-regs, but the worse in terms of rake cap. Depending on your style of play, that could make it the best or worst option for NLHE.

Pokerstars COD has pretty much insignificant cash games outside of tourney times. That being said, it's almost the complete opposite during events (just depends which ones) being completely jam packed with lots of 'good' players to sit down with.

Pavilion Poker at Galaxy is good in that they offer daily prizes for high hand, bad beat, aces cracked, etc. but they seldom spread NLHE above 100/200.

The other places, Lisboa, MBP at Babylon, IMO, don't offer > 50/100 NLHE atm.

Banks around the properties can f/x your AUD, but their spread on the rates is surprisingly poor (still better than cages at casinos).

Easy poker for White ppls? I see a lot of Loose chinese trying to pick Every (if not all) spot that they can to raise/bet big over foreigners .. (mathematically you cannot have the goods everytime right...) and I even see a 100bb 4bet/fold to 200bb all in at 50/100hkd from a chinese guy with stupid hand

Yes and the azn girls love ur big schlongs.