ACOP Main Event is Here!
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Welcome to the PokerStars Live at the City of Dreams in Macau for the Asia Championship of Poker (ACOP) HK$100,000 Main Event!
Following the success that the ACOP saw in 2012, the ACOP Main Event prizepool guarantee has been doubled to a whopping HK$20,000,000 (approximately $2.58 million). The buy-in however remains the same at HK$100,000 (approximately $12,900) which makes this definitely the premier event in the Macau and surrounding Asia regions due to the buy-in size, prestigious nature of the event and the honor bestowed to however is left standing at the end of the five days of play.
That honor last year belonged to China's Xing Zhou who defeated a final table that featured ANZPT Sydney Champion Michael Kanaan, WSOP bracelet winner Andrew Hinrichen and Macau Poker Cup: Red Dragon winner Tom Alner. With Zhou topping the 184-player field, he collected the HK$3,547,500 first prize after making a deal with eventual runner-up Andy Ying Kit Chan.
There is strong word that the guarantee will be eclipsed as a plethora of International pros have made the trip to Macau already and will be using this ACOP Main Event as their own possible warm-up to the HK$250,000 (approximately $32,250) High Roller (with one rebuy) set to begin on the weekend. Team PokerStars Pro Eugene Katchalov was spotted playing cash games last night, while Randy "nanonoko" Lew and the PokerStars Team Asia pros have been out in force all week. EPT Barcelona Champion Tom "hitthehole" Middleton is also here while a mix of Macau regulars, Australian tournament grinders and PokerStars Online Qualifiers will be taking part over two opening flights.
The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be on the hand for the duration of the tournament providing all the live updates that you at home need to follow along with the 2013 ACOP Main Event! Play is set to begin at 3:00 p. m. local time, so make sure to keep your browser locked to PokerNews.com!