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Macaus Poker Scene Looking Vibrant after Successful 2009
With the new year just beginning, Macau is already gearing up for even more poker tournaments and events to build on a successful 2009.
Last year, Asias gaming capital was the site of record-setting poker events from the biggest poker tours in the region. It also saw the opening of several new poker rooms, signifying that local players were steadily becoming more interested in the game.
In mid-August, the Asian Poker Tour (APT) held its 2009 Macau event at the StarWorld Hotel and Casino and experienced a large surge in player participation. Its twelve-day festival of poker featured fifteen side events in addition to the main event, which set a new APT record with a field of 326 runners. The winner was Frances Adrien Allain, who won HK $3,035,000 for his first-place finish.
Over at PokerStars Macau at the Grand Lisboa Hotel, the third season of the Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) Macau event saw Irish player Dermont Blain win HK $4,194,000 in its main event. Blain was just one of the APPT Macau record 429 players who played in the main event, contributing to the prize pool of HK $16,130,400.
The PokerStars Macau poker room also held its own series of tournaments throughout the year, culminating in a grand finale in December. The poker rooms Macau Poker Cup held four Red Dragon main events in 2009, with each one getting more players than the last.
The first Red Dragon main event, which was held in March, saw its HK $500,000 guaranteed prize pool broken as 112 players entered for a total prize pool of HK $1,052,800. Due to the large turnout, the subsequent Red Dragon events offered a guarantee of HK $1,000,000. It didnt matter, as player numbers kept increasing, including a field of 247 runners in October.
PokerStars Macau then held its grand finale in December with the Macau Poker Cup Championship (MPCC). Held from December 12-20, the MPCC featured a HK $20,000 main event with HK $2,000,000 guaranteed. The winner was Devin Tang, who defeated Taipeis Michael Chang to win the HK $727,600 first prize.
2009 also saw two new poker rooms open in Macau. Sun Citys Poker King Club, named after the movie released earlier in the year, opened on October 31 at the StarWorld Casino. Over on the other side of town, The Venetian opened its own poker room in late November, adding to the hotels multitude of gaming and shopping attractions.
With more poker rooms and bigger tournaments, 2009 definitely showed just how much poker is capable of growing in Macau and the region as a whole. Already established as the go-to place for poker in Asia, it wont be long before it becomes one of the biggest poker hotspots in the world.
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Sports Betting Software: The Plethora Of Opportunities
About only 10 years ago we’ve already had quite many nice things at our disposal, but could we ever think that to place a bet we would only need to reach for our mobile phones? Well, obviously, some of us did think about it, because they embodied the dreams of both the laziest bettors and the shrewd businessman. Sports betting software makes betting accessible to all and easy as ABC.
Surely not all the software providers are equally good. There are plenty of programs that turn out to be scams. They are supposed to provide the person who purchased them with better chances of winning, but they hardly ever do. People search the Internet for betting systems and software that will make them win in the long run, but the truth is there’s no perfect system that will make everybody win. Those who purchase these kinds of software lose twice: first, when they spend money on it, and, then, when they bet using it.
The only betting software that is worth talking about is the software which powers websites that provide betting services. The quality of website functioning and the variety of services affect the bettor’s experience greatly. Sports betting sites that use good software can allow betting on a variety of sports events or specialise in just one kind of sport. If you are a football fan and don’t care about any other kind of sport, then you can probably stick to those that cover only football matches.
If you are curious enough to try and predict the outcome of various sports events, you should check out websites that allow betting on multiple sport events. You can always browse through all sections and settle down for just one of them, but if you feel lucky and decide to bet on something new, it will always be just a click away.
Good sports betting software usually ensures easy navigation no matter how sophisticated the system is. One of the most essential components of a sportsbook is a betting slip. It has to be easy to find and easy to use. If fact, some really good websites provide betting slips that allow placing a variety of bets with automatic calculations and updates for each total stake and possible return.
Another option that has to be available at good sports betting sites is the possibility to place different kinds of bets. For example many punters prefer combined betting on a group or selection. And of course it is always nice to be able to have an option of selecting your native language when you place your bet. In this case you can be sure that you won’t back the unwanted team by mistake.