Huge Contingent of Indian Players Set off for Macau Poker Cup

Macau Poker Cup
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  • PG News April 18, 2013
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What do you get when you combine 17 days of poker action starting at a spanking new world class poker venue with some of the top tournament poker pros from around the world, all fighting it out for millions in prizemoney? That’s the Macau Poker Cup for you!

PokerStars will officially open its new poker room ‘PokerStars LIVE’ at the City of Dreams (COD) tomorrow at 3pm. The new venue is set to be launched in what is being dubbed the biggest Poker tournament series of Asia in recent times i.e. Macau Poker Cup (MPC, April 19-28) and taking center stage at the series will be the HKD $11,000 Red Dragon main event with a whopping HKD $5 Million guarantee.

A huge contingent of Indian players is all set to make its presence felt at this edition of the MPC. Leading the charge for PokerGuru will be Team pros Sangeeth ‘Samoh’ Mohan and Kunal Chandra both with experience and results to make a strong showing at the series. Sangeeth finished 10th at the APPT main event in Nov ’11 while Kunal has won a side event at MPC in May ’11. Joining the team in the pursuit of the first Indian dragon slayer will be a host of tournament pros from the Indian circuit with the total count expected to be over 40 players. A few notable players confirmed to join the series include Jasven Saigal, Sameer Rattonsey, Abhishek Goindi, Amit R Jain, Amit Varma, Pulkit Kalia and Nitish Gupta among others.

Abhishek Goindi
Abhishek Goindi
Kunal Chandra
Kunal Chandra
Sangeeth 'Samoh' Mohan
Sangeeth ‘Samoh’ Mohan

The action doesn’t end here as the 10-day poker series in Macau is followed by another week in Cebu, Philippines for APPT from April 29th -5th May. Follow team India`s progress at the series via blogs by the Team pros along with updates from PokerGuru member Vinay Suchede who will be reporting live from Macau!

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