Team PokerGuru invades Macau Poker Cup

Team PokerGuru will be representing the Indian Poker Community in the ongoing Macau Poker Cup. Catch all the action on PokerGuru in the Macau Diaries Blogs by the pro-team and read the reports and pictures straight from Macau in the PokerGuru reports. Show your support for the PokerGuru team on the forum.

Team PokerGuru in Macau

Aditya “Intervention” Agarwal needs no introduction. He is one of the most successful Indian Poker Players and an integral part of Team PokerGuru. He has been a professional poker player for the past 6 years and has travelled the International tournament circuit extensively. He plays online under the alias of “Intervention” on most sites. Aditya took down the Aces unlimited 5k rebuy tournament for ₹2,38,000 and final tabled several tournaments. His recent exploits include the ₹10K bounty tournament at Aces Unlimited Summer Edition.

Mihail is a professional poker player from Bulgaria and part of the PokerGuru Pro Team. He has several international tournament cashes to his name and has continued his good form in tournament poker here in India by sweeping back to back titles in the Aces Unlimited High Roller Weekend for over ₹11 Lakhs. He continued his dominance in the Indian tournament scene by winning the recently concluded IPC April 12K Headhunters tournament and the IPO 100K Main event to take his tournament cashes to over 25 Lakhs! The beast is a dangerous player and very capable of using his experience and instincts to finish the job once he goes deep in a tournament.

Kunal Chandra is first a family man, then an entrepreneur and last but not least a poker enthusiast who has performed really well on the Indian poker circuit. He comes all the way from Delhi to Goa to play the IPS and IPC series. He has made several deep runs which include an impressive IPS Main Event win. Kunal took down the ₹25,000 No Limit holdem IPS chapter 3 event in October 2010 for ₹3,00,000! Kunal has come really close to taking down one of the biggest online tournaments “The Sunday Storm” on PokerStars finishing a close 6th and is a player to watch out for as he sets foot in Casino Lisboa for a shot at the Macau Poker Cup!

Amit Varma is an award winning author, columnist, blogger and a Team PokerGuru pro. He is one of the most consistent poker players in the Indian Poker Circuit with numerous final tables to back this claim. His keen senses make him a worthy adversary on the felt very capable of outplaying elite players.

Sangeeth Mohan was a corporate trainer and left his job to pursue his passion for Poker by turning pro. He can be spotted in almost all live tournaments in Goa and is an active online player and can be found grinding many popular MTT`s on weekends. He has made a mark in the Indian poker circuit by placing in numerous final tables. His best finish till date was at IPC 5k freezeout where he finished 2nd. Sangeeth is a PokerGuru Pro featured blogger and a force to be reckoned with on the poker table.

The world’s biggest online poker room, PokerStars, is hosting the Macau Poker Cup which has become one of the leading poker tournament series in Asia, since it started in May, 2008. The MPC signature tournament is the Red Dragon Event with a HKD $11,000 (₹63,710) buy-in, which has a whopping HKD $3,000,000 (₹17.38 million!) Guarantee. The event has two starting days and attracts many players since it has a great deep-value slow structure running over three days. The MPC also includes Bounty tournies, a High Roller Event and a Charity Event which benefits local charities such as Caritas de Macau and the Macau Child Development Association.

Tournament Schedule

May 28th 8:10 PM

Event 1: $3,000 NLH $300,000 Guarantee (2-day event)- 3000 HKD (Rs 17,375)

May 29th 2:10 PM

Event 2: Charity Event + 2 Rebuys ($50,000 added prizes)– 1000 HKD (Rs 5792)

May 30th 8:10 PM

Event 3: Deepstack $150,000 Guarantee (2-day event)– 1500 HKD (Rs 8688)

May 31st 8:10 PM

Event 4: $5,000 KO Bounty $500,000 Guarantee (2-day event)– 5000 HKD (Rs 28,960)
($1,000 for each player eliminated)

June 1st 2:10 PM

Teams Event– 4000 HKD (Rs 23,167)

June 2nd 2:10 PM

Event 5: Red Dragon $3,000,000 Guarantee, Day 1A– 11,000 HKD (Rs 63, 710)

June 3rd 2:10 PM

Event 5: Red Dragon $3,000,000 Guarantee, Day 1B– 11,000 HKD (Rs 63, 710)

June 3rd 7:00 PM

Ladies Event- 1000 HKD (Rs 5792)

June 4th 2:10 PM

Event 6: $6,000 NLH $600,000 Guarantee (2-day event)– 6000 HKD (Rs 34, 750)

June 4th 8:10 PM

Event 7: High Rollers (2-day event)– 30,000 HKD (Rs 173,755)

June 5th 2:10 PM

Event 8: KO Bounty $250,000 Guarantee– 2500 HKD (Rs 14, 480)
($500 for each player eliminated)

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