Asian Pacific Poker Tour President Jeffrey Haas empathized the importance of this tournament due the historic background of China.  The relevance of the event is clear in a post over on the Poker Stars blog: “This event ranks up there with the first World Series of Poker in 1970 and the 2003 WSOP, when Chris Moneymaker’s win played a pivotal role in starting the online poker boom,” Haas said.

The central event of the Asian Poker Open is expected to beat all the participation projections as well as it’s also bringing a large number of  the attendants; the tournament has brought a numerous group of well known poker players including former WSOP champions Mansour Matloubi, Scotty Nguyen and Joe Hachem, along with PokerStars pros such as Barry Greenstein, Lee Nelson, and Hevad Khan.

The main event is priced at $2,500 USD, and the field size is expected to max out at 350. Following the main event, there will be a ‘High-Roller’ event this coming Monday with a buy-in of $15,000. The PokerStars.com Asian Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) Macau is expected to set a new era of poker in the Asian-Pacific region.