PART 2
THE CURRENT STATE OF POKER
If you go to Macau, right now, you can play no limit Holdem and Omaha and daily live tournaments with guarantees on the weekend and for the regional stops like the APPT and APT. At the Grand Lisboa, you have the PokerStars Macau room, so they have a regional event every other month or so; you'll find that there are lot of lower limit entry level tables there and they tend to play more ABC type of poker. But of course during tournament periods, the place is packed and the games very diverse. Whereas at the Wynn, there is more of a varied level of limits and Omaha as well. The action is more fast and furious here and there is even VIP high rollers section which is right beside the main 8 tables. David Ewing and Julian Powell live at these tables when the games are too good to spend time sleeping. In fact Julian's biggest single session there was about 650k (but he didn't have 100% of himself)! The really fishy players are now at the Venetian, just because they have so much walk through traffic and games at the Hard Rock are not up all the time, but given time, maybe every room will be packed in just a few more years.
FISHES THE SIZE OF WHALES
In terms of general skill, there is an influx of new players learning poker all the time, the thing is though, most Asia players are a really quick study; even the high stake fish have been getting beat on for the last couple of years and so their own ability has risen and plus they don't have any hesitation to shove and risk a million on the table, unlike some pros without that kind of bankroll. So overall, a Vega regular would be very profitable in Macau, you'd still need to put some hours into it; the money won't be a downpour from the skies, but it ain't like anywhere close to a drought either. But you'll find the best time to go to Macau and play is when there is a regional or local tournament going on. You'll get a contingent of Koreans, Japanese, Taiwanese, Singaporeans, Filipinos and Australians making the trip up. It truly is the the center of poker in Asia and probably is the opposite pole to that of Melbourne Australia.
THE FRUITS OF MY LABOUR
I recently was in Macau and witness the fruits of my labour, with registration line just overflowing with people with having Day 1A sold out. And now that I'm the CEO of HeroPoker, I've cross that line and while normally welcomed with open arms after my resignation last year, the staff at Grand Lisboa need to be a bit more reserved now. But the head of business, Fred comes up to me and says, 'see, look at all this, you should have stayed for it all, you earned it'. But I look at him and say, 'you know, what we did here it was an impossible thing, but we did do it. And I want to do the impossible again'. He looks at me and laughs, 'well Dave, you wouldn't be you if that wasn't your attitude!' But, I do hope in the new future to have an event in Macau for our HeroPoker Players, not necessarily a tournament, but a poker event. I’ve already gotten a few casinos on board for it (thus the meetings in Macau). But yes, I do love, not a challenge, but the biggest challenge I can find.
MACAU ANYONE?
If anyone has any questions about going to Macau, let me know, from transport, to hotels to food, I basically lived out of hotel room there for 8 months of the year for nearly 3 years, so I pretty much know it like the back of hand. But if you want to see poker in the midst of some mad growth, regardless of continent, Macau is the place to be.
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