Today’s field was highlighted by the presence of ten-time WSOP bracelet winner and poker legend Johnny Chan, previous APPT Macau champions Dinh Le, Eddy Sabat and Victorino Torres, as well as Team PokerStars Pros Bryan Huang, Celina Lin, Vivian Im, Max Lykov and two-time LAPT champion Jose “Nacho” Barbero. To further illustrate the global reach of this event was the quality of the field that took part.

Players have come from a total of 54 countries across six continents to be a part of this event. It’s an enormous result and sets a new attendance record for the APPT, bettering the previous best of 561 set at the APPT Sydney Grand Final back in 2007. Well, that barrier wasn’t just passed but it was smashed as another 306 took to the felt to produce a total field of 575 for the HK$30,000 Main Event. Today was Day 1b of the APPT Macau Main Event and after 269 entrants yesterday, there were high hopes that we’d push the 500-player barrier for this event. The cash games have always been big, but now the tournaments are even bigger. It’s a big call, but the numbers don’t lie as once again PokerStars Macau have defied the worldwide poker trends to post another record-setting field. It’s safe to say that Macau can lay claim to be the hottest poker destination in the world right now.

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