Johnny Chan is all set for the super high rollers event in Macau 
Poker Portal Asia has just confirmed that not only have 80 players already registered for tomorrow’s Macau High Stakes Challenge but all those players have each deposited their HK$2m buy-in making the prizepool a whopping HK$160m already. Given that at least 50% of these players are expected to re-buy during the tournament and that the total number of participants could go higher than today’s 80, the event is looking at a total prizepool of HK$240m (approximately US$30m).
Stay tuned to Poker Portal Asia for more updates about the Macau High Stakes Challenge!
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