This article first appeared in the Jan/Feb 2013 issue of World Gaming magazine.
The who’s who of Macau’s VIP social and entertainment scenes…
It’s been a busy time for partying and events in Macau. Specialist high stakes tournament poker player David Steicke held a lavish 50th birthday party at Galaxy Macau’s China Rouge, which included a WGM-sponsored Miss Poker Princess pageant, won by Dora Peng of Shenzhen. Dora will represent WGM at various ladies poker tournaments in Macau in 2013. The Poker King Club‘s third anniversary party was also held at China Rouge.
The 59th Macau Grand Prix was run and won, and as always there were plenty of parties around town to celebrate. The world-famous UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) came to China for the first time, with a successful event held at the Venetian’s Cotai Arena. An upset result saw Vietnamese-born American Cung Le knock out Rich Franklin in the first round of the main event. Click here for our full story on the UFC event.
HAN HONG
Chinese folk singer Han Hong debuts her world tour at Venetian Macau’s Cotai Arena.
UFC MACAU
Left to right: UFC fighters Dong Hyun Kim from South Korea and Rich Franklinfrom the US, UFC Asia Managing Director Mark Fischer, Sands China Ltd President andChief Executive Officer Edward Tracy, and UFC fighters Vietnamese-born Cung Le fromthe US and Tiequan Zhang from China.
MACAU GRAND PRIX
Left to right: Great Britain’s Alex Lynn (3rd), Portugal’s Antonio Da Costa(1st) and Sweden’s Felix Rosenqvist (2nd) make up the podium for the 59th MacauGrand Prix’s premier event, the SJM Formula 3 Grand Prix.
POKER KING 3RD ANNIVERSARY
The beautiful Galaxy Macau ambassadors and friends.
DAVID STEICKE’S 50TH
The party continued into the night with a variety of entertainers at China Rouge
An all day affair was held for Mr David Steicke’s 50th birthday party.
The day began with a HK$50,000 freeroll poker event at PokerStars Macau at Grand Waldo which was won by Miss Ngok Mei, next was an incredible buffet dinner at Oasis followed by partying into the early hours at Galaxy Macau’s China Rouge.
The WGM Miss Poker Princess pageant was sponsored by World Gaming as part of the festivities at David Steicke’s 50th birthday party. Left to right: 2nd runner up Anastasiya Kozyryeva, 1st runner up Angelica Dizon, winner Dora Peng, WGM CEO Andrew W Scott and the guest of honor David Steicke.
Right to left: Mrs Angel Steicke and friends Ada, May, Yan Yan, Chloe and Jessie
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