World Gaming Magazine

23 WGM #51 2017/10 wgm8.com 亚洲规模最大的年度扑克锦标赛之一，ACOP亚洲扑克冠军赛，将于今年10月在澳 门再度举行，2017年共安排了24项赛事。 One of Asia’s biggest annual tournament series is back in Macau this October with the 2017 Asia Championship of Poker boasting a full schedule of 24 events. 瑞 士玩家Vladimir Geshkenbein有望于本月创下历 史。他将重返新濠天地PokerStars澳门扑克室，捍 卫自己的ACOP主赛冠军头衔。 一年前，Geshkenbein成为第一位同时斩获APPT亚 太扑克巡回赛和EPT欧洲扑克巡回赛冠军的玩家，曾在俄 罗斯摘得2011年EPT Snowfest桂冠。 这位28岁的牌手于去年11月在澳门取得的辉煌战绩 为他带来564万港元的收入，并赢得今年ACOP主赛之席 位，这是自2012年首届ACOP举办以来的一项传统。 不过要想捍卫殊荣，他需要从又一个高水准阵容中脱 颖而出。去年的赛事吸引了302名选手，包括前WSOP冠 军Joe Hachem、高注额游戏高手Steve O’Dywer、 Justin Bonomo 和James Obst，以及JC Tran、黄迪 伟、Terrence Chan、林佩菲、Kitty Kuo、Matthew Wakeman和Jonathan Karamalikis等。 今年ACOP在10月13至29日之间共安排了24场头衔 赛，赛程紧凑，其中一万港元主赛确保了2,500万港元的巨 大奖池，可谓亚洲历史之最。 为期17天的扑克嘉年华共将举行50场比赛，参赛金 从1,000至800,000港元不等，无论顶级玩家还是娱乐型新 手，人人都能参与。 S wiss star Vladimir Geshkenbein will be looking to create another slice of history this month when he returns to the PokerStars LIVE Macau poker room at City of Dreams to defend his Asia Championship of Poker (ACOP) Main Event title. Twelve months ago, Geshkenbein became the first player ever to win both an Asia Pacific Poker Tour and a European Poker Tour title, having previously prevailed at EPT Snowfest 2011 in Russia. The 28-year-old collected a career-high score of HK$5.64 million for his Macau victory last November as well as winning entry into this year’s ACOP Main Event – a long-standing tradition since the maiden ACOP series in 2012. However, he will have to outlast another top quality field to do so, with last year’s event attracting 302 starters including the likes of former WSOP champ Joe Hachem, high stakes specialists Steve O’Dywer, Justin Bonomo and James Obst plus JC Tran, Bryan Huang, Terrence Chan, Celina Lin, Kitty Kuo, Matthew Wakeman and Jonathan Karamalikis. 文本思齐 By Ben Blaschke