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The five-card fever invades China as the Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) holds its third leg in the historic Chinese island of Macau from Nov. 22 to 27 at the Grand Waldo Hotel and Casino.

It will be the first ever real money No-Limit Texas Hold’em poker tournament to be held in this tiny island city with fast-growing economy, and the organizing Pokerstars.net (www.pokerstars.net) is expecting a record number of participants from all over the world to pit their skills against each other in this fastest growing mind game.

Poker appears to be expanding in a market that everybody in the industry has their eye on.

Just recently PokerStars announced their first APPT event to be held in Macau, a special administrative region of China, and the hits keep coming.

On Friday the PokerDome group announced they had partnered with the Diamond Casino in the Holiday Inn with the plan of unveiling the first permanent cash game in China.

Wine & Gourmet ASIA 2007, a new trade, networking and culinary platform showcasing the very best of Asia-Pacific’s fine wine, gourmet and hospitality industry, is to be staged at The Cotai Strip™ Convention and Exhibition Center at The Venetian® Macao-Resort-Hotel and various luxury hotels such as Crown Macau and Wynn Macau from 6-10 November 2007. The event is organized by Koelnmesse, organizer of the world’s largest food trade show, ANUGA, and is supported by the Macau Government Tourist Office.

Team Philippines will stage an 18-minute pyromusical show when it competes at the Macau International Fireworks Festival, which kicks off on September 15. The fireworks display is synchronized to music from an interesting mix of various genre put