The Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) is in good swinging after missing a year, and the PokerStars-led serial is adding a unexampled stop. For the 1st time, it’s on its way to Cambodia, where NagaWorld testament boniface a few tournaments next month.
PokerStars and the APPT invaded the Philippines this year, running a series of tournaments at Okada Manila. After a successful running around the APAC region, PokerStars at present wants to seek its paw in Cambodia.
The timing may seem a small unpaired to some people. NagaWorld testament legion the events, despite stock-still dealing with a walk out of some of its employees. At the same time, Cambodia is facing scrutiny on the international stage for its inability to verify illegal casinos and human trafficking.
Testing the Cambodian Waters
There’s non practically precedent for salamander tournaments inward Cambodia, which is a way of expression there’s non a lot to gage the success of the upcoming series. The World Poker Tour has been on that point a few times and has seen a nice response, but nothing extraordinary.
PokerStars will springiness it a try, adding Phoebe events to the APPT. The serial publication will lead off on Nov 3 and wrap up on Nov 13. To tightlipped everything out, the Flutter-owned company testament contain a Kingdom of Cambodia Players Party on November 12 at NagaWorld’s Arena Sports Bar.
The lead-off event is a $300 buy-in tourney with a $50,000 guarantee. There testament also live a Super High Roller case with a $10,000 buy-in. But PokerStars doesn’t listing a guarantee.
The Main Event, which testament flow from November 10-13, has a $1,500 buy-in and a $400,000 guarantee. The last-place event on the calendar is the High Roller, which has a $5,000 buy-in and no more guarantee.
There will follow a tot up of 39 events crosswise the series, providing plenitude of options for poker game players of virtually any level. By the clip the Kampuchea stopover is done, PokerStars will feature awarded at least $550,000 inward cash.
PokerStars is gift players a chance to earn a sit down at the Main Event. Playing on the operator’s poker program could lead-in to entry into the tournament, on with accommodations and money for expenses. The tot up package is worth $2,160.
NagaWorld and Kampuchea Continue Struggles
The tourney comes as employees at NagaWorld carry on to walk out almost a year after they began. Following COVID-19, the cassino made a figure of changes, including several firings, which have got left hand some employees fighting the NagaCorp-owned casino.
The strike has led to accusations that the Cambodian government is sidetrack with the casino inward an travail to panic attack the employees into reverting to work. There experience been a list of arrests and allegations of insult at the hands of the police force since the protests began. At single point, the position was so come out of command that the United Nations had to get under one's skin involved.
In addition to the problem alfresco the doors to NagaWorld, Kampuchea is also dealing with a larger, to a greater extent serious problem. Illegal casinos and fraudulent telephone call centers get taken o'er certain parts of the country, relying on break one's back dig and human trafficking to rest in business.
There may follow tens of thousands of workers, according to human rights groups, who are still in virtual prison-like conditions. Over the past few months, hundreds make been able to escape. But there are stock-still others who are trapped.
The groups quickly relocate to other areas, according to Nikkei Asia. They study how to set to erst again avoid sensing and pickaxe upward where they left wing off. One insider, who worked at i of the compounds, said that the criminals “have slipped come out of the park” and are “playing a mettlesome of true cat and mouse.”
Cambodia has reportedly begun efforts to snap shoot down on illegal activity, and has raided a keep down of compounds o'er the yesteryear few weeks. However, according to some human rights groups, the attempts don’t lead far enough, and enforcement never extends to the butt on regions. Theat is where to the highest degree of the problems occur.