澳门市场低迷期将举行两大扑克竞赛

　　两大扑克游戏竞赛将在澳门市场停滞不前的条件下举办，博彩业把扑克行业视为可能放缓传统经济支柱百家乐等游戏收入的额外动力。

　　亚洲扑克巡回赛澳门站将于明日举行，从2012年7月25日至31日在银河星际酒店及赌场。它将以25,000港元买入主赛、六个附属赛和12个副赛为特色。

　　即将到来的主要扑克赛，由澳门扑克杯经理梁议员告诉澳门每日时报：“它将于9月7日至16日举办，设置奖池超过450万港元。举办方不对这些扑克比赛是否与对方竞争产生竞争作出评论，但有些成员将参与两次比赛。

　　该比赛是澳门扑克杯正规比赛的压轴，并有选手来自澳门、香港、内地、东南亚等包括马来西亚在内的亚洲国家，以及一些来自遥远的欧洲。

　　随着博彩业收入在游客和投注方面继续表现出下调的压力，业界一直在寻求替代品来增加收入。除了“麻将”，扑克也被证实是工业的主要收入。研究表明，扑克玩家通常拥有更高的工资和教育背景。亚洲扑克巡回赛澳门站，主赛买入为25,000港元， APT澳门所有比赛期间基础货币为港元。主赛中有百分之一的慈善机构和百分之二负责人员，所有副赛中有百分之二负责人员。观众可以在酒店赌场指定的地区观看比赛。

　　译文：

　　Two major poker game contests are staging in the city amid stagnant market conditions, as the gaming sector is eyeing the card as possible extra impetus to the slowing revenue from traditional bread-winner games like baccarat.

　　The Asian Poker Tour Macau will be held from tomorrow , from the 25th to the 31st of July 2012 at Galaxy's StarWorld Hotel & Casino. It will feature a Main Event with a buy-in of HKD 25,000, six Satellites and twelve Side Events.

　　In the next major poker tournament, by Macau Poker Cup , the contents' manager Mr Fred Leung told Macau Daily Times that it will take place from September 7 to 16, with the prize pool set to exceed HKD 4.5 million. The organizer did not wish to comment on whether these poker contests will compete with each other, but some players are participating in both tournaments.

　　The event is the finale of Macau Poker Cup's regular contest, and has participants from Macau, Hong Kong, the Mainland, South East Asian countries including Malaysia, and some from as far away as Europe .

　　With gaming revenue continuing to show downward pressure in terms of visitors and bets, the industry has been eyeing alternatives to boost income. In addition to “mahjong”， poker also proves to be a major income earner in the industry, with studies showing poker players possess typically higher salaries and education backgrounds. For the Asian Poker Tour Macau, the buy-in for the Main Event is HKD 25,000, with the base currency for all tournaments during APT Macau being Hong Kong Dollars, with a one percent charity and two percent staff charge on the Main Event, and two percent staff charge on all Side Events. Spectators can watch the tournament from designated areas in the hotel-casino.