扑克之星 PokerStars 此举明显是想靠冠军名气拓展亚洲市场，目的十分明确，明眼人一下子就能看出来。其它市场看来饱和了。
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+ @$ X" k8 b# w' z+ T$ A世界上最大的网上扑克室扑克之星今天宣布将派20名世界顶尖扑克冠军选手参加在中国澳门举行的第二季亚太扑克巡回赛(Asia Pacific Poker Tour - APPT)。此次比赛有可能成为在亚洲举办的最大扑克比赛，预计超过500人参加。比赛从2008年9月1日开始，为期9天。华裔WSOP冠军，绰号东方快车的陈强尼也将参加此次扑克比赛。其它亚裔扑克高手Scotty Nguyen和Men Nguyen也急切期望比赛开始。
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下面我们来看看这些冠军选手名单：
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-- Joe Hachem, Australia (2005 WSOP Main Event Champion)
- B+ ]5 n4 v( Q! D) c -- Johnny Chan, Hong Kong (1987 & 1988 WSOP Main Event Champion)
4 s# }* A& V; w -- Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, France (2008 PCA Champion)
# q6 d/ I$ v* Z' W2 r% c) E -- Scotty Nguyen, Vietnam (2008 WSOP HORSE Champion)
( t/ C( P+ b9 I2 _ -- Lee Nelson, New Zealand (2006 Aussie Millions Champion)
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-- Isabelle Mercier, Canada (2004 WPT Ladies Event Champion)
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, a# q2 \$ `& v S# b" J N' w -- Barry Greenstein, USA (2008 WSOP Razz Champion)
: G& g4 Z' J# y* R; d -- Dinh Le, Vietnam (2007 APPT Macau Main Event Champion)
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-- Eric Assadourian, Australia (2007 APPT Macau High Roller Event
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-- Neil Arce, Philippines (2008 FPT Manila Champion)
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-- Mike "Timex" McDonald, Canada (2008 EPT German Open Champion)
/ R+ E. _4 w3 |) ?: u6 m* b0 r -- Ziv Bachar, Israel (2007 APPT Seoul Champion)
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-- Grant Levy, Australia (2007 APPT Sydney Champion)
: j x6 _& C( _+ P* Q -- Mel Judah, England (2003 WPT Legends of Poker Champion)
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-- Daniel "Rekrul" Schrieber, USA (2007 WSOP Heads Up Champion)
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-- Men "The Master" Nguyen (2005 Player of the Year)
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-- Anthony Rivera, USA (2008 WSOP Mixed Events Champion)
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-- Isaac Galazan, USA (2005 WSOP Short-Handed Champion)
