Baccarat championship breaks world record

The final leg of the “1st World Series Baccarat Championship”, organized by the Suncity Group at the Sheraton Macao Hotel yesterday evening, has rewritten the record books with its HKD 100 million grand prize.
The gaming competition, which took a year and a half to prepare, broke two Guinness World Records for “greatest prize money for a baccarat tournament” and “greatest prize money for a baccarat tournament – individual” in one night, in the presence of Lisa Hoffman, Guinness World Records Greater China adjudicator.
Priding itself on its record-breaking prize pool and scale, the four-round international tournament attracted more than 120 players worldwide, mainly from the USA, Australia, Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau and China when it was first announced at the opening ceremony of the group’s VIP club at the Crowne Plaza Melbourne hotel. The first leg also took place there on Oct 18 last year, and the second and the third legs were respectively held at The Venetian Macao and Galaxy Macau a month later. Only six contenders could make their way into the final. However, all those who managed to get a seat at the gaming table were all Chinese.
The press conference held yesterday also saw a check presentation where the head of the Suncity Group, Mr. Chau Cheok Wa, accompanied by two Hong Kong singers, Andy Hui and Finoa Sit, presented a check worth HKD500,000 to two local charitable associations. Staff reporter