Macau's Poker Boom and Other Major Events of 2012

Macau's casinos earned a record $38 billion in 2012, a 13.5% increase from the previous year, and approximately six times more than all Las Vegas casinos combined.

Gus Hansen won around $4 million in Macau in early 2012, playing against notable players like John Juanda, Sam Trickett, and Andrew Robl. The one-day tournament in Macau with a $260,000 buy-in and re-entries attracted players like Phil Ivey, Igor Kurganov, Gus Hansen, and John Juanda. Stanley Choi won the one-day tournament in Macau, taking home $6,465,746.

An unknown user, pocket, sold a package of nine tournaments and won the Red Spade Open, earning $244,979.24. Marat 'maratik' Sharafutdinov won the main event of the WCOOP, earning $1 million, and sold parts of his stake to backers. The Partouche Poker Tour's main event failed to meet its guaranteed prize pool of 5 million euros, leading to a scandal.