sounds interesting;
Sihanoukville this week hosted its first ever APT professional poker tournament, and Queenco Casino is going all in on a strategy to attract gamblers on holiday
Baseball caps pulled low, mirrored sunglasses, scantily-clad hostesses and the chatter of casino chips being juggled between the fingertips of sunburnt and cashed-up tourists. The world of professional poker has arrived at Victory Beach, Sihanoukville.
It’s the eve of the final in the Asian Poker Tour’s (APT) first Cambodian tournament at the Queenco Casino. The sixth day’s play has just ended, leaving eight from a field of 120 to compete in the main event, which has a $1,100 buy-in and a $28,000 prize.
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“It’s too hard to get to and there is too little money here. I mean, s--t, I was shocked to hear the people who work here only earn, like, five bucks a day. It’s unsustainable and I am doubtful that Sihanoukville as a destination has any real future in bringing over a lucrative gaming or tourism industry.”