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For the past few years, the biggest poker game in the world took place in the Poker King Club (PKC) inside Macau’s StarWorld Casino. The stakes ranged from $4,000/$8,000 to $12,500/$25,000 (USD), and some of the biggest names in poker were attracted to the small island just a ferry’s ride from Hong Kong.

The PKC, which was established in 2009 and essentially licensed the room from the casino, was careful not to reveal too many details about the massive game over the years, but details inevitably slipped out. Some pros sent cryptic tweets about the game, while others like Tom Hall and Jorn Walthaus spoke more freely about their “Big Game” exploits, which you can read about by clicking here and here.

The Big Game’s growth and success is largely attributed to one man,Winfred Yu. He serves as the Poker King Club Macau Business Director. Yu, who has $1,347,238 in lifetime tournament winnings including a third-place finish in the 2013 World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific Main Event for $442,917, hasn’t been shy about promoting the game, and during this year’s WSOP Asia-Pacific he sat down with PokerNews to talk about the PKC’s recent move from StarWorld to Venetian Macau.

“Our contract actually ended at the StarWorld with the Galaxy group,” Yu explained when asked what prompted the move. “Also, it’s a great expansion for us to move because we’ve got the support of the Venetian. They are a Vegas-based casino, so they understand poker a little bit more as far as the [Asia-Pacific] community, what they can do for the casino, marketing tools, and also they’re willing to support a lot of events that we’re going to do over the next year.”

The PKC actually announced the move back in September by issuing a notice to its players. It read:

“Thank you for your continued support of Poker King Club all these years at StarWorld. Due to a tremendous opportunity, we are excited to formally announce that on September 15, 2014, Poker King Club opened at the Venetian Macau. The new location will offer both cash and tournament games in a spacious and elegant setting.

“While we renovate and work to prepare our permanent poker room, we have already opened Poker King Club just in front of Morton’s at The Venetian Macau as a temporary location.

“All Poker King Club memberships will remain active and valid, and all points will be automatically transferred over to the new location. Cage facilities will also be provided and all account balances will likewise be transferred over.