The 2016 Asia Championship of Poker (ACOP) is over three months clear of its October 28 start date however the good folks on the 'PokerStars LIVE Macau' poker site was kind enough to release the primary draft of the schedule.

The 17-day poker festival again includes a HK$100,000 (USD $13k) buy-in Main Event and the primary draft indicates that there'll be 17 ACOP Spadies (pictured) up for grabs along with 9 smaller buy-in events.

Many of the finer details are still to be confirmed - corresponding to start times and prize pool guarantees -- but here is a couple of items we all know so far:

With the large success of the 2m GTD Spadie last season (655 entrants), the outlet weekend will kick off with the brand new 1m GTD Spadie event which, as you'll be able to guess, comes with a HK$1 million prize pool guarantee. The buy-in was set at HK$4,000 (~USD $500) so a 500+ field is predicted given how affordable the tournament is relative to other Spadie events.

The ACOP will again run the HK$250,000 High Roller and HK$500,000 (~USD $65,000) Super High Roller - which comes with two optional rebuys.

Over the last two installments of those high stakes events the prize pools have totalled greater than HK$38 million (~USD $5 million) and has attracted the world's biggest names in poker. Some notables include Phil Ivey, Fedor Holz, Steve O'Dwyer, John Juanda, and reigning EPT Player of the Year Mike McDonald to call a few.

You can bank at the dates for the principle Event that is set to run from November 7-12. The tournament has averaged greater than HK$25 million in prize money in all the past two years as players pursue the riches, glory, and coveted Gold Spadie trophy.

The PokerStars LIVE team plans to offer you more how you can qualify to the principle Event than ever before and here's the only chance you do not need to overlook! There'll be plenty of different buy-in amounts for feeders and satellites but how does free sound? YES. FREE. SERIOUSLY!!

Once the official dates are released make sure to circle the day to your calendar. PokerStars might be guaranteeing a minimum of one seat to the HK$100,000 Main Event!

OK, we could get to the entire draft of the schedule?

Reminder that that is just the primary draft and only includes significant live satellites. Something you'd like to see? Send on your comments and proposals to: macau@pokerstars.net or our official Twitter account @PokerStarsMacau with the hashtag #2016ACOP

(all figures in HKD)

Friday, 28 October 2016$4,000 1m GTD Spadie (re-entry) - Day 1A*

Saturday, 29 October 2016$4,000 1m GTD Spadie (re-entry) - Day 1B*$4,000 1m GTD Spadie (re-entry) - Day 1C*

Sunday, 30 October 2016$2,500 Knockout$15,000 PLO Championship*$11,000 Knockout Championship*

Monday, 31 October 2016$2,500 PLO$11,000 6-max Championship*

Tuesday, 1 November 2016$2,000 6-Max$1,000 Deepstack Championship*

Wednesday, 2 November 2016$9,000 2m GTD Spadie (re-entry) - Day 1A*

Thursday, 3 November 2016$9,000 2m GTD Spadie (re-entry) - Day 1B*$9,000 2m GTD Spadie (re-entry) - Day 1C*

Friday, 4 November 2016Free-to-Enter Main Event Satellite$5,000 ACOP Warm-up Satellite$25,000 ACOP Warm-up*$3,000 Midnight Turbo

Saturday, 5 November 2016$40,000 Super High Roller Satellite$2,000 Deepstack$500,000 Super High Roller (2 rebuys)*$9,000 Ladies Asia Championship

Sunday, 6 November 2016$500,000 Super High Roller - Day 2 (Day 2 entry allowed)*$14,000 Main Event MEGA Satellite

Monday, 7 November 2016$100,000 MAIN EVENT - Day 1A*

Tuesday, 8 November 2016$100,000 MAIN EVENT - Day 1B*$500 Rebuy

Wednesday, 9 November 2016$100,000 MAIN EVENT - Day 2 (Day 2 entry allowed)*$500 Flipout$3,000 Flipout Championship*

Thursday, 10 November 2016$15,000 NLH*$10,000 Teams Championship*

Friday, 11 NOVEMBER 2016$15,000 High Roller Satellite$250,000 High Roller*$11,000 Turbo Championship*$2,500 Turbo

Saturday, 12 November 2016$11,000 Megastack Championship*$250,000 High Roller - Day 2 (Day 2 entry allowed)*$2,500 Rebuy Championship*

Sunday, 13 November 2016$3,000 NLH

All tournaments are subject to regulatory approvalAll tournaments are not any Limit Holdem and without a re-entry unless specified*ACOP Title Event (aka 'Spadie')

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