The wait is over!

PokerStars LIVE Macau has unveiled the official schedule for the 2016 Asia Championship of Poker (ACOP) which runs from October 28 to November 13.

This season, Asia's richest poker festival increases the overall cash tournaments offered from 23 to 26: there'll be 17 ACOP Title Events (aka Spadies) and 9 smaller events with buy-ins starting from HK$500-3,000.

The draft schedule (you'll be able to read it here) has greatly been the street map for which days the Spadie events happen. However, it is the player feedback that's determined the specifics for the general schedule.

Let's get to it!

2016 ASIA CHAMPIONSHIP OF POKER SCHEDULE

(all figures in HKD)

Note that schedule below doesn't include all live Main Event satellites and feeders. They are going to be running each day from October 28 to November 8. Click here for your entire schedule.

Friday, October 28

7:00pm - Event 1: $4,000 1m GTD Spadie - Day 1A [2-day event], Unlimited Re-entries

* 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 comes with a $1 million prize pool guarantee. The buy-in was set at $4,000 (~USD $500) so a 500+ field is predicted given how affordable the tournament is relative to other Spadie events.

Saturday, October 29

2:00pm - Event 1: $4,000 1m GTD Spadie - Day 1B [2-day event], Unlimited Re-entries7:00pm - Event 1: $4,000 1m GTD Spadie - Day 1C [2-day event], Unlimited Re-entries

* 10pm in this Saturday would be the launch of the HK$1,500 Flipout to Main Event satellite. Win a flip and you're now within the running for a $100,000 (~13k USD) Main Event seat! There are five Flipout satellites at the full schedule.

Sunday, October 30

12:00pm: $3,000 PLO Satellite to PLO Championship2:00pm: $2,500 Knockout2:30pm - Event 2: $15,000 PLO Championship [2-day event]6:00pm - Event 3: $11,000 Knockout Championship [2-day event]

*Introducing a PLO satellite for players on the lookout for a cheap option to qualify for the 15k PLO Championship

Monday, October 31

1:00pm: $2,500 PLO6:00pm - Event 4: $11,000 6-max Championship [2-day event]

Tuesday, November 1

3:00pm: $2,000 6-Max6:00pm - Event 5: $1,000 Deepstack Championship

Wednesday, November 2

6:00pm - Event 6: $9,000 2m GTD Spadie - Day 1A [2-day event], Unlimited Re-entries

* Near certainty that the 2m GTD Spadie surpasses last year's total of 655 runners with the addition of a 3rd Day 1 flight. New $2,000 satellites to the 2m GTD Spadie has been added after strong player demand (Wed: 3pm and 9pm)

Thursday, November 3

2:00pm - Event 6: $9,000 2m GTD Spadie - Day 1B [2-day event], Unlimited Re-entries7:00pm - Event 6: $9,000 2m GTD Spadie - Day 1C [2-day event], Unlimited Re-entries

Friday, November 4

12:00pm: Free-to-Enter Main Event Satellite (1 Seat GTD), Unlimited $200 Rebuys4:30pm: $5,000 ACOP Warm-up Satellite (10 Seat GTD)7:00pm - Event 7: $25,000 ACOP Warm-up (3m GTD) [3-day event]10:00pm: $5,000 Qualifier to Super High Roller Satellite11:59pm: $3,000 Midnight Turbo

* Free-to-Enter satellite costs zero dollars to go into so don't come late! There'll be a maximum of 20 tables before going to alternates. Rebuys and add-on are a tiny $200 for a possibility at a 100k Main Event seat - that is guaranteed.

Saturday, November 5

12:00pm: $40,000 Super High Roller Satellite1:30pm: $2,000 Deepstack4:00pm - Event 8: $500,000 Super High Roller [3-day event, Day 2 entry allowed], Max Rebuys: 25:00pm - Event 9: $9,000 Ladies Asia Championship [2-day event]

* Popular day for the railbirds. The largest names in poker arrive for the 500k SHR event, then Asia's best women start the the 9k Ladies event an hour later.

Sunday, November 6

2:00pm - Event 8: $500,000 Super High Roller - Day 2 [3-day event, Day 2 entry allowed], Max Rebuys: 26:00pm: $14,000 Main Event MEGA Satellite (10 Seat GTD)

* I HAVE BEEN looking to tell everyone who's willing to listen that the Mega Satellite will award no less than 20 Main Event seats. Alas, I COULD NOT get the powers that be to double up the guarantee but listen here people: IT.WILL.BE.TWENTY.OR.MORE!

Monday, November 7

2:00pm - Event 10: $100,000 MAIN EVENT (15m GTD) - Day 1A [5-day event, Day 2 entry allowed]

* The coveted Gold Spadie. Prize money that may be expected to well exceed the $15 million guarantee. That is the once a year Asia Championship of Poker Main Event that pits the world's best against one another here in Macau.

Tuesday, November 8

2:00pm - Event 10: $100,000 MAIN EVENT (15m GTD) - Day 1B [5-day event, Day 2 entry allowed]7:00pm: $500 Rebuy, Unlimited Rebuys

Wednesday, November 9

2:00pm - Event 10: $100,000 MAIN EVENT (15m GTD) - Day 2 [5-day event, Day 2 entry allowed]5:00pm: $500 Flipout, Unlimited Re-entries8:00pm - Event 11: $3,000 Flipout Championship, Unlimited Re-entries

* First time introducing the Flipout format as an ACOP Title Event. It's only one of 3 Spadie trophies participate in for $4,000 or less (the opposites are the 1m GTD Spadie and Rebuy Championship)

Thursday, November 10

3:00pm - Event 12: $15,000 NLH [2-day event]7:00pm - Event 13: $10,000 Teams Championship [2-day event]9:00pm: $3,000 Qualifier to High Roller Satellite

* Eliminated the 4k and 20k Teams Events and went with a single 10k Teams Championship this year. Majority of players found the other two price points were either too low or too high so we went with a medium buy-in that satisfies both issues.

Friday, November 11

3:00pm: $15,000 High Roller Satellite6:00pm - Event 14: $250,000 High Roller [3-day event, Day 2 entry allowed]8:00pm - Event 15: $11,000 Turbo Championship11:00pm: $2,500 Turbo

* Turbo Championship now has antes within the structure after overwhelming majority of players requested for them.

Saturday, November 12

1:00pm - Event 16: $11,000 Megastack Championship [2-day event]2:30pm - Event 14: $250,000 High Roller - Day 2 [3-day event, Day 2 entry allowed]7:00pm - Event 17: $2,500 Rebuy Championship [2-day event], Unlimited Rebuys

* 9k NLH have been replaced with 11k Megastack Championship because the format was very popular within the Macau Poker Cup and Manila Megastack series* Rebuy Championship moved from opening weekend to final weekend to provide a 3rd Spadie this present day at three different price points (2.5k, 11k, 250k).

Sunday, November 13

3:30pm: $3,000 NLH

Notes:

All tournaments are subject to regulatory approvalAll tournaments aren't any Limit Holdem and without a re-entry unless otherwise specifiedAll numbered tournaments are:- ACOP Title Events (aka 'Spadies' titles)- Official Asia Player of the Year events except Ladies & Teams events

The schedule posted above is final as of 31 August 2016. PokerStars reserves the correct to make changes as deemed necessary as much as the beginning time of anyone Event, without prior notification if necessary. We welcome any feedback our players must offer at the 2016 Asia Championship of Poker. Players may contact directly by writing to macau@pokerstars.net

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