Tourney to help poker make in-roads in Japan
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The All Japan Poker Championship is scheduled to take place starting this Sunday in a country where there are no casinos and no gambling.
According to cardplayer.com:
Because casinos are not yet allowed to operate in Japan, this event was created to provide poker fans there an opportunity to play the game. The organizer and planner of the event is Global Mix, a consulting firm which specializes in casino-related business, events, and media. The overall objectives are to foster Japanese players to play in other major events, standardize poker in Japan as preparation to host future tournaments, and to promote poker as a new cultural, healthy experience.
The championship will culminate with a main event in Tokyo on May 18.
Because of laws in the country, there will be no entry fee for the tournaments in the championship, which has a top prize of a World Series of Poker main event buy-in.
