Inside Asian Gaming

IAG JUL 2019年7月 亞博匯 83 亞 洲貴賓業務營運商鉅星集團開設了一間有望 成為澳門高額撲克玩家新聚腳點的設施。 撲克時間俱樂部為貴賓界及亞洲撲克牌 手而言，都是一個嶄新的構思。俱樂部位於鄰 近氹仔的澳門羅斯福酒店內的澳門賽馬會娛 樂場，並被形容為世界唯一一間同時設有高級腕錶鑑賞服務的大 型德州撲克俱樂部。撲克時間亦是一項與瑞士瑞時集團共同發展 出來的成果，當中設有5間首創環型貴賓房，並在俱樂部大廳設有 2張撲克枱、2張百家樂賭枱、同時亦有一個露天酒廊，提供高端服 務，還有一個鉅星集團形容為「收藏級名錶主題鑒賞區，展示出一 列名貴腕錶。」 一位鉅星的發言人向《亞博匯》道出了開設撲克時間俱樂部 的目的：「我們希望為澳門的高端娛樂市場引入更多多元的項目 及元素，同時亦配合國家策略，通過向世界上擁有不同興趣的各 種客戶群提供一系列合適的娛樂及 休閒服務，推動澳門與更多國 際企業合作及進行多元發展。」 毫無疑問，撲克時間就與其所在的酒店一樣，都是在為亞洲 的博彩樞紐帶來一點不一樣的東西。 當澳門羅斯福於2017年8月開幕時，這間擁有368間客房，並 以著名的荷里活羅斯福為模範的五星級酒店，被塑造成一個以現 代手法配合懷舊味道，展現荷里活迷人魅力的地方。 澳門羅斯福酒店的設計，是出自以洛杉磯為基地的設計師 Gulla Jónsdóttir 的手筆，他亦於10年前重新設計了已有90年歷 史的荷里活羅斯福酒店。澳門羅斯福的客房全部都是面向位於三 樓的泳池，這個巧妙設計其實就是參照了上世紀50年代眾多荷里 活電影的酒店場景。 A sian VIP operator Meg-Star Group has launched what it hopes will become a new home to high stakes poker in Macau. A unique concept in both the VIP and Asian poker worlds, Poker Time Club – located in Macau Jockey Club Casino at The Macau Roosevelt near Taipa – is described as the only large Texas Hold’em poker club in the world to also offer a top-level watch appreciation service. Developed in conjunction with Switzerland’s Swiss Time Group, it features five first-of-a-kind ring-shaped VIP rooms, two poker tables on the main floor of the club, two baccarat tables, an open-air lounge offering high-end service and what Meg-Star describes as a “collection- class watch appreciation area where an array of luxury watches are on display.” Outlining the motivation for launching Poker Time Club, a Meg-Star Group spokesman told IAG , “We hope to introduce more diversified projects and elements to the high-end entertainment market in Macau, and at the same time cooperate with the national strategy to promote cooperation and diversified development between Macau and more international companies by providing a variety of suitable entertainment and leisure services to the world from different interests and different consumer groups.” There is no doubt that Poker Time Club, like the hotel in which it resides, brings something a little different to Asia’s gaming hub. When it opened in August 2017, The Macau Roosevelt and its 368-room five-star hotel – modelled on the renowned Hollywood Roosevelt – billed itself as amodern take on Hollywood glam with a 1950s retro twist. Designed by Los-Angeles-based designer Gulla Jónsdóttir, who redesigned the 90-year-old Hollywood Roosevelt a decade ago, the hotel’s rooms all face the third-floor swimming pool in a deliberate attempt to mirror the hotels found in Hollywood films of the ‘50s. It was this unique concept, combined with the hotel’s prime location overlooking Macau Jockey Club, that convinced Meg-Star Group it had found the perfect home for Poker Time Club. “It has all the features and space we need for our desired club members,” Meg-Star explains. 特稿