Asian Poker Tour to Launch Asian Series – First Stop: Cebu

The Asian Poker Tour (APT) has announced a new poker series in Asia looking to attract more local and regional players giving them the opportunity to compete at an international poker tournament event.

The inaugural event of this exciting new series – the ‘APT Asian Series’ will take place from January 10 to 17, 2011 at the Waterfront Hotel and Casino in Cebu, Philippines.

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Heads up: APT Champ Spotlight!

The number of APT Main Event Champions increases as the constant addition of events to the string of tournaments successfully held by the Asian Poker Tour happens.

To date, APT Macau and APT Philippines have already produced a total of 6 APT Champs: David Saab, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Neil Arce, Adrien Allain, Michael Cua, and Zhang Dan Peng. As such, the Asian Poker Tour salutes its Main Even Champions with “APT Champ Spotlight”—a series of feature write-ups under the Blogs section that would take the APT Champs to the center stage.



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The Success that was APT Macau 2010

The Asian Poker Tour, in collaboration with City of Dreams, successfully held the nine-day festival of live poker action at the Hard Rock Poker Lounge as the Asian Poker Tour Macau 2010 happened last November 6-14.

Poker players were fleet in joining the exciting side events that the Asian Poker Tour prepared for them. The tournament area was filled with poker enthusiasts especially during the APT Macau Celebrity Charity Challenge where model and actress Grace Huang won MOP100,000 for Caritas Macau. Equally well-attended was the APT’s All In Battle of the Nations event won by Team Malaysia (Charles Chua, Daniel Chee and K.C Lee).

China’s Zhang Dan Peng emerged victorious as he outlasted a field of poker pros and legends–the likes of Tom Dwan and Phil Ivey–and grabbed the Asian Poker Tour Macau 2010 Champion title earning him HK$1.678 (which is approximately USD$215,000). Peng went heads up against Germany’s Bjoern Wiesler with his Ace-Deuce beating the opponent’s Pocket Sevens. It is pretty impressive to note that the 18-year old champ is the only Chinese winner of the APT Macau Main Event—which also happens to be the first-ever poker tournament he participated in. Details on Peng’s victory can be seen here.

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China’s Zhang Dan Peng Crowned APT Macau 2010 Champion

Playing in his first-ever poker tournament, 18-year old Zhang Dan Peng of Guangzhou was crowned the 2010 Main Event champion at the Asian Poker Tour in Macau, winning HK$1.678 million (approximately USD$215,000) with his gutsy, aggressive style. Zhang is the first-ever Chinese champion of the APT Macau Main Event, held at the integrated entertainment complex, the City of Dreams.

Zhang, who only began playing poker six months ago, qualified for the 161-player Main Event in one of the APT Macau’s satellite events. Zhang steadily worked his way through the Main Event to land himself in a heads-up battle against Germany’s Bjoern Wiesler in Sunday’s Final Table. In the very first hand, Zhang went all- in, with his Ace-Deuce beating the 34-year old’s Pocket Sevens. As the runner-up, Wiesler will take home HKD$920,000 (approximately USD$117,000).

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Poker Legend Johnny Chan and Team China Join Asian Poker Tour Macau

Next week, Chinese Poker legend Johnny Chan will join the Asian Poker Tour in Macau for the second year running. Chan, holder of 10 World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets, aims not only for a final table showdown with Phil Ivey, who has won eight WSOP bracelets, but to also join forces with other Chinese Poker players in the APT Macau’s Battle of the Nations side event. Chan was recently part of the good-medal winning Team China and the team’s World Team gold medal is now on display at the Poker King Club in Macau.

10-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Johnny Chan


A legend in the Poker world, Chan’s 10 WSOP bracelets ties him with Doyle Brunson for second on the all-time list, and makes the Chinese-born star among the players to beat when the APT Macau kicks off from Saturday, November 6-14 at the City of Dreams, Macau.

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