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Asian Poker Tour Philippines 2010 - Welcome Update

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City of Dreams and Hotel Accommodations

CITY OF DREAMS

The City of Dreams (COD) is Macau’s leading leisure destination, combining electrifying entertainment with more ways to win, world-class accommodations, international dining, designer shopping and much more!

The COD was recognized earlier this year by being bestowed the Best in Leisure Development in Asia Pacific International Property Award and the Golden-Pillow Award of China Hotels Best New Opening Hotel in Macau Award for 2010 proving its worth as indeed one of the top tourist destinations in Asia.

Top attractions in the COD are the Dragon’s Treasure, a “totally immersive, first of its kind multi-media experience” and the House of Dancing Water, the HKD$2 Billion production dubbed as “the show like no other on earth” among many other one-of-a-kind shows running for the entire year.

And of course, the gaming experience would not be complete without the Hard Rock and COD casinos. As with world-class venues, COD has over a hundred restaurants and shops on top of three first-rate hotels; Crown Towers, Hard Rock Hotel-Macau and Grand Hyatt Macau. (Visit the City of Dreams official website)

HARD ROCK HOTEL – MACAU

A hotel with attitude, Hard Rock Hotel Macau entertains guests’ dreams of a rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle. The place for parties and entertainment, guests can take in the stunning views of City of Dreams, relax with new friends, or soak in the atmosphere of the Wave Pool Bar. Its 24-7 indulgence and everyone’s invited. (Visit the Hard Rock Macau’s official website)

The Hard Rock Hotel will be providing special APT rates for a limited number of rooms so we do encourage players to book early.

How to avail of the special APT rate at the Hard Rock Hotel:

Online:
Please click here to go to the Hard Rock online reservation website.
Contact Centre
Hard Rock Reservations Hotline: (853) 8868 3333
Fax Number: (853) 8867 6688
Email Address: contactcentre@cod-macau.com
*Check-In Time: 3:00pm; Check-out time: 11:00am

IMPORTANT:

Upon your reservation, indicate that you will be participating in the “APT Poker Tournament” and the special rates will be applied.
Upon check-out, players will need to produce proof of participation from the APT (APT Tournament Receipt); else, the hotel will amend the rate back to regular rates for the duration of the stay.
LOWEST APT SPECIAL RATES will only be available until October 23, 2010 after which available rooms will be limited, so book NOW!
Inclusions:
• Breakfast for 2 at the R Bar
• Two “Priority Access” tickets for Dragon’s Treasure Show at the Bubble
• Complimentary In-room Wi-Fi internet access

GRAND HYATT MACAU

Part of the City of Dreams urban resort integrating entertainment, dining and shopping options. The hotel features 791 rooms and suites with spectacular views over Cotai and the west banks of the Pearl River.

With well-equipped MICE facilities and signature restaurants, Grand Hyatt Macau hotel promises to provide magnificent services to every guest visiting the cosmopolitan cultural city of Macau. (Visit Grand Hyatt Macau’s official website)

Booking details for the Grand Hyatt Macau Hotel coming soon.

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The Poker Circuit: TPC Rock the Dream

TPC’s Easy Way to Hard Rock

There’s the hard way then there’s the easy way. The Poker Circuit (TPC) has again set up the stage for players to qualify for an Asian Poker Tour (APT) main event with a low buy-in and guaranteed seat for the major tournament set later this year.

TPC’s “Rock the Dream” offers players the chance to win one (1) APT Macau 2010 Package worth roughly PHP300,000. The tournament is set from October 14-17, 2010 at the Midas Touch in Pasig City, Philippines. Additionally, the second and third placers are set to win seats to the Actors Guild Charity 2M event courtesy of the Midas Touch Poker Sports Club.

TPC’s “Rock the Dream” event has a buy-in of only PHP2,000 but players can also get Rock the Dream seats via daily tournaments at Midas Touch from September 20 to October 8, 2010. Cash game players can also win APT seats with its Golden Poker Dream Tournament.

Rock the Dream’s APT Macau Package includes the Main Event buy-in; a four-night stay at the City of Dreams, airfare and spending cash. The APT Macau 2010 will be held at the City of Dreams in Macau in partnership with Hard Rock Hotel. The APT Macau main event has a buy-in of HK$32,500 + HK$2,500 (approximately US$4,180 + US$320) and is expected to draw a record number of players.

For more information about TPC Rock the Dream, please click HERE.

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First Venue of The Poker Circuit’s Motherboard Series Announced

The Poker Circuit (TPC) has announced that the first venue to sign on for its innovative TPC Motherboard is Poker Royale Sports Club.

The TPC Motherboard is a tournament series that will act as a pre-event for APT Philippines 2010, which will be staged at Resorts World Manila from 23rd-29th August 2010.

The series’ unique format will give local players the opportunity to win seats into the APT Philippines Main Event – one of the region’s top international poker tournaments this year.

Independent poker rooms from around the country will run their own legs of the TPC Motherboard during July and August with the finalists from each event coming together for a final play-off tournament to be staged on the opening day of APT Philippines.

Located on Roxas Boulevard in Pasay City, Poker Royale’s TPC Motherboard leg will be from August 6-9 2010 (3 starting days and a Day 2). The event will have a P1M guarantee prize pool that includes 18seats into the TPC Motherboard final event.

“Being a newly-opened poker room, we’re really excited to be announcing our first major tournament,” said Poker Royale’s Charles Koo. “Also, the APT is involved, so it is a very significant event.”

For more information about the TPC Motherboard, click here.

About the TPC Motherboard: The basic premise of the TPC Motherboard is that it will start with one tournament at Php 1,000,000 guaranteed. The guaranteed prize pool will then increase as more poker clubs join in. The whole master plan is to have multiple venues all over the Philippines, playing with the same mechanics and same buy-in of PhP 5,000 + 400, contributing to a multimillion peso prize pool.

For every Php 500,000 guaranteed by a poker room, nine players will be in the money and will qualify for the TPC Motherboard Finale on the opening day of APT Philippines 2010. For example, if five poker rooms were to contribute Php 1,000,000 each (creating a total guarantee of Php 5,000,000), a total of 90 players would be in the money and advance to the Finale.

The TPC Motherboard Finale will take place on August 23, the first day of APT Philippines 2010, at Resorts World Manila. Every player in the Finale is guaranteed a cash prize, with the top players winning seats to the APT Philippines 2010 main event.

APT Philippines 2010 Gets Early Support from Top Online Poker Rooms

MANILA, PHILIPPINES — With APT Philippines 2010 still over two and a half months away, some of the biggest names in online poker are on board to show their support for the event.



Three top poker sites and networks – PKR, PartyPoker, and the iPoker Network, will be running online satellites to the APT Philippines 2010 main event.

PartyPoker, which operates the World Poker Tour (WPT), is the third largest poker site in the world. PKR, meanwhile, is known throughout the poker industry for its cutting-edge graphics and realistic 3D game-play simulations.

Also running qualifiers to the event will be the iPoker Network. The largest online poker network in the world today, the iPoker Network has a total of 67 member cardrooms.

Land-based qualifiers to the event are also on the horizon. Resorts World Manila, the official venue of APT Philippines 2010, is looking to run satellites and other promotions leading up to the big event.

In addition, the APT will be looking to partner with poker rooms around Asia to run qualifying tournaments for seats to the main event.

APT Philippines 2010 will be held from August 23 to 29 at the Resorts World Manila complex in Manila, Philippines. Buy-in is set at approximately US $2,500 + US $200.

Last year’s APT Philippines main event won by Filipino poker pro Neil Arce, who took home US $185,000 for finishing first. The win gave poker a big boost in the country as it was the first time a local player had won an international poker tournament held in the Philippines.

Aside from the main event, there will be eight exciting side events at APT Philippines 2010, including a high-rollers tournament, a Pot-Limit Omaha tournament, and the APT’s very own Greed tournament.

For more about APT Philippines 2010, click here.