The Asian Poker Tour, Asia’s original poker tour, is delighted to publish the full schedule for The Asian Poker Tour Macau Festival which will run from August 12–23, 2009 at the Galaxy StarWorld Hotel and Casino in Macau. The schedule can be found by clicking HERE.
Last year’s six day event has doubled in size and will be transformed into a record breaking 12 day extravaganza, creating Asia’s first festival of poker. The success of the Asian Poker Tour sponsored poker room at the Starworld Hotel and Casino has led organizers to lay out these ambitious plans that represent another huge leap forward for poker in the region. The Asian Poker Tour Macau will also be the backdrop to the filming of the first Chinese language poker film, ‘Poker King,’ starring A-list Chinese actors, actresses and pop stars. With such a high profile film being made, many believe it could have the same impact on the Asian region as 1998 Hollywood movie Rounders did on aspiring poker players in the western world.
The Asian Poker Tour Macau hosts over 21 events with 15 official side events - the first five taking place between the 12th – 16th August featuring guaranteed prize pools. These are the HK$2,500 welcome event that guarantees HK$100,000, an Asian Poker Tour Open re-buy and add-on event with a $1,150 entry fee that guarantees HK$50,000, a Greed event that costs HK$2,500 to enter but offers the chance for one player to scoop all the HK$100,000 guaranteed prize pool if they choose, and the Hong Kong Game Club HK$1,150 re-buy and add-on tournament that guarantees HK$150,000. This will be followed by a second HK$1,150 re-buy and add-on tournament and much more, all ahead of Day 1A of the Main Event which kicks off on the 20th August.
In addition, there will be other head-hunter, six-handed, eight-handed, invitational, and celebrity tournaments. There will also be a ladies’ tournament and heads-up event, both believed to be firsts for the region and an example of just how far the game has moved on in Asia in the last twelve months. Taking part in the head-hunter tournaments will be ‘The Poker Pack’, the top professionals who are ambassadors of the Asian Poker Tour on the world circuit, as well as other famous names such as Johnny Chan. The Poker Pack, who will also have prominent roles in the ‘Poker King’ movie, are made up of the awesome poker abilities of JC Tran, Nam Le, Steve Sung, David ‘Chino’ Rheem, Quinn Do and Kwang Soo Lee.
The comprehensive side event schedule also includes a HK$164,000 buy-in high rollers event with other side events having a buy-in as little as HK$1,000. Another highlight includes the ‘Battle of the Nations’ team event. This is a team No Limit Hold’em tournament featuring teams of three members from the same country. There will be two teams facing each other at each table, so the tables will be six-handed. The goal is to eliminate all the members of the other team. This will play down until there is one team left! Sponsors of the side events and marketing collaterals include the Hong Kong Game Club, DafaPoker, Dafa888, the Poker King Movie, JBET, PartyPoker, Bwin, 777baby Casino, Zipang Casino, and PKR.
The cards are in the air for the first of two day one’s of the Main Event on the 20th August, with the final table scheduled on the 23rd of August.
Matt Savage, the world’s leading Tournament Director overseeing the action said: “This is an ambitious tournament schedule and there is something for everybody within it, there’s no doubt it is player friendly. Macau’s poker scene is booming and some of the formats will certainly be firsts for the region. The guarantees are great and it is exciting to see the heads-up and ladies event on the schedule. What shouldn’t be forgotten as well though is that The Asian Poker Tour hosts the most legendary parties – the one in Macau even won awards last year!”
Chris Parker, CEO of the Asian Poker Tour said: “We’re delighted with this schedule - it really shows just how far the game has come in this part of the world. Our objective was to put player’s interests first in all scheduling as Macau will be a poker heaven in August!”
Amongst the online networks already committed to sending players are the Ongame Network, the iPoker Network and PartyPoker. In addition, online rooms Bwin, PKR, DafaPoker, JBET Poker, 888.com, Titan Poker, RedKings, Chilipoker, and 32Red are in on the action guaranteeing a significant online qualifier contingent. Last year, the event attracted some of the most famous names in the game including Doyle Brunson, Jack Binion, Johnny Chan, John Juanda, Huck Seed, Liz Lieu, Todd Brunson, Kenny Tran and ‘The Poker Pack.’ The 2008 Asian Poker Tour Macau Main Event was won by then 20-year-old US hotshot Yevgeniy Timoshenko, who scooped US$500,000 after emerging triumphant from the star-studded field that featured players from over 40 countries. Timoshenko has since gone on to win the WPT Championship and is currently one of the hottest prospects in the game.
The buy-in for the Main Event is set at HK$34,400, while high-limit games and sit-n-go tables will run throughout the duration of the festival. As well as the action on the felt, the play off the felt promises to be extremely lively too with The Asian Poker Tour looking to top the legendary and award winning party held in Macau last year. Full details can be found at http://www.asianpt.com/
For more information, please contact:
Warren Lush
warrenl@partygaming.com
+34656236600
Melissa Ross
Lyceum Media
+44 (0) 207 976 6469
melissa@lyceumpublishing.com
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Represent and win at the Asian Poker Tour’s Battle of the Nations in Macau!
This August, join the Asian Poker Tour in Macau as it presents its latest event: The Battle of the Nations! Join up with two of your friends and get the chance to take home prize money for your team and achieve poker glory for your country!
Visit asianpt for more information.
Visit asianpt for more information.
DAFAPOKER’S APT LAST CHANCE TOURNAMENT
Still not registered for the grandest poker festival in Asia?
Here’s your last chance to qualify on DafaPoker’s Asian Poker Tour Macau Invitational Event on the 20th of August!
Join DafaPoker’s APT Last Chance Tournament which will be held on the 30th of July, with a buy-in of $15 with rebuys and add-ons. A total of 5 lucky players are guaranteed a $760 package which includes the following:
•A seat in our special Dafa Asian Poker Tour Macau Invitational Event on August 20, 2009 at 19:00 to be held at the Galaxy Starworld Hotel and Casino
•Return flight from China to Macau (up to $300)
•Two nights accommodation at either the Galaxy Starworld Hotel or the Rio Hotel in Macau ($340)
•One-time entry into the Dafa APT $888HK Invitational Tournament ($120)
Hurry and don’t miss the chance to compete against China’s poker elites!
Here’s your last chance to qualify on DafaPoker’s Asian Poker Tour Macau Invitational Event on the 20th of August!
Join DafaPoker’s APT Last Chance Tournament which will be held on the 30th of July, with a buy-in of $15 with rebuys and add-ons. A total of 5 lucky players are guaranteed a $760 package which includes the following:
•A seat in our special Dafa Asian Poker Tour Macau Invitational Event on August 20, 2009 at 19:00 to be held at the Galaxy Starworld Hotel and Casino
•Return flight from China to Macau (up to $300)
•Two nights accommodation at either the Galaxy Starworld Hotel or the Rio Hotel in Macau ($340)
•One-time entry into the Dafa APT $888HK Invitational Tournament ($120)
Hurry and don’t miss the chance to compete against China’s poker elites!
RedKings Poker Makes Major Moves In Asia
Cyprus, 17 July 2009 – RedKings.com announced today the signing of two Singaporean poker pros to appear for Team RedKings in the upcoming Asian Poker Tour’s 12 day ‘festival of poker’ in Macau.
The two signings include Jason Samsonov, one of the hottest new players on the Asian poker scene today and one of the top online poker players to come out of Singapore, and Jeffery Tan who is one of the veterans of the poker scene with 16 years experience of playing live poker in Asia.
Jason has been killing the highstakes SNG tables for almost 2 years now. He is already known for his coaching talents and will be a name to look out for in the future , APT Macau will be his first major live event .
Jeffery started poker 16 years ago back in his college days in the United States. He would grind cash games in Vegas to help supplement his college tuition fees and with 16 years of live experience under his belt he is undoubtedly a veteran in the Asian poker scene. This will be his second APT in Macau and this time feels he is going all the way.
Commented RedKings Asian Marketing Manager Jani Kontturi “ We are absolutely delighted to add both Jason and Jeffery to our Team. Given our overall marketing strategy and long term investment in Asia we expect both players to add greatly to the impact of our promotion in the Region. RedKings is fast becoming a worldwide brand so it was an easy decision to sign these high profile Asian poker superstars to Team RedKings.
RedKings Poker , an online partner to the Asian Poker Tour , will welcome Jason and Jeffrey online with two separate $1000 freerolls with $50 bounties on our Team RedKings members on Sunday the 2nd of August at 9pm (GMT+8) and Sunday the 9th of August at 9pm (GMT+8). These tournaments are open to all Asian players who have an account at RedKings Poker.
You can follow the exploits of Team RedKings at the APT Macau in their blog http://site.redkings.com/index.cgi?prod_id=rkblog&aname=asianpt
with Live Reporting and constant updates from each player.
Team RedKings is made up of mix of Poker Pros and online qualifiers who have won their seats through the huge amount of Live Event qualifiers to be found daily at RedKings.com. Future Live Events to be found online at RedKings include the WSOPE and all next seasons EPT events.
To get further details about Team RedKings: http://www.redkings.com/Team-RedKings.html
http://blogs.redkings.com
The two signings include Jason Samsonov, one of the hottest new players on the Asian poker scene today and one of the top online poker players to come out of Singapore, and Jeffery Tan who is one of the veterans of the poker scene with 16 years experience of playing live poker in Asia.
Jason has been killing the highstakes SNG tables for almost 2 years now. He is already known for his coaching talents and will be a name to look out for in the future , APT Macau will be his first major live event .
Jeffery started poker 16 years ago back in his college days in the United States. He would grind cash games in Vegas to help supplement his college tuition fees and with 16 years of live experience under his belt he is undoubtedly a veteran in the Asian poker scene. This will be his second APT in Macau and this time feels he is going all the way.
Commented RedKings Asian Marketing Manager Jani Kontturi “ We are absolutely delighted to add both Jason and Jeffery to our Team. Given our overall marketing strategy and long term investment in Asia we expect both players to add greatly to the impact of our promotion in the Region. RedKings is fast becoming a worldwide brand so it was an easy decision to sign these high profile Asian poker superstars to Team RedKings.
RedKings Poker , an online partner to the Asian Poker Tour , will welcome Jason and Jeffrey online with two separate $1000 freerolls with $50 bounties on our Team RedKings members on Sunday the 2nd of August at 9pm (GMT+8) and Sunday the 9th of August at 9pm (GMT+8). These tournaments are open to all Asian players who have an account at RedKings Poker.
You can follow the exploits of Team RedKings at the APT Macau in their blog http://site.redkings.com/index.cgi?prod_id=rkblog&aname=asianpt
with Live Reporting and constant updates from each player.
Team RedKings is made up of mix of Poker Pros and online qualifiers who have won their seats through the huge amount of Live Event qualifiers to be found daily at RedKings.com. Future Live Events to be found online at RedKings include the WSOPE and all next seasons EPT events.
To get further details about Team RedKings: http://www.redkings.com/Team-RedKings.html
http://blogs.redkings.com
Monday, July 20, 2009
The Poker Pack’s Nam Le wins Poker Million Heat
To follow the action please visit http://www.matchroompokerforum.co.uk/showthread.php?p=13179#post13179 or visit the official event sponsor, Matchroom Sport, at http://www.matchroompoker.com
*Matchroom Sport is one of the world’s largest suppliers of sports programming. Since 1982, it has grown and established relationships with virtually every major broadcaster of sports in the world. The company is a world leader in poker, snooker, bowls, boxing, darts, fishing, golf, and pool TV programming.
*Matchroom Sport is one of the world’s largest suppliers of sports programming. Since 1982, it has grown and established relationships with virtually every major broadcaster of sports in the world. The company is a world leader in poker, snooker, bowls, boxing, darts, fishing, golf, and pool TV programming.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Join the 2009 Asian Poker Tour Macau!
Join the 2009 Asian Poker Tour Macau! 12-Day Festival of Poker. Join now for the ultimate all-in poker experience! For more information visit our official website at http://www.asianpt.com
Monday, July 13, 2009
Asian Poker Tour Macau to Host Filming of Chinese Language 'Rounders'
AsianLogic, owners of the Asian Poker Tour, are delighted to announce an historic first for poker in Asia. The hotly anticipated Asian Poker Tour Macau Festival, taking place between 12-23 August 2009 at the Galaxy Starworld, will be featured in a groundbreaking Chinese language poker movie, tipped by many to have a similar impact on the game in the region as 1998 Hollywood film ‘Rounders’ did for the western world.
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