The Asia-Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) recently announced a new schedule for its Season 9 Macau stop which is scheduled to take place between the 20th-31st of May 2015. The new schedule which was initially pushed back a week from the earlier announced dates will be held over a 12 day period and take place at the City of Dreams casino at the PokerStars LIVE Macau poker room.
Macau’s casino industry has been going through a torrid time since early 2014 due to the anti-corruption crackdown by the Chinese government and the casino industry has lost more than $100 billion during the last 12 months. Macau’s casinos will be looking to capitalize from the influx of poker players and tourists that they APPT will bring.
PokerStars, the biggest online poker website in the world will be sponsoring the tournament and will commence online satellites on the 16th of March for the APPT Macau Main Event. The tournament is scheduled to end with the APPT Macau Main Event that has a buy-in for HKD $25,000 which is around $3,200.
APPT President Danny McDonagh said he was excited about the APPT Macau stop and the new changes to the event. In a statement, McDonagh said
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It’s a must-play tournament on the PokerStars Asia circuit. APPT Macau is deep and rich in history and represents the tour’s longest running annual event. We’ve made some exciting changes by adding a HK$50,000 event and now running the HK$100,000 High Roller with two rebuys.
PokerStars has confirmed that it will send a strong team to represent the brand at the APPT Macau stop. Some of the pros from Team PokerStars who have confirmed their attendance include Vivian Im the former APPT Cebu champion, Kosei Ichinose, Aditya Argawal, Bryan Huang and Celina Lin. Team PokerStars Online Pro Randy Lew who won the APPT Macau event in 2011 will most likely make a return to see if he can win the tournament again.
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Apart from the Main Event, the APPT will also feature a number of exciting events such as APPT Macau Warm-up MEGA Satellite (10 Seat Guarantee) that has a buy-in for HKD$1,000; 4 – APPT Macau Warm-up ($1,000,000 Guarantee) [2-day event] with a buy-in for HKD$ 5,000; Main Event MEGA Satellite (10 Seat Guarantee) with a buy-in for HKD$ 3,500 and the High Roller Satellite with a buy-in for HKD$14,000.
Those interested to see a full schedule of events for the APPT Macau event, can do so by visiting www.appt.com
PokerStars has released the schedule for the Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) events in Korea and the Philippines taking place in April and July respectively. This will follow the official opening of the PokerStars LIVE poker room at Okada Manila on February 9.
The Okada Manila Millions tournament will also make a début on February 9, with the Main Event featuring a total prize pool of PHP2 million (approximately $38,250). The champion will get the top prize of PHP500,000 (approximately $9,550).
PokerStars LIVE, located at the Coral Wing of Okada Manila, will be the venue for Manila Megastack 11, which will run from March 1 – 10.
Players will compete for the festival’s total prize pool of PHP17 million ($325,000). PHP10 million ($191,200) in guarantees is also up for grabs at the Megastack Main Event.
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Players will flock to the luxurious Paradise City in Incheon Complex, South Korea for the Korean leg of the APPT. Running between April 5 – 14, APPT Korea will feature four events with combined guarantees of KRW430,000,000 (approximately $385,000).
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A two-day APPT Kickoff takes place on April 5 & 6, with KRW 50,000,000 in total guarantees up for grabs. APPT National is scheduled for April 7 & 8 featuring a total prize pool of KRW 80,000,000. The Main Event runs on April 11 – 14 with KRW 300,000,000 in total guarantees. There will also be a KRW 5,000,000 High Roller event happening on April 13 – 14.
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APPT Manila is set to take place from July 26 – August 4, and is expected to be well-attended, considering that Manila is a favourite spot for poker in the Philippines. The Manila stop will also have four events, which include a PHP3,000,000 guaranteed APPT Kickoff on July 26 – 27, as well as an APPT National event on July 28 & 29 (PHP 5 Million Guaranteed).
A PHP500,000 Super High Roller event is also in store for high-stakes players and will take place on July 31. It will be followed by the Main Event on August 1, with the winner being announced on the final day, August 4. The Manila Main Event features a total prize pool of PHP 20,000,000.
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Last year, Wilson Lim from Singapore captured the APPT Manila Main Event besting a field of 1,364 entries. He took home PHP12,970,000 for that victory.
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PokerStars is hosting satellites events which started on February 6. These satellite events are for both APPT Korea and APPT Manila Main Events, with buy-ins starting from as low as $1.10.