PokerStars Announces Asian Pacific Poker Tour 3

PokerStars Announces Asian Pacific Poker Tour 3

Wednesday, 24 June 2009

The PokerStars Asian Pacific Poker Tour begins its third successful season on August 24 this year at Macau with a $5,000 buy-in tournament set to attract some of poker’s biggest names including Poker Pack members Steve Sung and JC Tran.

The APPT has become the largest poker tour serving the growing Pacific Rim poker market. The details of the schedule are as follows:


APPT Macau
(Venue: Grand Lisboa Casino Macau, People’s Republic of China)
August 24-30, 2009
Buy-in: HKD $40,000 (US $5,160 USD)
700-player cap


APPT Seoul
(Venue: 7-Luck Casino, Seoul, South Korea)
September 17-20, 2009
Buy-in: US $3,000
250-player cap


APPT Auckland
(Venue: SkyCity Casino, Auckland, New Zealand)
October 14-18, 2009
Buy-in: To be Determined
350-player cap


APPT Philippines
(Venue: Shangri-la Mactan Resort, Cebu, Philippines)
November 12-15, 2009
Buy-in: PHP 100,000 (US $2,150)
300-player cap


APPT Sydney
(Venue: StarCity Casino, Sydney, Australia)
December 1-6 AUD 6,300 (US $4,920)
750-player cap



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