Entries categorized as ‘Philippines’
“Brett Parise, a 22-year-old university student from Indiana USA, won the first event of the inaugural PokerStars Asia-Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) in Manila late Sunday, collecting first prize of $179,775 and a seat in December’s grand final in Sydney Australia.
Parise bested a field of more than 250 players at the Hyatt Hotel and Casino in Manila, Philippines, to take home one of the biggest tournament prizes ever awarded in Asian poker.
More than 200 players from 30 countries had started the three day event.”
Poker Pages (08/27/07)
Categories: APPT · Asia · Philippines · PokerStars · Tournament
“In another show of the international force that poker has become, the new Asia Pacific Poker Tour kicks off next week in the Philippines with three stops planned. The launch event begins on Aug. 23 at the Hyatt Hotel and Casino Manila. The second event is scheduled for Sept. 27 at the Sheraton Walkerhill Hotel and Casino in Seoul, South Korea, and the tour wraps up in December with the Grand Final at the Star City Casino in Sydney, Australia. At least three more events are expected for 2007 and the venues will be announced later in the year.”
bodog Beat (08/16/07)
Categories: APPT · Philippines · Tournament
“To give more local poker tournament enthusiasts more opportunities to join the Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) PokerStar event (with prize pot of approximately P25 million), Philippine Poker Tour (PPT), the leading proponent of poker skills tournament in the country, is conducting multi-level satellites. This is in line with PPT’s objective of providing local poker talents the chance to join major international poker competitions.
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Categories: Event · Philippines · Tournament
“Philippine Poker Tour (PPT), the leading proponent of non-wager poker skills tournaments, is conducting satellite/qualifying tournaments nationwide to give local poker enthusiasts the opportunity to win FREE seats to the grand finals of the 3 rd PPT Million-Peso Hold’em Championship to be held on 7th and 8th July 2007. Each seat to the grand finals is worth P33,000 in tournament and registration fees.
PPT is conducting these satellite/qualifying tournaments in search of local talents who have the skill level worthy of international competitions as it continues to promote poker as a mind game.”
ABS-CBN (05/29/07)
Categories: Philippines · Tournament
