Feb 22nd

Gregory Debora Wins APT-Sponsored Chinese Poker Event at LAPC

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Posted by Christian under Featured, News

The Asian Poker Tour would like to congratulate Canadian poker player Gregory Debora, who won the Chinese Poker tournament at the Los Angeles Poker Classic (LAPC). The tournament was an APT-sponsored event.

Debora, who hails from Toronto, Ontario, navigated through a field of 57 players to win the event. The Chinese Poker tournament was Event #37 on this year’s LAPC slate. Buy-in was set at US $1,585.

Here is the list of the money finishers from the event:
1 Gregory Debora, Toronto, Ontario, Canada $30,225
2 Kenny Le, Sacramento, CA $16,500
3 Robert Mizrachi, Las Vegas, NV $11,000
4 Richard Lee Fuller, Monroe, WA $7,500
5 Shihu Huang, Monterey Park, CA $5,000
6 William Bryant, Bossler City, LA $5,000
7 Shengtao Gan, Alhambra, CA $3,000
8 Webber Kang, Garland, TX $3,000

Feb 15th

Asian Poker Tour Sponsors Chinese Poker Event at LAPC

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Posted by Christian under Featured, News

The Asian Poker Tour (APT) is proud to announce that it will be sponsoring the Chinese Poker tournament this Wednesday at the Los Angeles Poker Classic (LAPC). The event, which is #37 on the LAPC schedule, will be held on February 17, 2010 at the Commerce Casino.

This will be the first time in LAPC history that Chinese Poker will be included on the schedule.

“Despite poker being perceived as predominantly a Western game, Asians have been playing variations of poker — Chinese Poker being just one — for centuries and are really not new to the game at all. In addition, Chinese poker is quickly getting more popular with players all over the world. Asian poker, whether its players or the games they play, are increasingly becoming a force on the international poker scene and we at the APT wish to promote that whenever we can,” said APT chief operating officer Jeff Mann.

Matt Savage, the LAPC’s tournament director, also reacted with enthusiasm. “For the first time in many years, Chinese Poker is being played in a major tournament arena. We are very proud to have this game played by professionals in a tournament format,” he said.

The APT is also sponsoring a special Tag Heuer watch that will be awarded to the winner of the event.

Feb 5th

Asian Poker Tour Announces Support for the Poker Circuit

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Posted by Christian under Featured, News

The Asian Poker Tour (APT) has announced its support for The Poker Circuit (TPC), a new series of poker tournaments in the Philippines.

The APT, known for its large scale international poker tournaments, will have a presence at all TPC events. In addition, it will act as advisor as well as helping the TPC with equipment, technical support, and logistics.

“We’re very happy to be helping the TPC in establishing a regular series of tournaments throughout the Philippines at local, independent poker rooms, which can only improve the tournament scene in the Philippines and develop more local players ready to compete at an international level,” said APT chief operating officer Jeff Mann.

He continued by talking about how the APT wanted to help make poker one of the region’s most popular games. “One of the main goals of the APT in 2010 is to help poker grow in Asia and one of the best ways to do this is by making sure players at every skill level have affordable well run tournaments in which to participate.”

“Basically the APT is looking to support the establishment of a network of reputable, independent, poker operators throughout the region. Eventually, when players see the APT logo associated with any poker event, whether big or small, local or international, they know they will be participating in a quality event,” he said.

Last year, the APT staged two major international events in the region. The first was the 2009 APT Philippines. The main event attracted 263 players from 38 countries and offered a prize pool of US $635,500.

The 2009 APT Macau, meanwhile, was a twelve-day festival of poker consisting of a main event and fifteen side events. The main event had a buy in of US $4,300 and a prize pool of US $1,264,880. In all, the entire event offered a total prize pool of US $1,738,010 and attracted a total of 1,284 player entries.

This year, the APT is looking to expand with even more events around Asia. “APT events are tremendously popular, attracting some of the top poker players from all over the globe. We are looking to add to the number of events we stage in Asia and we’ll shortly be announcing information about our 2010 tour and plans for 2011,” said Mr. Mann.

The first TPC tournament, Plugged In, will be held at the Big Ace Liberty Club in Mandaluyong City, Philippines March 12 to 16, 2010. The tournament will feature a guaranteed prize pool of Php 1,000,000 as well as seats to the upcoming First PAGCOR Chairman Efraim C. Genuino International Poker Tournament.