Mar 29th

Mann Takes Over CEO Post at Asian Poker Tour

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Posted by Christian under Featured, News

Mr. Jeff Mann has been appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Asian Poker Tour (APT). Making the announcement, Mr. Kan Tang, Group Managing Director of AsianLogic Ltd., the Tour’s parent company, said that after two years of development, the APT was now embarking on its next phase of growth.

“As marketing director of AsianLogic, Jeff has been involved with the APT since its inception and in recent months even more involved as the tour’s acting COO. With Jeff’s past experience of introducing and developing major international events in Asia that not only last but become stronger year-on-year, we are excited at some of the new initiatives now being planned for the Asian Poker Tour,” said Mr. Tang.

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.

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Mar 18th

Mark Pagsuyuin Wins the TPC: Plugged In Tournament

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Congratulations to Mark Pagsuyuin for winning Plugged In, the first-ever tournament of The Poker Circuit (TPC)!

A well-known player on the Philippine poker circuit, Pagsuyuin outlasted a field of 173 players at the Big Ace Liberty Club in Mandaluyong City to take down the win.

It was a great comeback by Pagsuyuin, who came into the final table with 241,000 in chips – giving him the second-smallest stack on the table. Undaunted, he kept building up his chips through some timely moves and lucky draws until he found himself heads-up with Bong Gloria.

The two players battled for a few hands before the money finally all went-in pre-flop with Gloria holding the bigger stack. Pagsuyuin was slightly ahead with A-10 against Gloria’s K-Q.

The flop came J-4-5 to keep Pagsuyuin ahead. He paired one of his cards as a 10 came on the turn. However, that card gave Gloria outs to a straight. The river blanked with a 2, though, giving Pagsuyuin with the massive double-up and crippling Gloria’s stack at about 470,000.

A few hands later, the money went all-in again. This time, it was Gloria slightly ahead pre-flop as he held 4-4 to Pagsuyuin’s 10-7. However, the board ran out Q-3-9-Q-9 to counterfeit his cards by giving Pagsuyuin the top two-pair with the higher kicker.

For the victory, Pagsuyuin won Php 200,000 in cash, a PAGCOR Chairman’s Cup seat worth Php 125,000, and a seat to the Asian Poker King tournament in April worth HKD $8,000. Gloria, meanwhile, won Php 105,000 and a PAGCOR Chairman’s Cup seat for finishing second.

The TPC: Plugged In tournament was held at the Big Ace Liberty Club in Mandaluyong City, Philippines, from March 13-17, 2010. It guaranteed a prize pool of Php 1,000,000 and was an Asian Poker Tour (APT) accredited event.

The prize pool included three seats to the upcoming US $1,000,000 guaranteed 1st PAGCOR Chairman Efraim C. Genuino International Poker Tournament – more popularly known as the PAGCOR Chairman’s Cup.

In addition, the winner received a bonus seat worth HK $8,000 to the Asian Poker King Tournament this April 22-26 at the StarWorld Hotel and Casino in Macau. That tournament, which is also APT-accredited, features a HK $1,000,000 prize pool.

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Mar 9th

Poker King Club Announces Dates of Next Asian Poker King Tournament

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Posted by Christian under English, News

The Poker King Club in Macau has officially announced its next Asian Poker King Tournament, which will once again be an Asian Poker Tour (APT) accredited event.

The poker room has announced that the next event will be taking place on April 22 to 26, 2010. Held once again at the ballroom of the StarWorld Hotel, the event will be upping the ante with a HK $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool. Buy-in is set at HK $7,500 + HK $500.

The inaugural Asian Poker King Tournament was the first major tournament of the Poker King Club, which is located on the third floor of the StarWorld Casino in Macau.

A total of 174 players signed up to play in the event, exceeding the HK $750,000 guaranteed prize pool and bringing the total prize money to HK $870,000.

The event was won by Korean poker player Il Wong Yoo, who defeated fellow Korean Soo Bum Kim in heads-up play to win the HK $284,200 first prize as well as a Corum Royal Flush Automatic Special Edition 2006 watch.

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Mar 7th

Weng Hong Hoi Wins First Macau Poker Challenge

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Weng Hong Hoi was the biggest winner at the Poker King Club’s first Macau Poker Challenge.

The Hong Kong poker player was the last man standing tournament out of a field of 143 players. It was held at the StarWorld Hotel’s ballroom for the first prize of HK $116,800.

On the final hand of the tournament, Hoi and his opponent, Singapore’s Kian Chong Cheong, got their money all-in on a board of Ten of Clubs, Jack of Clubs, Jack of Spades, and Six of Hearts. Cheong thought he had a good hand, showing the Queen of Spades and Six of Spades for two-pair. However, Hoi tabled Six of Clubs and Ten of Diamonds for the top two-pair.

The river card was a meaningless Three of Clubs, sealing Cheong’s fate and booting him out of the tournament in second place. For his runner-up finish, he took home HK $63,700 in prize money.

Officially an Asian Poker Tour (APT) accredited event, the Macau Poker Challenge featured a guaranteed prize pool of HK $200,000 with a buy-in of HK $2,500 + HK $200. That guarantee was exceeded as the total prize money reached HK $357,500.

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