PKR Gives Players First Shot at Winning APT Philippines 2010 Package

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With APT Philippines 2010 less than two months away, players looking to win seats are in luck as online poker room PKR has already begun running a wide selection of qualifiers to the big event.

Players from all over the world will be able to choose from a wide range of options in their bid to qualify for the APT Philippines 2010 main event. For as low as US $2.08 + $0.20, they can win their way to a seat through a series of satellites.

In addition, players can also enter PKR’s lottery satellites for as low as 31 cents for a shot at an APT Philippines 2010 main event seat.

PKR will be giving away at least one US $5,000 package to the APT Philippines 2010 main event each Monday starting from June 21. For more information about the qualifiers on PKR, click here.

PKR is the world’s most advanced poker room. It features state-of-the-art graphics and realistic 3D gameplay, giving you the experience of actually playing in a live poker room.

APT Philippines 2010 will be held from August 23 to 29 at the Resorts World Manila complex in Manila, Philippines. Buy-in is set at approximately US $2,500 + US $200.

Last year’s APT Philippines main event won by Filipino poker pro Neil Arce, who took home US $185,000 for finishing first. The win gave poker a big boost in the country as it was the first time a local player had won an international poker tournament held in the Philippines.

Aside from the main event, there will be eight exciting side events at APT Philippines 2010, including a high-rollers tournament, a Pot-Limit Omaha tournament, and the APT’s very own Greed tournament.

For more information about the event, click here.

Congratulations to Ray Serion!

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Congratulations to Ray Serion, who won the RWM Satellite Series 500K Guaranteed, on June 13th! For the win, he received a seat to the APT Philippines 2010 main event and Php 40,000 in cash!

Here’s what Ray had to say about his win:

When the table came down to heads up between myself and my opponent, he had over 670,000 tournament chips compared to my 80,000, giving him almost 10:1 ratio of the 750,000 chips. The blinds were at 5,000-10,000. With potentially only 5-6 hands to play going heads up at these blinds, my best hand selections were to play any face card any ace card. I still felt I could afford to be strategic selective and make it appear to my opponent that my smaller chip stack translated my playing style as being too tight and scared. I was lucky enough to double up twice playing any face any ace and this gave me another “mode” to shift into, with his composure of confidence deteriorating. I was able to adjust and shift gears, whereas he wasn’t; with his thinking process of having a large chip stack and his thoughts of my “weak” game.

“YOU HAVE TO MAKE IT A MISTAKE FOR A PLAYER TO TAG YOU AS A CERTAIN TYPE. YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO PLAY MANY STYLES AND BE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT WHEN IS THE BEST TIME TO CHANGE GEARS.”

The last hand was played with my slightly larger chip stack covering his with my unraised A-6 offsuit on the button against his Q-4 offsuit.The flop came 6-6-4, whereas as he checked his pair of 4′s on the flop, and I bet out 50,000 to show I was making a bluff in position, and he decides to push all in with his two pair, which was my objective by betting out first. Turn is an ace – he’s drawing dead – tournament over.

Win Your Seat to APT Philippines 2010 on PKR!

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Sign up for PKR through the APT and get a load of great bonuses, freerolls, and more!

1. Freerolls

-August 8 @ 14:00 GMT – Exclusive APT Final Stage Tournament Feeder Freeroll – 9 seats to be given to the PKR US$ 215 APT Final Stage Tournament (August 9 @ 19:45 GMT).

-Final package includes a $2,700 buy-in and $2.300 for expenses. Event held in Manila from Aug. 25-29, 2010.

-Mega Satellite Seat freerolls – Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday

-Six free tickets to Premium freerolls including a ticket to the weekly $1,000 Premium freeroll.

2. 30% Rake back.

3. 120% First Deposit bonus.

4. You also get 1,500 PKR Points! That’s great news because you can use PKR Points to buy sweet in-game gear, real-life merchandise and buy-ins for big money Premium freerolls.

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First Venue of The Poker Circuit’s Motherboard Series Announced

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The Poker Circuit (TPC) has announced that the first venue to sign on for its innovative TPC Motherboard is Poker Royale Sports Club.

The TPC Motherboard is a tournament series that will act as a pre-event for APT Philippines 2010, which will be staged at Resorts World Manila from 23rd-29th August 2010.

The series’ unique format will give local players the opportunity to win seats into the APT Philippines Main Event – one of the region’s top international poker tournaments this year.

Independent poker rooms from around the country will run their own legs of the TPC Motherboard during July and August with the finalists from each event coming together for a final play-off tournament to be staged on the opening day of APT Philippines.

Located on Roxas Boulevard in Pasay City, Poker Royale’s TPC Motherboard leg will be from August 6-9 2010 (3 starting days and a Day 2). The event will have a P1M guarantee prize pool that includes 18seats into the TPC Motherboard final event.

“Being a newly-opened poker room, we’re really excited to be announcing our first major tournament,” said Poker Royale’s Charles Koo. “Also, the APT is involved, so it is a very significant event.”

For more information about the TPC Motherboard, click here.

About the TPC Motherboard: The basic premise of the TPC Motherboard is that it will start with one tournament at Php 1,000,000 guaranteed. The guaranteed prize pool will then increase as more poker clubs join in. The whole master plan is to have multiple venues all over the Philippines, playing with the same mechanics and same buy-in of PhP 5,000 + 400, contributing to a multimillion peso prize pool.

For every Php 500,000 guaranteed by a poker room, nine players will be in the money and will qualify for the TPC Motherboard Finale on the opening day of APT Philippines 2010. For example, if five poker rooms were to contribute Php 1,000,000 each (creating a total guarantee of Php 5,000,000), a total of 90 players would be in the money and advance to the Finale.

The TPC Motherboard Finale will take place on August 23, the first day of APT Philippines 2010, at Resorts World Manila. Every player in the Finale is guaranteed a cash prize, with the top players winning seats to the APT Philippines 2010 main event.

The Poker Circuit: TPC Motherboard

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Looking to win seats to APT Philippines 2010? The Poker Circuit (TPC) has just what you need: the TPC Motherboard! The basic premise of the TPC Motherboard is that it will start with one tournament at Php 1,000,000 guaranteed. The guaranteed prize pool will then increase as more poker clubs join in. The whole master plan is to have multiple venues all over the Philippines, playing with the same mechanics and same buy-in of PhP 5,000 + 400, contributing to a multimillion peso prize pool. For every Php 500,000 guaranteed by a poker room, nine players will be in the money and will qualify for the TPC Motherboard Finale on the opening day of APT Philippines 2010. For example, if five poker rooms were to contribute Php 1,000,000 each (creating a total guarantee of Php 5,000,000), a total of 90 players would be in the money and advance to the Finale.

Current Guaranteed Prize Pool: PhP 3,010,000

Venues:

All In, Cebu City; Poker Royale, Pasay City; Midas Touch, Pasig City; King’s Poker, Angeles City

GUIDELINES:

1. The TPC’s Mother Board will play by the Tournament Director’s Association’s rules (T.D.A.)
2. Players that qualify to the finals must pay their way to Manila (airfare & accommodation)
3. Each event’s buy in will be Php 5,000.00 and an entry fee of PhP 400.00. With multiple re-entries up to the end of the 1st break per starting day.
4. Every PhP 500,000.00 guaranteed (“GTD”) in the prize pool will qualify nine (9) players to the Finals, which will also be considered players “In the Money”. Any additional funds, aside from the guarantee (“GTD”) less than PhP 500,000.00 will be filtered into the prizes for players “In the Money”.
5. Pay out percentages will be based on the GTD and for every PhP 500,000.00 in the prize pool.
6. Seats into the APT Main Event will be included into the prize pool.
7. All venues will use the same blind structure and starting stack provided by the TPC as indicated in the table below.
8. For the start of the Finals, blinds will be rolled back to the start of the round where the earliest finishing venue to hit number of qualified players needed.
9. Players chip stacks will be recorded and carried over to the Finals.
10. Players will be allowed to play multiple venues and may qualify into the finals more than once.
11. Players qualifying more than once to the finals cannot aggregate their chip stacks. The Player must choose which chip stack to play first. Only when they exhaust the chosen chip stack can they move on and play their next chip stack.
12. Finals will happen on opening day of the APT Philippines (August 23rd 2010).

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APT Philippines 2010 Online Satellites

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APT Philippines 2010 Gets Early Support from Top Online Poker Rooms

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MANILA, PHILIPPINES — With APT Philippines 2010 still over two and a half months away, some of the biggest names in online poker are on board to show their support for the event.

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Win Seats to APT Philippines 2010 at Resorts World Manila!

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Resorts World Manila (RWM), the official venue of APT Philippines 2010, will be giving players plenty of chances to win seats in the weeks leading up to the event!

Resorts World Manila: Official Venue of APT Philippines 2010

A series of qualifiers, entitled the RWM Satellite Series will be taking place at RWM’s poker room.

Congratulations to the following winners of the RWM Satellite Series:

June 13th, Satellite Series #1 – Ray Serion, APT Philippines 2010 Main Event seat and Php 40,000!
July 11th, Satellite Series #2 – Win Carlos, APT Philippines 2010 Main Event seat and Php 86,000!
July 25th, Satellite Series #3 – Michael Cua, APT Philippines 2010 Main Event seat and Php 69,600!
August 8, Satellite Series #4 – Francis Villamor, APT Philippines 2010 Main Event seat and Php 54,800!
August 15, Satellite Series #5 – Andy Asihwardji, APT Philippines 2010 Main Event seat and Php 40,000!

Next up will be the much-awaited RWM Satellite Series Finale, a big satellite tournament happening at 2:00 pm on August 21 at RWM. The Series Finale will have a buy-in of Php 10,000 + Php 1,000.

Eight APT main event seats, as well as a Php 100,000 cash prize pool, will be guaranteed in the Series Finale.

Aside from the RWM Satellite Series, players can win seats to the APT main event through a lucky draw raffle simply by playing at the RWM poker room from August 16 to 19. For more information, visit the RWM poker room.

Here are the details of the RWM Satellite Series Finale:

Tournament type: No Limit Hold ‘em Freeze-out
Buy-in: Php 10,000 + Php 1,000
Starting chips: 12,000
Prize pool: Php 1.1 Million Guaranteed, includes 8 Seats to the APT Main Event + Cash
Blind levels: 30 minutes

*Main event seats won through the RWM Satellite Series events are non-transferable except in cases where the player owns more than one seat into the APT Philippines 2010 main event.