Pokerstars APPT Cebu Announced
The Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) have just announced some exciting news for poker enthusiasts in the Asia Pacific region. The most popular stop on the season, the APPT Cebu will return once again in 2012 at the incredible Waterfront Hotel and Casino in Cebu.
While things in Macau may be coming to a close for poker, the rest of the Asia Pacific region is certainly heating up. Season 5 of the APPT promises to be one of the biggest and best to date, with 5 scheduled stops including Melbourne's Crown casino, Queenstown, Soul, Macau and now Cebu.
The APPT Cebu event is scheduled to take place from April 25-30 and features a Main Event with a PHP 100,000 (Approximately $2,200 AUD) as well as a series of other events for those unlucky enough out in the main.
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DATE - TIME |
AUD $ |
PHP $ |
EVENT |
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Tue, Apr 24, 4:00 PM |
$220 |
PHP 10,000 |
Cebu Cup |
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Wed, Apr 25, 12:15 PM |
$2,198 |
PHP 100,000 |
APPT Cebu Main Event – Day 1A |
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Thu, Apr 26, 12:15 PM |
PHP 100,000 |
APPT Cebu Main Event – Day 1B |
|
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Fri, Apr 27, 12:15 PM |
PHP 100,000 |
APPT Cebu Main Event – Day 1C |
|
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Fri, Apr 27, 4:00 PM |
$550 |
PHP 25,000 |
Pot Limit Omaha |
|
Sat, Apr 28, 3:00 PM |
$659 |
PHP 30,000 |
No Limit Hold’em – Knock-Out Bounty |
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Sat, Apr 28, 6:00 PM |
$220 |
PHP 10,000 |
Ladies No Limit Hold’em |
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Sun, Apr 29, 2:00 PM |
$440 |
PHP 20,000 |
No Limit Hold’em |
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Sun, Apr 29, 5:00 PM |
$1,099 |
PHP 50,000 |
No Limit Hold’em – 6 Handed |
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Mon, Apr 30, 12:30 PM |
$5,496 |
PHP 250,000 |
High Rollers Event |
|
Mon, Apr 30, 2:00 PM |
$550 |
PHP 25,000 |
No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack |
In 2010 Korean female player Young shin Im became the first female to win an APPT championship event after she bested 236 other players and won PHP 5.81M ($127,783 AUD) . Following her landmark victory, she was inducted into the Asian Pokerstars team and is known now as Team Pokerstars Pro Vivian Im. She will be back this year to defend her title along with a large contingent of Australian and Asian hopefuls.
If you are yet to experience a APPT event, then you certainly don't know what you are missing out on. In order to play in one of the APPT events, all you need to do is win your way in via the online poker site Pokerstars. Satellites are running around the clock for all the major offline events that Pokerstars supports including the APPT Cebu event. You can buy-in to full package qualifiers for $530 or satellite your way in via smaller feeder events for as little as $3.30.
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Randy 'nanonoko' Lew Wins APPT Macau Main Event
Randy Lew has won the 2011 APPT Macau Main event, his first major live event win of his career. Lew is best known in the online word where he plays online at PokerStars under the screen name 'nanonoko' and is one of the best multi-table players in the world.
The final table line up contained a veritable who's who of hot players, with recent APT Goa champion Sangeeth Mohan and recent Joe Hachem Deep Stack Series winner Jeff Rossiter vying for the championship.
The win represents the first major live tournament win for Randy Lew, and he takes home the trophy and HKD 3,772,000 (AUD$497,904) first place prize.
| APPT Macau Final Table | ||
| Blinds 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante | ||
| SEAT | PLAYER | CHIPCOUNT |
| Seat 1: | Randy Lew | 750,000 |
| Seat 2: | Jeffrey Rossiter | 1,725,000 |
| Seat 3: | Fabian Spielmann | 2,295,000 |
| Seat 4: | Zuo Wang | 2,180,000 |
| Seat 5: | David Steicke | 965,000 |
| Seat 6: | Kai Yat Fam | 4,515,000 |
| Seat 7: | Daniel Nordstrom | 800,000 |
| Seat 8: | Jimmy Pan | 2,010,000 |
| Seat 9: | Zheng Tai Tan | 1,685,000 |
2011 APPT Macau Final Payouts
| PLACE | PLAYER | PRIZE HKD | AUD |
| 1 | Randy Lew | 3,772,000 | $497,904 |
| 2 | Jimmy Pan | 2,367,000 | $312,444 |
| 3 | Jeff Rossier | 1,306,000 | $172,392 |
| 4 | Fabian Spielmann | 1,019,000 | $134,508 |
| 5 | Zuo Wang | 809,000 | $106,788 |
| 6 | Kai Yat Fam | 653,000 | $86,196 |
| 7 | Daniel Nordstrom | 498,000 | $65,736 |
| 8 | Zheng Tai Tan | 373,000 | $49,236 |
| 9 | David Steicke | 263,300 | $34,756 |
