 Elated with the success of its Manila event, the Asian Poker Tour (APT) (www.asianpt.com) has upped the ante and announced a US$1,500,000 guaranteed prize pool for its next event in Macau.
The Asian Poker Tour Macau will be held at the StarWorld Hotel and Casino from the 27th to 31st of August 2008 with the buy-in at US$5,300.
With the boosted prize pool, the APT Macau champion will take home about US$500,000. This is the biggest prize pool ever guaranteed for a poker event in Asia.
The announcement was made in Manila by APT CEO Chris Parker where the APT is currently holding its Philippine tour at the Dusit Thani Manila. More than 300 poker players are participating in the 6-day poker tournament which features several of poker’s big names including Huck Seed, Mansour Matloubi, Nam Le, Quinn Do, Chip and wife Karina Jett, Evelyn Ng, and Steve Sung.
The APT in Manila has also set a new record in terms of player participation for an international poker tournament in the Philippines. Total number of players participating tally 317, the biggest poker turnout so far.
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