Asian Poker Tour

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Asian Poker Tour

Sport	Texas Hold 'em
Founded	2008
Country	Philippines (Founded)
Official website	http://www.theasianpokertour.com

The Asian Poker Tour (APT) was founded in 2008. To date, the APT has staged more than 80 major events and numerous smaller tournaments mainly in the Asia-Pacific Region. The tour has stopped at Philippines, Macau, South Korea, Cambodia, Vietnam, India, Australia, London, New Caledonia and Cambodia. APT events combined have generated over USD 30 Million in prize money all awarded to players.

History and Tournaments[]

2008[]

The Asian Poker Tour (APT) was acquired by AsianLogic ^[1] (AIM:ALOG) in early 2008. APT held its first tournament in May 2008 in Manila, Philippines.

Event	Event Schedule	Venue	Main Event Champion
Asian Poker Tour Macau	Aug 27 – Aug 31	StarWorld Hotel & Casino Macau	Yevgeniy Timoshenko (United States)
Asian Poker Tour Philippines	May 27 – Jun 1	Dusit Thani Hotel Philippines	David Saab (Australia)

2009[]

Event	Event Schedule	Venue	Main Event Champion
Asian Poker Tour Macau	Aug 12 – Aug 23	StarWorld Hotel & Casino Macau	Adrien Allain [2](France)
Asian Poker Tour Philippines	Jan 27 – Feb 1	Dusit Thani Hotel Philippines	Neil Arce [3] (Philippines)

2010[]

In year 2010, the APT began its partnership with Resorts World Manila (RWM) which lasts until today. APT held some of its biggest events in RWM including the Guinness World Records Longest Continuous Poker Tournament,^[4] the APT-RWM Iron Man Poker Challenge,^[5] held in 2013.

Event	Event Schedule	Venue	Main Event Champion
Asian Poker Tour Macau [6]	Nov 6 – Nov 14	City of Dreams Macau	Zhang Dan Peng (China)
Asian Poker Tour Philippines	Aug 23 – Aug 29	Resorts World Manila Philippines	Michael Cua [7](Philippines)
TPC: Wild n’ Wet (Accredited Event)	May 14 – May 16	Wild Aces Poker Club Pampanga, Philippines	Freddie Journeaux (Philippines)
Asian Poker King Tournament (Accredited Event)	Apr 22 – Apr 26	Poker King Club Macau	Elton Tsang (Hong Kong)
RWM 2M Guaranteed (Accredited Event)	Apr 16 – Apr 19	Resorts World Manila Philippines	Sae Jin Lee (Korea)
TPC: Plugged In (Accredited Event)	Mar 13 – Mar 17	Big Ace Liberty Club Philippines	Mark Pagsuyuin (Philippines)
Macau Poker Challenge (Accredited Event)	Mar 7	Poker King Club Macau	Weng Hong Hoi (Hong Kong)
Asian Poker King Tournament (Accredited Event)	Jan 8 – Jan 10	Poker King Club Macau	Il Wong Yoo (Korea)

2011[]

The APT began the year with its new event format dubbed the APT Asian Series. This event features the same type of tournaments the APT is known for but at a much lower buy in.

Event	Event Schedule	Venue	Main Event Champion
Manny Pacquiao WPE (Accredited Event)	Dec 1 – Dec 6	Asia Poker Sports Club Malate, Philippines	Oliver Speidel (Australia)
APT Asian Series Goa	Nov 8 – Nov 14	Casino Royale Goa, India	Sangeeth Mohan (India)
APT Asian Series Manila	Aug 17 – Aug 23	Resorts World Manila Pasay, Philippines	Vic De Guzman (Philippines)
All In ASOP (Accredited Event)	Jun 20 – Jun 27	Waterfront Hotel & Casino Cebu, Philippines	Richard Tolentino (Philippines)
Asian Poker Tour Philippines	Mar 28 – Apr 3	Resorts World Manila Pasay, Philippines	Enrique Del Prado, Jr. (Philippines)
APT Asian Series Cebu	Jan 10 – Jan 17	Waterfront Hotel & Casino Cebu, Philippines	Andreas Lindblom (Sweden)

2012[]

The APT introduced the APT Player of the Year (APT POY) loyalty program in year 2012 wherein players' performance is measured throughout a year. The APT POY receives $8,000 worth of APT and APT Asian Series Main Event buy-ins at an event of his/her choice among other perks, while 2nd and 3rd-place winners receive 1 APT Main Event seat (value up to $2,700) and 1 APT Asian Series Main Event seat (value up to $1,100) respectively. English poker pro Sam Razavi won the first APT POY title and bagged the award for the next three consecutive years.

Event	Event Schedule	Venue	Main Event Champion
Asian Poker Tour India	Dec 3 – Dec 9	Casino Carnival Panjim, Goa, India	Samad Razavi (England)
APT Asian Series Cambodia	Nov 14 – Nov 20	Las Vegas Sun Hotel & Casino Svay Rieng, Cambodia	Ha Duong (Vietnam)
APT Asian Series Manila	Sep 19 – Sep 25	Resorts World Manila Pasay, Philippines	Jose Javier Medina (Philippines)
APT Asian Series Mauritius	Aug 19 – Aug 26	Ti Vegas Casino Grand Bay, Mauritius	Bruno Tadebois (Mauritius)
Asian Poker Tour Macau	Jul 25 – Jul 31	StarWorld Hotel & Casino Macau	Carlos Chang (Taiwan)
APT Asian Series Goa	May 21 – May 27	Casino Royale Goa, India	Martin Nilsson (Sweden)
Asian Poker Tour Philippines	Apr 19 – Apr 25	Resorts World Manila Pasay, Philippines	Divan Le Roux (South Africa)
China Poker Carnival (APT Main Sponsor)	Mar 18 – Mar 22	MGM Sanya Resort Hainan, China	Chao Ma (China)
APT Asian Series Cebu	Feb 1 – Feb 7	All In Cebu Cebu, Philippines	Tan Tai Zheng (Singapore)
APT London (Special Event)	Jan 28 – Jan 29	Fox Poker Club London, England	William Dorey (England)

2013[]

In year 2013, the APT in partnership with Resorts World Manila made an attempt to break the Guinness World Records Longest Continuous Poker Tournament ^[4] which turned out to be a success. Shattering the previous record of 36 hours, 34 minutes and 41 seconds set in Delaware, USA. in August 2012, the APT-RWM Iron Man Poker Challenge set a new world record of 48 hours, 55 minutes and 58.5 seconds in December 2013.

Event	Event Schedule	Venue	Main Event Champion
APT-RWM Iron Man Poker Challenge [5]	Dec 11 – Dec 15	Resorts World Manila, Pasay, Philippines	Damon Shulenberger (United States)
Asian Poker Tour Sydney (Special Event)	Dec 5 – Dec 8	The Star Casino, Sydney, Australia	Tristan Bain (Australia)
APT Asian Series Manila	Oct 9 – Oct 16	Resorts World Manila Pasay, Philippines	Czardy Rivera (Philippines)
Asian Poker Tour Korea	Aug 18 – Aug 23	Ramada Plaza Hotel Jeju, Korea	Lifeng Shen (China)
Asian Poker Tour Macau	Jul 24 – Jul 31	StarWorld Hotel Macau	Henrik Tollefsen (Norway)
Asian Poker Tour Philippines	Apr 17 – Apr 24	Resorts World Manila Pasay, Philippines	Khac Trung Tran (Australia)
APT Asian Series Jeju	Feb 27 – Mar 6	Royal Palace Casino Jeju Oriental Hotel, Korea	Ryan Tack Yu (Canada)
APT Asian Series Cebu	Jan 23 – Jan 30	Waterfront Hotel & Casino Lahug Cebu City. Philippines	Jeon Seung Soo (Korea)

2014[]

2014 was a season when the tour went “quality over quantity”. APT Tournament Director Lloyd Fontillas called 2014 a building year for staging fewer events, with much more quality in getting great player numbers.^[8]

Event	Event Schedule	Venue	Main Event Champion
APT Asian Series Prague	Dec 16 – Dec 18	King’s Casino Prague, Czech Republic	Pawel Zawadowicz (Poland)
APT-RWM Poker Finale	Dec 3 – Dec 10	Resorts World Manila Pasay, Philippines	Huy Pham (Vietnam)
APT Asian Series Manila	Sep 10 – Sep 17	Resorts World Manila Pasay, Philippines	Mike Takayama (Philippines)
APT Asian Series Cambodia	Jul 23 – Jul 30	Queenco Hotel & Casino Sihanoukville, Cambodia	Michael Lindstrom (Denmark)
Asian Poker Tour Philippines	Apr 30 – May 7	Resorts World Manila Pasay, Philippines	Feng Zhao (Singapore)
APT Asian Series Cebu	Feb 12 – Feb 19	All In Poker Club Cebu Cebu, Philippines	Paul Hockin (New Zealand)

2015[]

In 2015, the APT increased the APT POY prize from $8,000 to $10,000 worth of APT and APT Asian Series Main Event buy-ins. Sam Razavi earned the APT POY title for the fourth consecutive year bestowing him the title APT Quadruple Player of the Year.^[9]

The APT also opened its own poker room in Manila in February 2015 where two of the tour's events were held on that year, including the year-ender event.

Event	Event Schedule	Venue	Main Event Champion
APT Poker Finale	Dec 9 – Dec 17	APT Poker Room Manila Manila Pavilion, Manila, Philippines	Joven Huerto (Philippines)
APT Asian Poker Series Cambodia	Oct 20 – Oct 28	Queenco Hotel & Casino Sihanoukville, Cambodia	Linh Tran (Vietnam)
APT Asian Poker Series Manila	Sep 29 – Oct 7	Resorts World Manila Pasay, Philippines	Yah Loon (Singapore)
APT Asian Poker Series Cebu	Aug 11 – Aug 19	All In Poker Club Waterfront Lahug, Cebu, Philippines	Henrik Tollefsen (Norway)
APT Poker Weekend Series Manila	Jun 5 – Jun 9	APT Poker Room Manila Manila Pavilion, Manila, Philippines	Gerard Mark Bringley (Japan)
Asian Poker Tour Vietnam	May 6 – May 13	The Grand Ho Tram Ho Tram, Vietnam	Kwan Kit Kwok (Hong Kong)
Asian Poker Tour Philippines	Apr 14 – Apr 22	Resorts World Manila Pasay, Philippines	Julius Malzanini (Germany)
APT Poker Room Manila Inaugural Event	Feb 27 – Mar 2	APT Poker Room Manila Manila Pavilion, Manila, Philippines	Randy Boone (Canada)
APT Asian Series Cebu	Jan 27 – Feb 4	All In Poker Club Waterfront Lahug Cebu, Philippines	John Tech (Philippines)

2016[]

2016 is APT's busiest year to date with 14 APT events and 1 APT-accredited event staged in a year. In the beginning of the year, APT started offering the APT Main Event Bubble Protection which insured the players availing it by giving back the Main Event buy-in in the form of APT tournament credits when the insured player busts out on the bubble. To avail of the bubble protection, players must pre-register for the Main Event, draw for a seat before starting time, and have his/her chips put into play on the first deal of level .

Changes in the winnings distribution of the APT Player of the Year (APT POY) has also been made. The second and third place awards have been eliminated and $2,000 worth of APT prizes were awarded to each APT POY leader from the Philippines, Japan, Korea, China, and one for the top nationality outside of those countries mentioned. The overall APT POY 2016 still received $10,000 worth of APT prizes. A total of $20,000 worth of APT prizes has been awarded for the APT POY 2016 race.

This was also the year when Sam Razavi was dethroned by Japan's Iori Yogo after four years of APT POY reign.

Event	Event Schedule	Venue	Main Event Champion
APT Finale Macau	Dec 7 – Dec 15	Crystal Palace, Casino Lisboa Macau	SJ Kim South Korea
APT Nouméa	Nov 15 – Nov 24	Casinos De Nouméa New Caledonia	Daniel Gilles New Caledonia
APT Macau	Oct 19 – Oct 25	Crystal Palace Casino Lisboa, Macau	Dong Guo China
APT Manila	Oct 4 – Oct 12	APT Poker Room Manila Manila Pavilion, Manila, Philippines	Alexis Lim Philippines
APT Poker Cruise	Sep 29 – Oct 2	Rex Fortune Cruise Tsim Sha Tsui	Samad Razavi England
Asian Poker Tour Philippines III	Sep 14 – Sep 22	Resorts World Manila Pasay, Philippines	In Chul Sin South Korea
APT Poker Weekend Series	Aug 9 – Aug 17	APT Poker Room Manila Manila Pavilion, Manila, Philippines	John Kim Korea
Asian Poker Tour Philippines II	Jul 19 – Jul 27	Resorts World Manila Pasay, Philippines	Shinichiro Tone Japan
APT Cambodia	Jun 15 – Jun 23	Queenco Hotel & Casino Sihanoukville, Cambodia	Hisashi Ogi Japan
APT Experience Manila	May 14 – May 22	APT Poker Room Manila Manila Pavilion, Manila, Philippines	Gyeong Byeong Lee Korea
Asian Poker Tour Philippines	April 13 – April 21	Resorts World Manila Pasay, Philippines	Jeon Seung Soo Korea
APT Daegu	Mar 23 – Mar 31	Hotel Inter-Burgo Casino Daegu, South Korea	Nayoung Kim Japan
APT Cebu	Feb 10 – Feb 18	All In Poker Club Waterfront Lahug, Cebu, Philippines	Alex Ward England
Okinawa Poker Cup APT Accredited Event	Feb 5 – Feb 8	Western World Okinawa, Japan	Iori Yogo Japan
Asian Poker Tour Kickoff	Jan 13 – Jan 21	APT Poker Room Manila Manila Pavilion, Manila, Philippines	Thong Botho Thailand

2017[]

The APT Player of the Series (APT POS) has been introduced by the APT in its tournaments in 2017. It is a cumulative measure of player's performance throughout a full series. The APT POS awarded the 1st, 2nd and 3rd-place winners.

The last APT POY, Japan's Tetsuya Tsuchikawa, has been awarded as the season came to an end. The APT POY has been eliminated the following year to give way to more prizes for the APT Player of the Series.

Event	Event Schedule	Venue	Main Event Champion
APT Finale Macau Championships	Nov 29 – Dec 10	Macau Billionaire Poker Babylon Casino, Macau	Alecz Chan - Championships (Singapore) Singapore Varun Gupta - Main Event (India)
APT Manila	Nov 06 – Nov 14	Winford Hotel & Casino Manila, Philippines	Neil Raine (United Kingdom)
APT Nouméa	Oct 20 – Oct 29	Casinos De Nouméa Nouméa, New Caledonia	Andre Moracchini (New Caledonia)
APT Philippines II	Sep 13 – Sep 21	Resorts World Manila Pasay, Philippines	Sung Ho Kim (South Korea)
APT Korea Incheon	Aug 12 – Aug 20	Paradise City Incheon, South Korea	Albert Paik (United States)
APT Philippines	Jul 19 – Jul 27	Winford Hotel & Casino Manila, Philippines	Sam Nee Aik Chuan (Malaysia)
APT Southeast Asia	Jul 01 – Jul 07	Star Vegas Resort & Club Poipet, Cambodia	Sam Nee Aik Chuan (Malaysia)
APT Macau	Jun 14 – Jun 22	Macau Billionaire Poker Babylon Casino, Macau	Choong Kian Weng (Malaysia)
APT Championships Philippines	Apr 26 – May 7	Resorts World Manila Pasay, Philippines	Dung Nguyen - Championships (Vietnam) Mike Takayama - Main Event (Philippines)
APT Korea	Mar 22 – Mar 28	Paradise Casino Jeju, South Korea	Katsuhiro Muto (Japan)
APT Kickoff	Jan 11 – Jan 19	Resorts World Manila Pasay, Philippines	Takumi Samejima (Japan)

2018[]

Starting year 2018, the APT POY has been eliminated, and cash prizes have been added to the APT POS. On top of the prizes received by the APT POS, the winner is also awarded with $800 in cash, while the 2nd and 3rd-place winners received $100 in cash each as additional prizes.^[10]

Event	Event Schedule	Venue	Main Event Champion
APT Finale Macau Championships (Subject to Regulatory Approval)	Nov 27 - Dec 8	Macau Billionaire Poker, Babylon Casino, Macau	Upcoming event
APT Vietnam Da Nang Championships (Subject to Regulatory Approval)	Oct 3 - Oct 14	Cocobay Resort, Da Nang, Vietnam	Upcoming event
APT Philippines Championships II (Subject to Regulatory Approval)	Sep 13 - Sep 24	Resorts World Manila, Pasay, Philippines	Upcoming event
APT Korea Championships	Aug 8 - Aug 19	Paradise City, Incheon, South Korea	Upcoming event
APT Vietnam Championships	Jul 11 - Jul 22	Pro Poker Club, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam	Upcoming event
APT Korea Seoul	Jun 15 - Jun 24	Paradise Casino, Grand WalkerHill, Seoul, South Korea	Upcoming event
APT Macau Championships	Apr 25 – May 6	Macau Billionaire Poker Babylon Casino, Macau	Currently running
APT Philippines Championships	Mar 21 – Apr 2	Resorts World Manila Pasay, Philippines	Iori Yogo - Championships (Japan) Lester Edoc - Main Event (Philippines)
APT Kickoff Vietnam	Jan 19 – Jan 28	Pro Poker Club Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam	Adrian Esslen (Germany)

APT Player of the Series[]

The APT Player of the Series (APT POS) is the player loyalty program of APT to give award and recognition to its players who showed exemplary performance as measured throughout a full series. The APT POS has been introduced in the year 2017, and cash prizes have been added in 2018.

The prizes received by the APT POS are:

1st place - Exclusive Luxury Watch, Customized Ring, Trophy, and $800 in cash

2nd and 3rd places - Trophy and $100 in cash

Formula for APT POS & APT POY = # of Points for Cashing based on Event Category + (Addend x 10)

Event Category	Event Type	Points
A	Main Event / Championship Event	100
B	Multiple Day Opening Event / Warm Up / Monster Stack / High Rollers	75
C	Day Time NLH and Omaha Events	65
D	1 Day NLH / 6 Max Turbo / OFC Pineapple	55
E	Super Deep Stack Turbo / Deep Stack Turbo / Hyper Turbo / Charity Event	50
*Addend = Prize Money Won / Buy-In (Fee not Included)*Points will be awarded to the players that cash in an event that qualifies for APT POS

Sample Computation:

Lloyd enters the Main Event that has a buy-in of US$1,000 (fee not included) and finishes 5th place earning him US$14,200.

Lloyd’s points toward APT POY and APT POS is 242

Formula: 100 points for cashing in a Category A event + 14.2 Addend (US$14,200 prize money / US$1,000 buy-in) x 10 = 242 Points

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References[]

External links[]

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