PokerStars Announces Asia Pacific Poker Tour Season 3 Schedule
The PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) has announced the dates for its third season. This fall��s five-event schedule kicks off in late August with a HKD $40,000 event in Macau, and visits South Korea, New Zealand and the Philippines before wrapping up at Sydney, Australia��s StarCity Casino in early December. The APPT has become the largest poker tour serving the growing Pacific Rim poker market.
The complete Season 3 APPT schedule:
APPT Macau
(Venue: Grand Lisboa Casino Macau, People��s Republic of China)
August 24-30, 2009
Buy-in: HKD $40,000 (US $5,160 USD)
700-player cap
APPT Seoul
(Venue: 7-Luck Casino, Seoul, South Korea)
September 17-20, 2009
Buy-in: US $3,000
250-player cap
APPT Auckland
(Venue: SkyCity Casino, Auckland, New Zealand)
October 14-18, 2009
Buy-in: To be Determined
350-player cap
APPT Philippines
(Venue: Shangri-la Mactan Resort, Cebu, Philippines)
November 12-15, 2009
Buy-in: PHP 100,000 (US $2,150)
300-player cap
APPT Sydney
(Venue: StarCity Casino, Sydney, Australia)
December 1-6 AUD 6,300 (US $4,920)
750-player cap
Online qualifiers for APPT events can be found at PokerStars.
