Poker, poker everywhere is what’s happening in Asia right now. It would seem that tournaments are happening one after the other with only a few days gap between them in the Asian Region. This non-stop poker tournaments in Asia has started with the Pokerstars Macau Poker Cup (MPC) Championship currently on-going until the 16th of [...]
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Asia Bursting with Poker Events as the Year 2011 Ends
Posted in Poker Events, tagged APOY, appt, apt, Asia Player of the Year, asian pacific poker tour, asian poker tour, GOA, Grand Lisboa, India Poker Series, Leisure World Poker, Macau Poker Cup championship, Manny Pacquiao, MAT, Metro Card Club, MPC, poker, pokerstars, Raining Aces, Texas Hold'em, tournaments on October 12, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Pokerstars Release: HKD$6M and Asia Player of the Year Crowned at Asian Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) Macau ’11
Posted in Poker Events, tagged appt, asian pacific poker tour, bryan huang, Danny Mcdonagh, grand lisboa macau, poker, pokerstars, team pokerstars asia pro, Texas Hold'em on October 6, 2011 | 3 Comments »
APPT MACAU SEASON 5 FINAL WILL INCLUDE HKD $6 MILLION MAIN EVENT AND CROWN ASIA PLAYER OF THE YEAR Festival will mark fifth anniversary of poker arriving to the world’s gaming capital! MACAU SAR (CHINA) – October 6 – PokerStars Macau has announced the full schedule of the final Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) event [...]
Pokerstars Release: SHAMBALLA JEWELS BECOMES OFFICIAL BRACELET OF EUROPEAN POKER TOUR SEASON 8 MAIN EVENTS
Posted in Poker Events on October 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
SHAMBALLA JEWELS BECOMES OFFICIAL BRACELET SPONSOR OF EUROPEAN POKER TOUR SEASON 8 MAIN EVENTS LONDON, UK – September 30 – Global Poker Tours Limited (GPTL) today announced a new partnership deal with luxury jeweller Shamballa Jewels, which will see the company become the Official Bracelet Sponsor of European Poker Tour Season 8 Main Events. This [...]
Pokerstars Release: Pokerstars Carribbean Adventure (PCA) Schedule Announced!
Posted in Poker Events, tagged 2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Daniel Negreanu, Global Poker Tours Limited, GPTL, online poker, Online satellites, PCA, poker, pokerstars, Team PokerStars Pro, Texas Hold'em on October 1, 2011 | 2 Comments »
COUNTDOWN BEGINS AS 2012 POKERSTARS CARIBBEAN ADVENTURE SCHEDULE IS ANNOUNCED LONDON, UK – September 29 – The countdown has begun. It’s just 99 days until the 2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure gets under way at the sun-kissed Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island. PokerStars’ flagship live event, which is consistently the largest poker festival outside of Las [...]
Pokerstars Release: EPT LONDON ‘FESTIVAL OF POKER’ ALL SET FOR ACTION
Posted in Poker Events, tagged Bertrand ‘ElkY’ Grospellier, Boris Becker, Daniel Negreanu, EPT London, European Poker Tour London, Fatima Moreira de Melo, Festival of Poker, Hilton London Metropole, Jason Mercier, Liv Boeree, poker, pokerstars, Pokerstars.com, Team PokerStars Pros, Team PokerStars SportStars, Texas Hold'em, Viktor Blom on September 30, 2011 | 2 Comments »
EPT London ‘festival of poker’ ALL SET for action Third leg of EPT Season 8 begins September 29 at Hilton London Metropole LONDON, UK – September 28 – The PokerStars.com European Poker Tour London ‘Festival of Poker’ gets under way tomorrow, with the third stop of EPT Season 8 scheduled to take place from September [...]
Pokerstars Release: “KALLLLLE” Wins WCOOP
Posted in Poker Events, tagged Daniel Negeanu, pokerstars, Team PokerStars Pro, Thomas ‘Kallllle’ Pedersen, WCOOP, World Championship of Online Poker on September 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The 2011 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) reached its thrilling conclusion in the early hours of Tuesday morning as Thomas ‘Kallllle’ Pedersen from Denmark was crowned the Main Event champion, winning the first prize of $1,260,018.50 and gold bracelet. After a five-way deal was done at the final table, the 28-year-old Danish player [...]
THE POKERSTARS.NET APPT GOES TO THE BEACH IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC
Posted in Poker Events, tagged appt, asian pacific poker tour, cebu, jeffrey haas, PAGCOR, philippines, pokerstars, season 4, shangri-la mactan on September 23, 2010 | 1 Comment »
(Press Release 9/25/10) PokerStars.net, the world’s largest online poker site and title sponsor of the Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT), has announced a return to the beautiful South Pacific island of Cebu in the Philippines for the fourth leg of Season 4 of the APPT. After a hugely successful debut in Cebu last year, the [...]
Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) Macau 2010
Posted in Poker Events, tagged appt, asian pacific poker tour, Danny Mcdonagh, Fred Leung, Jojo Tech, Martin G, Metro, Metro Card Club, Neil Arce, Poker tournaments, pokerstars, Texas Hold'em on July 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The schedule of the Asia Pacific Poker Tournament (APPT) Season 2010 had definitely changed from previous years. First, the season launched with the APPT Special Event: The Efraim C. Genuino Chairman’s Cup poker tournament which was held at the luxurious Manila Pavilion Hotel & Casino in the Philippines last March. And now, the APPT Macau, [...]
The Poker Giant called the Metro
Posted in Poker Events, tagged cash games, filipino poker tour, fpt, manila, Metro Card Club, Nick Galan, philippines, poker, pokerstars, Texas Hold'em, tournaments on July 4, 2010 |
When The Metro Card Club, the very first poker room outside a Philippine casino, first opened, it was nothing more than a 250 sq.m. place with 2 floors and 12 tables. There were no signs, indicating there was poker, on the facade. All you would see, once you passed the Yoohoo restaurant that became our hang [...]
Resorts World Casino Manila Inaugural Poker Championships
Posted in Poker Events, tagged apt, genting, Lloyd Fontillas, manila, philippines, Poker tournament, Resorts World Manila on July 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Tournaments in the Philippines are beginning to become bigger and bigger as local tournament players become more professional. Even foreign players are getting attracted to the prize pools of local tournaments and are starting to join the fray as witnessed at the Resorts World Inaugural Poker Championship held last March 16 to 19, 2010. Resorts [...]
