PokerStars Live Gets Ready for the Thriller at APPT Manila
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PokerStars Live at Okada Manila in the beautiful Philippines is preparing to host the 2019 Asian Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) Manila festival that is sure to attract some of Asia��s biggest names and best poker players.
APPT Manila runs from Jul. 26 through to Aug. 4, during which time four huge no-limit hold��em tournaments are scheduled to take place.
The first of these blockbuster events is the APPT Kickoff, a two-day event running from Jul. 26-27 that costs ?16,000 (approx. $310) to enter and features a ?3 million ($58,600) guaranteed prize pool. This same event last year cost slightly less at ?15,000 and attracted a field of 844 entries who were outlasted by Mongolia��s Tsolmon Ochir who banked ?1,541,000 ($29,035).
Following on from the APPT Kickoff is the APPT National from Jul. 28-29. This ?33,000 ($645) buy-in event has ?5 million ($97,700) guaranteed, but the 2018 edition saw the prize pool swell to ?21,711,510 ($409,277) when 829 entries were processed. That big field was topped by local player Marc Rivera who walked away with ?4,559,000 ($85,940).
Then there is the ?500,000 ($9,770) buy-in Super High Roller, a new edition to the schedule. As a guide as to what to expect, there was a ?200,000 ($3,900) High Roller last year that ended in a heads-up chop between Hon Cheong Lee and Sahil Agarwal who walked away with ?4,676,260 ($88,024) and ?4,656,260 ($87,647) respectively after navigating their way through 124 entries.
It is the APPT Manila Main Event that is the show-piece tournament. The ?65,000 ($1,269) buy-in ?20 million ($391,000) guaranteed tournament proved hugely popular in 2018 when 1,364 entries created a ?65,492,460 ($1,236,204) prize pool. The lion��s share of that princely sum went to Wilson Lim of Singapore, namely ?12,970,000 ($244,815).
Dates | Tournament | Buy-in (Peso) | Buy-in (USD) | Guarantee (Peso) | Guarantee (USD) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
July 26-27 | APPT Kickoff | ?16,000 | $310 | ?3,000,000 | $58,600 |
July 28-29 | APPT National | ?33,000 | $645 | ?5,000,000 | $97,700 |
July 31 | APPT Super High Roller | ?500,000 | $9,770 | ||
August 1-4 | APPT Manila Main Event | ?65,000 | $1,269 | ?20,000,000 | $391,000 |
All USD amounts are approximations
Cash games will be available throughout the festival with buy-ins of ?25/?50 and above ($0.50/$1). Current offerings are no-limit hold��em pot-limit Omaha and Badugi.
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