"Think big", is a good enough mantra for anyone starting something new; unsure how things will turn out but wanting to try it anyway, making as big an impact as possible.

That might not necessarily be the starting point for any PokerStars venture, but it often seems to be where new ideas end up. After the game changing success of the European Poker Tour PokerStars spread its wings eastward, hoping to create something similar in the Asia-Pacific region of the world. Starting small the Asia-Pacific Poker Tour was born, another PokerStars highlight that has since become the prestige tour of the region.

In the space of just a couple of years the APPT has blossomed into the region's first stop for poker pros and poker pretenders alike, with mammoth fields and new records set for prize money. Now PokerStars has announced the long awaited dates for the tour's third incarnation.

According to information just released, the tour will kick up again in Macau August 24-30, returning to the scene of its other successes at the Grand Lisboa. The $5,160 buy-in event could feature a potential 700 player day one, over three flights. Last season, Eddie Sabat played a marathon 12-hour final table to take down the Macau championship. A new wave of players now know the date they can attempt the same.

The APPT will host five events this season. After Macau, the tour will head across Asia and the Pacific from Seoul, to Auckland, to Cebu, and finally to Sydney for the Grand Final. It was there that Martin Rowe became Australia's newest million-dollar man in season two, winning last season's grand final and AUD$1,000,000.

See you in Macau!