Oh, it looked like the APPT's fifth season had come to an end. The year 2011 drew to a close, Shaq Lin won the Asia Player of the Year Award, and the APPT schedule had no more dates listed for its fifth season. Oh, yes, it looked like it had all come to an end. But today, the APPT announced it had something else up its sleeve: APPT Seoul. That's right, folks. The APPT is going back to Korea. March 7-11, the APPT will set up shop in the amazing Paradise Walkerhill Casino for a five-day poker festival capped off
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APPT adds Seoul to Season 5 schedule
Season 5
APPT adds Seoul to Season 5 schedule
Oh, it looked like the APPT's fifth season had come to an end. The year 2011 drew to a close, Shaq Lin won the Asia Player of the Year Award, and the APPT schedule had no more dates listed for its fifth season. Oh, yes, it looked like it had...more
Breakthrough win for Randy "nanonoko" Lew at APPT Macau
The Asia Pacific Poker Tour Macau Main Event has come to a close and we've crowned a new champion with PokerStars Team Online member Randy "nanonoko" Lew proving that he can adapt his game from the virtual world onto the live felt with a stunning breakthough victory this evening. Wind...more
APPT Macau Day 4: Levels 31-33 (blinds 100,000-200,000, ante 20,000)
Randy "nanonoko" Lew Wins APPT Macau Main Event! Congratulations to Randy "nanonoko" Lew who displayed the maturity and composure of a veteran to navigate his way through a record APPT field and a super-stacked final table to capture the APPT Macau Main Event crown. Despite having an online record that...more
Season 4
APPT Sydney Day 4: Monster "ding" for Karamalikis
All hail King Karamalikis! The 22-year-old Aussie online phenom known as "xMONSTERxDONGx" is now the toast of the nation after winning the 2010 PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour Grand Final. From the moment after the final river card was dealt, the champagne bottles started popping and the well-wishes began...more
APPT Sydney Day 4: Levels 25 & 26 (Blinds 30000-60000, ante 5000)
10:00pm: Ben McLean eliminated in second place, Jonathan Karamalikis wins! With Australian PokerStars Qualifier Ben McLean having been crippled severely in the penultimate hand of this heads-up battle, it didn't take long for Jonathan Karamalikis to be confirmed as the fourth consecutive Aussie to claim victory in the PokerStars.net...more
APPT Sydney Day 4: Levels 23 & 24 (20000-40000, ante 4000)
7:25pm: Level up, blinds 25,000-50,000, ante 5,000 7:20pm: Limp backfires for Stojanovski Peco Stojanovski decided to try something different with a limp from the button, but Tom Rafferty was having none of it as he raised to 120,000 from the small blind. Jonathan Karamalikis folded his big blind but...more
Season 3
APPT Sydney: Final table, level 22 updates
Live updates from final table, level 22 (blinds 12,000-24000, ante 3000) of the PokerStars.net APPT Grand Final brought to you by Sean Callander and Landon Blackhall from Star City Casino in Sydney, Australia. Click refresh to see the latest updates below, while the latest selected chip counts can be...more
APPT Sydney: Australia versus the rest of the world ... again
In 2008, the APPT Grand Final featured seven Australians and two international players. In 2009, the APPT Grand Final will comprise seven Australians and two international players. Welcome to the finale of season three of the PokerStars.net APPT, with about 30 minutes to the start of the final table...more
APPT Sydney: Final table profiles
Seat 1: David Formosa, Sydney, Australia (856,000 in chips): This 41-year-old father of two sports centre manager satellited his way into this tournament via Star City Casino and has been playing the game for six years. "I played a couple of the $1500 events in the WSOP, but this...more
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