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APPT tournament director Danny McDonagh has just announced that there will be just one more level of play this evening, making a total of seven for the opening day of the PokerStars.net APPT Macau Main Event. Good deal for the remaining 71 players, who'll be able to start making...more

By Landon Blackhall PokerStars.net Team Australia Pros Eric Assadourian and Emad Tahtouh are good friends, but when it comes to big events (particularly on the APPT) they've had more than their share of battles. In the first year of the APPT, they both made the final table of the...more

By Landon Blackhall and Sean Callander Amid the rapid growth of poker in Asia, Taiwan counts as a newcomer on the scene. However, it's widely recognised as one of the boom markets in Asian poker, as reflected by a sizeable delegation from the island, which lies off the south-east...more

Poker players who travel the world become accustomed to the quirks of playing in different countries, where the rules are mostly the same with the odd local variant. Here at the Grand Lisboa, players are warned to be extremely careful about betting out of turn, as any chips that...more

By Landon Blackhall Though the locals have come out in force this year for the PokerStars.net APPT day one flight, the internationals are getting involved in some heavy action in the early going. In particular, table seven is bound to offer some of the best play today, which sees...more

The ceremonial duties have been completed, the mask has been changed, handshakes have been exchanged and the cards are in the air for season three of the PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour. The buzz is electric in the PokerStars Macau room at the Grand Lisboa Hotel and Casino where...more

Less than four years ago, it was almost unthinkable to envisage an international poker calendar that included stops such as Kyiv and Macau. But just days after the opening event of PokerStars EPT Season 6 wrapped up in the Ukrainian capital, the eyes of the poker world turn east...more