Sport | Texas Hold 'em |
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Founded | 2007 |
CEO | Danny McDonagh |
Country | Australia China Macau New Zealand Philippines South Korea Taiwan |
Official website | appt.com |
The Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) is a major international series of poker tournaments established in 2007 and hosted in cities across the Asia Pacific. Along with other major tours such as the European Poker Tour and Latin American Poker Tour, the Asia Pacific Poker Tour is sponsored by PokerStars.
Format
The first season ran from August to December 2007 with five events held across four locations: Manila (Philippines); Seoul (South Korea); Macau (China); and Sydney (Australia). The second season runs from September to December 2008 with six events held across five locations: Macau (China); Seoul (South Korea); Auckland (New Zealand); Manila (Philippines); and Sydney (Australia). The third season was held with events held in the same locations as 2008, with the substitution of Cebu for Manila in the Philippines. In 2014 the eight season was played.
Since season three, PokerNews.com and PokerStars.tv have provided intensive online reporting, including video coverage by presenters Lynn Gilmartin, Kristy Arnett, Sarah Grant and Nicki Pickering.
The Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) is responsible for bringing the first major government-sanctioned real-money Texas hold 'em poker tournaments to Korea and China. The PokerStars.net APPT Macau: Asian Poker Open in November 2007 was the first-ever poker tournament in Macau. With 352 entrants, it was also the largest poker tournament in Asia (a November 2006 event in Singapore held the previous record with 313 entrants).[1] With 538 entrants APPT Macau 2008 was the largest poker tournament in Asia, however, that record is currently held by 2014 APPT Beijing Millions, which saw a record 2,732 players compete for ¥7,376,400 (US$1,195,647) in prize money. While the 'Millions' tournaments played out under the APPT brand, they are considered separate tournament series from the regular APPT events, as they do not run annually.[2]
The largest APPT Main Event field record was set at the 2018 APPT Manila, which saw Singapore's Wilson Lim defeat a 1,364-strong field to claim the ₱12,970,000 (US$244,815) top prize, with the total prize pool coming in at ₱65,492,460 (US$1,236,204).[3]
Tournament results
All prizes are listed in US dollars.
Season 1
Date | City | Entries | Winner | Prize |
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14-26 Aug 2007 | Manila | 255 | Brett Parise | $179,775 |
28-30 Sep 2007 | Seoul | 185 | Ziv Bachar | $139,872 |
23 Nov 2007 | Taipa | 352 | Dinh Doat Le | $222,640 |
13-16 Dec 2007 | Sydney | 561 | Grant Levy | $875,542 |
Season 2
Date | City | Entries | Winner | Prize |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 Sep 2008 | Taipa | 538 | Eddy Sabat | $453,427 |
26-28 Sep 2008 | Seoul | 166 | Yoshihiro Tasaka | $128,199 |
9-12 Oct 2008 | Auckland | 306 | Daniel Craker | $169,999 |
13-16 Nov 2008 | Manila | 285 | Van Marcus | $164,380 |
2-7 Dec 2008 | Sydney | 477 | Martin Rowe | $631,780 |
Season 3
Date | City | Entries | Winner | Prize |
---|---|---|---|---|
25-30 Aug 2009 | Macau | 429 | Dermot Blain | $541,100 |
17-20 Sep 2009 | Seoul | N/A | Cancelled | N/A |
14 Oct 2009 | Auckland | 263 | Simon Watt | $154,110 |
11-15 Nov 2009 | Cebu | 319 | Dong-Bin Han | $157,532 |
1-6 Dec 2009 | Sydney | 396 | Aaron Benton | $543,260 |
Season 4
Date | City | Entries | Winner | Prize |
---|---|---|---|---|
20-25 Mar 2010 | Manila | 430 | Binh Nguyen | $260,700 |
18 May 2010 | Macau | 342 | Victorino Torres | $418,026 |
15-19 Sep 2010 | Auckland | 218 | Danny Leaoasavaii | $124,363 |
12 Nov 2010 | Cebu | 236 | Vivian Im | $134,142 |
7-12 Dec 2010 | Sydney | 289 | Jonathan Karamalikis | $454,304 |
Season 5
Date | City | Entries | Winner | Prize |
---|---|---|---|---|
29 Jul-1 Aug 2011 | Melbourne | 260 | Leo Boxell | $352,474 |
23-28 Aug 2011 | Queenstown | 127 | Marcel Schreiner | $77,053 |
23-27 Nov 2011 | Macau | 575 | Randy Lew | $484,617 |
Season 6
Date | City | Entries | Winner | Prize |
---|---|---|---|---|
8-11 Mar 2012 | Seoul | 268 | Andrew Kim | $129,253 |
25 Apr 2012 | Cebu | 246 | Hoang Do | $139,007 |
7-11 Nov 2012 | Macau | 184 | Xing Zhou | $457,712 |
Season 7
Date | City | Entries | Winner | Prize |
---|---|---|---|---|
14-17 Mar 2013 | Seoul | 222 | Aaron Lim | $111,088 |
1–5 May 2013 | Cebu | 158 | Jae Kyung Sim | $95,487 |
12-16 Jun 2013 | Macau | 388 | Alexandre Chieng | $278,926 |
30 Jul-4 Aug 2013 | Queenstown | 126 | Jonathan Bredin | $75,469 |
5-9 Sep 2013 | Melbourne | 309 | Billy Argyros | $121,264 |
28 Oct-2 Nov 2013 | Macau | 203 | Sunny Jung | $561,228 |
Season 8
Date | City | Entries | Winner | Prize |
---|---|---|---|---|
2-9 Feb 2014 | Melbourne | 668 | Amichai Barer | $1,399,739 |
3–6 April 2014 | Seoul | 256 | Chane Kampanatsanyakorn | $141,719 |
21–25 May 2014 | Macau | 494 | Jiajun Liu | $358,078 |
4-7 Jul 2014 | Manila | 260 | Thanh Duong | $79,562 |
18-27 Jul 2014 | Beijing | 2,732 | Qin Chen | $109,411 |
4 Nov 2014 | Macau | 291 | Gabriel Le Jossec | $812,361 |
19-23 Nov 2014 | Auckland | 225 | Minh Hau Nguyen | $88,608 |
26-30 Nov 2014 | Wuhan | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
17-21 Dec 2014 | Beijing | 346 | Yang Zhang | $101,683 |
Season 9
Date | City | Entries | Winner | Prize |
---|---|---|---|---|
25 Jan-1 Feb 2015 | Melbourne | 648 | Manny Stavropoulos | $1,094,737 |
7-13 Mar 2015 | Macau | 987 | Yuguang Li | $238,230 |
19-23 Mar 2015 | Sydney | 445 | Dimitrios Psaros | $139,784 |
9-12 Apr 2015 | Seoul | 241 | Jason Mo | $151,333 |
27–31 May 2015 | Macau | 493 | Yat Cheng | $325,699 |
6-9 Aug 2015 | Manila | 585 | Aaron Lim | $131,780 |
9-14 Nov 2015 | Macau | 260 | Jimmy Zhou | $759,190 |
Season 10
Date | City | Entries | Winner | Prize |
---|---|---|---|---|
14-18 Jan 2016 | Macau | 2343 | Yifan Zheng | $117,390 |
24-31 Jan 2016 | Melbourne | 732 | Alan Engel | $1,120,110 |
28 Feb-4 Mar 2016 | Macau | 1075 | Ying Lin Chua | $244,842 |
3-8 May 2016 | Manila | 478 | Tzu Chieh Lo | $50,524 |
18–29 May 2016 | Macau | 533 | Jian Sun | $289,608* |
23-27 Jun 2015 | Seoul | 158 | Albert Paik | $103,019 |
28 Jul-8 Aug 2016 | Manila | 577 | Linh Tran | $130,191 |
26 Aug-11 Sep 2016 | Macau | 1145 | Tom Alner | $323,469 |
6-18 Oct 2016 | Melbourne | 523 | Ashish Gupta | $124,191* |
7-12 Nov 2016 | Macau | 302 | Vladimir Geshkenbein | $727,483* |
Season 11
Date/Local | Event/Buy-in | Entires | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize | Results |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
26 Jan-11 Feb 2018 City of Dreams, Cotai Macau |
MPC28 Macau Poker Cup HK$15,000 (~U$1,918) | 1,122 |
HK$14,692,590 (~U$1,878,687) |
Alvan Yifan Zheng[4] | HK$3,055,000 (~U$390,631) |
|
14-25 Mar 2018 City of Dreams, Cotai Macau |
APPT Macau HK$40,000 (~U$5,100) | 356 |
HK$12,984,032 (~U$1,655,200) |
Lin Wu[5] | HK$3,095,000 (~U$394,549) |
|
6-15 Apr 2018 Paradise Hotel & Resort, Incheon South Korea |
APPT Korea ₩1,800,000 (~U$1,686) Guaranteed Prize Pool ₩300,000,000 (~U$280,962) |
449 |
₩705,558,600 (~U$660,784) |
Michael Soyza[6] | ₩158,700,000 (~U$148,629) |
|
4-12 Aug 2018 Okada Manila |
APPT Manila ₱55,000 (~U$1,038) Guaranteed Prize Pool ₱20,000,000 (~U$377,500) |
1,364 |
₱65,492,460 (~U$1,236,204) |
Wilson Lim[7] | ₱12,970,000 (~U$244,815) |
Season 12
Date/Local | Event/Buy-in | Entires | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize | Results |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5-14 Apr 2019 Paradise Hotel & Resort, Incheon South Korea |
APPT Korea ₩1,800,000 (~U$1,581) Guaranteed Prize Pool ₩300,000,000 (~U$263,565) |
581 |
₩912,983,340 (~U$802,101) |
Park Yu Cheung[8] | ₩198,100,000 (~U$174,040) |
|
22-29 Jun 2019 Landing Casino, Jeju South Korea |
APPT Jeju ₩2,500,000 (~U$2,158) | 362 |
₩790,065,000 (~U$681,931) |
Huidong Gu[9] | ₩183,695,000 (~U$158,553) |
|
26 Jul-4 Aug 2019 Okada Manila |
APPT Manila ₱65,000 (~U$1,278) Guaranteed Prize Pool ₱20,000,000 (~U$393,359) |
1,135 |
₱64,405,575 (~U$1,266,724) |
Florencio Campomanes[10] | ₱11,092,500 (~U$218,166) |
Season 13
Date/Local | Event/Buy-in | Entires | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize | Results |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
31 Jan-9 Feb 2020 Asia Poker Arena CTP Poker Club Taipei Taiwan |
APPT Taipei NT$35,000 (~U$1,153) Guaranteed Prize Pool NT$7,500,000 (~U$247,149) |
425 |
NT$12,985,800 (~U$427,925) |
Zong Chi He[11] | NT$2,954,700 (~U$97,367) |
|
31 Jul-9 Aug 2020 Okada Manila |
APPT Manila ₱75,000 (~U$1,530) Guaranteed Prize Pool ₱20,000,000 (~U$408,000) |
CANCELLED due Covid-19[12] |
Season 14
Date/Local | Event/Buy-in | Entires | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize | Results |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
30 May-5 Jun 2022 Okada Manila |
APPT OPEN Manila ₱40,000 (~U$760) | 464 |
₱16,120,880 (~U$306,281) |
Henrik Tollefsen[13] | ₱3,215,900 (~U$$61,099) |
|
29 Jul-7 Aug 2022 Okada Manila |
APPT Manila ₱65,000 (~U$1,167) Guaranteed Prize Pool ₱20,000,000 (~U$359,220) |
801 |
₱45,452,745 (~U$816,378) |
Xin Hua Lai[14] | ₱5,973,000 (~U$$107,281) |
|
3-13 Nov 2022 NagaWorld Integrated Resort Phnom Penh |
APPT Cambodia U$1,500 |
378 |
U$494,991 | Alexander Puchalski[15] | U$96,028 |
Season 15
Date/Local | Event/Buy-in | Entires | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize | Results |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5-15 May 2023 NagaWorld Integrated Resort Phnom Penh |
APPT Cambodia U$1,500 Guaranteed Prize Pool U$400,000 |
476 |
U$623,322 | Chao-Ting Cheng[16] | $94,448 | |
27 Jul-6 Aug 2023 Okada Manila |
APPT Manila ₱65,000 (~U$1,173) Guaranteed Prize Pool ₱20,000,000 (~U$361,048) |
1,354 |
₱76,832,730 (~U$1,387,015) |
Yuanning Wu[17] | ₱11,519,730 (~U$207,959) |
Winners by country
Place | Country | Times |
---|---|---|
1st | Australia | 13 |
2nd | China | 12 |
3rd | USA | 8 |
4th | South Korea | 4 |
5th | Canada | 3 |
England | 3 | |
New Zealand | 3 | |
Taiwan | 3 | |
Vietnam | 3 | |
10th | Hong Kong | 2 |
Malaysia | 2 | |
Singapore | 2 | |
13th | Germany | 1 |
Ireland | 1 | |
Israel | 1 | |
Japan | 1 | |
Macau | 1 | |
Norway | 1 | |
Philippines | 1 | |
Russia | 1 | |
Thailand | 1 | |
67 |
Up to Season 15 - APPT Manila
Seats at Final Tables by country
Place | Country | Times |
---|---|---|
1st | China | 108 |
2nd | Australia | 100 |
3rd | USA | 52 |
4th | Japan | 34 |
New Zealand | 34 | |
6th | Philippines | 32 |
7th | South Korea | 28 |
8th | Canada | 26 |
9th | Taiwan | 23 |
10th | England | 22 |
11th | Singapore | 20 |
12th | Hong Kong | 17 |
13th | France | 10 |
14th | Sweden | 9 |
Germany | 9 | |
Malaysia | 9 | |
17th | Netherlands | 8 |
Russia | 8 | |
19th | India | 7 |
20th | Norway | 6 |
Thailand | 6 | |
Vietnam | 6 | |
23rd | Macau | 5 |
24th | Denmark | 3 |
Finland | 3 | |
Israel | 3 | |
27th | Hungary | 2 |
Ireland | 2 | |
Poland | 2 | |
Spain | 2 | |
31st | Colombia | 1 |
Costa Rica | 1 | |
Croatia | 1 | |
Italy | 1 | |
Kazakhstan | 1 | |
Panama | 1 | |
Scotland | 1 | |
Slovenia | 1 | |
Switzerland | 1 |
Up to Season 15 - APPT Manila
Top 10 Prizes
Rank | Event | Year | Place | Name | Prize |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | APPT8 Melbourne | 2014 | 1st | Amichai Barer | $1.399.739 |
2nd | APPT10 Melbourne | 2016 | 1st | Alan Engel | $1.120.110 |
3rd | APPT9 Melbourne | 2015 | 1st | Aristomenis Stavropoulos | $1.094.737* |
4th | APPT9 Melbourne | 2015 | 2nd | Lennart Uphoff | $959.623* |
5th | APPT1 Sydney | 2007 | 1st | Grant Levy | $875.542 |
6th | APPT8 Melbourne | 2014 | 2nd | Sorel Mizzi | $874.837 |
7th | APPT8 Macau | 2014 | 1st | Gabriel Le Jossec | $812.361 |
8th | APPT9 Macau | 2015 | 1st | Jimmy Zhou | $759.190 |
9th | APPT10 Macau | 2016 | 1st | Vladimir Geshkenbein | $727.483* |
10th | APPT10 Melbourne | 2016 | 2nd | Tony Dunst | $700.069 |
Up to Season 15 - APPT Manila
See also
Notes
- ↑ Cardplayer.com Dinh Le Wins APPT Macau $2,500 Event
- ↑ APPT Beijing Millions
- ↑ City of Dreams, Manila
- ↑ SoMuchPoker - DAVID, TRICIA (February 11, 2018). "MPC 28: Yifan Zheng captures the Red Dragon, Mikita Badziakouski and Sandhy Rafael Sitepu claim High Roller titles". somuchpoker.net. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
- ↑ PokerNews - Glatzer, Jason (March 26, 2018). "Lin Wu Wins the 2018 APPT Macau Main Event for $394,549". pokernews.com. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
- ↑ SoMuchPoker - HARTWELL, LOUIS (April 16, 2018). "APPT Korea: Michael Soyza wins the Main Event and a Platinum Pass". somuchpoker.com. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
- ↑ SoMuchPoker - MARC, MARC (August 13, 2018). "Wilson Lim wins Record-Breaking APPT Manila Main Event". somuchpoker.com. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
- ↑ Top 10 Poker Sites - Blanco, Juan (April 16, 2019). "Park Yu Cheung Tops APPT PokerStars Korea Main Event". top10pokersites.net. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
- ↑ PokerNews - Simopoulos, Georgios (June 27, 2019). "Huidong Gu Wins PokerStars APPT Jeju Main Event for ₩183,695,000 ($159,000)". pokernews.com. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
- ↑ PokerNews - Shillibier, Will (August 5, 2019). "Florencio Campomanes Wins 2019 APPT Manila Main Event ($214,700)". pokernews.com. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
- ↑ CardPlayer - "TWD 35,000 No-Limit Hold'em 7.5 Million GTD". cardplayer.com. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
- ↑ SoMuchPoker - "APPT Manila 2020 (CANCELLED)". somuchpoker.com. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
- ↑ SoMuchPoker - Dee, Janette. "APPT Open Manila: Henrik Tollefsen triumphs Main Event; Outstanding series for Japan's Ken Okada; Lee, Inocentes, Edoc, and Miyamoto among winners; Festival results inside". somuchpoker.com. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
- ↑ PokerNews - Pitt, Matthew (August 9, 2022). "Xin Hua Lai Wins the Massive APPT Manila Main Event". pokernews.com. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
- ↑ PokerNews - Zetzsche, Christian (November 14, 2022). "Alexander Puchalski Wins the 2022 APPT Cambodia $1,500 Main Event ($96,028)". pokernews.com. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
- ↑ PokerNews - Zetzsche, Christian (May 17, 2023). "Chao-Ting Cheng Wins the 2023 APPT Cambodia $1,500 Main Event ($94,448)". pokernews.com. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
- ↑ PokerNews - Zetzsche, Christian (August 7, 2023). "Yuanning Wu Wins the 2023 APPT Manila Main Event". pokernews.com. Retrieved January 5, 2024.