With the summer season just around the corner in the Philippines, poker tables at the Resorts World Manila will surely catch fire as the top-notch poker experience that can only come from the Asian Poker Tour (APT) returns. The much anticipated APT Philippines 2011, with its enhanced tournament structures, has attracted the interest of players worldwide and is set to provide non-stop poker action from March 28 to April 3. And with a solid forecast, the prize pool for the Main Event already stands at a hefty US$ 500,000. Who knows how much bigger it can get as more players make their way to Manila with three more weeks to go!
Enjoy a poker-packed week at Resorts World Manila including eleven (11) events and, of course, the APT Philippines 2011 Main Event with a buy-in of US$ 2,700. The opening event, the Heads Up Asian Championship, is already filling up. In fact, there are about 20 seats left for this event which has a cap of 64 players. While the Head Hunter, High Rollers, Ladies of Poker, Battle of Teams, Greed, Pot Limit Omaha Hi, 7-Handed, Deep Stack – Limit, NLH and PLO events complete the rest of the events schedule. For the complete list of tournaments, visit our Event Schedule page.
Setting the stage for the second straight year is the luxurious Resorts World Manila, the first integrated tourist hub in the Philippines that is fast shaping up to become the most exciting destination in the country, along with the Marriott Hotel Manila as the major partner hotel of the event. Special APT rates are available at the Marriott. For more details, visit our RWM and Marriott Info page.
Among the field of players will be the defending Champion of APT Philippines – Michael Cua and familiar faces from both the local and international poker scene. So make your way to APT Philippines early through our Land-Based or Online qualifiers and be the next Asian Poker Tour Champion!