HomeGood morning players and welcome to APT Taiwan 2019!
This is the Asian Poker Tour‘s second-ever visit to the Taipei City, Taiwan and we are extremely thrilled to be back. Our inaugural visit back in February set new heights for poker in the country. The tour introduced a higher buy-in Main Event than what the country was used to. A tour record 523 entrants turned up to more than obliterate the advertised guarantee. At the end of the festival, over USD 2.1 million was paid out, the largest overall prize pool distributed by the tour this year.
Returning to partner and host venue Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association aka CTP Club from October 9 to 20, the APT is gunning for an even richer festival. We have prepared a more ambitious schedule. 24 events are lined up along with TWD 12 million (~USD 386,000) in guarantees. That’s a solid TWD 2 million more than previous.
As usual the events to hunt down are the two featured events – Main Event (TWD 33,000 buy-in) and Championships Event (TWD 49,500 buy-in). Each earn the winner prestigious awards – the APT Champion Trophy, APT Championship Ring, and a handsome first place purse. At the inaugural APT Taiwan Main Event – Cliff Chow – shipped TWD 2,443,800 (~USD 79,400) and Championships Event winner – Chen Dong – pocketed TWD 2,955,000 (~USD 95,800).
The APT also rewards the top three players in points at the end of the series. All games (except the Special Event: Super High Rollers) earn players points towards the Player of the Series race. The player with the accumulated highest number of points at the conclusion wins the APT POS Trophy, APT POS Ring, exclusive luxury watch, and USD 800. For 2nd place and 3rd place, each receive APT POS Tropy and USD 100.
Before we give you a rundown of what to expect at APT Taiwan 2019, we’d like to remind everyone that all games utilize the Ante Big Blind format and the Shot Clock. You can read up on those at the bottom of the festival schedule. Buy-ins and payouts are in local currency – Taiwan New Dollar. For players needing accommodations, we have APT Player Rates available via our official travel partner – PokerTourBookings.
Let the games begin!
Opening Day Events
13:00: Event 1: Super High Rollers Warm Up Single Day – TWD 80,000 buy-in
15:00: Event 2: Monster Stack 1 – TWD 16,500 buy-in – this is a scheduled two-day event
18:00 Satellite 1: Main Event TWD 3,600 buy-in – one seat awarded per ten players
Featured Events
Main Event – TWD 6 million guarantee
The Main Event is the tour’s top of the line tournament and it comes with a juicy TWD 6,000,000 guarantee. Its structure is continuously praised as one of the best in the region. The event runs for six days from October 10 t0 15. Cards in the air at 1pm daily. Buy-in is TWD 33,000.
Day 1A: Thursday, October 10
Day 1B: Friday, October 11
Day 1C: Saturday, October 12
Day 2: Sunday, October 13
Day 3: Monday, October 14
Final 8 Day: Tuesday, October 15
Notes:
- All starting days play until the end of Level 9
- Each level runs for 60 minutes
- Bubble Protection in effect
- Registration closes at the start of Level 11 in Day 2
- Multiple stacks allowed but only the best stack advances
- Day 2 runs until the end of Level 17
- Day 3 runs until the Final 8 players is reached
- For players looking to enter at a lower cost, there are three satellites offered leading up to the event
Championships Event – TWD 6 million guarantee
The Championships Event is the second featured event of the tour and it also comes with a TWD 6,000,000 guarantee. Buy-in is higher than the Main Event, coming in at TWD 49,500. This tends to produce a tighter field and a very enticing pot. The event runs for five days from October 16 to 20. Cards in the air at 1pm daily.
Day 1A: Wednesday, October 16
Day 1B: Thursday, October 17
Day 2: Friday, October 18
Day 3: Saturday, October 19
Final 8 Day: Sunday, October 20
Notes:
- All starting days play until the end of Level 8
- Each level runs for 60 minutes
- Bubble Protection in effect
- Registration closes at the start of Level 10 in Day 2
- Multiple stacks allowed but only the best stack advances
- Day 2 runs until the end of Level 16
- Day 3 runs until the Final 8 players is reached
- For players looking to enter at a lower cost, there are five satellites offered leading up to the event
Bubble Protection
Bubble Protection is in effect only for both featured events. In the event that a bubble protected player busts on the bubble, that player will receive his/her buy-in back in the form of APT Tournament credits (valid for one year). Since its inception in 2016, several players have been saved from walking away empty-handed. To be eligible, all you need to do is follow the steps below:
- Pre-register
- Draw for your seat before starting time
- Have your chips put into play on the first deal of Level 1
Side Events
Running alongside the featured events are a long list of highly popular APT side events. Buy-ins range from TWD 5,500 to TWD 80,000. All are point-generating trophy events. Players can enjoy a variety of games of differing structures such as Monster Stack, Head Hunter, Turbo Events, and NLH. There are also two Pot Limit Omaha Hi games and one Short Deck event. See the festival schedule for a more detailed breakdown. High Rollers events pack biggest punch with seven lined up (listed below).
High Rollers schedule
Event 1: Super High Rollers Warm Up Single Day – October 9 – TWD 82,500 buy-in (~USD 2,700)
Special Event: Super High Rollers – October 10 to 11 – TWD 210,000 (~USD 6,800) – no points awarded towards APT POS
Event 4: High Rollers Single Day – October 11 – TWD 54,000 (~USD 1,800)
Event 8: High Rollers – October 14 to 15 – TWD 86,000 (~USD 2,800)
Event 11: High Rollers Single Day – October 15 – TWD 54,000 (~USD 1,800)
Event 18: High Rollers – October 19 to 20 – TWD 65,000 (~USD 2,100)
Event 20: High Rollers Single Day – October 20 – TWD 54,000 (~USD 1,800)