At least a dozen more players are headed to APT Philippines 2010 after this weekend, which saw Simon Chan win the Poker King Club’s third-ever Asian Poker King Tournament in Macau.
Chan overcame a field of 151 players to win the trophy as well as a seat to APT Philippines 2010 main event worth HK $21,000 and HK $266,800 in cash. Raffi, who came in second place, received an APT main event seat as well as HK $145,600.
Four other players received APT Philippines seats as well, including third-placer Yik Hei “Isaac” Lo, fourth-placer Jerome Outhenin-Chalandre, and fifth-placer Charles “Mr. Macau” Chua.
Aside from the five seats won through the Asian Poker King Tournament and a sixth through their eight-handed side event, the Poker King Club’s Director of Operations, Winfred Yu, said that an additional six players would be heading for Manila this August as part of Team Poker King.
APT Philippines 2010 will be held from August 23 to 29 at the Resorts World Manila complex in Manila, Philippines. Buy-in is set at approximately US $2,500 + US $200.
Last year’s main event in Manila was won by local poker pro Neil Arce, who was awarded US $185,000 for finishing first.