Asia Pacific Poker Tour

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.

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Asia Pacific Poker Tour
SportTexas Hold 'em
Founded2007
CEODanny McDonagh
Country Australia
 China
 Macau
 New Zealand
 Philippines
 South Korea
 Taiwan
Official websiteappt.com
Old logo used prior to 2018
Old logo used from 2018 to 2021

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
DateCityEntriesWinnerPrize
14-26 Aug 2007Philippines Manila255United States Brett Parise$179,775
28-30 Sep 2007South Korea Seoul185Israel Ziv Bachar$139,872
23 Nov 2007Macau Taipa352England Dinh Doat Le$222,640
13-16 Dec 2007Australia Sydney561Australia Grant Levy$875,542

Season 2
DateCityEntriesWinnerPrize
1 Sep 2008Macau Taipa538United States Eddy Sabat$453,427
26-28 Sep 2008South Korea Seoul166Japan Yoshihiro Tasaka$128,199
9-12 Oct 2008New Zealand Auckland306New Zealand Daniel Craker$169,999
13-16 Nov 2008Philippines Manila285Australia Van Marcus$164,380
2-7 Dec 2008Australia Sydney477England Martin Rowe$631,780

Season 3
DateCityEntriesWinnerPrize
25-30 Aug 2009Macau Macau429Republic of Ireland Dermot Blain$541,100
17-20 Sep 2009South Korea SeoulN/ACancelledN/A
14 Oct 2009New Zealand Auckland263New Zealand Simon Watt$154,110
11-15 Nov 2009Philippines Cebu319South Korea Dong-Bin Han$157,532
1-6 Dec 2009Australia Sydney396Australia Aaron Benton$543,260

Season 4
DateCityEntriesWinnerPrize
20-25 Mar 2010Philippines Manila430United States Binh Nguyen$260,700
18 May 2010Macau Macau342United States Victorino Torres$418,026
15-19 Sep 2010New Zealand Auckland218New Zealand Danny Leaoasavaii$124,363
12 Nov 2010Philippines CebuUnknownSouth Korea Vivian Im$134,142
7-12 Dec 2010Australia Sydney289Australia Jonathan Karamalikis$454,304

Season 5
DateCityEntriesWinnerPrize
29 Jul-1 Aug 2011Australia Melbourne260Australia Leo Boxell$352,474
23-28 Aug 2011New Zealand Queenstown127Germany Marcel Schreiner$77,053
23-27 Nov 2011Macau Macau575United States Randy Lew$484,617

Season 6
DateCityEntriesWinnerPrize
8-11 Mar 2012South Korea Seoul268United States Andrew Kim$129,253
25 Apr 2012Philippines CebuUnknownVietnam Hoang Do$139,007
7-11 Nov 2012Macau Macau184China Xing Zhou$457,712

Season 7
DateCityEntriesWinnerPrize
14-17 Mar 2013South Korea Seoul222Australia Aaron Lim$111,088
1–5 May 2013Philippines Cebu158South Korea Jae Kyung Sim$95,487
12-16 Jun 2013Macau Macau388China Alexandre Chieng$278,926
30 Jul-4 Aug 2013New Zealand QueenstownUnknownAustralia Jonathan Bredin$75,469
5-9 Sep 2013Australia Melbourne309Australia Billy Argyros$121,264
28 Oct-2 Nov 2013Macau Macau203South Korea Sunny Jung$561,228

Season 8
DateCityEntriesWinnerPrize
2-9 Feb 2014Australia Melbourne668Canada Amichai Barer$121,264
3–6 April 2014South Korea Seoul256Thailand Chane Kampanatsanyakorn$141,719
21–25 May 2014Macau Macau494China Jiajun Liu$358,078
4-7 Jul 2014Philippines Manila260Vietnam Thanh Duong$79,562
18-27 Jul 2014China Beijing2,732China Qin Chen$109,411
4 Nov 2014Macau Macau291Canada Gabriel Le Jossec$812,361
19-23 Nov 2014New Zealand Auckland225Australia Minh Hau Nguyen$88,608
26-30 Nov 2014China WuhanUnknownUnknownUnknown
17-21 Dec 2014China Beijing346China Yang Zhang$101,683

Season 9
DateCityEntriesWinnerPrize
25 Jan-1 Feb 2015Australia Melbourne648Australia Manny Stavropoulos$1,094,737
7-13 Mar 2015Macau Macau987China Yuguang Li$238,230
19-23 Mar 2015Australia Sydney445Australia Dimitrios Psaros$139,784
9-12 Apr 2015South Korea Seoul241United States Jason Mo$151,333
27–31 May 2015Macau Macau493Hong Kong Yat Cheng$325,699
6-9 Aug 2015Philippines Manila585Australia Aaron Lim$131,780
9-14 Nov 2015Macau Macau260China Jimmy Zhou$759,190

Season 10
DateCityEntriesWinnerPrize
14-18 Jan 2016Macau Macau2343China Yifan Zheng$117,390
24-31 Jan 2016Australia Melbourne732Canada Alan Engel$1,120,110
28 Feb-4 Mar 2016Macau Macau1075Malaysia Ying Lin Chua$244,842
3-8 May 2016Philippines Manila478TaiwanTzu Chieh Lo$50,524
18–29 May 2016Macau Macau533China Jian Sun$289,608*
23-27 Jun 2015South Korea Seoul158United States Albert Paik$103,019
28 Jul-8 Aug 2016Philippines Manila577Vietnam Linh Tran$130,191
26 Aug-11 Sep 2016Macau Macau1145England Tom Alner$323,469
6-18 Oct 2016Australia Melbourne523Australia Ashish Gupta$124,191*
7-12 Nov 2016Macau Macau302Russia Vladimir Geshkenbein$727,483*

Season 11
DateCityEntriesWinnerPrize
4-9 Feb 2018Macau Macau1122China Yifan Zheng$390,631
19-25 Mar 2018Macau Macau356China Lin Wu$394,549
12-15 Apr 2018South Korea Incheon449Malaysia Michael Soyza$148,629
9-12 Aug 2018Philippines Manila1364Singapore Wilson Lim$244,815

Season 12
DateCityEntriesWinnerPrize
11-14 Apr 2019South Korea Incheon581Hong Kong Park Yu Cheung$174,041
24-27 Jun 2019South Korea Jeju362Macau Huidong Gu$158,553
1 Aug 2019Philippines Manila1135Philippines Florencio Campomanes$214,700*

Season 13
DateCityEntriesWinnerPrize
3-7 Feb 2020Taiwan Taipei425Taiwan Zong Chi He$97,367
6-9 Aug 2020Philippines ManilaCANCELED [4]

Season 14
DateCityEntriesWinnerPrize
2-5 Jun 2022Philippines Manila464Norway Henrik Tollefsen$61,099
4-7 Aug 2022Philippines Manila801Singapore Xin Hua Lai$107,281*
10-13 Nov 2022Cambodia Phnom Penh378Canada Alexander Puchalski$96,028

Season 15
Date City Entries Winner Prize Results
5-15 May 2023Cambodia Cambodia476Taiwan Chao-Ting Cheng[5]$94.448
27 Jul-6 Aug 2023Philippines Manila1,354China Yuanning Wu[6]PHP11,414,730
$207.959

Winners by country
Place Country Times
1stAustralia Australia13
2ndChina China12
3rdUnited States USA8
4thCanada Canada4
South Korea South Korea4
6thEngland England3
New Zealand New Zealand3
Taiwan Taiwan3
Vietnam Vietnam3
10th Hong Kong Hong Kong2
Malaysia Malaysia2
Singapore Singapore2
13thGermany Germany1
Republic of Ireland Ireland1
Israel Israel1
Japan Japan1
Macau Macau 1
Norway Norway 1
Philippines Philippines 1
Russia Russia1
Thailand Thailand1

Up to Season 15 - APPT Cambodia

Seats at Final Tables by country
Place Country Times
1stChina China107
2ndAustralia Australia100
3rdUnited States USA52
4thJapan Japan33
New Zealand New Zealand33
6thPhilippines Philippines29
7thSouth Korea South Korea27
8thCanada Canada26
9thTaiwan Taiwan23
10thEngland England22
11thSingapore Singapore20
12thHong Kong Hong Kong17
13thFrance France10
14thSweden Sweden9
Germany Germany9
Malaysia Malaysia9
17thRussia Russia8
18thIndia India7
Netherlands Netherlands7
20thNorway Norway6
Thailand Thailand6
Vietnam Vietnam6
23rdMacau Macau5
24thDenmark Denmark3
Finland Finland3
Israel Israel3
27thHungary Hungary2
Republic of Ireland Ireland2
Poland Poland2
Spain Spain2
31stColombia Colombia1
Costa Rica Costa Rica1
Croatia Croatia1
Italy Italy1
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan1
Panama Panama1
Scotland Scotland1
Slovenia Slovenia1
Switzerland Switzerland1

Up to Season 15 - APPT Cambodia

Top 10 Prizes
Rank Event Year Place Name Prize
1stAustralia APPT8 Melbourne20141stCanada Amichai Barer$1.399.739
2ndAustralia APPT10 Melbourne20161stCanada Alan Engel$1.120.110
3rdAustralia APPT9 Melbourne20151stAustralia Aristomenis Stavropoulos$1.094.737*
4thAustralia APPT9 Melbourne20152ndGermany Lennart Uphoff$959.623*
5thAustralia APPT1 Sydney20071stAustralia Grant Levy$875.542
6thAustralia APPT8 Melbourne20142ndCanada Sorel Mizzi$874.837
7thMacau APPT8 Macau20141stCanada Gabriel Le Jossec$812.361
8thMacau APPT9 Macau20151stChina Jimmy Zhou$759.190
9thMacau APPT10 Macau20161stRussia Vladimir Geshkenbein$727.483*
10thAustralia APPT10 Melbourne20162ndUnited States Tony Dunst$700.069

Up to Season 15 - APPT Cambodia

See also

Notes
  1. Cardplayer.com Dinh Le Wins APPT Macau $2,500 Event
  2. APPT Beijing Millions
  3. City of Dreams, Manila
  4. APPT Manila 2020 (CANCELLED) - SOMUCHpoker
  5. PokerNEWS - Chao-Ting Cheng Wins the 2023 APPT Cambodia $1,500 Main Event ($94,448)
  6. PokerNEWS - Yuanning Wu Wins the 2023 APPT Manila Main Event (PHP11,414,730)
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