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JackpotCity Casino Promos Take the Cake

Brett — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 10:09:10 +0000

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APT back in the Philippines

Brett — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 09:20:00 +0000

There’s great news for poker players from the Philippines. The Asian Poker Tour (APT) is returning to the island nation with the 2010 APT Philippines event. I know for a fact that when this 7-day tournament kicks of on August 23^rd, players will be doing back-flips at Resorts World in Manilla. For those of you skilled enough to participate there’s a $2,5k buy in + $200 for the Main Event.

What more can you expect?

The short answer – lots more. There are 8 premier side events at this year’s Asian Poker Tour. These include a Greed Tournament, a Pot-Limit Omaha event and a High Roller’s Tournament. If you recall the 2009 APT was won by Neil Arce a homegrown Filipino. He cashed up to the tune of $185k. Incidentally, this was the first time a local player won a world-class event in the Philippines. I’m backing a new winner this year – simply because the amount of raw poker talent out there is immense.

If you’re interested in learning more you can check out places like the iPoker Network and even PartyPoker for qualifying games into this prestigious APT event. The 2010 Main Event will be held at Resorts World Manila – across from Terminal 3 of the NAIA (International Airport). See you there!

New Depositors Freeroll at William Hill

karen — Sun, 23 May 2010 05:15:23 +0000

I came across a great new players bonus worth mentioning at William Hill for all poker players. If you haven’t already discovered William Hill, one of my personal favorites, then now is as a good a time as any with their $400 New Player Bonus. This is just one of the many perks you’ll enjoy when you become a player at William Hill. Actually, according to their site, even if you’re an existing customer at William Hill but are moving from their old software to their new software, you will still qualify for this bonus based on your first transfer of funds into the Poker wallet.

In addition you’ll be offered an exclusive $1,000 New Depositors Freeroll. After you register your new real money account and make your first deposit, you’ll receive five absolutely completely free entries into two freeroll tournaments. Obviously this is fabulous opportunity to give your bankroll a little boost before you even begin to start playing. Tournaments are held on the 1st of every month and winners can choose their prize from a laptop, Sony Handycam, Sony PS3, Nintendo Wii, Canon Digicam G9, or Samsung Omnia phone.

Good luck to all!

Biggest Poker Prize in Philippine History

karen — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 18:03:06 +0000

Just a couple of days ago, Poker Stars announced the huge 20-day schedule of events for the fourth season of the Poker Stars Asia Pacific Tour (APPT). The Macau Spring Festival of Poker will be taking place at Casino Grand Lisboa between 3 May and 23 May 2010. The Main Event is anticipated to draw elite crowd of poker players from around the global.
The season began just a couple of weeks ago in the Philippines with the ‘APPT Manilla: PAGCOR Chairman’s Cup’ smashing its $1 million USD guarantee. More than 430 players competed for the prize pool and the event turned out to be the largest poker tournament ever in the Philippines. Eventually, however, the top prize went to an American poker player from Las Vegas, Binh Nguyen (pictured here). He won what was the biggest prize in Philippine poker history … a cool $260,700. Nguyen was apparently impressed with the event and how smoothly it ran. Our top five placed local talent in the event was Kirby Te (8th place), Ramil Gentugaya (12th place), Marc Rivera (16th place), Eric Sia (20th place) and Jose Garcia (25th place).

APPT Season Three Comes to Cebu – Nov ‘09

karen — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 08:46:47 +0000

The PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker tour (APPT) has grown to become the largest poker tour in the Asia-Pacific region. It’s basically a series of major poker tournaments and is scheduled to visit Cebu in the Philippines in season three as well as South Korea, New Zealand and Sydney, Australia. The opening event of season three was held recently in August in Macau.

The event in the Philippines is scheduled for 12 to 15 November 2009 at the Shangri-la Mactan in Cebu. Satellites to qualify for the tournament are already running with a range of different buy ins for your chance to compete in the biggest and richest poker tour.

Profile of a Poker Player – Neil Arce

karen — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:42:41 +0000

And not just any poker player …. At just 25 years of age, Neil Arce deservedly has the reputation as one of the best poker players in the Philippines. He is probably the most successful Filipino poker player in terms of tournament winnings and finishes. Acre was first noticed in 2007 after becoming the first ever Filipino player to finish in the money in the WSOP main event. Since then his impressive career includes 2008 Filipino Poker Tour Champion and 2009 APT Manila Main Event Champion (won a whopping $185,000). He’s known affectionately in poker circles as ‘The Dirty Ice Cream’ – although I can’t quite work out why? Can anyone enlighten me?