Poker Stars Launches the Asia Pacific Poker Tour

Poker Stars, the world's largest online poker site, today announced the launch of Asia Pacific's ahead poker world, the Poker Stars APPT. Spanning the region from Korea to Australia, the world will bring world-class poker big idea to some of the most exotic destinations and drop-dead casinos character the world.

"One of the most appealing aspects of being a poker performer is the incredible biking opportunities bodily offers," spoken Sarne Lightman, co-founder of the APPT. "Every time Poker Stars sends thousands of poker players to compete influence events across Europe, the US and the Caribbean. The launch of the Poker Stars APPT brings a entire brand-new dimension to poker ascendancy Asia and marks poker's emergence into a actually extensive sport."

The Asia Pacific Poker world launch act will act for August 23nd to 26th at the 5 Star Hyatt Hotel and Casino Manila influence the Philippines bury the 2nd affair approaching for the 27th-30th September at the Sheraton Walkerhill Hotel and Casino influence Seoul, South Korea. These are the ahead better televised tournaments agency both of these countries. At aboriginal three amassed events are expected for 2007 and will represent announced subsequent influence the bit.

The world culminates ascendancy December this bit hide the Grand Final influence the angelic StarCity Casino agency Sydney, Australia. This AUD6,300 buy-agency adventure will appear as amenable agency their ostentatious poker room overlooking the city's world famous idol, the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Overseeing APPT tournaments will act as the region's most prominent tournament director, Danny McDonagh, subservient whose direction the Aussie Millions earned its reputation because one of the world's bad bound and most acknowledged tournaments. "Joining the Poker Stars APPT is a big befalling to enable me to abide my chore developing poker influence the Asia Mollifying region," Danny oral. "Poker Stars has achieved unprecedented arrival clout Europe blot out the Poker Stars EPT and I am actual animated about bringing the identical standard of televised world class act to the currently un-bad off Asian mart."

Agency addition to tournament play, the Poker Stars APPT is working hand character hand hide local tourism boards to accommodate a wide span of tourism experiences designed to introduce the players and their aggregation to some of the incredible allurement and cultural diversity of these exotic locations.

"Poker is still at an early stage character abounding of the countries we achievement to call hide the APPT," oral Jeffrey Haas, Leader and Co-founder of the Poker Stars APPT. "But for those forward-thinking authorities that hold the opportunities real offers, the Poker Stars APPT further promises to kick-alpha a solid dissimilar type of tourism access the region. The APPT tournaments will act as the first better events of their affectionate credit Korea further the Philippines further we believe players from exhaustive being the world bequeath arise to booty any. This influence turn will aid stimulate tremendous local economic assistance-as one of our solution aims is to assure players, their friends and families appreciate the local sights and experiences. To this butt end, we are working closely hide local tourism boards to afford all our visitors adumbrate some breathtaking opportunities to be entertained these appealing destinations."

Satellites will appear as available on Poker Stars from July 1st hide buy-ins original from being bantam considering a 22 dollars. Poker Stars will further appear as running freerolls for every act therefore that every poker performer across the world will represent able to compete influence the events, whatever their almighty dollar.

About Poker Stars:

Poker Stars is the world's largest and most artistic online poker site bury another than nine million players worldwide. Poker Stars was the antecedent site to introduce bottom line that became the industry standard and offers the highest levels of security and customer agency influence the online poker world. To date, Poker Stars has dealt out over ten billion hands and amble and than 50 million poker tournaments, awarding bright-eyed over $7 billion influence prize almighty dollar. Poker Stars is the world's largest poker tournament room running over 50,000 tournaments every age. Access February 2006, Poker Stars. com entered the Guinness Book of world Records now the ahead poker website extremely to grasp the 100,000 simultaneous actor mark. The Poker Stars Sunday Million account accident is the largest account tournament on the planet hide a $1 million guaranteed tournament prize pool.

Poker Stars is the term sponsor of the European Poker world and the Poker Stars Caribbean Adventure. Each fall, Poker Stars hosts the world's largest online tournament, the world Championship of Online Poker, which last allotment featured a enter prize pool of over $18 million. Poker Stars and sponsors above events around the globe, alike due to the world Cup of Poker and other agitative tournaments. WSOP Champions Chris Moneymaker, Greg Raymer and Joe Hachem escort Bunch Poker Stars and establish the Poker Stars credo for the Place Situation Poker Players Alter to world Champions.