APPT -- PokerStars Announces Season 3 ScheduleThe Tour Returns to China, South Korea, New Zealand, Australia, and the Philippines during Season 3 |
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The PokerStars Asia Pacific Poker Tour released its schedule for season 3 on Tuesday. The third circuit of the tour will include all of the stops that made up season 2. The tour begins on August 24 with the APPT Macau event in China, and things will wrap up with the APPT Sydney event that is scheduled to begin on December 1 in Australia. In between the tour will hosts stops in Seoul, South Korea, Auckland, New Zealand, and Manila in the Philippines.
Last year the tour hosted a total of 1,772 players for five events. The total prize pool for season 2 was $4,998,268. Both of those numbers are expected to grow for season 3. Here is a look at the full schedule for APPT season 3:
APPT Macau
August 24-30, 2009
Buy-in: HKD $40,000 (US $5,160 USD)
Venue: Grand Lisboa Casino Macau, People’s Republic of China
APPT Seoul
September 17-20, 2009
Buy-in: US $3,000
Venue: 7-Luck Casino, Seoul, South Korea
APPT Auckland
October 14-18, 2009
Buy-in: To be Determined
Venue: SkyCity Casino, Auckland, New Zealand
APPT Philippines
November 12-15, 2009
Buy-in: PHP 100,000 (US $2,150)
Venue: Shangri-la Mactan Resort, Cebu, Philippines
APPT Sydney
December 1-6, 2009
Buy-in: AUD 6,300 (US $4,920)
Venue: StarCity Casino, Sydney, Australia