Making moves in Manila (APT Manila Main ...

By Jeremy Coleman PartyPoker.com’s remaining 14 players were in the spotlight on Day 1B, aiming to join Swedes Daniel Haglund and Erik Backlund who had made it through from the opening day’s play. Our 14 were part of 182 players who sat down on Day 1B, making a total of 262 competitors for the event and generating a prize pool of $635,000 – less than expected but still a...

An impressive pair of Swedes (APT Philip...

By Jeremy Coleman Once the remaining 35 players were rested, fed and watered, it was back to business. Our guys needed to up their game in order to see out the final four levels of the day to make it into Day 2 on Saturday. Jason Gibson had to make a move having such a short stack and was happy to look down and see A-K in his first hand after the dinner break. He pushed all in a found a...

Time to shuffle up and deal (APT Philipp...

By Jeremy Coleman So, finally, it arrived; the APT Philippines main event got down to business today. The sun was shining brightly this morning to herald the forthcoming action and it was just the start to the day our players wanted to put them in the right mood. Meeting many of them in the breakfast hall, I could tell they were ready to get stuck in. Of the 22 PartyPoker.com qualifiers...

PartyPoker.com’s settling in nicely in...

By Jeremy Coleman A lot of top quality poker was played yesterday evening and with the main event still more than a day away the PartyPoker.com players were right in the thick of the action with some impressive results on the cash game tables. Jukka from Finland finished with a very impressive return of several thousand pesos after a few hours spent on the Omaha and No Limit tables. I...

Welcome to Manila...

The Asian Poker Tour is a big deal. Since it’s debut in 2006 the APT has continued thrive, culminating in two fantastic 2008 events in Manila and Macau. This year promises to the tour’s biggest 12 months yet and the action has already started with APT Philippines. PartyPoker.com’s Jeremy Coleman is the lucky man with the mission to give you all the news and stories from the...

It’s going to be a thriller in Manila...

The Philippines is the place to be this week for quality poker action with the arrival of the Asian Poker Tour in Manila. This six-day poker and party festival has become one of the most popular land-based events on the calendar and for 22 players who won packages for the extravaganza on PartyPoker.com, this promises to be a trip they’ll never forget. Our line-up is led by recent...