Reporting Live From the Philippines!

Hello everyone! We are coming to you from the beautiful, sunny Philippines, where Day 1a is just about to get underway at the Asia Pacific Poker Tour stop in Cebu!

Last year, 246 players entered the tournament, and at the end of six days of poker, Hoang Anh Do walked away the victor. He took home 5,927,000 PHP (Philippine Pesos) for his efforts, as well as a beautiful APPT trophy.

Play is scheduled to get started in just under an hour, and we expect a good field today. This event is sponsored by Pokerstars.net, so we are expecting to see Pokerstars Team Asia well represented here. In fact, one of the team members, Vivian Im, won this event two years ago!

Today is the first of two Day 1’s here in Cebu, and a champion will be crowned in five days. We here at Pokernews will be bringing you all the action throughout the entire tournament, so don’t go anywhere!