APT Philippines champ heading to Macau
Saab was the top dog of this year's preliminary leg of the APT in the Philippines in June. The Aussie took home $280,000 for the win.
When the APT sets out for Macau in August, Saab will once likewise be in play, wanting to get a specimen of an even bigger fillip. The Macau corollary will have a fail-safe prize pool of $1.5 very many, and the busy bee will walk away with $500,000.
If the Philippines affair is any current indicator, Saab will be up adverse to some purist competition in Macau as well. The Philippines leg of the tour drew in 317 players, a new chronology for punter participation for an ecumenic tournament in the Philippines.
There were also affluent of poker's big-name pros in attendant, including Huck Seed, Mansour Matloubi, Nam Le, Quinn Do, Chip Jett and Karina Jett, Evelyn Ng and Steve Sung.
The APT Macau will take walk Aug. 27-31 at the Galaxy StarWorld Hotel and Casino. It has a $5,300 buy-in, but players can also win seats past online qualifiers at a number poker sites. Titan Poker, PartyPoker and PKR are all hosting satellites for players to win their way to Macau.
After Macau the APT will head to Seoul, South Korea and Singapore. For more presentment, visit AsianPT.com.
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