Next-gen poker room offering seats to Main Event
London, April 24, 2008 – PKR, the future of online poker, is one of a select few sites opening doorways to the inaugural leg of the Asian Poker Tour in Manila. The APT main event will be hosted in Dusit Thani Manila Hotel from Tuesday May 27th until Sunday June 1st.
Buy-ins for this prestigious event are set at $2,500 but at least three participants will come from PKR tables - the qualifiers winning through PKR APT tournaments to stake their claim to superb, all–expenses paid packages worth $5,000. Direct buy-ins are available at every stage of qualification and entrants will be selected from a range of satellites: Stage One boasts MTTs running twice daily (except Mondays), with the weekly Stage Two taking place every Monday at 19:40 GMT.
As usual, PKR presents a more diverse selection process - this time around there are added Sit & Go’s offering seats at the daily and weekly qualifiers for as little as $2.20. All qualifiers run until the Grand Final which will be held on Monday, May 12th.
Poker room manager Neil Wright commented on the landmark occasion, “The APT is a new and unique event. It showcases the global popularity and growth of poker. We are looking forward to seeing PKR players get a shot at a fantastic all round experience and a slice of the guaranteed $1 million.”
The APT is the first of its kind and the Manila leg is set to be the biggest poker event ever to take place in Asia. With such a high prize pool and at least 400 runners vying for a piece of the action, it is set to be a memorable debut for the tour.