1st Bacolod Poker Cup

1,000,000 Guaranteed

Buy-in 10,000 + 1,000

Day 1a Oct. 1

Day 1b Oct. 2

Day 2   Oct.3

at The Metro Card Club Bacolod

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Michael Cua has become the APT Philippines champion after a gruelling five-day Main Event at Resorts World Manila.

The home-grown player was one of the shortest stacks throughout the final table, but he survived and managed to find his form late in the tournament to prevail against all odds. The field of 227 included some of the best players in Asia as well as a smattering of international big names, such as Johnny Chan, JC Tran, Nam Le, Quinn Do, Bryan Huang, Neil Arce, Kai Paulsen, Winfred Yu and Somyung Sim.

Cua was a rank outsider as play went down to three-handed, coming up against PokerStars Team Asia’s Bryan Huang and chip leader Mike Puno.

Huang, who put in an impressive performance worthy of his reputation as one of Asia’s finest, looked set to steamroll his way to the title as he put on a tournament poker master class, putting his opponents under pressure with constant aggression.

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2010 Manila Beer-PKR Celebrity Charity Challenge

Two-time WSOP Bracelet winner J.C. Tran took home the Charity Challenge Crown besting local sports show host Jinno Rufino heads up. Tran won Php 100,00 for his chosen charity the Kythe Foundation. Also gracing the charity event were local celebrities Troy Montero, KC Montero, Karen Bordador, Jinno Rufino, Rajo Laurel, Khai Lim, Haji Alejandro, Priscilla Meirelles, and John Estrada, and Poker Pros John Juanda, Quinn Do, Nam Le, Steve Sung, Neil Arce, and Amnon Filippi, as well as the representatives from the APT, including AsianLogic CEO Tom Hall, APT chairman Chris Parker, and APT CEO Jeff Mann.

Read more about the PKR Battle of Teams and Media Event after the jump.

Written by Jerome "emorej" Cruz

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Asian Poker Tour Philippines Kicks off at the RWM

The Asian Poker Tour Philippines 2010 was formally opened at the Resorts World Manila Resort and Casino yesterday. Formally opening the weeklong festivities were AsianLogic CEO Tom Hall, APT chairman Chris Parker, APT CEO Jeff Mann, RWM CEO Thuy Trinh, and Pagcor Poker Dept. Head Atty. Emily Padua. Also seen during the opening ceremonies were four-time WSOP bracelet winner, two-time WSOP bracelet winner J.C. Tran, WPT Titlist Nam Le, last year's APT Manila champion Neil Arce, and other poker pros such as Quinn Do, Steve Sung, Amnon Filipi, ..and Pokermanila.com member Bryan Huang.

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TPC Motherboard Finals

Starting the day off was The Poker Circuit's Motherboard Finals, where winner from various legs all over the country converged at the RWM to crown the champion. All of the finalists were already in the money but all were gunning for the 12 APT-Main Event seats to be given out. A very sick heads-up match ensued which lasted for only a couple of hands, Eric Mana had a commanding 7-1 chip lead against Cyril Ramos, the last standing female player.

Written by: Jerome "emorej" Cruz

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   Neil Arce will be looking to become the first-ever back-to-back APT champion at this year’s APT Philippines Main Event.
Arce has long been considered one of the best poker players the Philippines has ever produced. Last year, he triumphed over a field of 262 players to take down the title and US$185,000 in prize money.

   His skill and aggression saw him build his stack throughout the tournament, but a stroke of good luck helped him finish off runner-up Steve Yea. With all the chips in the middle, the Korean Full Tilt pro tabled Ace King, which was a 75% favourite against Arce’s King Queen. Lady Luck would prove to be on the side of the hometown favourite, as a Queen came off on the turn to give Arce the pot and the victory.

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Aside from the APT Main Event, players can also put their skills to a test in various APT Philippines Side Event Tournaments.

photo by: Oliver "Oluaris" Valenzuela

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The Metro Card Club A Million Rush to the APT is finally over.  After 5 days, one man was left standing and not surprisingly, or surprisingly it was the chip leader from Day 1, Sherwin Alda, a casual cash game player who decided to join the tournament because of its low buy-in and the possibility to get a $2,700 seat at the APT for only Php3,000.

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