Less than half of the day 1A field will return for Friday's day 2 after the opening session of play in the 2009 PokerStars.net APPT Cebu Main Event. They include nine PokerStars Qualifiers and four PokerStars Cebu Satellite winners. Players from across the world converged on the idyllic Shangri-La's Mactan Resort and Spa near the Philippines' city of Cebu to begin their pursuit of the third APPT title in season three of the region's biggest and most prestigious tour. At day's end, 50 of the 106 starters remained. Two PokerStars.net Team Asia PROs took their seats today - Daniel
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APPT Cebu: What's in a name?
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APPT Cebu: Sweet for dessert; not-so-sweet for Steicke
By Landon Blackhall The Philippines is an intriguing mish-mash of Eastern and Western. The locals are proud of their traditions, but at the same time, they have a unique ability to adapt to a changing world without it affecting them. It could also be said that those endearing qualities...more
APPT Cebu: Sombero's courageous comeback
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APPT Cebu: Cards in the air under the big top
By Landon Blackhall The cards are in the air on day 1A of the PokerStars.net APPT Cebu Main Event, and as is tradition on the tour, players were treated to a taste of local culture. Today we welcomed performers who treated the players to a display of the Sinulog...more
APPT Cebu: The party to end all parties
With respect to previous welcome parties held on the PokerStars.net APPT, this one is going to take some topping ... APPT Cebu kicked off with a bang last night at the Shangri-La Mactan Resort and Spa. The weather was warm, the beach meticulously groomed, the drinks cold and plentiful...more
APPT Cebu: Welcome to paradise
The concept of Shangri-La was first described by British author James Hilton in his 1933 novel Lost Horizon (subsequently made into movies of the same name in 1937 and 1973); a place that defined the concept of paradise, isolated from the outside world, utopian, harmonious and mystical. Those words...more
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