Titan Poker spices up the table action with the launch of its Asian Poker Tour (APT) Manila 2009 tournament series offering weekly chances to compete for Eastern poker treasures in January.

It’s not every day that players are offered a chance to kick start the New Year with a taste of an exotic Eastern culture and a share of millions of dollars. The recent launch of the Asian Poker Tour (APT) Manila 2009 Satellite Series at popular online poker room Titan Poker has certainly given those looking for a fresh and lucrative start to 2009 cause for celebration.

The highest profile stop on the expanding Asian Poker Tour (APT) circuit, the APT Manila tournament has gained a reputation as one of most exciting poker destinations in the world.

From the moment of its first running in May 2008, the APT Manila’s prize pool and the level of talent continue to reach new heights. The first tournament boasted a $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool and attracted 315 talented poker players from all over the world. Neighboring Australian poker pro David Saab made history as the first APT Manila winner after taking home $280,000.

Not to be outdone, the second stop on the Asian Poker Tour circuit was staged in Macau in August 2008 with an inflated prize offering of $1,500,000. In a surprising victory, twenty-year-old Yevgeniy Timoshenko of the United States claimed first prize winnings to the tune of $500,000.

The exciting poker action and growing prize pools offered by the 2009 Asian Poker Tour are guaranteed to attract even greater scores of elite players from Asia-Pacific and the rest of the world to unique and vibrant Manila.

Titan Poker is offering players a number of chances to play for the treasures of the Philippines in its series of twice-weekly Super Satellites staged every Thursday and Saturday from October 26th to January 15th.

• For Satellite buy-ins under a dollar ($0.55 + $0.05), players could be on their way to an unforgettable Eastern experience.

Finally the Antonio Esfandiari also called “The Magician” (that’s it, man he is a magician) broke his kinda “badrun” (this dude won millions anyway).

He is the chip leader for WPT Festa Al Lago  with 313.000 chips.

The funny thing is that the 2nd in chips have only 200k (It’s this kinda unknown Nick Sliwinski).

The leadership has been mostly attributed to a confrontation with the November Nine’s Scott Montgomery (I don’t like him). Esfandiari had a set and the stupid Montgomery check raised all-in. Esfandiari was so happy to call that he couldn’t stand it. He almost cryed of happyness, ffs.

Montgomery I don’t like you still I don’t know you and you might be a wonderful human…OR NOT. (J/K anyway don’t sue me)

THE MOST FUNNY THING ABOUT FESTA AL LAGO: MICHAEL PHELPS.

The already world-wide-well-known Michael “Aquaman” Phelps was escorted to the Fontana Lounge by the  Phil Hellmuth Jr.

Note: Aquaman Phelps won (only) 14 Olimpic Gold Medals meaning that he is an alien or something..

The Top Five Chip Counts

The top five chip counts feature some more big names with big stacks. Right behind Esfandiari and Sliwinski is Jennifer Tilly with 195,050 and Andrew “good2cu” Robl is in fifth with 173,450. Also having a strong start to the tournament were Joe Sebok (142,050), Johnny Chan (138,000), Isaac “westmenloAA” Baron (116,825) and Allen Cunningham (105,825).

Day 1a bought 153 players whose paid $15k entry each, meaning 2.3M only with entry fees.

There are several important tournaments close to being played. Two EPT, one APT and one APPT.

EPT Barcelona, Sept 10-14, 2008. Buy-in €8,000 + 250.

EPT London, Oct 1-5, 2008. Buy-in £5,200 + 200.

APT Macau, Playing now. Buy-in USD $5,300.

APPT Macau,  Sept 1-9, 2008. Buy-in Main Event USD $3,200, High Rollers USD $19,250.

You can qualify winning satellites in PokerStars! What are you waiting for?

Get ready to play one of the biggest tournaments online.

$2.500.000 GP should be enough to cover your expected value! (LMAO)

The thing is that there are satellites for several stages in order to qualify to this humoungous tournament.

• You can qualify playing at Titan Poker or any other ipoker network client.

Still we recommend Titan Poker since I like them. They are the most serious of all.

Also stay tuned for the ECOOP III. That would be awesome, all to be played a Titan!

The Legends of Poker organized by the WPT just started. We didn’t cover anything about it so I thought now was the momment to post theTournament Schedule.

WPT Legends of Poker - Tournament Schedule

Start Date: 30 July 2008

Finish Date:  29 August 2008

Location: The Bicycle Casino - 7301 Eastern Ave - Bell Gardens, CA

Event Details:

• Jul 30 NL Hold em Event 1 $300 + $35
• Jul 31 NL Hold em Event 2 $300 + $35 Single Rebuy
• Aug 01 NL Hold em Event 3 $500 + $45
• Aug 02 NL Hold em Event 4 $300 + $35 Multiple Rebuys GTD: $150,000
• Aug 03 NL Hold em Ladies Event 5 $300 + $40
• Aug 04 Omaha High-Low Event 6 $300 + $35
• Aug 05 NL Hold em Event 7 $300 + $35
• Aug 06 NL Hold em Event 8 $500 + $45
• Aug 07 Limit Hold em Event 9 $300 + $35
• Aug 08 Seven-Card Stud High-Low Event 10 $300 + $35
• Aug 09 NL Hold em Event 11 $1,000 + $70
• Aug 10 NL Hold em Event 12 $300 + $35 Multiple Rebuys
• Aug 11 NL Hold em Event 13 $500 + $45
• Aug 12 NL Hold em Event 14 $1,000 + $70
• Aug 13 Omaha High-Low Event 15 $500 + $45
• Aug 14 NL Hold em Event 16 $300 + $35 Multiple Rebuys GTD: $150,000
• Aug 15 NL Hold em Event 17 $500 + $45 Single Rebuy
• Aug 16 NL Hold em Ladies (LPA) Event 18 $500 + $50
• Aug 17 NL Hold em Event 19 $500 + $45 Multiple Rebuys
• Aug 18-19 NL Hold em Event 20 $1,000 + $70
• Aug 19 Limit Hold’ em Event 21 $500 + $45
• Aug 20-23 Mega Super Satellites $1,000 + $30
• Aug 21 NL Hold em Invitational (Legends/Media) Event 22 $0 + $0
• Aug 21-22 NL Hold em Mariani/Buss Event 23 $1,000 + $70
• Aug 23-28 NL Hold em Championship Event (WPT) $9,500 + $500
• Aug 29 NL Hold em Player Appreciation Event 25 $200 + $25

Our dear iPoker Network will organize a series of satellitesin in order to qualify to Asian Poker Tour Macau, APPT.

Our iPoker poker room of the month, Titan Poker will celebrate all of this satellites.

People obviously will be able to qualify if they win the satellites. There are several stages of this satellites and you will need to analize the best fit for your play and bankroll.

Click here, download, register and qualify for the Asian Poker Tour Macau. Titan poker is the best skin.

The package offered on the main satellite is:

• $5,000 + $300 buy-in to the Main Event
• $1,000 for 6 nights’ accommodation (Aug 26 – Sep 1 ) for qualifiers and their guests at the StarWorld Hotel in Macau.
• Up to $2,700 for flights & spending.

Structure A:

• Weekly Super Satellites, $300 + $20 Freezeout, Sundays at 20:00 – 2 packages guaranteed! Minimum number of players in the super satellites is 25.
• Ongoing Sit’N’Go satellites to the Super Satellite, $64 + $6, 1 seat for every 5 players.
• Stage 1 Satellite $50 + $5 Freezeout, 1 Seat for every $320 collected, Daily except Sunday at 16:50 – 2
• seats guaranteed
• Stage 2 Satellite $6 + $0.6 R/A, Daily at 12:45 & 20:20, 1 seat for every $55 collected to the next day’s 16:50 Stage 1
• Stage 1 Satellite $40 +$4 R/A, 1 Seat for every $320 collected, Daily Except Sundays at 18:55 – 3 seats
• guaranteed
• Ongoing Sit’N’Go stage 2 satellites, $4.4 + $0.4, 1 seat for every 10 players, to the 18:55 stage 1
• Stage 2 Satellite $5 + $0.5 R/A, Daily at 13:55 & 21:40, 1 Seat for every $44 collected, to the 18:55 Stage 1
• Stage 1 Satellite $30+3 Turbo R/A, Sunday at 16:30, 10 seats guaranteed   Stage 2 satellites $4+0.4 Turbo R/A, Sunday at 12:40 (5 seats guaranteed) & 13:30 (10 seats guaranteed), 1 seat for every $33 collected, to the Sunday 16:30 stage 1

Structure B

• Weekly Super Satellites, $80 + $8 – 1 rebuy & 1 addon, Wednesdays at 20:05 - 2 packages guaranteed! Minimum number of players in the super satellite is 40.
• First Super Satellite on June 4th.   Last Super Satellite on Aug 6th.
• Ongoing Sit’N’Go satellites to the super satellite, $8.8 + $0.8, 1 seat for every 10 players
• Stage 1 Satellite $10 + $1 R/A, 1 Seat for every $88 collected, Daily at 14:35 (Turbo – 8 seats guaranteed), 17:35 (Turbo – 6 seats guaranteed) & 22:40 (Turbo - 6 seats guaranteed)
• Ongoing S’N’G stage 2 “1 hand”, $1.1 + $0.1, 1 seat for every 10 players, to the same day’s 22:40 stage 1
• Stage 1 Satellite $10 + $1 R/A, 1 Seat for every $88 collected, Wednesday at 16:05 (10 seats guaranteed) & 17:05 (15 seats guaranteed)

This outstanding tournament just found an excellent location. Sun City Palace Hotel, how wonderful! Look at the landscape it’s unbeatable. Our dear Titan Poker host several satellites to qualify for a classic statelite final in order to win a package for this outstanding poker tournament.

The package includes:

• $3,000 for buy-in to the Main Event, plus $1,600 for one add-on and one re-buy.
• Luxury accommodation for seven nights at the Palace of the Lost City hotel.
• Up to $2,500 for flights and spending money.
• VIP transfers from Johannesburg to the Palace hotel.
• A round of golf at one of the nearby golf courses
• Free entry into the Spa for one week
• Safari Game Drive or Hot Air Balloon Ride
• Free entry to the “Let There Be Rock” show.

More Pictures/photo/images of the Sun City Million Dollar Poker Tournament Palace Hotel

Remember that you can qualify playing at Titan Poker! Just click, download and register.

Hi, all again. I’ve been reading about the second day of this year’s WSOP and I can’t believe the high quantity of NON-FAMOUS poker players around. Seems that the WSOP system is made to prevent the same pro winning over and over. :shock:

I mean, man what the hell is the TV selling to us. They say that Negreanu, Hellmuth, Ivey, Hansen, Farha, Greenstein, Texas Dolly (among others) are the best but they didn’t got into the second day of the wsop 2008.  :shock:

Only Patrick Antonius and Antonio Esfandiari  made it. Oh and also some poker girls that I can’t  recall her names.

Anyway, I just got the updated (4 hours ago, check post time/date) chips leaderboard

Hi, the World Series of Poker 2008 (wsop) finally reached the Main Event and more important is that it reached the interesting instances of the tournament. Second days into the final table of the wsop 2008 main event.

First 4 qualifying days are over. Most of the Pros got eliminated on this days and imho there was a problem with the days organization, since the 4 days where played one after another.

Means that people couldn’t rest properly. You could only play day 1a and day 1c, or day 1b and day 1d. Etc. Humoungous failure at the wsop organization.

• Anyway the dudes already played day 2a and prolly you can find a boring report around the web.

The good news are that ESPN 2 will cover the entire thingy and aparently they have more crew than usual, so get ready for awesome shoots on the WSOP 2008 Final table

Btw, did u saw espn radio? ffs it’s a piece of crap.

Stay tuned.