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The Asian Poker Tour (APT) was founded in 2006. To date, the APT has staged more than 110 major events and numerous smaller tournaments mainly in the Asia-Pacific Region. The tour has stopped at the Philippines, Macau, South Korea, Cambodia, Vietnam, India, China, Australia, London, New Caledonia and Mauritius. APT events combined have generated over US$50 Million in prize money all awarded to players.[4]
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History
The Asian Poker Tour was founded in 2006 by Capital Events Pte – a company based in Singapore.
In 2008 APT was acquired by AsianLogic but Capital Events Pte will continue to run the tour, which recently added the Korean Professional Poker Tour and remains a shareholder. The agreement will see AsianLogic manage the running of the APT's online and land-based tournaments, as well as taking control of the APT's brand and URLs giving the company access to the APT database, which it hopes will help drive players to its poker sites.[5]
In June 2022, APT Events Private Limited bought the Asian Poker Tour is set to expand its presence outside of Asia.[6] APT veteran Lloyd Fontillas will, however, continue in his capacity as General Manager & Executive Tournament Director, with added responsibilities.[7]
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Multiple Winners
ME = Main Event / CH = Championship / ACR = Accredited
Sorted by the year they entered the multiple titles list
Up to Season 2024 APT Phú Quốc (November 2024)
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2006
2008
2009
2010
In year 2010, the APT began its partnership with Resorts World Manila (RWM) which lasts until today. APT held some of its biggest events in RWM including the Guinness World Records Longest Continuous Poker Tournament,[13] the APT-RWM Iron Man Poker Challenge,[14] held in 2013.
2011
The APT began the year with its new event format dubbed the APT Asian Series. This event features the same type of tournaments the APT is known for but at a much lower buy in.
2012
The APT introduced the APT Player of the Year (APT POY) loyalty program in year 2012 wherein players' performance is measured throughout a year. The APT POY receives $8,000 worth of APT and APT Asian Series Main Event buy-ins at an event of his/her choice among other perks, while 2nd and 3rd-place winners receive 1 APT Main Event seat (value up to $2,700) and 1 APT Asian Series Main Event seat (value up to $1,100) respectively. English poker pro Sam Razavi won the first APT POY title and bagged the award for the next three consecutive years.
- Asian Poker Tour – Season 2012 – Leaderboard Champion:
Sam Razavi[44]
2013
In year 2013, the APT in partnership with Resorts World Manila made an attempt to break the Guinness World Records Longest Continuous Poker Tournament [13] which turned out to be a success. Shattering the previous record of 36 hours, 34 minutes and 41 seconds set in Delaware, USA. in August 2012, the APT-RWM Iron Man Poker Challenge set a new world record of 48 hours, 55 minutes and 58.5 seconds in December 2013.
- Asian Poker Tour – Season 2013 – Leaderboard Champion:
Sam Razavi,[44] Back-to-back: Two times APT Leaderboard in a row.
2014
2014 was a season when the tour went "quality over quantity". APT Tournament Director Lloyd Fontillas called 2014 a building year for staging fewer events, with much more quality in getting great player numbers.[57]
- Asian Poker Tour – Season 2014 – Leaderboard Champion:
Sam Razavi,[64] Back-to-back-to-back: Three times APT Leaderboard in a row (2012-2013-2014).
2015
In 2015, the APT increased the APT POY prize from $8,000 to $10,000 worth of APT and APT Asian Series Main Event buy-ins. Sam Razavi earned the APT POY title for the fourth consecutive year bestowing him the title APT Quadruple Player of the Year.[65]
The APT also opened its own poker room in Manila in February 2015 where two of the tour's events were held on that year, including the year-ender event.
- Asian Poker Tour – Season 2015 – Leaderboard Champion:
Sam Razavi,[76][65] Back-to-back 4 times: For the forth times APT Leaderboard in a row (2012-2013-2014-2015).
2016
2016 is APT's busiest year to date with 14 APT events and 1 APT-accredited event staged in a year. In the beginning of the year, APT started offering the APT Main Event Bubble Protection which insured the players availing it by giving back the Main Event buy-in in the form of APT tournament credits when the insured player busts out on the bubble. To avail of the bubble protection, players must pre-register for the Main Event, draw for a seat before starting time, and have his/her chips put into play on the first deal of level.
Changes in the winnings distribution of the APT Player of the Year ('APT POY') has also been made. The second and third place awards have been eliminated and $2,000 worth of APT prizes were awarded to each APT POY leader from the Philippines, Japan, South Korea, China, and one for the top nationality outside of those countries mentioned. The overall APT POY 2016 still received $10,000 worth of APT prizes. A total of $20,000 worth of APT prizes has been awarded for the APT POY 2016 race.
This was also the year when Sam Razavi was dethroned by
Iori Yogo after four years of APT POY reign.
2017
The APT Player of the Series (APT POS) has been introduced by the APT in its tournaments in 2017. It is a cumulative measure of player's performance throughout a full series. The APT POS awarded the 1st, 2nd and 3rd-place winners.
The last APT POY, Japan's Tetsuya Tsuchikawa, has been awarded as the season came to an end. The APT POY has been eliminated the following year to give way to more prizes for the APT Player of the Series.
2018
Starting year 2018, the APT POY has been eliminated, and cash prizes have been added to the APT POS – Player of the Series. On top of the prizes received by the APT POS, the winner is also awarded with $800 in cash, while the 2nd and 3rd-place winners received $100 in cash each as additional prizes.[122]
2019
2020 LIVE
2020 ONLINE
2021 LIVE
2021 ONLINE
2022 LIVE
2022 ONLINE
2023 LIVE
2023 ONLINE
APT Online by the numbers:[239]
- Tournaments: 330
- 14 Trophy Events
- 316 Side Events
- Festival Entries: 310,388
- APT online Side Event Entries: 273,724
- APT online Trophy Event entries: 36,664
- Series Prize Money: $23,637,286
- Trophy Event Prize Money: $9,772,583
- Non-Trophy Side Event Prize Money: $13,864,703
The top three players of the series - "JASSS001",
"DaDuHow", and
"vincent2288" - won $2,500 APT Live packages to the upcoming APT Hanoi Billions 2023.[239]
2024
2024 ONLINE
APT Online by the numbers:[249]
- Tournaments: 326
- 20 Trophy Events
- 306 Side Events
- Festival Entries: 378,625
- APT online Side Event Entries: 327,704
- APT online Trophy Event entries: 50,921
- Series Prize Money: $28,191,720
- Trophy Event Prize Money: $12,662,914
- Non-Trophy Side Event Prize Money: $15,528,806
2025
The APT Calendar 2025 was announced in December 20, 2024.[251]
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Winners by country
* Main and Championship events include LIVE and ONLINE tournaments and TMT Taiwan Millions Tournament 2020
* Accredited events include APT Manila 2013 Iron Man Poker Challenge and APT X CTP High Roller Series
* Not included APT Online India Series main event or championship event. Only local players can play APT Online India Series.
In case of a tie, it will be sorted alphabetically
Up to Season 2025 APT Taipei 2025 I – (May 2025)
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