Asian Poker Tour
The Asian Poker Tour 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.
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.
In June 2022, APT Events Private Limited bought the Asian Poker Tour is set to expand its presence outside of Asia. APT veteran Lloyd Fontillas will, however, continue in his capacity as General Manager & Executive Tournament Director, with added responsibilities.
Multiple Winners
ME = Main Event / CH = Championship / ACR = AccreditedSorted by the year they entered the multiple titles list
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Tournament Results
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2010
In year 2010, the APT began its partnership with Resorts World Manila which lasts until today. APT held some of its biggest events in RWM including the Guinness World Records Longest Continuous Poker Tournament, the APT-RWM Iron Man Poker Challenge, 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 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 and 1 APT Asian Series Main Event seat respectively. English poker pro Sam Razavi won the first APT POY title and bagged the award for the next three consecutive years.| Date/Venue | Event / City | Players | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize | Results | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 28–29 January Fox Poker Club |  2013In year 2013, the APT in partnership with Resorts World Manila made an attempt to break the Guinness World Records Longest Continuous Poker Tournament 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.
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