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I also noticed that there's now a sub-tab in the Stars "events" section for an APPT (Asia Pacific Poker Tour). Anyone know anything about this? I googled and couldn't find much.

Ryan

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The Australia-based PokerStars.net APPT is expected to launch with stops in Australia, New Zealand, Philippines (contract already signed with Philippines government gambling monopoly PAGCOR),
South Korea, and India.

Note that the entire Chinese-speaking world (Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, and Malaysia) and Vietnam are missing from the APPT due to government gambling monopoly turf-guarding.

The likes of PartyGaming, World Poker Tour Enterprises, and FullTiltPoker.net have all met with government officials in each of the 6 Chinese-speaking gambling countries and territories in Asia.

Apparently, the PokerStars.net APPT will target non-Chinese-speaking countries in Asia.

As for Vietnam, Ladbroke is the odds-on favorite to win the 15-year service contract to run all legalized government-owned online gambling in Vietnam (primarily sports-betting; status of poker not yet known.)