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The Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) Season 5  starts July 2011! The tour will continue to make history in Season 5.

Every year PokerStars sends thousands of poker players to compete in events across Europe, the US and the Caribbean. The APPT has created a whole new dimension of poker in Asia, marking its emergence as a truly global sport.

Sponsored by PokerStars.net, the tour will provide poker enthusiasts with the chance to test their skills against some of the world's best players in the most glamorous of Asia Pacific destinations.

The series has been created and put together by a skilled team that includes:

Danny McDonagh - APPT President

Danny McDonagh has planned, promoted and directed poker tournamentsacross Asia Pacific since 1998 and was at the helm at every major poker tournament at the Crown Casino, from its opening through to the 2007 Aussie Millions, a championship which has gained an excellent reputation among leading poker players as one of the premier poker tournaments worldwide. He has also been tournament director for two televised poker tournaments series in Australia.

Danny was an original partner of www.pokernetwork.com and he established poker tours to, and live internet coverage of, a number of worldwide poker tournament destinations including the WHUPC in Vienna, St Petersburg, Moscow, New Zealand and Slovenia.

He has travelled widely to poker rooms throughout the USA and Europe and brings a wealth of experience to the APPT.

Formerly APPT Tournament Director, Danny now is Director of Live Poker Operations for Asia Pacific. He is based in Macau and manages PokerStars Macau, home of APPT Macau.

Robin Lim – APPT Senior Events Manager

Robin Lim has been planning and producing major events for almost 10 years and he brings a wealth of experience to the APPT.

Since 2008, Robin has also event managed major poker tournaments around the world in addition to the APPT including the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, NAPT Venetian, CSPT Prague, EPT Monte Carlo, EUREKA Slovenia & PokerStars Macau special events.

PokerStars.net

PokerStars is the headline sponsor of the Asia Pacific Poker Tour. It is also the sponsor of the European Poker Tour , Latin American Poker Tour, Australia New Zealand Poker Tour and North American Poker Tour. It is the world's largest online card room, with over twenty million members and 50 billion poker hands dealt. PokerStars hosts regular qualifying tournaments to live APPT events, allowing players to secure APPT packages for free.

For further information, please email info@appt.com.

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