The Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) Season 3  starts August 2009! The tour will continue to make history in Season 3.

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.

APPT Season 3 starts in Macau, August 2009, and is also set to visit Seoul, Auckland, Philippines and Sydney.

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 Tournament Director

Danny McDonagh has planned, promoted and directed poker tournaments in Australia 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 role of APPT Tournament Director.

Jeffrey Haas - APPT President

Jeffrey Haas is intent on the growth of poker culture in Asia Pacific through the establishment and promotion of a series of exciting tournament poker events: The Asia Pacific Poker Tour. While poker is still nascent in most Asia Pacific countries, he believes that televised poker - coverage of local events! - will increase regional participation over time, while players from all over the world will come as tourists to experience the exotic locales and play some incredible poker.

Jeffrey has more than 10 years of experience in Media, Technology and Poker Gaming, with three years of experience at the Discovery Channel and four years building online poker businesses. He has executive-produced poker events in Canada, Sweden and Spain, including the Ongame Network Poker Classic.

PokerStars.net

PokerStars is the headline sponsor of the Asia Pacific Poker Tour. It is also the sponsor of both the European Poker Tour and Latin American Poker Tour, and is the world's largest online card room, with over nine million members and 10 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.

441 Productions

441 Productions helped launch the global poker boom in 2003 when it began televising the World Series of Poker on ESPN. Since then, 441 has created over 200 hours of poker programming for networks all over the world and established its reputation as a leader in televised poker.

441's resume extends beyond poker. Its Emmy Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated staff is responsible for acclaimed shows spanning the worlds of news, sports and entertainment, including Heavy, a documentary about Heavy Metal, a reality series on Lance Armstrong and Making The Cut, a documentary starring Ray Romano and Kevin James.

Based in New York, 441 is led by Executive Producer Matt Maranz, Coordinating Producer David Swartz and Production Manger Sari Bickford.