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Poker satellites ongoing

Satellite/qualifying tournaments for the 3rd Philippine Poker Tour Million-Peso Hold’Em Championship are ongoing at several venues. PPT recently announced that satellite/qualifying tournaments will soon be conducted in major cities in the Visayas and Mindanao. The first southern leg competition is scheduled at Casino Filipino Lahug in the province of Cebu on 19th May 2007. This will be followed by competitions at Bacolod and Davao.

Poker players from the south are expected to crowd the Metro Manila and Luzon players for the top prizes in the grand finals to be held on 7th and 8th July 2007. Manuel Regis and Mike Tyler, both from Cebu, were in the top 10 during the April competition, with Tyler at 4th place and Regis at 5th place. In the December finals, Manuel Regis again went all the way to the final table and finished 4th place.

PPT, the leading proponent of non-wager poker skills tournaments, is conducting these satellite/qualifying tournaments to give local poker enthusiasts the opportunity to win FREE seats to the grand finals to be held on 7th and 8th July 2007. Each seat to the grand finals is worth P33,000 in tournament and registration fees.

Other qualifying/satellite tournaments are ongoing in the following venues: San Mig Alabang Town Center every Wednesdays and Fridays; and at Elbow Room at Metro-Walk in Pasig every Thursday.

Visit the official PPT website, www.PhilippinePokerTour.com for more details. Interested parties may also call the PPT secretariat (c/o Cindy) at 817-9092 or 812-0153.

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