$5m GTD APT Championship Announced as APT Manila Classic Kicks Off 2025 Season

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The Asian Poker Tour (APT) has unveiled its highly anticipated 2025 season schedule, promising an unforgettable year for players and fans alike.

This season brings exciting changes, including the debut of the APT Championship (APTC)—a groundbreaking series finale offering the largest prize pool guarantee in APT history.

Kicking off the action is the APT Manila Classic, running from February 7 to 16 at the Crowne Plaza Manila Galleria.

APT Championship (APTC) Rounds Out the Season

New for 2025, the APT has also unveiled the APT Championship (APTC) which will close the 2025 season from November 14 to 30. Hosted at the Red Point Business Center in Taipei, Taiwan, in partnership with the Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Club (CTP), the festival runs for 17 days — the longest in the tour’s history.

The marquee APTC Main Event is a freezout, and features a TWD 350,000 (~USD 10,700) buy-in and the tour’s largest-ever guarantee: TWD 165 million (~USD 5 million).

There will be plenty of opportunities over the course of the 2025 season to satellite into the APTC Main Event, but for now tournament organizers have announced that the winners of the APT Main Event, APT Super High Roller, and APT High Roller at any 2025 festival will secure a coveted seat.

APT Manila Classic

APT Manila Daniel Lee The first chance to win your way to the APT Championship comes in the Philippines, with the APT Manila Classic 2025.

Running from Friday, February 7, to Sunday, February 16, in partnership with Metro Card Club, this exciting 10-day poker series will unfold at the Crowne Plaza Manila Galleria.

During the APT’s last visit to Manila, Daniel Lee claimed victory, topping a record-breaking field of 1,081 players in the APT Main Event. He walked away with his first major title and the lion’s share of the PHP 100 million (~USD 1.7 million) prize pool.

This year, expectations are even higher. With 100 tournaments on the schedule, the series offers a staggering PHP 120 million (~USD 2 million) total prize pool guarantee, with The APT Main Event alone boasting a PHP 60 million (~USD 1 million) prize pool guarantee.

APT Manila Key Event Schedule

Players can look forward to 18 high-roller tournaments, 14 mixed games and 16 Omaha tournaments. The schedule is packed with promising events for everyone, so here are 12 key events we think you shouldn’t miss:

Event	Date(s)	Buy-In (PHP)	Buy-In (USD)
Philippines National Cup	February 7-8	12,000	200
Mystery Bounty	February 8-9	20,000	340
Sunday Super Stack	February 9	30,000	500
APT Super High Roller	February 9-10	600,000	10,200
Main Event	February 9-15	60,000	1,000
Baby Superstar	February 11	300,000	5,000
Zodiac Classic	February 13-14	90,000	1,500
Superstar Challenge	February 13-14	1,500,000	25,000
Double Stack	February 14-15	20,000	340
APT High Roller	February 15-16	200,000	3,400
Mini Main Event	February 15-16	25,000	425
Micro Main Event	February 16	12,000	200

Full APT 2025 Tour Dates

After the APT Manila Classic, the tour heads to Taiwan from April 25-May 4 before returning to Manila the following month, subject to regulatory approval.

The second half of 2025 sees the tour visit South Korea for stops in Incheon and Jeju, before rounding out the season with the APT Championship in Taiwan.

Event	Date(s)	Location	Partner	Venue
APT Manila Classic 2025	Feb 7-16	Manila, Philippines	Metro Card Club	Crowne Plaza Manila Galleria
APT Taipei, Taiwan	Apr 25-May 4	Taipei, Taiwan	CTP	Red Point Business Center
APT Manila, Philippines*	May 30-Jun 8	Manila, Philippines	Soul Poker	City of Dreams Manila
APT Incheon, South Korea	Aug 1-10	Incheon, South Korea	Paradise Group	Paradise City Casino
APT Jeju, South Korea	Sep 26-Oct 5	Jeju, South Korea	Landing Entertainment Korea	Jeju Shinhwa World
APT Championship (APTC) Taipei, Taiwan	Nov 14-30	Taipei, Taiwan	CTP	Red Point Business Center

Based in the United Kingdom, Will started working for PokerNews as a freelance live reporter in 2015 and joined the full-time staff in 2019. He now works as Managing Editor. He graduated from the University of Kent in 2017 with a B.A. in German. He also holds an NCTJ Diploma in Sports Journalism.

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