Savage comes to the APT with over 350 televised events under his belt including the World Series of Poker, World Poker Tour and many more. He was appointed tournament director for the WSOP in 2002 and has since seen the prize pool and the fields of the popular poker series rocket to astronomical levels.
In 2001 Savage founded the Tournament Directors Association, an organization that works to standardize tournament rules worldwide. A favorite among players, Savage was inducted as the first member of the Poker Room Manager's Hall of Fame in 2003. He was also awarded the inaugural Benny Binion award for outstanding service in the poker industry that year.
As tournament director for the Asian Poker Tour Manila leg, Matt Savage will oversee the action for all six days of the tournament, which is expected to attract approximately 400 players from around the world. A third of participants are expected to come from the Philippines, where people have started to catch the poker bug.
APT organizers also took the time to announce they've found a venue for the first leg of the tour. The Dusit Thani Manila Hotel will be the place to be during APT Manila. The Dusit Thani Manila is located in the city's central business district and provides access to accommodation, shopping malls and transport services.
The APT is Asia's original poker tour. The brand was recently acquired by Manila based gaming company ESL-Asia and there are plans for numerous expansions of the tour. This year there are four events that take place in Manila, Macao, South Korea and Singapore.
It's worth noting the APT is not associated with PokerStars' Asian ((Pacific Poker)) Tour (APPT), which saw its inaugural season last year.
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But it certainly does get the railbirds all jacked up.
Such was the case yesterday when, after dropping 10 consecutive $20k buy-ins in a session with another of the world's best Limit players, Matt "Hoss_TBF" Hawrilenko, Austrian poker pro Markus Golser soiled some railbird shorts - and possibly Hawrilenko's - with a $1 million re-buy.
A pre-emptive strike on the "Golser is busto" thread? A pure showtime move for the rail? A statement to Hawrilenko about his bottomless bankroll?
We'll never know for sure. What we do know however is that he still ended the session $200k+ in the hole - although it seemed not to be much of a sweat for him, as he was more than a gracious loser in the chat with Hawrilenko after.
His only suggestion? Hawrilenko buy him a few drinks at this year's WSOP in Vegas.
Ironically, the biggest pot of the session as tracked by the PokerListings.com MarketPulse section went to Golser, shortly after his million-dollar buy-in.
The details:
Full Tilt Poker Game #6053776422 TABLE : Mirasol (six-max) $1,000/$2,000 - Limit Hold'em - Wed Apr 16 2008 - 1:45am (ET)
Table Setup
Seat 3: Hoss_TBF ($246,216.50)
Seat 6: Markus Golser ($996,494.50)
Hoss_TBF posts the small blind of $500
Markus Golser posts the big blind of $1,000
The button is in seat #3
Pre-flop
Hoss_TBF raises to $2,000
Markus Golser calls $1,000
Flop: #Kd-#3d-#Qh
Markus Golser bets $1,000
Hoss_TBF raises to $2,000
Markus Golser raises to $3,000
Hoss_TBF raises to $4,000
Markus Golser calls $1,000
Turn: #Kd-#3d-#Qh-#Ks
Markus Golser bets $2,000
Hoss_TBF raises to $4,000
Markus Golser raises to $6,000
Hoss_TBF raises to $8,000
Markus Golser calls $2,000
River: #Kd-#3d-#Qh-#Ks-#8d
Markus Golser checks
Hoss_TBF bets $2,000
Markus Golser raises to $4,000
Hoss_TBF calls $2,000
Showdown:
Markus Golser shows #Kh-#Qc for a full house, kings full of queens
Hoss_TBF mucks
Markus Golser wins the pot ($35,999.50) with a full house, kings full of queens
Summary:
Total pot $36,000 | Rake $0.50
Board: #Kd-#3d-#Qh-#Ks-#8d
Seat 3: Hoss_TBF (small blind) mucked
Seat 6: Markus Golser (big blind) collected ($35,999.50)
For more big hands from their session, and more of the top 100 biggest pots won online over the last day, week, month and year, jump to the MarketPulse section.
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