The Asian Poker Tour has been forced to relocate its season finale from Macau to Manila after failing to gain the necessary approvals in time.
Originally scheduled to be held at Macau Billionaire Poker (MBP) Room at Babylon Casino in late November, the APT Finale 2018 will now be staged at Resorts World Manila from 27 November to 6 December.
It is the second consecutive Macau event the APT has been forced to cancel after August’s APT Macau was also put on hold. IAG understands that both the APT and MBP are pushing to reschedule at least one of the Macau events in early 2019.
Explaining the situation, APT CEO Jeff Mann said, “In August we had to cancel our scheduled event in Macau due to circumstances beyond either APT’s or our local partner’s control.
“We did not wish this to happen again given that some confirmations for the event including exact dates were outstanding. The fact is our Finale is becoming very popular with players from around the world and already some are requesting confirmed details so that they can make plans for the end of the year.”
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