The APT Manila Classic 2025 is the first stop of the year for the Asian Poker Tour (APT). The festival will run inside the Crowne Plaza Manila Galleria from February 7th to February 16th with a staggering PHP 143 Million ($2.4 million) guaranteed prizepool. With buy-ins running from PHP 25,000 ($425) to PHP 1.5 million ($25,500), the upcoming festival offers something for almost everyone.
Highlighting the upcoming APT Manila Classic series will be the $1 million GTD main event, which is set to begin on February 9th with four flights and late registration open until the start of Day 2. Featuring PHP 60,000 ($1,000) buy-in, the tournament concludes on February 15th, crowning the first APT Main Event Champion of 2025. To the delight of players, the satellite buy-in for this much-awaited event starts at PHP 13k ($220).
Apart from the main event, the APT Manila Classic 2025 promises a lot of high-stakes action with daily High Roller tournaments. Besides, poker players can look forward to a variety of other exciting tournaments, including mixed-game events, mystery bounties, team events, double board PLO, Super Hold’em, and several other unique events. One of the key highlights of this festival is that there will be daily women’s events, as recently announced by APT via their X handle.
Daily Women’s Event at APT Manila Classic 2025
The Asian Poker Tour, well known as the biggest poker tour in Asia, saw an increasing number of women at the poker tables in 2024. In 2024, APT attracted 560 women to its tournaments, accounting for 8.6% of the tour’s total players—double the industry average of approximately 4%.
Women’s Events are crucial in honoring women’s passion and increasing their participation in the game. These events provide a safe and comfortable environment for women to compete and experience poker, and to encourage women to compete in other scheduled events.
APT Manila Classic 2025 will feature daily women-only events with the first-day buy-in being PHP 3k (~$51). The crown jewel in the Women’s Events- The APT Women’s Championship – is set for February 12 and it features a buy-in of 30,000 (~$509). Both the Women’s Championship and the lineup of daily women’s events are exciting additions to the APT Manila Classic schedule.
APT Women’s Event History
Since 2011, the Asian Poker tour has hosted a minimum of one women’s event at every APT tour. In 2024, the APT Taipei Poker Classic featured three women’s events, and saw Taiwan’s Hsu Fei Hsuan winning the biggest event for $8,960, by far the biggest payday in women’s event in APT history. The largest APT Women’s Event to date took place at APT Taipei 2023, attracting an impressive field of 143 entrants. For the complete APT Manila Classic 2025 schedule, check out this link HERE.
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Source: Asian Poker Tour
