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POKER MAKES GIANT LEAP IN ASIA 

Macau – China –  2nd September 2008 –  20-year-old Yevgeniy Timoshenko, a highly rated 
player from the United States of Ukrainian descent has won the 2008 APT Macau, Asia's 
largest guaranteed tournament, at the glamourous Galaxy StarWorld. 257 players from over 
40 countries lined-up for a GUARANTEED prize pool of US$1.5 million and GUARANTEED first 
prize of US$500,000 - a landmark for the development of poker in Asia.




Timoshenko was first for $500,000, with Joon Hee Yeah from South Korea finishing second 
for $250,000. In third place was Rober Karlian from Thailand, who won $126,000 and Casey 
Kastle from the United States finished fourth. In fifth was Julio Diaz from Spain, sixth 
was Quang Nguyen from Vietnam, who won US$52,000, and seventh, Chong Wing Cheong from 
Hong Kong who won US$37,500. Eighth place went to Michael Pedley of Australia. These 
players triumphed in a field which featured some of the most high profile names in the 
game including the legendary Doyle Brunson, Johnny Chan, Todd Brunson, Liz Lieu, J.C 
Tran, Kenny Tran, Mike ‘Timex’ McDonald, John Juanda, Nam Le, Quinn Do, Steve Sung, 
David 'Chino' Rheems, Mel Judah, Mansour Matloubi, Harry Demetriou, Carter Gill, Richard 
En, PartyPoker Million VI champion Alexander Jung and APT Manila champion David Saab. 
The event, which run from the 27th - 31st May was opened by legendary host of the 1970 
World Series of Poker ® Jack Binion. Coverage of the event will be seen on television 
around the world. 

Chris Parker, CEO of the Asian Poker Tour congratulated the ecstatic winner Timoshenko 
at a wildly colourful closing ceremony. He then made a draw that gave away one free seat 
to the next event for one lucky player who had pre-registered for the tournament on 
official website http://www.asianpt.com/ and announced that this will be standard 
practice going forward. 

Timoshenko was born in Kharkov, Ukraine but moved Washington State when he was 10 years 
old. In the last couple of years he has established his reputation as a fearsome online 
player and has topped online poker rankings. “I’m ecstatic to have finally won a main 
event,” said Timoshenko. “I will use the winnings to strengthen my bankroll but I 
haven’t decided about my future as yet. I have plans to go to business school in 2009.”

“There were points in the tournament where I definitely run good but I have to give 
respect to runner-up Joon Hee Yeah. He was the last person I wanted to take on heads-up, 
luckily I had a substantial chip lead. It feels really great to have won such a 
tournament in a place like Macau where you can feel the excitement about poker growing 
so fast” 

Full details and live reporting of the tournament can be found at 
http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2008-apt-macau/main-event/ and over 60 great 
videos covering the action on and off the felt can be found at http://www.thenutz.tv/ . 
Full details of cashes can be seen on http://www.asianpt.com/innerpage.aspx?id=5&eid=138 

The APT also hosted a landmark HK$1million buy-in game at the StarWorld, coverage of 
which will be distributed internationally in the future. 

Ahead of the Main Event, the APT hosted a special Celebrity Charity Tournament where 
HK$200,000 went to Caritas De Macau, the social service organization of Macau. The goal 
of Caritas de Macau is to provide services to the individuals, families, communities and 
societies, to help them to live in the society in a more humane condition economically, 
morally and spiritually. Amongst those who flew in to play the tournament and experience 
the glamour of APT was Manny Pacquiao, universally seen as the best pound for pound 
boxer in the world and the first Asian boxer to win four world titles in different 
divisions. The charity game also featured movie actor Michael Wong, singer Renee Dai, 
commentator Angie Mak and models Natalie Ng, Erica Yuen, Janice Man, Cha Cha and Wylien 
Chiu. Also in attendance were Miss Hong Kong winner Tracy Ip and cult glamour model Tila 
Tequila. Many of the world’s most famous pros took part and it was Quinn Do, who 
eventually won. On the same day Doyle Brunson started a series of immensely popular book 
signings at the StarWorld. 

One massive spin-off of hosting the landmark event is record numbers in the APT 
sponsored poker room at the Galaxy StarWorld. The stampede of players to Macau has 
resulted in the addition of eight more tables. Six new state of the art shuffling 
machines have been added to cope with the demand and the players have raved about eight 
air purifying units that pump through the packed poker room. The room was officially 
opened on Tuesday. 

Tom Hall, CEO of AsianLogic said: “Adding eight tables to the APT poker room may not 
sound like a big move to the well established western poker community but you have to 
remember that this is Macau where baccarat is king. Poker is in its infancy - this is a 
significant step forward and further evidence of the growth and potential in this 
market.” 

ABOUT ASIAN POKER TOUR (APT)
The Asian Poker Tour (APT) is Asia’s biggest and original poker tour.  The Tour was 
recently acquired by AsianLogic (AIM:ALOG). Joining the stars are players from all over 
the world who won seats to the event by qualifying through online satellites at  
PartyPoker, DafaPoker, PKR, Titan Poker, Bodog, JBet Poker, Virgin Poker, 
PaddyPowerPoker and Poker Trillion

ABOUT ASIANLOGIC (ALOG)
AsianLogic is a leading online and land-based gaming company focusing on the Asia-
Pacific markets. The Company is listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange 
(AIM: ALOG). AsianLogic owns and operates eight online casino brands and two online 
poker rooms as well as land-based sportsbook operations through its MegaSportsWorld 
brand. It is a specialist in Asia-specific games such as Mahjong, Cho-Da-Di, Do-Di-Zhu 
and 13 Card Poker. The Company owns and operates the Asian Poker Tour. The Company also 
maintains a corporate advisory team specialising in the gaming sector which is an active 
investor in gaming-related businesses as well as providing consultancy and analytical 
services. AsianLogic enjoys strong commercial relationships with leading gaming 
providers including Playtech, ID Games and LVS. Founded as ESL in 2002, AsianLogic 
employs over 300 employees, the majority of whom are based in the Philippines.

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Warren Lush
Asian Poker Tour
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Melissa Ross
Lyceum Media
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