Top Asian Poker Pros Look Forward to APT Macau

The list of renowned poker pros participating in the Macau leg of this year’s Asian Poker Tour (APT) has just gotten longer. With 2008 APT Philippines champion David Saab already placing 46th at the World Series of Poker and confirming his p

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Thu, July 24th, 2008

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