The week's Poker News Roundup

Aaron Lim is the first poker player to win an APPT main event twice. He won for the second time at APPT Manila after beating 584 players. His first place prize was $131,780 along with a HK$ 100,000 entry to the 2015 ACOP Main Event. Intertops and Juicy Stakes Poker are hosting a satellite tournament offering a $2700 prize package for the $100,000 TKPT Main Event live tournament taking place in St Maarten in November 2015. The satellites are as follows: Step 1 Buy-in: $2+$0.20 Prize: 1 ticket for TKPT St Maarten Step 2 Daily August 12th - 21st, 10am, 1pm, 4pm, 7pm, 10pm EDT August 22nd, 10am, 1pm EDT Step 2 Buy-in: $10+$1 Prize: 1 ticket for the TKPT St Maarten Final Daily August 12th - 22nd, 4pm EDT Last Chance Wild West Satellite Buy-in: $1+$0.10 Prize: 1 ticket for the TKPT St Maarten Final Sunday, August 23rd, 1:30 pm EDT Final Buy-in: $100+$10 Prize: $2,700 Package Sunday, August 23rd, 4pm EDT In later news, Intertops and Juicy Stakes are offering 20 free video poker lines at a 0.25c value for each line. Play on any of the following Jacks or Better, Double Joker Poker, Aces and Faces, Deuces Wild plus many more. Play your lines through the Poker lobby before midnight on 26th August. You can expect to see High 5 games on PokerStars and Full Tilt before the end of the year as High 5 have entered into a deal with the Amaya Group. The Super High Roller event was won by Vanessa Selbst who won the $1 million prize after beating Kevin Pollack heads up. The 5 pros played 5 celebriites and the two winners played each other (Pollack and Selbst).