Jared Mahoney has won the partypoker World Poker Tour Montreal Main Event, and WPT National Philippines will host a $200,000 Super High Roller.

The World Poker Tour (WPT) continues to lay the groundwork for the inevitable poker explosion in the East with the news that they are hosting a $200,000 buy-in Super High Roller event as part of their WPT National Philippines event at the turn of the new year.

WPT National Philippines has been on the schedule for a long time. The festival will run Jan 4-8. The Solaire Resort & Casino will host. The buy-in for the Main Event has been reduced from $2,200 to $1,650, in a bid to attract more recreational players.

The Super High Roller will take place Jan 3-4. The famed Poker King Club will orchestrate the event. Their President Winfred Yu will ensure attendance of the very best poker players, businessmen and gamblers. Malaysian businessman Richard Yong is one of the first players to commit.