With many businesses forced to close temporarily and social distancing the current norm, live poker events in Asia are pretty much non existent, that is unless you are in Taiwan. This past weekend saw players take to the felt at the Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association aka CTP Poker Club in Taipei City for the […]
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Asian Poker Tour announces Online Series on Natural8
With live poker grounded to a halt, event organizers in Asia have ramped up their offerings online via their own poker applications. Soon to join the virtual party is land based poker outfit, the Asian Poker Tour. In collaboration with Asia’s leading online brand Natural8, the APT has announced an online series from April 29 […]
Cambodia Eventually Closes All Casinos
A few months back when the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a global health emergency in response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, many of the leaders in different countries were concerned about what this virus would entail. Since then, the disease has infected a total of 743,190 patients along with 35,349 casualties worldwide. Cambodia is […]
APT Taiwan 2020 closes with Chan Lok Ming awarded Player of the Series; Wilson Lim wins Championships Event
Amid the growing number of event cancellations, the Asian Poker Tour completed a twelve day series at the Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association (CTP Club) in Taipei City. This was the tour’s second scheduled event of the calendar season with 24 games running from March 4 to 15. We posted a recap on the first […]
Philippines: Pagcor suspends all gaming operations; all poker rooms closed in Manila
With the rising number of infected cases in the city, Metro Manila is currently left with no choice but to take extra precautions in the fight against the deadly Coronavirus (COVID-19). The President of the country declared earlier this week a community quarantine to be observed beginning March 15 to April 14, 2020, which means […]
Partypoker Millions: Wai Kin Yong and Paul Phua Earn Malaysia 2nd and 3rd Trophies
Despite the ongoing Coronavirus situation, international poker players have taken time in their schedules to compete in the first ever MILLIONS Super High Roller Series. The festival is currently taking place at Casino Sochi, Russia and is scheduled to occur from 6-15 March, 2020. Partypoker, in partnership with PokerGo and Triton Poker, is hosting a […]
APT Taiwan 2020: Hamish Crawshaw wins the Main Event; Chan Lok Ming crushing the side events
While many events cancelled around the region, the Asian Poker Tour went ahead with APT Taiwan 2020 in Taipei City. The twelve day series has been ongoing since March 4 and is set to conclude on March 15. As expected ,the numbers have been low due to the COVID-19 situation however the Main Event did […]
Global Poker Awards 2020: Paul Phua and Robert Campbell among the winners
The second annual Global Poker Awards took place in Las Vegas on Friday, with many well-known pros being given awards. The categories were an interesting mix, and included Players Choice for Toughest Opponent, Tournament Director of the Year, Journalist of the Year and Broadcaster of the year, along with Poker ICON. Here are a few […]
World Poker Tour announces three new festivals to be held at The Star Gold Coast, Australia
With the success of last year’s inaugural WPT Australia series, there is no surprise that the World Poker Tour would be coming back to the country anytime soon. Earlier this week, the internationally televised gaming and entertainment brand announced three new WPT festivals to take place at The Star Gold Coast, Australia in the next […]
Rasid Paitao captures PPT Main Event victory at the Metro Card Club
Poker hasn’t come to a full halt in the Philippines. Despite the ongoing COVID-19 situation, players are still able to enjoy competitive poker. In mid-February, the World Poker Tour wrapped up a twelve-day series pulling in a decent 344 entries to the Main Event and paying out over US$ 445,000. To cap the month, the […]