On August 23 to 30, China Poker Games delivered the biggest and wealthiest live poker event in Asia with 3,132 Main Event entries and a prize pool spilling over US$ 4.1 million. The festival took place at the Howard Johnson Resort in Sanya, Hainan Island, China’s up and coming prime tourist beach destination. Somuchpoker was […]
Interview
Interview with WSOP Main Event Runner-Up Dario Sammartino
A few weeks ago, Dario Sammartino finished runner-up of the WSOP Main Event pocketing $6M in the process. Our reporter Gaelle Jaudon had the chance to talk with him about this incredible performance. Somuchpoker: First, congratulations on the nice suit you wore at the final table. It was a really classic Italian style, and I think it’s […]
Interview with WSOP bracelet winner Danny Tang
WSOP 2019: Huge celebration at the World Series of Poker 2019 with one of Asia’s leading pros, Daniel Tang, achieving the dream at Event #90: US$50K Final Fifty No Limit Hold’em High Roller. Tang overcame the 123 strong field to capture his first-ever bracelet and a bucketful US$ 1,608,406 in winnings Interview by Christin Maschmann […]
Playing Poker in Hong Kong – Everything you should know with HKPPA Ray Chiu
We sat down with Ray Chiu, Co-founder and Academy Director of the Hong Kong Poker Players Association during the Asia Poker League Vietnam 2019 to talk about the Hong Kong Poker scene.
Interview with Germany’s rising star Steffen Sontheimer
In January 2017, Fedor Holz predicted that 2017 would be Sontheimer’s “breakout year”, and he shared this thought publicly on Twitter. Predicting the breakout year of @RunGo0seRun. Best player in the game right now. — Fedor Holz (@CrownUpGuy) January 26, 2017 A few months later Sontheimer claimed the Purple Jacket at the Poker Masters. Since then, he […]
Interview with Taiwanese poker pro Chen An Lin
Chen An Lin is a highly recognized Asian poker professional from Taiwan. He began mounting numerous deep runs in 2015, mostly in Macau. He earned his first six-figures in 2016 at the EPT Monte Carlo High Roller event, then when 2018 rolled in, his live tournament career boomed. He finished 8th at the Aussie Millions […]
An interview with Alex Foxen – #1 GPI
In the past two years, Alex Foxen has had such incredible success on the international poker circuit that he was crowned GPI Player of the Year 2018. Currently, he is still leading the GPI ranking. This is a very important honor to him, which he confided to our reporter Gaëlle Jaudon in this interview, as well as discussed […]
A talk with Chance Kornuth – WSOP bracelet winner and Chip Leader Coaching founder
Two-time WSOP bracelet winner and Chip Leader Coaching founder Chance Kornuth has collected more than $6M in live tournament earnings. Gaelle Jaudon brought us this exclusive interview with the American pro. Somuchpoker (SMP): Your first major success was in 2010, when you won the $5,000 PLO event at the WSOP for $508K. How would you describe your evolution in […]
A chat with Hsing “David” Tai: the man at the forefront of Poker in Taiwan
While onsite for the GPL China Season 2 – Taiwan Tour & Master Poker Series, Somuchpoker had the opportunity to interview Hsing “David” Tai of the Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association (CTP). Tai talked about opening numerous poker rooms in various cities all over Taiwan, the growing market, the legalities, and the upcoming events for […]
TV, Cinema, Poker – A long conversation with Jennifer Tilly
An emblematic actress of movies such as Bound or Chucky, a familiar face of poker shows, WSOP Ladies 2005 champion and incidentally Phil Laak‘s companion – Jennifer Tilly wears too many hats for just a short interview, so our reporter Gaëlle Jaudon devoted a very long one to her. Somuchpoker (SMP): First question – How did […]