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GPI Asia Poker Festival and GPI Masterboard Award Ceremony from April 8 to 18 at CTP Club Taipei

More live felt excitement to erupt in Taiwan with the arrival of the first ever GPI Asia Poker Festival this April. Since 2018, Taiwan has been one of the most sought after locations for many land based poker groups, and having arrested the novel coronavirus early on, players in the area have had the privilege of shuffling chips on the live green. Last year alone witnessed five action packed festivals which included the World Poker Tour hosting its WPTDeepstacks Taiwan festival after a few postponements. This year, region brand Asian Poker Tour held its first live festival in a year with APT Taiwan 2021 taking place in early March. It is important to note that while all events were open to everyone, due to the pandemic, the tables were filled with mostly locals… which makes the upcoming event quite apt.

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Coming next month, the locals will see another live event buzzing the felt. Taking place from April 8 to 18 is the inaugural GPI Asia Festival. The 11 day festivity will be held at the highly popular Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association (CTP Club) in Taipei City. The festival is the first of its kind with four varied tournaments merging to create one big poker series.

During the games, GPI Asia and The Hendon Mob have teamed up for the THM Championship. This is the first time the event will be held in Asia. GPI Asia will also be hosting the GPI Masterboard Award Ceremony. It will be the third year of the ceremony. In addition to awarding the top three players in points accrued in the Taiwan Region and the top player of each CTP Club branch, a new award will be presented under Taiwan’s most popular poker YouTuber. Here’s a breakdown of the activities to expect at the festival.

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GPI Masterboard Award Ceremony

In its third consecutive year, the GPI Masterboard Award Ceremony will once again recognize players in Taiwan for their accomplishments. The ceremony takes place on April 10. Award categories are as follows:

⚫ 2020 GPI Masterboard Taiwan top 3 in points – 1st (NT$ 25K/ 2nd (NT$ 15K) / 3rd (NT$ 8K)
⚫ 2020 CTP Poker Club Branches Champion – includes Taipei, TaiChung, ZhongLi, Hsinchu, KaoHsiung, Tainan and Yunlin – each branch winner receives NT$ 4K
⚫ 2020 Taiwan Most Popular Poker YouTuber

For awards based on points – GPI Masterboard Taiwan and CTP Poker Club champions – all local and international events hosted in 2020 at the CTP were point generating. Awards are given in CTP tournament credits. For the Taiwan Most Popular Poker YouTuber award, the winner will be determined by people’s vote. Fans can start voting for their favorite vlogger from March 25 to March 31 on the GPI Asia facebook page. Winner receives a special trophy. Nominees are listed below:

Allengoaround
Andy Stacks Poker
Pete‘s Poker Class
Win Poker Couple
SixPoker
Saint and Dodo
Leon

CTP Alliance Cup – April 8 to 11

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The CTP Club in Taipei, Taiwan

The festival opens with the CTP Alliance Cup running from April 8 to 11. This is a CTP Club homegrown tournament held simultaneously at the different CTP branches around Taiwan. For a buy in of NT$ 4,000 (~US$ 141), players have a shot at the NT$ 2,000,000 (~US$ 70,290) guaranteed prize pool. Four starting days are offered. Day 2 and the Final Day take place at CTP Club Taipei. Last year saw the largest combined attendance of 1,345 entries which nearly doubled up the guarantee. Chih Ying Liang shipped it for NT$ 752,000 (~US$ 24,910).

GPL Taiwan Tour – April 8 to 10

Also kicking off on opening day is the Global Poker League Taiwan Tour. This is a three day Team Event running from April 8 to 10. Only 18 teams will be accommodated. Each team consists of four players. Buy in per team is NT$ 20,000 (~US$ 703). Opening day is the knockout round followed by the Semi Finals then the Finals. Top three teams will be recognized with respective Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals. The winning team will also receive a discount of NT$ 32,000 (~US$ 1,125) to the Master Poker Series Main Event. Team Tainan is the defending champion.

Master Poker Series – April 11 to 18

The third edition of the Master Poker Series runs from April 11 to 18 with 20 tournaments scheduled. The star attraction is the Main Event featuring a NT$ 1.5 million (~US$ 52,700) guarantee. Buy in is NT$ 15,000 (~US$ 527). Three starting days are scheduled from April 15 to 17 followed by the final day. In 2018, Kuang Hung “Luke” Lee shipped the inaugural edition for NT$ 364,560 (~US$ 11,850) while Yu You Ci Tsai won it on the second installment for NT$ 231,000 (~US$ 7,650).

The Hendon Mob Championship – April 13 to 15

From April 13 to 15, The Hendon Mob Championship (THMC) will debut in the region. This will be the event’s third ever release with the first two held in the Czech Republic and England. Buy in is NT$ 6,600 (~US$ 230). In addition to a cash prize, the champion will receive the first ever THMC title in Asia, and will receive a special flag and badge attached to his/her THM online ranking profile.

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Tricia David

Tricia David has long experience as a recreational poker player and has been covering poker events since 2010 for numerous outfits in Asia. She spent one year working part time with Poker Portal Asia then became editor and lead writer for all event coverage of the Philippine Poker Tour (PPT). Under the PPT, she overlooked content for their website, and produced live updates on all their events. In addition, she served as the live and online events website content writer for the Asian Poker Tour. Currently, she does live events reporting in Asia for online news site Somuchpoker and is also one of their news contributors.

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