Each week, the Global Poker Index releases a list of the top tournament poker players in the world using a formula that takes into account a player’s results over six half-year periods. Here’s a look at the rankings as of March 11 in Asia Pacific. Australia: 1st Jeff Rossister, 2nd Alexandre Lynksey, 3rd James Obst Top of […]
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Poker King Club announces the official Team PKC Manila 2016
Team PKC began as just a few talented Asian pros, but towards the end of 2015, PKC stepped up their efforts to begin signing the greatest talent in Asia. They have recently announced for 2016 a four man team from the Philippines, who are now officially “Team PKC Manila.” This talented group of players all have […]
10 Great Accomplishments in the Asian Poker Scene 2015
Looking back at 2015, the year was truly a big one for poker in the Asia-Pacific region with the game doing nothing but booming all year. As the year comes to a close, we reflected back on some of the year’s incredible moments and compiled a list of 10 great accomplishments from the live poker […]
2015 ACOP Main Event: 23 players left, Connor Drinan chip leader
The third day of this gripping ACOP Main Event began with 65 players pulling up a chair and readying themselves for the trials ahead. Day 3 has now come to a close, and we are left with a mere 23 players, all of them in the money. The herd has been thinned, recreational and pro alike, but […]
Seven questions to Filipino Poker Pro Ian Brion
1. When and why did you start playing poker? I started playing poker way back in 2007 after attending the press conference of the first APPT in Manila (I was a journalist then, working for a local newspaper). After that press conference, I got so interested that I made an account on PokerStars and started […]