The Asian Poker Tour headed to Korea for its second event in the country this year. Instead of Daegu or Jeju, the event was held in a new destination, at the recently opened Paradise City in Incheon. The APT Korea Incheon 2017 festival ran from August 12th – August 20th; many pros were in attendance […]
Events
Sydney Championships: Henry Tran wins the Main Event for $AU300,000
The Sydney Championships has attracted hundreds of players from many parts of the world here to Star Poker Room for this festival, and they have not been disappointed. Big guarantees have been met and great poker has been played, but the curtain is now closing on this series for another year. Here is a rundown […]
Top winners of the PokerStars Festival Manila
The inaugural PokerStars Festival Manila stormed through City of Dreams Manila for 11 days of unrelenting poker action from July 28th- August 7th. Here’s a look at some of the festival’s biggest winners. Massive victory for India’s Uday Bansal at the Main Event There were quite a number of players from India representing their home […]
APT Finale Championships Macau 2017 Schedule
The APT Finale Championships Macau will be held from November 29th to December 10th 2017 (Subject to Regulatory Approval) at Macau Billionaire Poker at the Babylon Casino in Macau. SCHEDULE Events *All amounts posted are in Hong Kong Dollars (HKD) Buy In Fee Wed, Nov 29 1:00 PM APT Game of Champions Day 1 (Special Event) 4,000 400 3:00 PM Super High Rollers Day […]
Pro Poker Club concludes first major poker event in Ho Chi Minh City
Poker in Vietnam set a huge milestone this past weekend with the Pro Poker Club concluding its first major event, the Pro Poker Cup. For those just getting around to the news, the Pro Poker Club is the newest poker club to open in Vietnam and is the first legal poker club in Ho Chi […]
Highlights of the first PokerStars Festival Korea
With the WSOP Main Event final table dominating poker headlines over the past week, it would be easy to forget that other tours and tournaments have been going about their business in other parts of the world. PokerStars have in fact been running their own festival in Korea, with notable names from the Asian community […]
Scott Blumstein crowned 2017 WSOP Main Event Champion
The 73rd event of the 2017 World Series of Poker festival has now concluded, culminating with a new world champion being crowned in Las Vegas. The event in question, was of course the fabled Main Event – a poker tournament that attracts players from across the world each year. 7,221 were drawn like moths to […]
The Germans sweep the Triton SHR! Holz wins the 6-Max and Loeser dominates the Main
The Triton Super High Roller Series headed out to Montenegro for a five-day event at the Maestral Resort & Casino off the exclusive coast of the Adriatic waters. While the gorgeous and romantic surroundings could easily take anyone’s breath away, mindless of the hours spent just staring at such natural beauty, that intimate moment had […]
WSOP Main Event: Lamb and Saout return as Blumstein leads Final Table
After 7 days of gruelling poker, in which a field of 7,221 has been ground down to 9 we now have our final table of survivors. Some of these players have been here before and come agonizingly close to wearing the crown, but most are in new territory. With 1,075 players having already been paid […]
WSOP Main Event: Asian hopes evaporate as Christian Pham takes the lead
As the WSOP Main Event draws ever closer to the final table finale, we bring you a recap of the astonishing numbers involved, the stories of surviving stacks and the action as it unfolded on the sixth day. The numbers 7,221 players began this year’s Main Event, which is the third largest Main Event field […]