Poker players around the world continue to descend upon Sin City for the biggest event of the year. Mixed in the crowd are Asian pros hoping to return home with gold bracelets and fatter wallets. The past week has been extremely dramatic as Taiwanese pros Yen Han “Pete” Chen, James Chen, and Ting Yi “Eric” […]
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WSOPE: James Chen wins €250,000 Super High Roller title and first ever bracelet for Taiwan!
The 2019 World Series of Poker Europe at King’s Resort in Rozvadov, Czech Republic kicked off with James Chen taking down the most expensive event of the series and bringing home the first gold bracelet for his home country of Taiwan. €250,000 Super High Roller – Winner: James Chen One of the biggest highlights of the 2019 WSOPE is undoubtedly the €250,000 […]
WSOP 2019: Highlights of the Asian contingent
Every year the World Series of Poker drags in players from all around the globe each one aspiring to become a world champion and bring home one of the iconic gold bracelets. This year, a large contingent from Asia sought that dream. Many ran well however only four players reached stardom. Here are the top […]
WSOP 2019: Chidwick and Schwartz claim Gold as Jiyoung Kim wins bracelet for Korea
With plenty of prestigious events going on this week, the crowds in Las Vegas have had their fair share of big names fighting it out for bracelets. They have also seen numerous Asian players grinding away in the latter stages of tournaments too, and after several close calls, we now have our first Asian winner […]
WSOP: James Obst wins first bracelet; Alexander Lynskey runner-up; James Chen and Xixiang Luo go deep
The WSOP 2017 may be seeing many coveted bracelets land in the hands of the host Americans but some of them do slip away. The Liv Boree – Igor Kurganov tandem took one for their respective countries followed by the Nipun Java – Aditya Sushant tandem for the first-ever bracelet awarded to India. While there were several […]
James Chen takes down the Aussie Millions A$25,000 Challenge High Roller Event
The Aussie Millions biggest ever A$25,000 Challenge High Roller Event finished last night with James Chen from Taiwan taking down a field of 133 entries to win a whopping A$861,840 (approx. US$650,000). Chen, who only really seriously joined the tournament circuit in 2014, opened up the year 2017 by winning the Aussie Millions A$2,500 H.O.R.S.E. […]