News - SOMUCHPOKER / Asia
APT Taipei Poker Classic 2024: Martin Sedlak collects grand payday at APT High Roller; Dongjae Kim claims record-breaking Double Stack; Tom Verbruggen ships second series victory at Mini Main Event
Down to its tail end of festivities, a surplus of 96 trophies have been awarded across the action-packed APT Taipei Poker Classic 2024 games, along with Rene Von Reden clinching the Main Event title. Three more highlights across the lineup have been dusted, with this time, Germany’s Martin Sedlak claiming the largest of three. Sedlak … Read more
Germany’s Rene Von Reden wins APT Taipei Poker Classic 2024 Main Event for NTD 14.4 Million (~US$ 450K)
Intense action at this season’s APT Taipei Poker Classic 2024 Main Event festivities held at the CTP Asia Poker Arena, has officially drawn to a close with a new champion crowned following a five day battle. A great regard to its name, the Tour’s thrilling games was indeed a regional affair with numerous runners from … Read more
APT Taipei Poker Classic 2024: Dhanesh Chainani leads Main Event Final Table; NTD 14.4 Million (~US$ 450K) up top; Hye Keun Park and Niko Koop scoop up wins
Excitement across the CTP Asia Poker Arena appears to be at an all-time high with Asian Poker Tour’s biggest Taiwan showing taking hold of the festivities. The APT Taipei Poker Classic 2024 Main Event finds its 1,991 entry field drawn down to its final nine players looking to take the largest share of the NTD … Read more
APT Taipei Poker Classic 2024: Abraham Ceesvin stands tall over Main Event Day 3, 1991-entry field down to 47 players
The APT Taipei Poker Classic festivities have completely taken over Taipei, Taiwan with its thrilling games at CTP Asia Poker Arena right on full blast. Halfway through its twelve day lineup, Day 3 of the Main Event came to a close with only 47 players out of its staggering 1,991 entry field, remaining in contention. … Read more
APT Taipei Poker Classic 2024: Main Event pot soars to NTD 86 Million (~US$ 2.7M), Andrew Ong leads Day 3; Ryan Plant, Tony Khoang, and Jack Moon shine over side events
CTP Asia Poker Arena opened its doors to another action-packed day with the APT Taipei Poker Classic 2024 Main Event front and center of all the buzz. Two Day 2’s coursed through five levels of play, and saw 301 runners remain out of the staggering 1,991 entry field. Singapore’s Andrew Ong stands tall over the … Read more
APT Taipei Poker Classic 2024: NTD 65 Million (~US$ 2M) Main Event guarantee breached; Chih Wei Fan, Peter Kiem, and Yita Choong land victories
The ongoing APT Taipei Poker Classic games at CTP Asia Poker Arena welcomed another full house right on day five with its Main Event festivities having wrapped up its qualifying rounds. Two final flights ran its course and saw its NTD 65,000,000 (~US$ 2M) guarantee breached midway through Flight C. Action closed with another 326 … Read more
APT Taipei Poker Classic 2024: Chee Sim Yong towers over Main Event Flight B; Chuning Tan, Pongsapak Himathongkom, and Hsu Fei Hsuan dominate fields
The highly anticipated NTD 65 Million (~US$ 2M) guaranteed APT Taipei Poker Classic 2024 Main Event is in full swing, with two flights down and two more to go. Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Club (CTP) Asia Poker Arena found its halls packed to the brim once more with Flight B taking over the day’s schedule. … Read more
APT Taipei Poker Classic 2024: Keigo Kubo tops Main Event Flight A; Phanlert Sukonthachartnant, Isaac Phua, and Ravn Teo emerge triumphant
Crazy crowd, long lines, and two venues, the renowned Asian Poker Tour is definitely living up to its name with its APT Taipei Poker Classic showing, already booking solid numbers. The first flight of the highly awaited Main Event drew in a total of 462 entries, with only 157 runners remaining on the felt following … Read more
Poker Dream Jeju 12: Zhou Quan captures maiden win at Mystery Big Bounty; Xu Yiguang, and Wu Liang top side events
Nonstop action has taken over Landing Casino, Jeju Shinhwa World, South Korea, with Poker Dream Jeju 12 headlining the thrilling activities day and night. Day four of its eleven day lineup crowned three more champions across the side events, with China’s Zhou Quan basking in the glory for his victory at the Mystery Big Bounty … Read more
APT Taipei Poker Classic 2024: Kaihung Hu takes down APT National Cup; Joseph Wilkinson joins winner spotlight; Main Event underway
Ready to tackle the crowd, this season’s APT Taipei Poker Classic 2024 runs its action across two venues – Asia Poker Arena [APA] and Chinese Mahjong League [CML], in anticipation of big numbers to come. Across the second day of festivities, local runner Kaihung Hu reigned victorious over the APT National Cup, having outlasted the … Read more
USOP Hai Phong Final Wrap: Xinxing Tang awarded as Player of the Series; Juyeol Lee, William Jia, and Baiyu Ni hail as top performers; China bags most trophy wins
Another grand success landed at this season’s U Series of Poker festivities with its Hai Phong debut, having played through 65 trophy events across thirteen days at Dream Dragon Resort, Hai Phong, Vietnam. Action-packed each day, the festival closed with Xinxing Tang hailed as Player of the Series following three wins and seven deep finishes. … Read more
Getting up close with Australia’s Anton Zhen Zhao Lu
Seen in the mix across the U Series of Poker Hai Phong games, Somuchpoker had a chance to catch up with Anton Zhen Zhao Lu. The Australian runner is relatively new to the live tournament scene, having just begun his career last 2023. Within a short span of time, the young gun has successfully locked … Read more
Manila Megastack 19: Martin Gonzales, J Michael Shell, Tomoyuki Takagi, Tanaka Nobutoshi
The culmination of Day 5 of Manila Megastack 19 marks the halfway point of the series. Running from September 19 to 29 at the first-class Okada Manila in Manila, Philippines, the highly popular PokerStars LIVE festival boasts a PHP 37 Million Guaranteed prize pool to be shared over 40 numbered events and 11 qualifiers. Half … Read more
Asia’s Premier Poker Event 2024 CPG Championship Draws Massive $15M Prize Pool
After ten days of thrilling poker action, the 12th annual China Poker Games – CPG Championship wrapped up at the Howard Johnson Resort Sanya in Hainan Island, China. Running from Agust 21 to 30, 2024, it was the largest edition put forth by the brand with 91 events (including satellites) from start to finish. Scroll … Read more
Taiwan’s Eric Tsai finishes strong in 2023 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event; Hokyiu Lee, Wing Po Liu, and Santhosh Suvarna bag gold
The annual World Series of Poker Europe returned to King’s Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic last October 25th through November 15 for three weeks of immense poker action. A total of 15 bracelet events were awarded with several Asian runners bagging gold and making multiple final table appearances in the games. Taiwan’s Eric Tsai […]
PokerStars Live Asia packs Manila Super Series 15 and Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) this July – Full schedules released!
A budding hub for live poker, Manila, Philippines is continuing to cement its rightful place in the tournament scene with nonstop great value action month after month. Just following last June’s Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) Open Manila held at Okada Casino, major operator PokerStars is back again with two full festivals – Manila Super […]
APPT Open Manila: Henrik Tollefsen triumphs Main Event; Outstanding series for Japan’s Ken Okada; Lee, Inocentes, Edoc, and Miyamoto among winners; Festival results inside
Live action is back and running in one of the most popular tournament poker stops throughout the region with PokerStars LIVE Asia having recently concluded its fourth event of the year in the Philippine capital. The Asia Pacific Poker Tour Manila Open ran from May 30 through June 5, 2022 at Okada Manila featuring a […]
Punnat Punsri, Michael Addamo, Sriharsha Doddapaneni, and Paul Phua among Asia Pacific’s biggest winners this January
Wrapping up a great start to the year are Asia Pacific’s biggest winners this month of January, having bested the toughest contenders and top tier fields of the season. Thai pro Punnat Punsri gained global recognition as he jump started his 2022 career with not one, but two high roller tournament wins in Las Vegas. […]
2021 WSOP: Review of Asia’s Top Performers; Four bracelet winners; Six runner ups
Considering the global health crisis, the vaccination mandate, and other travel restrictions, it was uncertain if a large contingent of players from Asia would make the trip to the 52nd Annual World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. In the end, the numbers exceeded all expectations. Newcomers, recreational players, and well known pros came out […]
Metro Card Club launches new app with Php 1M GTD RVS Cup; Team Pro makes appearance in WSOP 2021
Live poker in the capital of the Philippines was doing exceedingly well right before the pandemic hit the vibrant city and took the sport back to an all-time low. Weekly events, major festivals, daily tournaments and round the clock cash games kept hundreds of poker devotees busy seven days of the week with nonstop action […]
