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Inaugural APPT Cambodia 2022 Main Event champion to be crowned today, Taiwan’s Yu Chung Chang leads the pack
Yesterday’s intense race saw 75 players return to the Grand Ballroom of NagaWorld Phnom Penh for Day 2 of the Main Event, each one hoping for a piece of the bloated $494,991 pot and a seat to the finals. After nine hours of play, the chase ended with all the nine spots spoken for […]
Alexander Puchalski crowned first ever APPT Cambodia Main Event champion
Canada’s Alexander Puchalski was crowned the first ever APPT Cambodia Main Event champion after besting a field of 378 entries. He captured the coveted PokerStars shard trophy and the $96,028 top prize. Read up on his race to victory via the Live Updates. “I feel good. I’ve won an event before but just for […]
APPT Cambodia 2022 MAIN EVENT: 378 entries, $494.9K prize pool, 75 players head into Day 2; Valeriy Pak, Yu Qi Zhao top heats; David Erquiaga wins trophy
The inaugural Asia Pacific Poker Tour Cambodia enters its penultimate day with Day 2 of the Main Event seeing 75 players return. The pack will be led in by front runners just half a small blind apart – Korea’s Nam Hyung Kim (410,000) and Russia’s Valeriy Pak (409,000). Kim topped Day 1A and Pak […]
Grand Loyal to close out the year featuring Hanoi Super Series ₫10 Billion (~$402,500) guaranteed
The Grand Loyal Poker Club in Vietnam has been a poker powerhouse all year with massive international and homegrown festivals fueling up the country’s capital city. In September, the club shattered multiple country records, paying out over $2.3 Million in prizes during the ten-day World Poker Championship. To date, it is the biggest event […]
APPT Cambodia 2022: Seongmin Lee lifts first PS shard trophy; Clement Van Driessche, Hassaan Arif, Yu Qi Zhao win trophies
The first ever PokerStars shard trophy of APPT Cambodia 2022 has been captured with Korea’s Seongmin Lee minted at the APPT National. Lee overcame India’s Rajeev Kanjani at heads up to rein in the coveted title and the $30,133 top prize. You can read up on his road to victory via the Live Updates. […]
APPT Cambodia 2022 Main Event: Nam Hyung Kim bags the lead again; Gary Thompson dominates SHR; Daniel Westerholm wins PLO Bounty
Unbelievable! Topping the headlines once again was Korea’s Nam Hyung Kim who closed out Day 1A of the Main Event as chip leader with 410,000 in chips, which was equivalent to 103 BB entering Day 2. Kim has been an absolute crusher at the inaugural APPT Cambodia 2022. He racked up massive stacks at […]
First ever Asia Pacific Poker Tour Cambodia Main Event hits the felt on November 10 to 13
After one week of pre-games, the Asia Pacific Poker Tour kicks off its $1,500 buy in Main Event at the Grand Ballroom of NagaWorld Phnom Penh. Highlighting the anticipated event is the $400,000 guarantee and the PokerStars shard trophy. It opens on Thursday, November 10 with the final table taking place on Sunday, November […]
APPT Cambodia 2022: National prize pool surges to $142.4K; Bonil Koo tops Day 1B; Michael Soyza clinches Mini High Roller
Games are in full swing at the Asia Pacific Poker Tour Cambodia 2022 with Day 5 of festivities in the books and eight players minted with brand new spade trophies. Today’s main highlight was Day 1B of the APPT National $100K GTD. WSOP bracelet winners Mike Takayama and Leo Soma were among the notables […]
APPT Cambodia 2022: National Final Table led by Le Ngoc Khanh; Leo Soma leads HR Day 1; Eric Wasylenko and Po Wen Fang win trophies
One of the key highlights of the inaugural Asia Pacific Poker Tour Cambodia 2022 is the APPT National which lit up the felt on November 6. Two starting days drew 204 entries for a prize pool of $142,474. Earlier today, 51 hopefuls returned to hunt down the money. After five and a half hours […]
Crown Poker Club-WPTWC Series pays out over ₫16.9 Billion (~$680.6K); final wrap + winners Tuan Huu Nguyen and Anh Tuan Nguyen
After ten days of burning poker action, the Crown Poker Club “Find Your Way to the WPT World Championship Series” concluded with 13 players walking away as the club’s newest champions. The series opened on October 28 guaranteeing ₫13 Billion and at the close on November 6, it paid out over ₫16.9 Billion. The […]
Crown Poker Club Main Event amasses ₫6.4B prize pool; 443 entries, 56 to chase the ₫1.38B top prize; Super Stack and HR Finale on deck
Roaring penultimate day at the Crown Poker Club “Find Your Way to the WPT World Championship Series” with everyone coming out of the woodwork for the final two qualifying flights of the Main Event. At the end of the rush, it added 245 more to the previous numbers for a closing tally of 443 […]
Asian Poker Tour returns to the Philippines featuring ₱29 Million in guarantees – November 15 to 27
Ever since border restrictions loosened, live poker in Asia has been relentless. Nonstop festivals have been running back to back and sometimes simultaneously, leaving players barely any time to rest. Contributing to the booming live action is the Asian Poker Tour, one of the leading pioneers of the game in the region. Through the […]
APPT Cambodia 2022: Chien-Chih Weng banks it at Mystery Bounty; Mike Takayama redeemed at NLH 6-Handed; Namhyung Kim tops National Day 1A
The first ever Asia Pacific Poker Tour Cambodia concluded its fourth day of festivities at NagaWorld Phnom Penh with another two players lifting PokerStars spade trophies. We’ve got those stories for you including results of APPT National Day 1A. Maggie Chien Chih Weng emerged as the first female to win at the ongoing APPT […]
Nguyen Manh Hung hailed champion of Crown Poker Club – WPTWC Series MAIN EVENT
Big stacked Nguyen Manh Hung aka Manh Hung was crowned Main Event champion on a three way ICM deal to collect his largest live career payout of ₫1,005,400,000 (~$40,420) and his first ever major club title! Congratulations to the champ! This year has been explosive for Manh Hung. With festivals running continuously in Ha […]
Crown Poker Club Main Event ₫5B GTD: Day 1B draws 112, Harry Tran tops 14 survivors; two flights left to enter; Nguyen Phuong Ngoc wins Deepstack Turbo
The “Find Your Way to WPT World Championship Series” has entered its penultimate day at Crown Poker Club with the last two flights to the Main Event on the menu. At the time of writing, Day 1C was up and running with registration closing at the end of Level 9, that’s roughly 3:15pm. Blinds […]
APPT Cambodia 2022: Mai Bien clinches NagaWorld Kickoff for career high $15,709; Mike Takayama runner up; Wei Jiang and Jeungu Seo win trophies
Vietnam’s Mai Bien clinched his first ever APPT title at the NagaWorld Kickoff Event after overcoming Filipino pro Mike Takayama at heads up. Bien claimed a live tournament career high $15,709 and captured the coveted spade trophy. Bien is on fire this year with four titles under his belt. This was his first outside […]
APPT Cambodia 2022: NagaWorld Kickoff $50K guarantee breached! Registration open until 950pm
Day 2 of the inaugural Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) Cambodia took off running with Day 1B of the NagaWorld Kickoff drawing in an eager crowd. Seen on the felt were players traveling from around the world: Dutch vlogger Tony Khoang, South Africa’s Marc Joseph, Japan’s Go Mori, India’s Akshay Kapoor (who already cashed […]
World Poker Tour Prime Taiwan one week away – November 11 to 21 at CTP Club
The World Poker Tour continues its 20th anniversary celebration with another big festival in Asia before the close of the year. In just a week’s time is the highly awaited WPT Prime Taiwan taking place from November 11 to 21 at the popular card room, Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association (CTP Club) in Taipei […]
APPT Cambodia 2022: Filipino pro Mike Takayama earns overall NagaWorld Kickoff chip lead; 46 advance to the final day
The first ever Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) festival in Cambodia was off to a smashing start with the NagaWorld Kickoff event drawing 299 entries over three starting heats. Day 1A pulled in an impressive 118 entries, Day 1B stormed in creating a larger 126 field, then the Day 1C Turbo flight added another […]
Inaugural APPT Cambodia underway at NagaWorld Phnom Penh
Off to a great start here at the first ever Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) festival in Cambodia! The opening deal was announced at 1pm with six tables quickly up and running for the NagaWorld Kickoff $50K GTD. If it keeps pace, we should see the guarantee easily breached. Among the players battling it […]
