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Another bustling day at WPT Prime Cambodia Season XXI with numerous events filling up the grand ballroom of NagaWorld Phnom Penh. The main entrees were the last two flights of the Mystery Bounty which featured a US$ 100,000 guarantee. By the close of registration, that figure was completely shattered with a combined 406 entries […]

Another exciting day at Season XXI WPT Prime Cambodia with Maggie Chien Chih Weng crowned champion at the NagaWorld Millions. The day also saw three players bag chip leads, WPT Brand Ambassador Brad Owen at the Mini High Roller, Sandro Burkhard at Mystery Bounty Day 1A, and Yu Ogusu at the Deepstack NLH. We’ve […]

Live poker is thriving in Vietnam and if you are seeking great value tournaments, the place to be next week is at the Viet Nam Series of Poker for the VSOP Championship. For the third time in a row, this low stakes local series has boosted its guaranteed prize pool. The 7th edition is […]

Action packed Day 3 at World Poker Tour Prime Cambodia as players made a dash for the final heats of Event 2: NagaWorld Millions. Before the first hour ended, the $150K guarantee was breached, eventually closing at a cumulative 508 entries for a prize pool of US$ 246,380. Buy in: US$ 550 Guarantee: US$ […]

In September 2022, a new brand from Korea, World Poker Championship, stunned the Asian poker community after it broke multiple records in Vietnam. For a newcomer outside of home soil, the Main Event pulled in an impressive 1,020 entries and paid out a grand festival prize pool of US$ 2.3+ Million.  Riding on its […]

The first side event champion of WPT Prime Cambodia was awarded today to Vietnam’s Huyen Duc Luu at the NagaWorld Superstack 50K. Huyen halted the bulldozing Chi Ling Tsang to seize his first ever international title. He now leads the Player of the Festival race. In a brief chat with the champ, “I am so […]

The much awaited Season XXI World Poker Tour Prime Cambodia is off to a roaring start! At 1pm local time players pulled up seats for Event 1: NagaWorld Superstack 50K  and by the end of the first 3 levels, 16 tables were running and 140+ entries posted on the screens. There is no doubt […]

Chinese-Australian player Sheng Ye emerged as the newest World Poker Tour Prime champion and he did so by rising from 3 big blinds! Ye defeated Ben Richardson at heads up of the WPT Prime Gold Coast Main Event for a career high AU$ 374,953 (~US$253,843) and his second major title in a span of just […]

Season XXI of the World Poker Tour is off to a smashing start with back to back Prime festivals setting new records. Opening in Paris, France in January, the Main Event drew 1,071 entries to surpass the 1,050 turnout set in Cambodia last year. Proceeding to Gold Coast, Australia, it continued the trend with […]

For years, international poker organizations have tried to penetrate the massive Chinese market but due to strict government regulations, strides have been slim to none. That does not mean poker is dead in the country, quite the opposite. Much like the rest of Asia, poker is booming in mainland China with live festivals staged by […]

The rush of excitement will glide the halls of the Dragon Poker Club today, March 5, Sunday, in Da Nang, Vietnam as the Main Event Day 3 will crown its first APC Main Event Champion Title in the country and win ₫2,148,600,000 (~$90,500). The remaining 8 final table players are composed of four Koreans, […]

The Dragon Poker Club set the arena for the APC Da Nang MAIN EVENT Final Table Round. Eight of its players, half of which were Koreans, two Vietnamese, one Polish and one Filipino, all were armed to the teeth to nab the inaugural championship title in Da Nang, Vietnam. It was a good three hours […]

Tension filled the Dragon Poker Room in Da Nang, Vietnam at Day 2 of the APC Da Nang MAIN EVENT. The 50 players were steaming at the heart of intense poker play as each gunned for a bigger slice of the the ₫7,837,600,000 (~$330,350) prize pool. After twelve hours of play, the Final 8 […]

Day 1B of the APC Da Nang MAIN EVENT ended with 10 more qualifiers into the Day 2 pool. Amassing the enormous chip lead of 886,000 (74 BB) was Ji Won Yoon aka Sharon to brandish against the collected pool of poker pros gunning for the ₫8 Billion (~$337K) guaranteed prize pool. The action […]

It’s Friday, March 3, 2023, this is the last day to enter the APC Da Nang MAIN EVENT with two flights to play out. Players may choose to join Day 1C which is the slower 40-minute per level starting at 11am or the faster Day 1D Turbo of 25-minutes per level starting at 4pm. […]

Entering the last day to qualify for the APC Da Nang MAIN EVENT, it would seem an overlay was eminent seeing that the first two flights barely covered half of the guaranteed ₫8 Billion prize pool however, this freaky Friday pulled through as 171 entries rushed in for Day 1C and another 95 entries […]

Another day of great poker action ahead with Day 1B of the MAIN EVENT on deck starting at 11am. The festival headliner is highlighted by its ₫8 Billion (~$337K) guaranteed prize pool. Registration stays open for nine levels which means plenty of time for latecomers to make their way.  If you are just waking […]

Ready or not, the first ever Asia Poker Championship Da Nang MAIN EVENT is here! At 11am today, the ₫8 Billion guaranteed flagship tournament kicked off Day 1A at the Dragon Poker Club, the first overseas poker room owned and operated by poker organizer Korea Mind Game Members (KMGM). This marks the first of […]

After 13.5 hours of play, Day 1A of the APC Da Nang MAIN EVENT concluded with the first batch of Day 2 qualifiers established. Leading the seven player lineup was Korea’s An Un Song with a 39 BB stack. With no prior cashes to his name, Song may well be a newcomer to the Vietnam […]

Just before the morning light, Vietnam’s Quyet Tien Pham aka Teddy Pham captured the first ever Asia Poker Championship Da Nang side event trophy. Pham overcame  the Warm Up event’s 90-entry field and the bigger stacked Chang Hwan Lee at heads up to pocket the cool ₫228,000,000 (~$9,600) top prize. To join Pham in […]