News - SOMUCHPOKER / Asia-Pacific
WPTDeepStacks Hanoi: Warm Up Event opens with 89 entries; two flights remain; Tạ Khánh Linh wins the Deepstack Turbo
Opening day at the inaugural WPTDeepStacks Hanoi engaged the crowd with two events running at host venue Crown Poker Club. The Warm Up Event VNđ 1.5 billion (~US$ 65,065) guaranteed was the most sought after with 89 entries while the Deepstack Turbo closed with Tạ Khánh Linh locking up the win. We’ve got those results […]
APL Hanoi pays out over US$ 550K; Huỳnh Ngọc Cường wins Main Event & Kickoff; Nguyễn Duy Vũ & Andre Lettau top high roller events
The Asia Poker League concluded the first festival of its “APL Trilogy: Enter The Dragon” series with nine days of games hosted at the Grand Loyal Poker Club in Hanoi, Vietnam. Initially intended to take place in May 2020, the global health crisis pushed it back nearly one year until it finally ran on April […]
WPTDeepStacks Hanoi begins today
After a year and a half long wait, the World Poker Tour is finally back in Vietnam! Starting today, host venue Crown Poker Club will welcome in players to the tour’s premier mid-major WPTDeepStacks festival. While this is the brand’s fourth visit to the country, it will be its first festival in the capital city […]
Asia briefs: China Poker Games completes first satellite event in Fuzhou; Asia Poker League Hanoi in April; J88PT Korea Spring Main Event underway
Good news on the Asia live front with land based festivals alive and well in China, Vietnam, and Korea. Last week, the China Poker Games (CPG) concluded its first satellite event of the year in Fuzhou; in Korea, the J88 Poker Tour (J88PT) Spring Festival completed two of its 8 Main Event starting days; and […]
Metro Manila poker rooms close again as community goes into a second lockdown
Live poker for the once budding poker hub in Asia has reached a complete downfall since the global health crisis broke out earlier in 2020. Prior to the pandemic, Metro Manila, Philippines was a popular pitstop for major poker brands having hosted several successful festivals year after year. Non-essential businesses which included the gaming sector […]
WPTDeepStacks Hanoi Warm Up Weekend: Lê Đình Hải bests Macaron Tran for the Micro Main Event title; Đoàn Văn Chúc & Nguyễn Văn Chiến win side events
Three weeks ago, the World Poker Tour revealed its return to Vietnam for its first live event in the country since 2019. The much awaited event is the tour’s premier mid major WPTDeepStacks festival, slated to run in mid April 2021 at the capital city of Hanoi. To give players a taste of what’s to […]
GPI Asia Poker Festival and GPI Masterboard Award Ceremony from April 8 to 18 at CTP Club Taipei
More live felt excitement to erupt in Taiwan with the arrival of the first ever GPI Asia Poker Festival this April. Since 2018, Taiwan has been one of the most sought after locations for many land based poker groups, and having arrested the novel coronavirus early on, players in the area have had the privilege […]
Bracelet winner Sung Joo Hyun on fire with over half a million dollars earned in 2021
Off to a fantastic start this year, South Korean player Sung Joo “Arte” Hyun has been running red hot in Las Vegas with two live events shipped and well over half a million dollars in winnings earned. In February, Hyun won the WPTDeepStacks Venetian US$ 1,600 No Limit Hold’em event for US$ 208,335, then just […]
Deltin Poker Tournament delivers India’s first live festival in nearly a year; Ramesh Rao Thotapalli wins the Main Event
More signs of live felt activity in Asia as the Deltin Poker Tournament (DPT) completed its first live series onboard the Deltin Royale in Goa, India in nearly a year. With Covid-19 cases still an issue at various locations around the country, it was uncertain as to the turnout. However, it seemed, poker players had […]
Korea briefs: J88PT returns in April; APL Seoul Finale concludes
Live poker festivals are on a gradual return around the world, however, in Asia, there are places where locals have been shuffling chips on the physical green. One such place is Korea. Since mid last year, poker group J88PT has attracted from 800 up to 1,500 entries to their marquee events. In just a week’s […]
WPTDeepStacks Gold Coast finalizes schedule for this coming May
The return of World Poker Tour to Australia isn’t a surprise to many with its 2019 debut in the country well met with success. Held in The Star Gold Coast, the inaugural WPT Australia exceeded expectations having garnered more than 3,000 entries across its 10-day event schedule. Over AUD 3.1 million (~USD 2.09 million) in […]
Aussie Briefs: Local John Bogdanovski scoops up 2021 Poker Palace Summer Championships title; WPT League Sydney finds new home in St. Johns Park
Live poker in Australia is alive and recovering well as compared to the rest of the world who are still seeing the drastic effects brought about by the current global health situation. Back to back great value tournaments are lined up on schedule and targeted mainly for local players as major operators begin to resume […]
World Poker Tour and Crown Poker Club, Hanoi announce WPTDeepStacks Festival for April
It has been over a year and a half since the World Poker Tour made a live appearance in Vietnam, one of the prime budding poker communities within the Asian region. It’s 2019 events were hailed as a huge success as it offered its richest tournament to date with the Main Event posting a buy-in […]
Hui Chen “Kitty” Kuo wins the APT Taiwan 2021 Main Event; other big winners were Ping Hao Huang and Kun Han Lee; Chen An Lin closes it out
After being grounded for one year, the Asian Poker Tour returned to the live stage with games running from February 19 to March 8 at two locations in Taiwan. The first weekend of APT Taiwan 2021 was held at the Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association (CTP Club) branch in Taichung, you can read up on […]
Genting Group carries on with expansion plans in Malaysia and Singapore amid Covid-19 pandemic
While the gaming and casino industry has been hit exceptionally hard throughout this whole global health crisis ordeal, it appears the Genting Group is focused on its long term standing rather than the current predicament. One of Asia’s leading multinational companies, Genting Group is involved in various businesses within the region ranging from casinos, hotel […]
Australia blocks more gaming websites
The fight for legalized online poker in Australia has been a long winding battle for the last two decades with the government firm on its decision to ban citizens from taking part in the popular sport. Since the Interactive Gambling Act (IGA)’s implementation in 2001 which prohibits gambling providers to offer services including the likes […]
APT Taiwan 2021 underway; Kun Han Lee wins the opener; Main Event NT$ 2M GTD up next
The last time the Asian Poker Tour held a full blown live festival was nearly one year ago in Taiwan. Immediately after, the world went on a sudden standstill, grounding many land based poker operators due to the novel coronavirus. One of the few places that was able to arrest the virus early was Taiwan […]
WPT Asia-Pacific Championship at NagaWorld set to a later date
2021 seemed like a new year for live poker as clubs began to reopen here and there amidst the continuing global health crisis. Successful yet much smaller live festivals in a number of countries were also welcomed by local players considering the situation. With about the whole of 2020’s events canceled or postponed for a […]
WPT and Poker King join forces to bring the Spring Festival featuring CN￥12M in guarantees; top pros confirmed for the Main Event
The globally renowned World Poker Tour and one of Asia’s leading brands, Poker King, have teamed up for an upcoming festival that players are definitely not going to want to miss. Running from February 11 to 22 is the WPT Spring Festival featuring a substantial CN￥12,000,000 (~US$ 1.86 million) in guarantees. The event will be […]
Manila’s Metro Card Club reopens its doors this afternoon, February 5, 2021
Manila has been one of the fastest growing poker hubs in the Asia Pacific region having hosted a number of major international tournaments in recent years. Poker clubs have sprung up left and right in the last decade with the local poker community growing alongside it. A steady stream of daily and monthly tournaments always […]
