News - SOMUCHPOKER / Asia-Pacific
WPT Cambodia: Multi-final tablists Phachara Wongwichit and Victor Chong bring it home
While the Main Event commanded the room, a couple of side events came to a conclusion. The latest winners were Phachara Wongwichit and Victor Chong. Both players reached the final table more than once at the festival and this time they were able to close it out. High Roller Single Day: PHACHARA WONGWICHIT – US$ […]
WPT Cambodia Main Event shatters records with a staggering 750 total entries; Ceesvin Abraham rules Day 1C
There was no doubt, at the pace WPT Cambodia was going, it was headed for its most successful Asia Pacific Main Event at NagaWorld Phnom Penh. The event kicked off on November 21 with three starting days. Each one saw the field increase from 188 entries (Day 1A) to 216 entries (Day 1B), and at […]
WPT Cambodia: Big payday for Piet Pape and Choon Tong Siow; Douglas Whitehead overcomes the Freezeout
While WPT Cambodia was livening up NagaWorld with Main Event action, also highly thrilling were the completion of a few side events. We’ve got those stories below. Super High Roller: PIET PAPE – US$ 83,006 The Super High Roller attracted an exception list of 54 players (44 uniques, 10 re-entries) putting up the US$ 5,300 […]
Asian Poker Tour hosts its grand finale in Taiwan with NT$ 14 Million in guaranteed prizes
Back in late-February, the Asian Poker Tour hosted its first-ever Taiwan series. It paid out over US$ 2 million in prizes to make it the richest APT festival of 2019. After a very busy calendar season that saw the tour host 10 events around Asia, the APT is set to close out the year in […]
Huge turnout at WPT Cambodia Main Event Day 1B with 216 entries; Mitja Rudolf tops the counts
WPT Cambodia at NagaWorld Phnom Penh is on course for a massive prize pool with 216 runners (175 uniques, 41 re-entries) turning up at Main Event Day 1B. Combine that with the 188 entries of Day 1A, the highlight event is already at 404 with one more starting day to follow. Today’s heat kicked off swinging […]
188 pour in for WPT Cambodia Main Event Day 1A; JIngjing Ke leads the 34 survivors
The inaugural WPT Cambodia opened its doors today at NagaWorld Phnom Penh for the US$ 1,100 buy-in Main Event. Attendance was more than impressive with 188 (165 uniques, 23 re-entries) signing up. Two more starting days will follow which means the US$ 250K guaranteed will undoubtedly be crushed to bits. Taking a look at the […]
Vincent Chauve wins APT Vietnam Championships Event & Player of the Series; final side event winners
APT Vietnam 2019 ran from November 6 to 17 at Pro Poker Club. The festival wrapped up with France’s Vincent Chauve going back to back final tables at the featured events eventually closing out the series winning the Championships Event. He departed the wealthiest and the most celebrated at the Player of the Series race. […]
Player of the Year race leaders and past champions in action at WPT Cambodia
WPT Cambodia has been underway since November 16 and in just a couple of days, the tables will open for the highly anticipated US$ 250K guaranteed US$ 1,100 buy-in Main Event. This is the first time the tour brings its prestigious brand of poker to the world class NagaWorld Resort in Phnom Penh. A large […]
WPT Cambodia: Yinfei Xiao dominates the NagaWorld Cup and Mohamad Abbouchi prevails at the Deep Stack Turbo
WPT Cambodia concluded its fourth day with another two players walking away as first time champions. In the late evening, two events wrapped up Day 1 and will resume at 12:45pm tomorrow. We have all the results and finalist chip counts below. NagaWorld Cup: YINFEI XIAO – US$ 35,619 The US$ 300 buy-in NagaWorld Cup […]
Jianfeng Sun wins WPT Cambodia Warm Up, Yinfei Xiao leads the Nagaworld Cup
A new week has begun and it’s picking up where the weekend left off: with a lot of poker action at Nagaworld in Phnom Penh. Cash Games were running hot with up to ten tables yesterday. On the tournament front the World Poker Tour here in Cambodia had only seen the conclusion of one event […]
Zhihao Zhang wins Red Dragon Main Event; Bin Sun wins Super High Roller, Liuheng Dai takes High Roller trophy
Red Dragon Jeju 2019 has provided one of the highlights of the Asian poker calendar in recent years, with the Red Dragon Main Event being one of the most coveted titles on the circuit. Here is all the latest from this year’s edition, included the all-important Main Event champion. KRW2,500,000 Red Dragon Main Event – […]
WPT Cambodia: Yunsheng Sun wins Kickoff, Cards in the air in Warm-up & Nagaworld Cup
Sunday at WPT Cambodia saw the conclusion of one and the start of two tournaments. The first side event champion was crowned in the $440 Kickoff, while the $1,100 Warm-up and the $300 Nagaworld Cup got the show on the road. China’s Yunsheng Sun wins the Kickoff WPT Cambodia’s first event, the $440 Kickoff, has […]
World Poker Tour kicks off at Nagaworld in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
The World Poker Tour holds its first ever festival in Cambodia, starting today in Phnom Penh’s award-winning Nagaworld entertainment and leisure complex. A lot is expected of this 10-day festival in the Kingdom of Cambodia. Action is taking place from 16th to 25th November and cards are already in the air. Today’s opening events are […]
WPT Cambodia : 212 players enter the Kickoff event, Keith Ong chip leader
The first ever World Poker Tour in the capital city of Cambodia, Phnom Penh, has begun today. An exciting 18-event festival at Nagaworld is on its way and it started with two flights of the $440 Kickoff tournament and a satellite into the $1,100 Main Event. Kickoff Event attracts 212 entries A total of 212 entries battled […]
Akshay Nasa denies Vincent Chauve at the APT Vietnam Main Event
The Asian Poker Tour is rousing up Ho Chi Minh City with their third festival in the country this year. APT Vietnam 2019 kicked off on November 6 at Pro Poker Club and will run until November 17. Half of the events have already been claimed including the Main Event with India’s Akshay Nasa lifting […]
IFM Asian Nations Cup: Team Singapore finishes 4th, qualifying for Peru
The International Federation of Match Poker (IFMP) Asian Nations Cup hosted in Taiwan has come to a conclusion last weekend. Match Poker is a tournament format that is played in teams. Team members are playing individually at different tables. Each player receives digital cards, identical to those of their team members and begins with equal […]
Macau gaming revenue continues to plummet
Macau casino industry growth once seemed unstoppable, with high rollers flocking to its casinos on a weekly basis. These latest pictures show the past calendar year has been gloomier. This week saw Macau announce the latest of six revenue drops in the last ten months which indicate that Macau’s allure as a gambling hub is […]
RVS CUP 2019 Philippine Poker Championship starts today with over Php 6M in guaranteed prizes
If you thought the month of November couldn’t get any better, it has. While international brands heat up parts of Asia, in the Philippine Islands the most popular card room in the country is doing the same. Starting today, the Metro Card Club opens its doors with the annual RVS CUP Philippine Poker Championship. Now […]
Alex Xiang Wei Lee wins the inaugural Manila Open Poker Tour Main Event
On November 1 to 4, PokerStars LIVE Manila hosted a special event at their hub in Okada Manila called the Manila Open Poker Tour (MOPT). Over the four days, juicy prizes were paid out with the Japanese dominating 5 of the nine events. However, the ultimate glory was not theirs to brag as Singaporean pro […]
Event organizers in Asia tighten security around their events
The poker world was shaken a few weeks ago when Mike Postle supposedly cheated on a live stream hosted at the Stones Gambling House. Across the world, the community reacted strongly to these allegations which in turn revived other fears and stories. Talking with Somuchpoker, three of the major live event operators in Asia – […]
