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Mediarex Group partners with Chinese Poker Enterprise
Mediarex, who own the GPI Index and Hendon Mob have announced a new partnership with Chinese Poker Enterprise. This announcement will see changes made to the way in which Asian player rankings are publicised online. Speaking in response to the partnership announcement, GPI Asia CEO Raymond Wong said, “It will be exciting news for players […]
Asian Poker Tour releases 2020 schedule of events
In two month’s time, the curtains will draw on 2019. Players will go on a short break to enjoy the holidays and spend their winnings. Before doing so, it would be wise to start planning for 2020. Releasing their schedule early is the Asian Poker Tour, the longest running brand in the region. Last year, […]
APT Vietnam coming up in early November
The Asian Poker Tour continues to bring players in the region plenty of poker as the brand heads to Ho Chi Minh City early next month. APT Vietnam is the tour’s tenth event of the year running from November 6 to 17 at the Pro Poker Club. For the past two years, this has become […]
Victorian Poker Championships: Jonathan Karamalikis wins Main Event; Zach Tay is High Roller Champion
Crown Melbourne’s Victorian Poker Championships (VPC) has been bringing a dash of drama to the Australian live tournament scene over the past week, with the festival in full swing and champions being crowned daily. With the final events now wrapping up, Somuchpoker.com can now bring you all the latest results. Event 10 – AU$2,300 Main […]
APT Taiwan 2019 closes with Jinho Hong claiming the Championships Event; Mike Takayama wins Player of the Series
Another Asian Poker Tour festival wrapped up with APT Taiwan 2019 awarding the last of its champions this past Sunday.The event ran from October 9 to 20 at the Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association. Days ago we published the early winners. For the second half, Korea’s Jinho Hong grabbed the victory at the Championships Event. […]
WPT India: Ashish Munot wins the Main Event; Yasheel Doddanavar wins High Roller
Poker fans in India have been treated to the best of WPT India in the last few days as the Main Event and High Roller have been busy concluding. With the crest of that wave having now broken and the WPT title hopes of almost all those involved having gone the same way, we can […]
Victoria Poker Championship early highlights: Eoin McLaverty wins opening event
Crown Melbourne has prided itself on being one of Australia’s premier locations for tournament poker in recent times. This month sees the Victoria Poker Championship hosted there, bringing yet more tournament action to Melbourne. Here is a recap of the early events. Event 1 – AU$300 Opening Event – Winner: Eoin McLaverty The opening event […]
Baazi Poker Tour: Bharat Kumar takes Main Event title; Rohit Jinwal wins High Roller
The Baazi Poker Tour (BPT) has brought a wealth of action and interest to its series in the last week, with the two biggest events having rounded off the series in style. Floating casino “Pride II” in Goa has been hosting the events, which have attracted some of India’s finest poker talents. ₹50,000 Main Event […]
J88PT concludes two successful festivals in Taipei and Shanghai
J88Poker’s new live tournament series, J88PT got underway with two festivals in a two-week period: J88PT Ultra Stack Taipei and J88PT Shanghai. Everything you should know about both festivals: J88PT Ultra Stack Taipei: Huang Wei claims the title The Ultra Stack having taken place between September 18th and 23rd at the Ace8 International Poker Association. This […]
AJPC: Rijad Hasani takes Main Event victory, Sorokin crushing side events
The AJPC festival in Korea has been providing players with chances at glory over the last week with a total of 14 events set to take place. Most of those are now complete, including the all-important Main Event and High Roller, so allow us to bring you the latest results from Paradise City in Incheon. […]
APL HCMC: Terry Nguyen claims Main Event title for VND1.2 Billion
APL Ho Chi Minh City Main Event reached its climactic conclusion over the weekend, with Terry Nguyen overcoming a field of 365 challengers to take the trophy. In addition, five more side events are now in the books, with five more happy champions picking up APL titles. VND16,500,000 Main Event – Winner: Terry Nguyen The Main […]
HKPPA wraps up a second Premier League in Taiwan; Kuang “Luke” Lee wins the Main Event
The Hong Kong Poker Players Association has certainly called Taiwan its second home. After staging their first-ever full length festival in the country back in April, the association returned to Taipei City on October 4 to 8 to host its second of the year. Once again the HKPPA Premier League Taiwan took place at the […]
APL HCMC: Cao Ngoc Anh leads Main Event; Jack Wu bags High Roller title
After almost a week of Asia Poker League action in Vietnam, we can now bring you the result of the High Roller, all the latest from the Main Event, along with the latest side event winners. The festival has seen some great poker and worthy winners, with thousands of dollars having changed hands in Ho […]
Manila Megastack 13: Hiroshi Naito takes down Main Event; Bin Sun and Fu Bang Wang win big
The Manila Megastack run by PokerStars is always one of the key events on the calendar when it comes to live poker in Asia and this latest edition has been no exception. The final river card has been turned and the final trophy has now been awarded, so allow us to bring you all the action […]
WPT Australia: Hari Varma triumphs in the Main Event; Hussien Hassan wins 5K Challenge
The inaugural WPT Australia festival has been illuminating the Gold Coast for just over a week now. During that time, some great poker has been played and worthy champions crowned. Of all the titles on offer at Star Poker Gold Coast however, none are more coveted than the Main Event. After a lengthy battle at […]
Asia Poker League HCMC: Kjell Ove Dyb wins the Kickoff; four winners crowned
The Asia Poker League is still relatively new in the live poker world, having only begun in 2016. In that time, it has grown persistently and moved out of its early home in China to tour Asia. The long-anticipated Vietnamese stop in Ho Chi Minh City at Pro Poker Club has now arrived, with the […]
Asian Poker Tour returns to Taiwan in October with NT$ 12 million guaranteed prize pools
Early this year, Taipei City, Taiwan was treated to the first-ever Asian Poker Tour event held at the highly popular Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association aka CTP Club. The inaugural event exceeded all expectations. Guaranteed prize pools were easily smashed and over US$ 2 million in prizes were distributed. Coming next week, the tour returns […]
World Poker Tour lands in Australia ; Liam Doyle wins the Opening Event
WPT has established itself as the most prestigious global poker tour in the world, and between September 27th and October 7th Australia is playing host to a WPT festival for the very first time in history. The opening events are already in the books, and there are still many enthralling events yet to come, so […]
Manila Megastack 13: Henrik Tollefsen among early winners; Rommel Angeles wins Kickoff
Hosted at Okada Manila, the Manila Megastack is one of PokerStars’ most recognisable series in Philippines, offering hundreds of thousands of dollars across its 24 tournaments. These tournaments take place in Manila between September 27th and October 6th, with the opening 5 events having already seen a winner crowned. Event 2 – ₱12,000 Kickoff (₱3,000,000 GTD) […]
Tadashi Takei takes WPT Korea Main Event title for KRW108,170,000 (US$90,582)
WPT’s Asia Swing finished in style yesterday, with Japan’s Tadashi Takei taking the WPT Korea Main Event title and bringing the four-day tournament to a close. It was not the only exciting tournament finale to have taken place in Korea lately though, as several side events have also wrapped up too. Here is the latest […]
