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The sound of chips shuffling was heard all through the day as another set of games played out at the inaugural WPTDeepStacks Hanoi. Bringing everyone in was the featured VNđ 4 billion (~US$ 173,500) guaranteed Main Event with Day 1B up on deck. After nine rounds of late registration, 86 entered (67 uniques, 19 re-entries), […]

With Australia being one of the world’s success stories in this pandemic, local citizens have begun to see glimpses of an anticipated return to normalcy. Non-essential businesses including the live poker industry have since made great leaps to recovery, ultimately aiming to make 2021 a way better year than its previous one. Live poker has […]

Day 6 at the inaugural WPTDeepStacks Hanoi was the start of the series headliner Main Event with VNđ 4 billion (~US$ 173,500) guaranteed in tow. 19 players found their way to the felt with 3 re-entering for a total of 22 entries. After 15 rounds of scheduled play, only five players remained. They will have […]

Last night, two players joined the winners club, Nguyễn Quang Huy for his victory at the All Bankrolls and Nguyễn Chiến Hữu who bulldozed through the competition at the Bounty Event. Taking a look at the Player of the Series race, Warm Up Event champion Phạm Ngọc Quốc Bảo maintained the top spot. With five […]

Day 2 of the inaugural WPTDeepStacks Hanoi concluded with three happy players lifting trophies off the awards shelf. At the Warm Up Event, Phạm Ngọc Quốc Bảo was recognized as champion after a four way deal, Nguyễn Gia Trung took down the Single Day High Roller, and Trần Đức Toàn came out victorious at the […]

Wall to wall action at the inaugural WPTDeepStacks Hanoi as players filled up host venue Crown Poker Club for the last two entry flights of the Warm Up Event. At the completion, a headstrong 357 entered across four starting days to crush the advertised VNđ 1.5 billion guarantee for a much richer VNđ 2,181,630,000 (~US$ […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]