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WPTDeepstacks Hanoi: Nguyễn Quang Huy and Nguyễn Chiến Hữu win events; Main Event starts today

WPTDeepstacks Hanoi: Nguyễn Quang Huy and Nguyễn Chiến Hữu win events; Main Event starts today

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 […]
04/21/2021
WPTDeepStacks Hanoi: Four way deal awards Pham Bao the Warm Up Event win; Nguyễn Gia Trung claims Single Day HR, Trần Đức Toàn wins Superstack

WPTDeepStacks Hanoi: Four way deal awards Pham Bao the Warm Up Event win; Nguyễn Gia Trung claims Single Day HR, Trần Đức Toàn wins Superstack

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 […]
04/19/2021
WPTDeepStacks Hanoi: Warm Up Event draws 357, smashes guarantee; 45 players advance to Day 2; Superstack & Single Day High Roller up next

WPTDeepStacks Hanoi: Warm Up Event draws 357, smashes guarantee; 45 players advance to Day 2; Superstack & Single Day High Roller up next

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$ […]
04/18/2021
WPTDeepStacks Hanoi: Warm Up Event opens with 89 entries; two flights remain; Tạ Khánh Linh wins the Deepstack Turbo

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 […]
04/17/2021
APL Hanoi pays out over US$ 550K; Huỳnh Ngọc Cường wins Main Event & Kickoff; Nguyễn Duy Vũ & Andre Lettau top high roller events

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 […]
04/15/2021
WPTDeepStacks Hanoi begins today

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 […]
04/15/2021
Asia briefs: China Poker Games completes first satellite event in Fuzhou; Asia Poker League Hanoi in April; J88PT Korea Spring Main Event underway

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 […]
03/30/2021
Metro Manila poker rooms close again as community goes into a second lockdown

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 […]
03/29/2021
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

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 […]
03/29/2021
GPI Asia Poker Festival and GPI Masterboard Award Ceremony from April 8 to 18 at CTP Club Taipei

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 […]
03/23/2021
Bracelet winner Sung Joo Hyun on fire with over half a million dollars earned in 2021

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 […]
03/21/2021
Deltin Poker Tournament delivers India’s first live festival in nearly a year; Ramesh Rao Thotapalli wins the Main Event

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 […]
03/17/2021
Korea briefs: J88PT returns in April; APL Seoul Finale concludes

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 […]
03/12/2021
WPTDeepStacks Gold Coast finalizes schedule for this coming May

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 […]
03/11/2021
Aussie Briefs: Local John Bogdanovski scoops up 2021 Poker Palace Summer Championships title; WPT League Sydney finds new home in St. Johns Park

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 […]
03/10/2021
World Poker Tour and Crown Poker Club, Hanoi announce WPTDeepStacks Festival for April

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 […]
03/09/2021
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

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 […]
03/09/2021
Genting Group carries on with expansion plans in Malaysia and Singapore amid Covid-19 pandemic

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 […]
02/28/2021
Australia blocks more gaming websites

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 […]
02/24/2021
APT Taiwan 2021 underway; Kun Han Lee wins the opener; Main Event NT$ 2M GTD up next

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 […]
02/23/2021
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