News - SOMUCHPOKER / Asia-Pacific
RVS CUP 2018 PHP5 Million Guaranteed this November in Manila
Coming November 9 to 19, the most popular poker room in the Philippines, the Metro Card Club aka Metro will host its biggest event of the year, the RVS CUP 2018 Philippine Poker Championship. Running for a fifth consecutive year, this highly anticipated series once again brings to the table a PHP 5 Million (US$ […]
WSOPE Update: Anson Tsang wins first-ever bracelet; Timur Margolin gives Israel series gold #3; Shaun Deeb widens lead in POY race
The past week saw more bracelets awarded at the 2018 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE). The annual event has been ongoing at King’s Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic running from October 9 to November 2. Among the hottest news were Asian players standing out. Hong Kong pro Anson Yan Shing Tsang ran deep in four […]
Macau Briefs: HKZM bridge connects Macau to Hong Kong; Less options for poker players
News from Macau lately has been largely negative for both casino operators and poker players. This could be set to change to some degree, with an important new bridge linking Macau to Hong Kong having now been opened. This should help the flow of new money into Macau during the coming months. World’s longest sea […]
Victorian Poker Championship: Adrian Indovino lands his first major + other winner reviews
The 13-day 2018 Victorian Poker Championship (VPC) filled the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia from October 11 to 23 with 17 events running throughout. Buy-ins ranged from A$240 to A$5,000. The festival concluded with as many as seven happy winners walking away with their first-ever series career titles. Among them was Adrian Indovino, champion of […]
A new era for the Japanese poker scene?
For a country such as as Japan with very strict gambling laws, the red flag on poker has been lifted. This past summer, the Japanese Parliament approved the development of up to three integrated casino resorts and among the games given meticulous consideration was poker. It is likely that as early as mid-2020’s, poker players […]
WIN Poker Club opens in Ho Chi Minh City; WIN Poker Hanoi gets an upgrade
2018 has seen tremendous changes in the Asian poker landscape and contributing largely to this is today’s newest poker hotspot – Vietnam. Last year, the Vietnamese government gave the thumbs up for poker membership clubs to be erected with locals allowed to participate. One of the first places to open was WIN Bridge & Poker […]
Asia Poker League returns to Vietnam in November and teams up with DeepStack Open
After delivering a highly successful inaugural event last May, Asia Poker League returns to Vietnam for APL Ho Chi Minh City – Road Series Vol 3. This second round of festivities has something for everyone with a fantastic schedule lined up from November 15 to 25 at Pro Poker Club. 18 events run throughout, highlighted […]
AJPC Asian Circuit: Hirokazu Kobayashi wins the Main Event; Xing Biao Zhu takes down five + HR winners
From October 5 to 14, the All Japan Poker Championship (AJPC) Asian Circuit was back at Paradise City in Incheon for their third-ever visit to Korea. Throughout the ten days, a total of 26 events were lined up. As expected the Japanese dominated in numbers, however in individual titles, it was China’s Xing Biao Zhu […]
APT Vietnam 2018: Tetsuya Tsuchikawa wins the Main Event; Victor Chong among the side winners
The Asian Poker Tour wrapped up a third visit to Ho Chi Minh City this year with APT Vietnam 2018 completing a weeklong event from October 5 to 11 at the highly popular poker room, Pro Poker Club. Many notable players grabbed the headlines. Without a doubt, the biggest catch of the day was Tetsuya […]
Indian Police crack down on card games closing 500 card rooms in Bengaluru
Indian police have raided and shut down around 500 card rooms in Bengaluru in what is a sudden shift in law enforcement’s view on gambling venues. Commission of Police Alok Kumar indicated to the Bangalore Mirror that this move was an attempt to thwart criminal activity and brawls that have become synonymous with the games. […]
Manila Super Series 9: Tan Wah Meng wins Main Event, 2018 APOY Mike Takayama awarding, + other winners
PokerStars LIVE Manila ran for seven days from October 1 to October 7 at City of Dreams Manila. As always, Filipino players flooded the felt and in the aftermath, they captured 8 of the 15 trophies. Among the winners were Lester Edoc and Alexis Lim. However, the top prize went to Singapore’s Tan Wah Meng […]
A Chat with Dhaval Mudgal, the first WPT Vietnam Main Event champion
On October 2, 2018, one of India’s highly colorful poker players, Dhaval “Dirty” Mudgal clinched his first-ever major international poker title. He overcame the 679 entry field of the inaugural WPT Vietnam Main Event at Pro Poker Club in Ho Chi Minh City and pocketed VND 2,427,580,000 (~US$104,000). The day after, the champ sat down […]
World Poker Tour closes a highly successful inaugural festival in Vietnam
It has been a thrilling nine days of poker running from September 26 to October 4 here in Ho Chi Minh City with WPT Vietnam wrapping up a fantastic festival on their first-ever visit. The event was part of a tri-leg series that began in Japan, followed by Korea, and concluding in Vietnam. At each […]
A thunderous showing of 224 runners for the WPT Vietnam High Roller event; 67 into the Final Day
While the inaugural WPT Vietnam Main Event was running, the Pro Poker Club continued to fill to capacity with players gobbling up seats to the side events. One of the hottest tickets was the High Roller event pulling a thunderous 224 entries over the course of two starting days. With each entry ponying up the […]
Catching up on the WPT Vietnam side event action; WPT Asia Swing POY standings
With the WPT Vietnam Main Event now in the books, it’s time to catch up on the side event action. Currently running is the WPT – Pro Poker Superstack Classic. That’s a three-day event and by the size of the field, it looks like players will be seeing a very nice pot for that. Registration […]
Dinh Xuan Dinh bests Danny Tang at the WPT Vietnam High Roller + other side winners; Alex Lee leads the Superstack
The penultimate day of the inaugural WPT Vietnam in Ho Chi Minh City had a wide range of side action filling every seat at the Pro Poker Club. By the midnight cutoff, three titles were claimed and one bagging up with the final 9 remaining. We’ve got those stories for you below. Dinh Xuan Dinh […]
Dhaval Mudgal wins the inaugural WPT Vietnam Main Event for VND 2.4 Billion
India’s Dhaval “Dirty” Mudgal made World Poker Tour history tonight as the first player to win a WPT Main Event title in Vietnam. Amidst a crowded rail, Mudgal defeated Japan’s Takao Shimizu at heads up and captured the VND 2,4287,580,000 (US$104,000) first prize. The VND 22M buy-in Main Event ran a total of five days […]
From 178 to the Final 15 players of the WPT Vietnam Main Event; Yik Yin “Ray” Chiu chip leader
WPT Vietnam Main Event saw the return of the 178 survivors and from the get-go it was action-packed at Pro Poker Club. The event attracted 679 total entries for a smashing prize pool of VND 13,172,600,000. This was the largest-ever live tournament poker prize pool seen in the country. And to earn a piece, all […]
WPT Vietnam Main Event sets country’s largest-ever prizepool of VND 13.1 Billion; Mike Takayama tops Day 1C
For the past few weeks, the World Poker Tour has been busy spreading their brand of poker all over the region with the WPT Asia Swing taking place in Japan, Korea, and now Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. For the latter, it was their inaugural visit with nine days of games lined up from […]
250 runners for WPT Vietnam Main Event Day 1B; Pham Bao wins the Bounty Event
The first two legs of the WPT Asia Swing may have been successful but Vietnam, now that’s shaping up to be the biggest yet. The inaugural WPT Vietnam kicked off another thrilling day of games with winners crowned amidst a packed house of Main Event attendees at the Pro Poker Club. We’ve got those highlights […]
