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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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) […]

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 […]

APT Philippines II 2019 concluded its twelve-day run at Resorts World Manila running from September 11 to 22. On our first article, the opening half witnessed Peru’s Yohn Paredes win the Main Event. To wrap up the series, China’s Xixiang Luo claimed the Championships Event for PHP 4,594,800 (~US$ 88,000), Philippines’ Richard Nakila won the […]

Crown Perth’s Western Classic poker festival has now been running for the best part of a decade, and while the Aussie Millions outshines most other festivals on Australian shores, the Western Classic should not be overlooked when it comes to premier poker festivals in the country. Field sizes are consistently solid each year with most […]

The Asia Swing has swung across to Korea this week, stopping off at Incheon. The WPT Korea got the action rolling on September 17th with a packed poker room at Paradise City. With the Main Event Warm Up and two High Rollers among the events now in the books, allow us to bring you the latest […]

APT Philippines II 2019 has been underway at Resorts World Manila since September 11 and is scheduled to conclude on September 22. For the first time, the event was held at the new Grand Wing of RWM. As promised, more tournament tables and cash tables were provided with both sections filled up nearly everyday. The […]

Taipei in Taiwan has welcomed the J88PT Ultra Stack to the ACE8 International Poker Association in recent days, with the opening events now underway. This will be J88’s third event on Taiwanese soil, with the first two attracting a lot of interest. Opening ceremony The opening ceremony and first event have now been completed, with the […]

In what is a rather unique stop on the World Poker Tour, the Asia Swing has been passing through Tokyo in recent days, stopping off at Gajoen Hotel for WPT Japan. Unusually for a WPT event, no money has been won by any players, with competitors instead playing to get their hands on WPT passports […]