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WPT Vietnam closes with Nguyen Van Dung winning High Roller 2; final results
From September 3 to 11, the World Poker Tour hosted WPT Vietnam, the first festival of the brand’s Season XVIII Asia-Pacific. The nine day event took place at the highly popular Pro Poker Club in Ho Chi Minh City. Among the final winners were Nguyen Van Dung and Yohwan Lim. We’ve got all the remaining […]
09/12/2019
Hamish Crawshaw crushes the final day to win the WPT Vietnam Main Event
After six days of thrilling poker action, that saw a final table run for six hours, the newest WPT Vietnam Main Event champion emerged. Lifting the prestigious title was New Zealand’s Hamish Crawshaw who crushed the competition sending every player to his knees. Crawshaw was awarded the WPT Champions Trophy, 1500 points towards the Season […]
09/11/2019
Bilzerian set for India Poker Championship appearance as Tony G makes the trip to Australia
As two of the more fascinating stars of the poker world, Dan Bilzerian and Tony G stir up interest whenever they attend a poker tournament. The pair lead interesting lives outside of the game and normally play something of a sporadic schedule as a result. For that reason, and due to their particular brand of […]
09/10/2019
WPT Vietnam: VN₫ 15 BN guaranteed Main Event surpassed; Huynh Tan Dung leads 156 players into Day 2
It is official! The World Poker Tour has delivered the richest tournament ever seen in Vietnam. The past three days witnessed players descend upon the Pro Poker Club in Ho Chi Minh City for the WPT Vietnam – Main Event VN₫ 15 billion guaranteed (~US$ 644,000). At the end of Day 1C, the overall count […]
09/08/2019
WPT Vietnam: Powerhouse field at Main Event Day 1B; 53 survive; Neil Raine wins second trophy
Action-packed day at WPT Vietnam with the prime attraction, the Main Event VN₫ 15 billion (~US$ 644,000) guaranteed, dragging in players from all over the globe. For those just tuning in, this is the largest prize pool put forward by the World Poker Tour in the country. The host venue was the highly popular Pro […]
09/07/2019
Boyaa bank accounts seized by Chinese government
China’s government has made it very clear in recent years that online poker is not something they want Chinese citizens to be getting involved in. In order to prevent online poker operators from targeting Chinese nationals, the government has gone to great lengths. The story of Boyaa’s frozen assets and its imprisoned CEO are just […]
09/07/2019
China Poker Games revealed: Interview with Mr. Li, President of Hainan Poker Association
On August 23 to 30, China Poker Games delivered the biggest and wealthiest live poker event in Asia with 3,132 Main Event entries and a prize pool spilling over US$ 4.1 million. The festival took place at the Howard Johnson Resort in Sanya, Hainan Island, China’s up and coming prime tourist beach destination. Somuchpoker was […]
09/06/2019
WPT Vietnam: Christopher Mateo leads Main Event Day 1A; Nguyen Thanh Binh wins High Rollers 1
World Poker Tour launched its biggest event of Season XVIII Asia-Pacific with Day 1A of WPT Vietnam Main Event VN₫ 15 Billion (~US$ 644,000) guaranteed taking center stage at Pro Poker Club. This is the most ambitious prize pool put forward by the brand in the country. After nine rounds of play, 93 was the count […]
09/06/2019
World Poker Tour kicks off WPT Asia Swing in Vietnam with VN₫ 27 Billion guaranteed
Excitement is on the rise here in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam with the first stop of Season XVIII World Poker Tour Asia-Pacific underway. WPT Vietnam opened on September 3 at Pro Poker Club and is scheduled to conclude on September 11. Hauling everyone in is the massive VN₫ 27 Billion (~US$ 1.1 Million) in […]
09/05/2019
WPT Vietnam: Le Ngoc Khanh banks a billion at the Kickoff; Yoon Chang Hwan wins the opening Turbo
The first billion payout of WPT Vietnam was awarded today with Event #1 Kickoff VN₫ 4 Billion guaranteed coming to a conclusion. The envy of all was Vietnam’s own Le Ngoc Khanh who rose above the 412 entries to capture the VN₫ 1,231,890,000 (~US$ 53,000) first prize. This is now Khanh’s largest live tournament career […]
09/05/2019
Asian Poker Tour heats up the Philippines in September with Php 24M in guarantees
Pack your bags and book your flights, the Asian Poker Tour, one of the longest running tours in the region, is headed to Manila for the second edition of APT Philippines 2019. The Philippines is the brand’s main hub making this one of their most popular stops. It runs from September 11 to 22 at […]
09/04/2019
Nagaworld Resorts receives green light for a $3.5 billion extension named “Naga 3”
Cambodia’s biggest casino is about to get a lot bigger. Plans for a large extension to the casino have been approved, paving the way for an expansion which will be called Naga 3. This new development will be three times larger than NagaWorld and Naga 2 combined. Shareholders agree with plans for expansion The shareholders […]
08/30/2019
2019 China Poker Games Championship breaks all barriers; Main Event delivers the largest field in Asia and US$4.1M prize pool
It may come as a surprise to many players that the biggest live poker tournament in Asia is currently taking place in Sanya, Hainan Island, China. For the past three days , the 2019 China Poker Games Championship has been nothing short of monumental. The Main Event witnessed a staggering 3,132 turnout, and with each […]
08/27/2019
Chien Fa Chou wins the inaugural PKC Taiwan Main Event; David Erquiaga finishes runner-up
After much anticipation, the Poker King Club hosted its first-ever event in Taipei City, Taiwan at the highly popular tournament venue, the Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association aka CTP Club. The five-day festival – PKC Taiwan – ran from August 16 to 20. It was the first for the brand this year after having canceled […]
08/21/2019
Melbourne Poker Championship: Jordan Westmoreland wins Main Event for AU$177,563
After two weeks of intense poker action, the Melbourne Poker Championship is at an end. Numerous varied events have been playing out across Crown Casino through the course of the series, with hundreds of thousands of dollars being won. Here is a recap of the events which have concluded in the second week. Event 11 […]
08/20/2019
APL Hanoi: UK’s Sam Beesley wins the Main Event; Tran Nam Trung banks the High Rollers; final winners
From August 6 to 16, players from all over the Asian region took part in the first Asia Poker League festival hosted in Hanoi, Vietnam. From kickoff, the APL Hanoi event was certain to be a big one with 562 charging in the Loyal Poker Club for the opener. Wedged in the middle of the […]
08/17/2019
Troubled waters ahead for Goa’s offshore casinos
India’s legal landscape when it comes to casinos has always been difficult to navigate. The country’s official stance is firmly against casinos, with strict laws applying to the industry. Despite this fact, Goa has been able to run casinos on Indian soil for some years now. Or, at least, suspended on a body of water […]
08/16/2019
APT Korea Incheon final highlights: Graeme Siow ships the Championships Event; Li-Ta Hsu tops Player of the Series
Twelve days of nonstop action took place in Korea with the Asian Poker Tour hosting its seventh festival of the calendar year. This was another successful run for the brand in the country with attendance and prize pools way up from their previous visits. APT Korea Incheon 2019 kicked off on August 2 at Paradise […]
08/15/2019
WPT Asia Swing coming in September
When it comes to poker tours, few can match the might of WPT. Top quality events attracting the best players in the world to some of the most beautiful locations on earth is what WPT has always provided and the tour shows no signs of slowing up. If anything, WPT is becoming even more diverse […]
08/14/2019
A huge 503 turnout at inaugural APL Hanoi Main Event; Quang Nguyen denies SJ Kim the High Roller title
The Asia Poker League is firing up Vietnam full throttle with the inaugural APL Hanoi festival drawing nothing short of incredible numbers. On our previous news, the floodgates opened with 562 pouring in for the VN₫ 6,600,000 (~US$ 285) Kickoff Event. This was followed by the VN₫ 16,500,000 (~US$ 700) Main Event which attracted 503 […]
08/13/2019