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As the world stirs up for the holiday celebrations, poker is revving up in Taiwan. Starting today, December 20th until December 24th,  the Global Poker League (GPL) China Season 2 Taiwan Tour and the inaugural Master Poker Series light up the Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association (CTP) room in Taipei. This is the last known […]

Opening day saw six teams sign up for the Global Poker League (GPL) China Season 2 – Taiwan Tour and after undergoing three varied tournament formats, the great divide was laid out. On the upper tier were CTP Taipei, CNHK TW, and HKPPA. These teams have secured their slot in the finals. As for the […]

The 2018 WSOP International Circuit Sydney Main Event is the latest World Series of Poker Circuit event to take place in Australia and attract a large field to compete for its seven-figure prize pool. The total field size by the end of late registration stood at 1,191, with a circuit ring and a prize of over […]

Players flocked to Okada Manila for the first PokerStars LIVE Manila event since the brand’s closure at City of Dreams. The tenth edition of the Manila Megastack ran a course of ten days, from December 7 to 16. A total of 26 events was offered with PHP 17 Million in guaranteed prizes. The festival culminated […]

Bigger than ever poker action is soon to come from The Triton Poker camp with a teaser trailer just released on the brand’s facebook account along with a press release that stated, “Triton Poker have confirmed that their first 2019 festival will be in Jeju, South Korea from the 2nd to the 9th of March […]

The highly esteemed World Series of Poker is currently underway in Australia with the 2018 WSOP International Circuit Sydney lighting up the felt beginning November 27 at The Star Casino. The annual event is slated to run for 21 days, wrapping up on December 17. This is the brand’s third visit since 2016. Several events […]

PPPoker has released its full schedule of events for the upcoming 2019 PPPoker World Championship (PPWC). In addition to the Teams Event and the Main Event – PHP 20M Guaranteed, nine more events have been announced bringing it to a total of 11 events across the board. The seven-day festival will be held from February […]

On November 30 to December 9, the PokerStars Red Dragon series took place in Jeju, Korea for the first time. The ten-day festival drew players from all over the world resulting in massive prize pools across the board. The event culminated in the Red Dragon Main Event, the largest and most distinguished freezeout tournament in […]

The Asian Poker Tour wrapped up their last event of the calendar year with the ten-day APT Finale Philippines 2018 at Resorts World Manila. The event ran from November 27 to December 6. Among the players to claim the last of the trophies was Japanese pro Iori Yogo. Also finishing strong was Kosei Ichinose who […]

National Poker Champions is a local festival that is progressively making a name for itself in the Vietnamese poker scene. Poker clubs only started to open their doors in mid-2016, but Win Poker is already about to kickoff the 6th edition of the National Poker Champions. The festival will take place from December 7th to […]

The end of the year is a busy one for poker players in the region. One of the ongoing festivals attracting players is the Asian Poker Tour’s last event of the season taking place in the Philippines.  The APT Finale 2018 is currently underway at Resorts World Manila. The festival runs from November 27 to […]

Michael Soyza has enjoyed a close relationship with Natural 8 in recent years and has been seen wearing their logo on several occasions when lifting trophies and playing at the tables. While his affiliation was not official back then, it certainly is now. Natural 8 have announced that Michael Soyza is now part of their […]

The social poker application PPPoker has gained tremendous popularity in recent years. Initially launched in Asia, PPPoker is now widely used across the World. While the application is better known by players as a platform on which to organise games between friends, its Global Tournaments series also allows players to compete for prizes. On top […]

After 11 days of continuous poker action, Asia Poker League wrapped up the APL Ho Chi Minh City Road Series Vol.3  literally with the lights out as heavy rain pounded the roof of Pro Poker Club. The festival ran from November 15 to 25 with over 2000 entries and VND 21 Billion (US$898K) in prizes. 17 trophies […]

After six hours of incredibly thrilling final table action, Asia Poker League awarded its newest Main Event champion. The man claiming all the glory was Vietnamese pro Quang Nguyen who overcame a 4:1 chip deficit at heads up to seize the APL Ho Chi Minh City championship title and the VND 1,618,750,000 (~US$69,300) first prize. […]

After six days of competition that witnessed a field of 587 entries at Pro Poker Club, the APL Ho Chi Minh City – Main Event is down to the Final 8. All of these players reached this marker in different ways but only one of them will lift the trophy and the VND 1,618,750,000 (~US$69,300) […]

147 players returned to Pro Poker Club for Main Event Day 2 of the APL Ho Chi Minh City Road Series Vol.3. By the end of the scheduled ten rounds of play, the field trimmed down to just 29 players. Three players crossed into the million marker with Vietnam’s own Minh Le earning the chip lead […]

The APL Ho Chi Minh City Road Series Vol.3 concluded its fourth and last starting day of the VND 8 Billion Guaranteed Main Event and to say it was a big day is no doubt correct. Host venue, Pro Poker Club was packed to the hilt with every seat on the main floor taken. Side […]

Another three side event trophies have been awarded here at the APL Ho Chi Minh City Road Series Vol.3 at Pro Poker Club. The latest winners were Do Thanh Duy, Abhishek Paul, and Christopher Mateo. At the time of writing, all three players have joined the Day 1C of the Main Event. No Limit Hold’em 1 – […]

The APL Ho Chi Minh City Road Series Vol.3 hit the ground running today at Pro Poker Club with tables quickly filling up for Day 1C of the Main Event. At the close of registration, 179 entries had saddled up which was more than the entries of the two starting days combined. Among the attendees […]