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APL HCMC Main Event: Down to 29 players with Minh Le leading into Day 3
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 […]
11/22/2018
APL HCMC Main Event: 587 entries, 147 into Day 2; Xuewei Li takes overall 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 […]
11/21/2018
APL Ho Chi Minh City: Do Thanh Duy, Abhishek Paul and Christopher Mateo win events
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 – […]
11/20/2018
APL HCMC: Main Event Day 1C draws 179 entries; Dang Van Hien leads the 47 survivors
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 […]
11/20/2018
Viet Poker Charity: Vietnamese players Team up
At least 700 million people in the world live in extreme poverty on less than $2 a day. More and more poker players realize this and decide to give back by donating to charitable causes. Especially when there is a specific need, like a natural disaster, and the poker community is asked to stand up […]
11/19/2018
APL HCMC: Main Event Day 1B ends with Norbert Koh in command
The APL Ho Chi Minh City Road Series Vol.3 concluded another Main Event starting day at Pro Poker Club with 22 players out of the 88 total entries surviving the 14 scheduled rounds. Navigating his way to the top with a dominating 209,200 stack is a player we know all too well in the live Asian […]
11/19/2018
World Poker Tour announces 2019 schedule with stops in Vietnam and New Zealand; WPT India breaks record
The World Poker Tour is gearing up for a very busy 2019. The brand recently announced 18 stops for their WPTDeepstacks circuit all taking place in the first half of the year. Included in the announcement were two events in the Asia-Pacific region, WPT Vietnam and WPT New Zealand. WPT Vietnam – March 14 to […]
11/18/2018
APL HCMC: Xiaoyin He tops Main Event Day 1A; Dang Xuan Canh among the leaders
Asia Poker League concluded Day 1A of the APL HCMC Road Series Vol.3 – Main Event VND 8 Billion Guaranteed. Out of the 82 entries, 24 players made the cut into Day 2. Unsurprisingly, the locals dominated in numbers however claiming the chip lead was Xiaoyin He from China. Xiaoyin staged a late game run, […]
11/18/2018
APL Ho Chi Minh City: Side action winners
The games are heating up in Vietnam with APL Ho Chi Minh City – Road Series Vol.3 underway at Pro Poker Club. Now on its third day, side events have been keeping players very busy before the upcoming Main Event – VND 8 Billion Guaranteed. In addition to the first-ever DeepStack Open Vietnam title awarded […]
11/17/2018
APL HCMC awards Hwang Sang Yeon inaugural DeepStack Open Vietnam title
Asia Poker League teamed up with European poker brand DeepStack Open to bring the world-famous event to Southeast Asia for the first time. The DSO kicked off the APL Ho Chi Minh City festivities at Pro Poker Club and after two days, the event concluded with Hong Kong’s Hwang Sang Yeon rising above the 154 […]
11/16/2018
APL Ho Chi Minh City – Road Series Vol. 3 opens doors with the DeepStack Open Main Event
Asia Poker League is back in Vietnam! The APL Ho Chi Minh City – Road Series Vol. 3 opened today with an action-packed schedule with 18 events over the course of 11 days from November 15 to 25 at Pro Poker Club. The festival is expected to be much bigger than previous. Exciting new events […]
11/15/2018
APL Ho Chi Minh City draws 154 to inaugural DeepStack Open event in Asia
Opening day of Asia Poker League’s – APL Ho Chi Minh City – Road Series Vol.3 did not disappoint with 154 total entries attending the inaugural DeepStack Open Main Event. This was the first time the APL And DSO joined forces bringing Asian players a taste of the European tour. Flight A drew in 136 […]
11/15/2018
PokerStars LIVE Manila relocates to Okada Manila and announces Manila Megastack in December
PokerStars is back on the beat! It was just last week when PokerStars LIVE Asia announced Jeju Red Dragon 2018. Now, another good news! It is confirmed. PokerStars LIVE Manila has found a new home in Okada Manila. The official opening has yet to be announced but players will be very thrilled to know that […]
11/12/2018
AJPC wraps up in Taiwan with Kazuhiko Yotsushika, Hirokazu Kobayashi, & Wen-Kai Chen as the biggest winners
The All Japan Poker Championship (AJPC) returned to Taiwan for their second visit this year as part of the AJPC Asian Circuit. Once again the festival was held at the Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Club (CTP) in Taipei City, home of the highly popular Taiwan Millions. The festival ran from October 31 to November 4 […]
11/07/2018
PokerStars brings the Red Dragon to Jeju; Macau and Philippines on standby
Big announcement has just come out of the PokerStars dugout, the highly popular Red Dragon festival will hit the felt before the year ends. The distinctive event is slated for November 30 to December 9 at Jeju Shinhwa World – Landing Casino – in Jeju, Korea. This is the first update on The Stars Group’s […]
11/05/2018
Interview: Getting to know two-time WSOP bracelet winner Michael Addamo
Two years ago, Michael Addamo peeked into our radar as one the young players from Australia to keep a close watch on. Fast forward to today, at just 24 years of age, Addamo has already captured two WSOP bracelets, both won this year. He has accumulated nearly US$3.5 Million in live tournament earnings and currently leads […]
11/05/2018
RVS CUP 2018 PHP5 Million Guaranteed this November in Manila
Coming November 9 to 19, the most popular poker room in the Philippines, the Metro Card Club aka Metro will host its biggest event of the year, the RVS CUP 2018 Philippine Poker Championship. Running for a fifth consecutive year, this highly anticipated series once again brings to the table a PHP 5 Million (US$ […]
10/31/2018
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 […]
10/25/2018
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 […]
10/24/2018
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 […]
10/23/2018
