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The 48th Annual World Series of Poker in Las Vegas may have come and gone but on December 13 – 22, 2017, the world’s most prestigious poker brand will be hosting its first-ever WSOP China at the Shangri-La Resort & Spa in Sanya, Hainan Island, the country’s prime beach destination. This past summer, the WSOP […]

Every December, the Asian Poker Tour offers big rewards recognizing the top players in its circuit for the calendar year. The most popular avenue they’ve done this is through the APT Player of the Year race. This year, in addition to the APT POY, another exciting player incentive program was introduced, the APT Game of […]

The 888 entries to the World Poker Tour (WPT) Sanya Main Event is now down its final nine aspirants bringing an end to Day 4 of the competition here. Wu Xin became the bubble boy as his wilted against the of chip leader Qian Zhi Qiang on a board of to now bring to an end Day […]

The Final Table of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Sanya is set to clash starting tomorrow (November 21st) at 12:00NN (local time) with a new champion to be crowned and the top prize of $242,555 still at stake. But before the finale, let’s get to meet the nine players who will engage in the last […]

After busting out of the ongoing World Poker Tour (WPT) Sanya, Pete Chen has decided to stop playing poker for the next three days. The real reason for this is that he wanted to spend more time with his girlfriend, who had flown to this island paradise southwest of mainland China for the weekend. He […]

The World Poker Tour (WPT) Sanya Main Event field has been whittled down to 74 as Day 2 came to a close with the money bubble being burst, the two American WPT titlists eliminated and lots of incredible poker action going down here at the MGM Grand Hotel in Hainan, China. The first news maker of […]

Day 1B is now in the books as 169 players move on to Day 2 of the Main Event here as a global flavour, the return of past champions and the arrival of no less than the big boss himself highlights the day’s headlines here in the World Poker Tour (WPT) Sanya.  Adam Pliska, WPT’s […]

The Asian Poker Tour may see the likes of Japanese pros Tetsuya Tsuchikawa and Iori Yogo grabbing the headlines at many of their stops, however joining them at the APT Manila 2017 in making the news were numerous players all claiming their first trophies of the year, some even picking up their first-ever APT title. […]

If there’s one thing you can rely on in poker, it’s that the WSOPE Main Event will provide interesting stories. With final tables that regularly feature big names (Annette Obrestad, Phil Hellmuth and John Juanda  have all won the event), it’s no wonder this tournament is keenly awaited every year. This year, despite the stellar field assembled in the […]

In anticipation of their biggest event of the year, the Asian Poker Tour has just announced a new way for players to enter the two featured events of the upcoming APT Finale Macau Championships 2017. On Saturday, November 19 at 21:00pm GMT +8, Natural8 – the flagship skin of GGNetwork – will host Online Starting […]

Off the South Pacific, poker festivals in the pristine islands of New Caledonia may only come by a couple of times a year however this tiny French territory does see some action. Last year, the Asian Poker Tour held its first event in Noumea, the capital city of the country, and as expected many locals […]

There is no disputing this one! Alan “Kinglune” Lau has won the Asia Player of the Year 2017 and will be the first player in history to have his name engraved on the trophy not once but twice! The Hong Kong pro sealed the title after his spectacular victory at the Main Event of the […]

After 17 days of continuous poker festivities running from October 13 -29, the 2017 Asia Championship of Poker (ACOP) is now officially in the books. This year’s edition of the ACOP was by far the largest and richest with 48 tournaments for a grand prize pool of HK$166,276,022 (~US$21.3M). Here is a look at the […]

When it comes to poker festivals in the Philippines, many international players tend to follow the Asian Poker Tour and PokerStars. Unsurprisingly so, as these well-established brands have developed a strong international following and tend to muster up huge prize pools. However, despite the lure of these giants, there is one local poker brand standing […]

“The plan is simple. We keep on fighting. If poker teaches us one thing it is that we should never go on tilt and never give up! “ – Australian Online Poker Alliance (AOPA) founder, Joseph Del Duca to Somuchpoker upon the banning of online poker in Australia. On March 2017, online poker in Australia was […]

We’ve all heard that buzz that China is the next poker frontier, but due to strict regulations, it is not an easy market to penetrate. However, the numbers are definitely growing with more events slowly seeping in and players venturing out into the wild. As an example, this year the World Poker Tour kicked off […]

As 2017 nears its close with tournaments winding down to the last few events, one thing many will be keeping a close watch on are the Player of the Year races. In Asia, most people are well aware of the Asia Player of the Year by PokerStars and the APT Player of the Year by […]

Another big day for “Team Germany” with Stefan Schillhabel defeating Canada’s Mike Watson at the final heads up round to capture the Triton Super High Roller Series HK$250K No Limit Hold’em Six Max event. This was the first time the series descended upon Asia’s gambling hub of Macau and it impressively packed in a record […]

Who is Matt Kirk? Australian poker professional Matt Kirk, also known as “Aussie Matt” has been catching the public’s eye and ear quite a bit these days. Known to be more of a cash game Pot Limit Omaha player that spends his career in the shadows playing incredibly high stakes private games, it is odd […]

From September 26th-30th, the WPT Korea was buzzing up the Grand Jeju Paradise Casino with 175 entries tallied for the Main Event. With each entry at KRW 1.5M each, this racked up a prize pool of KRW 229,162,500 (~US$200,000). After five days of action, Canada’s Jessica Bian Hong Yang captured her first major international poker title. […]