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While Las Vegas sizzles with the WSOP back in town, on the other side of the globe its Asian counterpart also experienced a little fire of its own with the Asian Poker Tour back in the Las Vegas of the East for the APT Macau 2017. This latest festival ran a course of nine days, […]

On the surface, the Chinese poker scene can sometimes give the appearance that poker is struggling to take root in the country, but this is in fact quite far from the truth. The Chinese poker scene is dynamic, it’s just that many of the tournaments are not reported to the rest of the world. Here […]

Back in March, Somuchpoker reported on the worrying developments down under as the government in Australia barred online poker. There was support for online poker, and some senators stood up and spoke for the game to be treated differently to other forms of gambling, but as is so often the case when politicians make judgements on […]

People always say, “do you want to hear the good news first or the bad news?” In our latest Pinoy Briefs, there are a couple of stories that won’t exactly leave a smile on your face so we opted to start with them. The first one is a follow up story on the tragic incident […]

The Vietnamese poker community has seen the latest of numerous positive steps this week, as the coastal city of Nha Trang announced the opening of a new poker federation. This latest development is part of a poker turnaround in Vietnam which has followed several years of difficulties. Nha Trang is a prime location for bringing […]

May 31st saw Mediarex Sports & Entertainment and JuzhongJoy host a joint ceremony that would signal the beginning of the first poker league in China: The GPL China. The GPL is not a new concept of course, having first left its mark on the world of poker back in 2016 when it was launched globally […]

Resorts World Manila targeted in fatal attack The Asian poker world has been left in a state of shock after Resorts World Manila, one of the prime poker destinations in Asia was struck by a gunman, who set tables ablaze and killed 38 people in the process. The gunman was seen on CCTV walking around […]

With cards now flying at the 48th World Series of Poker 2017, the excitement continues to heighten with players and pros from all over the world trickling in for this annual pilgrimage. Scheduled to run from May 30th – July 13th at the Rio All Suite Hotel & Casino, the 45-day festival will surely have everyone’s calendars […]

The Poker King Cup Macau concluded its second stand alone poker festival with an invasion of new faces and seasoned pros taking turns at the spotlight all week. The nine-day event ran from May 18th-26th at the Venetian Macau with the highlight tournament, the HK$5 million guaranteed Main Event, wrapping up last night. Emerging as […]

Recently, Paradise City, the very first integrated casino resort of its kind in South Korea, opened its doors to the world. The casino resort is one of the very few locations that has a poker offering. To get to know more about this much anticipated addition to the poker industry, Somuchpoker sat down with Mr. […]

The ongoing Poker King Cup Macau has already dished out a few trophies prior to the featured Main Event. A couple of those titles were claimed by new faces on the awarding stage, Taiwan’s Chung Yuan Yu for the High Rollers event and China’s Zheng Xiaosheng for the HK$1M guaranteed Warm Up event. Here’s a […]

The Poker King Cup (PKC) is currently hosting its longest poker festival at the Venetian Macau. The festivities saw the cards flying on May 18th and will be ongoing for a total of nine days until its conclusion on May 26th. Developed by the well-known Poker King Club that produces highly reputable cash games, the […]

The World Poker Tour has unveiled a new event date in Mainland China. The Tour will make a stop in Chengdu the capital of southwestern China’s Sichuan province. Like all events in China, this event is invitational and will take place from 15 July to 21 July in The Longemont Chengdu Hotel.  The prizepool will have a […]

Is there such a thing as a recreational poker professional? Seems like an oxymoron because either you are a recreational player or a pro. How can you be both? With poker booming in China, more and more players are being exposed to the game, and many are falling in love with it. These players join […]

Ever since the World Poker Tour was acquired by Ourgame International Holdings, Ltd. a Hong Kong listed corporation, the well-known poker brand has been very active in developing the poker market in Asia, most especially in China with sold out events held in Sanya and Beijing. Last year, the WPT expanded its market base even […]

Big news for poker in Cambodia as the Poker King Club, operator of cash games and tournaments, will start to do business in the country this 1st of July. Already famous for managing three of the most prestigious Poker Rooms in Asia – the Venetian Macao ; the Solaire Casino in Manila and the Maison Glad Hotel on the […]

For the past twelve days, the Asian Poker Tour held its biggest poker event of the year, the APT Championships Philippines 2017 at Resorts World Manila. The series ran from April 26th – May 7th, concluding two nights ago with many players pocketing big cash prizes and trophies to shelf. In all, there were two major tournaments, two invitational, […]

After spending a couple of years in decline, there are signs of growth in Macau once again. Resurgence in Macau as gaming revenue increases Monday saw the release of revenue figures for April by the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau, with significant increases shown in terms of market-wide gaming revenue, which rose 16.3% year-on-year to MOP […]

The currently ongoing APT Championships Philippines 2017 at Resorts World Manila recently concluded one of its highlight events, the USD 1,100 buy-in Main Event with Filipino poker pro Mike Takayama capturing his second APT championship title and the US$105,530 cash prize. Mike Takayama – Photo APT The Main Event drew in a record breaking 442 entries […]

Final 8 Main Event lineup of the APT Championships Philippines 2017 includes  Mike Takayama and SJ Kim. For several days, the APT Championships Philippines has been filled to capacity with a record breaking 442 entries to the Main Event. The featured tournament had a US$1,100 buy-in for a massive prize pool of US$428,740. There were […]