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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. […]

Whether it is opening up new poker rooms or staging the biggest poker events, the Poker King Club is undoubtedly one of the most ambitious poker brands in the Asian region. Within the past two years, the PKC – owned by the Macau VIP junket investor Suncity Group –, launched various projects that included the […]

Poker in Asia shifts to one of the most beautiful destinations in the region, Jeju Island, where the World Poker Tour is currently hosting its latest event, the WPT Korea 2017. This marks the third year the WPT has visited the island, drawing in players to enjoy both the games indoors and the lush beauty […]

The Asian Poker Tour concluded its latest event, the APT Philippines II, held at Resorts World Manila from September 13-21. On closing day, a new champion was crowned with Korea’s Sung Ho Kim winning the Main Event. In his shadow, were several Asian poker pros claiming side events, along with the awarding of the APT […]

Win Poker Club to host 1 billion VND guaranteed multi-flights event Having already established a venue in Hanoi, Win Poker has now opened a new venue in Danang, which will host the upcoming National Poker Champions event. The event will involve four separate starting flights across three different cities. Those cities will be Hanoi, Danang, and […]

With the Macau Poker Cup 27 winding down to a few remaining side events, the biggest ones have been claimed including the High Roller event and the highly coveted Red Dragon title. In addition, the Asia Player of the Year has Alan King Lun Lau back in the driver’s seat after his record breaking performance. […]

The Macau Poker Cup is back once again with 17 days of poker festivities at the PokerStars LIVE Macau poker room in City of Dreams. The ongoing event kicked off on August 25th and is set to conclude on September 10th with the most prestigious event in Asia, the Red Dragon Main Event, sure to […]

Mediarex Sports & Entertainment, the parent company of the Global Poker League (GPL), has just announced its expansion into India, one of Asia’s most promising poker markets. The announcement was headlined with: “GPL India is Coming – Get ready to compete against the best players in the country and the world in India’s Premiere Poker […]

There was a time when Samad Razavi dominated the APT circuit. There was a time when Samad Razavi fiercely hunted down the APT’s highest honor – the APT Player of the Year title – capturing it an incredible four years in a row from 2012-2015. There was a time when everyone thought he couldn’t be […]

Poker is one of those special games that tends to attract people from all walks of life. Without exception, many well-known celebrities from a wide variety of professions have been seen taking on the felt albeit a famous athlete, actor, gamer, magician, comedian, TV host, you name it. And many of them not only steal […]

The Asian Poker Tour headed to Korea for its second event in the country this year. Instead of Daegu or Jeju, the event was held in a new destination, at the recently opened Paradise City in Incheon. The APT Korea Incheon 2017 festival ran from August 12th – August 20th; many pros were in attendance […]

Elton Tsang is not your average poker player. While his recent win in the Big One for One Drop will have brought his name to the attention of the masses, to those who inhabit the elusive super high stakes cash games in Asia, Elton Tsang is already well known. Not only has he been a […]

Jarrod Thatcher wins Melbourne Poker Championship Main Event 456 entrants bought into the Main Event at the  Melbourne  Poker Championship, paying AU$1,500 to enter and generating a prize pool of AU$684,000. The event played out over the course of 3 days, and with five of the final sixplayer hailing from Australia, it seemed a near certainty […]