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Ivey inbound? Photographic evidence emerged a few days ago, courtesy of Nipun Java, showing a certain Phil Ivey on a plane bound for Australia. This is by no means an absolute confirmation that he will play at the Aussie Millions, but that possibility is starting to look increasingly likely. When you put that photo together […]

On the summer of 2016, the Asia Poker League (APL) emerged into Asia’s live poker arena hosting their inaugural event at partnership venue, the Beijing Poker Club. As a newcomer to the scene, they impressively drew in 465 entries for the Main Event. Eight months later, on April 2017, they held their second poker festival, […]

The Philippines and Manila have always been busy places for live poker tournaments. With the new year just getting started, there is no surprise that 2018 is already shaping up to be nothing short of action-packed. If you are in this part of the world and are looking to play, here are key poker events announced for […]

Recent years, particularly those between 2014 and 2016 have brought arduous times for Macau, with many establishments running at a deficit and VIP players spending very little time there. Slowly but surely though, this trend has been changing through the latter part of 2016 and also 2017. This week, for the first time in three […]

2017 is officially done and sitting atop the world ranking for the highest number of cashes are two Asian pros – Hong Kong’s Park Yu Sparrow Cheung and Chinese Taipei’s Pete Yen Han. Both players not only improved on their performance last year, but also now hold the best records for the highest in a […]

A vibrant year of poker has just come and gone with poker brands continuously expanding and highly lucrative festivals running every month. For the avid tournament player, there certainly was never a lack of games to enjoy. Now that the 2017 season has concluded, many players can say they’ve had a fantastic year however there […]

Days ago, the inaugural WSOP China wrapped up a very successful ten-day festival that ran from December 13 – 22 at the Shangri-La Resort & Spa in Sanya, Hainan Island. In partnership with Tencent – Asia’s largest technological firm – the Main Event stormed in with an enormous 781 players each one looking to seize […]

In an announcement that has shaken up the live tournament calendar for the coming year, PokerStars has informed the poker world of changes which are on the way. The APPT, EPT and LAPT will be making their return next year. Return of the APPT The schedule for next year will begin with the Macau Poker Cup […]

With 2018 just around corner, the APT is ready to start the next year with a bang. The APT Vietnam Kickoff will run January 19th-28th in Ho Chi Minh City. It is the first time the APT have run any events in the metropolis and they made sure there are multiple ways for players to […]

Through the years, the number of poker players in Japan has increased dramatically with poker tournaments gaining in popularity. Just last month, the inaugural WPT Japan took place with a healthy turnout of 469 entries for the Main Event. In just a couple of days, another big event will be taking place at the heart […]

Almost everyone in the Asian poker circuit knows Tetsuya Tsuchikawa. And how can they not? The Japanese professional poker player entered the live tournament scene in 2010 and since then has earned numerous achievements in practically all of the big events in Asia. 2014 was a particularly big year for him; he won the WPT […]

With 2017 coming to a close, many poker outfits have already gone on break for the holidays. One of the last ones to host its season-ender was the Asian Poker Tour. Two nights ago, they wrapped up their twelve-day APT Finale Macau Championships event at the Macau Billionaire Poker that ran from November 29 – […]

Macau may be a bit chilly this time of year but at the ongoing APT Finale Macau Championships 2017 at the Macau Billionaire Poker in Babylon Casino, poker enthusiasts have been heating up the felt with many of the events already claimed. Here are some of the festival’s early highlights: Varun Gupta wins the Main […]

The year may be drawing to a close, but big live poker festivals are set to get underway across the world in the new year. Players who prefer their felt to be live rather than virtual still have plenty to sink their teeth into in January, with the Deepstack Poker Open (DSO) and African Series […]

Poker King Club’s biggest event of the year has arrived and for the past eight days, players from all over the region, and scattered parts of the world, have converged at the Venetian Macau for this much-awaited year-ending event – the Suncity Cup 2017 with its jaw-dropping HKD 8 Million Guaranteed Main Event (US$1,000,000). With […]

Eiji Kimura won the first-ever WPT Japan on Sunday. He defeated a field of 460 entries to win the $10,000 WPT Multi-Passport top prize. An Unique Event WPT President Adam Pliska attended the event and got proceedings underway, after especially pleasing local players by announcing how special WPT Japan was personally to him, given that his […]

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 […]