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The New Caledonia Poker Event Noumea 2017 wrapped up an action packed ten-day festival at Casinos De Noumea with a changing of the guard as Japan’s Mitsuhiro Shiga defeated New Caledonia’s Daniel Gilles at the heads up round to be crowned the newest Main Event champion. This was a highly significant victory for Shiga as […]

Poker is surely churning all around the Asian circuit with back-to-back events quickly filling up the days of the calendar. We decided to zone in and focus our attention on what’s heating up the Philippine poker scene. Here’s a quick newsflash on a few of those stories. 719 entries for the first edition of the […]

It is still very early in the GPI POY race for 2017, but two stars of Asian poker are already stamping their authority on the leaderboard. Alan King Lun Lau and Sparrow Cheung have stormed into the top 10 places and hope to be key players in the race as it heads into the spring. […]

For the first time in 5 years, the World Poker Tour (WPT) is going to step out of its Chinese tropical paradise in Sanya and will hold an event at the heart of Mainland China – in its capital Beijing.  Right after the end of WPT Season XV, WPT XVI will kick off in WPT […]

While many poker outfits are focused on tapping the growing market in China, one country silently making its way back into the arena is the Republic of India. Several years ago, tournament poker was booming in the country and showing a lot of potential. However, after a tariff was imposed, the numbers immediately plunged, and […]

English Poker Pro Jake Cody, who has accumulated more than US$4 Million in live tournament earnings, has just released a new Vlog about his first time in Macau.  He specifically focuses on his cash game and tournament experience during the Macau Poker Cup.  As cameras are not allowed during the cash games that he was […]

Last year was full of surprising news that rocked the poker community – there were the changes in PokerStars’ Live tournament offerings, the end of the Asian Pacific Poker Tour (APPT), the separation of the Aussie Millions and PokerStars brand and more. Definitely one of the most shocking and the most saddening was the announcement that […]

Entering the final table with the second largest stack, Germany’s Koray Aldemir defeated Spain’s Sergio Aido at the heads up round of the HK$1,000,000 (US$128,845) buy-in Main Event to become the newest champion of the Triton Super High Roller Series. The Somuchpoker team was lucky enough to have a brief interview with the champion before […]

For the past few days, several of the world’s leading poker pros were holed up in an exclusive room at the Solaire Resort & Casino with the 2017 Triton Super High Roller Series rolling out its fourth installment of the series. The HK$1,000,000 buy-in Main Event saw 39 total entries for a prize pool of […]

The Macau Poker Cup (MPC) Red Dragon Main Event is finally finished with Alan Lau standing victorious above a record breaking field of 1,216 players. The MPC has been running from February 3-19, 2017 at the PokerStars Live Macau at the City of Dreams featuring the Red Dragon Main event which has a buyin of […]

While Saturday evening dragged in many enthusiastic gamblers to the slot machines of Solaire Resort & Casino in Manila, Philippines, happening right above them in an exclusive room at The Forum was an intense game of high stakes poker with many well known pros and several affluent Asian businessmen in attendance. Entering its second day […]

The Macau Poker Cup (MPC) has been running from February 3-19, 2017 at the PokerStars Live Macau in City of Dreams.  It features the Red Dragon Main Event that has a buy-in of HK$15,000 and guarantees a massive prize pool of HK$10,000,000. The Main Event has been running and is now down to 75 players.  But there are […]

The MPC 26 Red Dragon, which began one week ago, is nearing its end with the final table established late last night. While there were many crowd favorites running deep, such as past Red Dragon champion Terry Fan, Team PokerStars Pro Jake Cody, and Day 3 entering chip leader, Rundulf Martin Gonzales, they all would […]

Here are some highlights of the Macau Poker Cup (MPC), a 17 day Festival running from February 3-19, 2017 at PokerStars Live Macau. Celina Lin one spot short of making history In a surprising turn of events, Feng Wen Chen defeated the Queen of Asian Poker Celina Lin in the Baby Dragon Event which had […]

Several days ago, one the most successful editions of the Aussie Millions wrapped up with a massive turnout of 7,049 total entrants, a sweet bump up from last year’s 6,370 entries. Satellite winner Shurane Vijayaram turned his $180 winning ticket to a jackpot payout of AU$1.6M after taking down the Main Event. This successful […]

Several days ago, Japanese poker pro Kosei “shinbunshi” Ichinose overcame a field of 374 entries at the Turbo Championship of Online Poker 2017 (TCOOP) Event 53: US$215 H.O.R.S.E. and shipped in US$13,673.75. This recent victory came just three months after his 4th place finish at the PokerStars Sunday Million for a sweet US$81,000 (deal made) payout and another […]

By far the only true goal for any poker player is to make money, to make a profit. Consistently reaching the money in numerous events throughout the year shows incredible game ethics and is an achievement deserving of high praise. With the stats provided in Hendon Mob, we have compiled the top 10 Australian players […]

For several years, the practice of proxy betting has been gaining popularity in Asia. Several countries welcome the service with open arms and with much optimism. Not only does it conveniently cater to a large market in the shadows, but it is also a viable cost effective strategy to help boost revenue. While arguably there are […]

And the Aussie Millions Main Event is finally over with a new face as its champion. Shurane Vijayaram from Australia proved victorious over a field of 725 players taking home a whipping AU$1.6 Million. The Main Event had a buy-in of AU$10,000 but Vijayaram got in the Main Event through a satellite at Crown Casino […]

The Metro Card Club, the biggest poker room in Asia, held its first big event of the calendar year, the 2M Guaranteed. The event ran for six days, from January 25th-30th in Pasig City, Philippines. 691 entries Through the years, Metro has been known for their relatively small buy-in events with big guarantees. Players come […]