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Some may have thought that with Daniel Negreanu ending his PokerStars affiliation, his public presence in the poker community may have diminished. These last few months, however, have showed us the opposite is true. The wedding, vlogging abundantly during the WSOP and a near miss for the WSOP POY have helped Daniel Negreanu continue to […]

On August 23 to 30, China Poker Games delivered the biggest and wealthiest live poker event in Asia with 3,132 Main Event entries and a prize pool spilling over US$ 4.1 million. The festival took place at the Howard Johnson Resort in Sanya, Hainan Island, China’s up and coming prime tourist beach destination. Somuchpoker was […]

A few weeks ago, Dario Sammartino finished runner-up of the WSOP Main Event pocketing $6M in the process.  Our reporter Gaelle Jaudon had the chance to talk with him about this incredible performance. Somuchpoker: First, congratulations on the nice suit you wore at the final table. It was a really classic Italian style, and I think it’s […]

WSOP 2019: Huge celebration at the World Series of Poker 2019 with one of Asia’s leading pros, Daniel Tang, achieving the dream at Event #90: US$50K Final Fifty No Limit Hold’em High Roller. Tang overcame the 123 strong field to capture his first-ever bracelet and a bucketful US$ 1,608,406 in winnings Interview by Christin Maschmann […]

We sat down with Ray Chiu, Co-founder and Academy Director of the Hong Kong Poker Players Association during the Asia Poker League Vietnam 2019 to talk about the Hong Kong Poker scene.

In January 2017, Fedor Holz predicted that 2017 would be Sontheimer’s “breakout year”, and he shared this thought publicly on Twitter. Predicting the breakout year of @RunGo0seRun. Best player in the game right now. — Fedor Holz (@CrownUpGuy) January 26, 2017 A few months later Sontheimer claimed the Purple Jacket at the Poker Masters. Since then, he […]

Chen An Lin is a highly recognized Asian poker professional from Taiwan. He began mounting numerous deep runs in 2015, mostly in Macau. He earned his first six-figures in 2016 at the EPT Monte Carlo High Roller event, then when 2018 rolled in, his live tournament career boomed. He finished 8th at the Aussie Millions […]

In the past two years, Alex Foxen has had such incredible success on the international poker circuit that he was crowned GPI Player of the Year 2018. Currently, he is still leading the GPI ranking. This is a very important honor to him, which he confided to our reporter Gaëlle Jaudon in this interview, as well as discussed […]

Two-time WSOP bracelet winner and Chip Leader Coaching founder Chance Kornuth has collected more than $6M in live tournament earnings. Gaelle Jaudon brought us this exclusive interview with the American pro. Somuchpoker (SMP): Your first major success was in 2010, when you won the $5,000 PLO event at the WSOP for $508K. How would you describe your evolution in […]

Grumpy, hard to please and always ready to defend his opinions at any cost, Allen Kessler is not someone you can ignore. Gaëlle Jaudon had the opportunity to meet the American during his visit to Rozvadov. After all these years on the circuit, “The Chainsaw” still has the same obsession in mind: To finally win a […]

In 2013, Ryan Riess etched his name in poker history after winning the World Series of Poker Main Event. He won a life-changing $8,361,570. Since then, he has been living the poker pro life, traveling to various destinations and playing in some of the biggest games. Gaelle Jaudon was able to catch up with Riess […]

Two years ago, Michael Addamo peeked into our radar as one the young players from Australia to keep a close watch on. Fast forward to today,  at just 24 years of age, Addamo has already captured two WSOP bracelets, both won this year. He has accumulated nearly US$3.5 Million in live tournament earnings and currently leads […]

With more than $8M in live earnings on the international poker circuit, Manig Loeser is one of the most talented German players. He spent his last few weeks in Rozadov for the WSOPE where our reporter Gaelle Jaudon had the chance to meet him. Somuchpoker: Your first cash was in 2011, and now you have […]

Jeff Gross, the PokerStars’ ambassador, forged his competitive spirit on the soccer field. But his true love has always been poker – a game he discovered in university when he was sharing his room with Michael Phelps. Since then, he has dedicated himself fully to this passion, having earned more than $3M on the live poker circuit […]

Three WSOP bracelets, a WPT title, over eight million dollars in tournament winnings and at least as much in cash games – Barry Greenstein is a true poker legend. But the PokerStars ambassador is above all an eminently friendly character to whom we take pleasure in listening. Gaelle Jaudon is bringing us this exclusive interview. Somuchpoker: First, How was […]

On October 2, 2018, one of India’s highly colorful poker players, Dhaval “Dirty” Mudgal clinched his first-ever major international poker title. He overcame the 679 entry field of the inaugural WPT Vietnam Main Event at Pro Poker Club in Ho Chi Minh City and pocketed VND 2,427,580,000 (~US$104,000). The day after, the champ sat down […]

At the ongoing WPT Global Teams Event in Korea, Somuchpoker had the chance to meet Michael Soyza – the Malaysian pro who currently ranks #1 on GPI Asia. He shared with us about how he decided to switch to being a full-time tournament player, his future goals as well as the poker situation in Malaysia. […]

Tzai Wei Phua was one of the big winners of the recent APPT Manila. His victory in the Mega Stack Shot Clock Big Blind Ante earned him a Platinum Pass, which guaranteed his ticket to the Bahamas next January.  During his talk with Somuchpoker afterwards, Tzai shared with us how important this title is to him, as well as […]

Mark Blake is currently the PokerStars Head of Live Events, Asia Pacific. Somuchpoker caught up with him during the APPT Manila to talk about the future of PokerStars live events in Asia. Somuchpoker:  The APPT Manila is a massive success in terms of attendance. According to you what are the different factors that explain this […]

Since founding Singapore Poker League, Jack Liew has spent the last few years promoting poker in Singapore. He has just teamed up with Asia Poker League for its upcoming event in Xi’An, China. Somuchpoker: Can you tell us a bit more about how your poker journey started and why you decided to create the Singapore […]