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The WPT Korea 2024 Championship Event festivities at Landing Casino, Jeju Shinhwa World, South Korea, wrapped up with Hungary’s Mate Hanusi clinching the win after four grueling days on the felt. Hanusi outlasted the 1,065 entry field and bested the final nine from behind after coming into the final table with the smallest stack of 15 […]

The WPT Korea 2024 festivities at Landing Casino, Jeju Shinhwa World, South Korea, has been running on full blast with the first seven days of its ten-day schedule already in the books. The headlining Championship Event stands to crown this season’s champion with today’s Day 3 welcoming its last 45 survivors. China’s Lu Yingjun is […]

Running through Wednesday, April 3rd, the WPT Korea 2024 festivities at Landing Casino, Jeju Shinhwa World, South Korea is running its course with fifteen trophies already awarded within the past week. Japan’s Doi Kojiro, China’s Fan Zhe, Zhou Quan, Shi Qizheng, and Zhang Xiaochuan, and USA’s Maxwell Curtis emerged as the festival’s latest winners, having […]

The U Series of Poker – USOP Danang 2024 Part 1 enters its final day at the Pullman Danang Beach Resort in Danang, Vietnam! In partnership with Crown Poker Club and Lucky Poker, the festival kicked off on March 19 and after thirteen days of incredibly thrilling poker, it is down to the ultimate moment. […]

The U Series of Poker – USOP Danang 2024 festival, ongoing at the Pullman Danang Beach Resort, Vietnam, was headed for a massive Main Event turnout with record breaking attendance witnessed during the nine days of pre-games. Six events in particular were strong indicators – Mystery Millions, Mini Main Event, Sunday Superstack, High Roller Megastack, […]

The WPT Korea 2024 festivities at Landing Casino, Jeju Shinhwa World, South Korea, has been nothing short of exciting with its headlining Championship Event having just wrapped up its qualifying rounds. Three starting flights played through and drew in a total of 1,065 entries to easily boost the prize pool to a burly KR₩ […]

Another action-packed scene landed at Landing Casino, Jeju Shinhwa World, South Korea with the WPT Korea 2024 Championship Event running through its qualifying rounds. The second flight on schedule drew in a smashing 361 entries and saw China’s Pan Hai bag the largest across the Day 1B games. A great turnout for this season, […]

The WPT Korea 2024 festivities at Landing Casino, Jeju Shinhwa World, South Korea has reached its halfway mark with 9 trophies out of the 28 tournaments already awarded. Four side events which ran alongside the Main Event festivities came into completion with China’s Jin Boxin, Xu Jie, and Jun Weng, Japan’s Andrew Matahira and […]

On March 28, the World Poker Tour (WPT) officially announced the next eight stops for the second half of the ongoing season. This includes three events in the Asia-Pacific region as the global live poker operator returns to Taiwan and Australia. Most notably, however, the WPT will head to Macau for the first time for […]

The U Series of Poker crowned another batch of players here at USOP Danang 2024. Taking place at Pullman Danang Beach Resort, a total of 53 trophies out of the 71 on display have now been claimed. Among the latest champions were Nam Hyung Kim, Nguyen Manh Hung, and Adam Kharman, all three players locking up huge […]

The WPT Korea 2024 Main Event action is in full swing at Landing Casino, Jeju Shinhwa World, South Korea, celebrating a full house right on its opening flight. The first Day 1 on schedule racked up a staggering 319 entries and saw 84 runners qualify to Day 2 following eleven hours of play. China’s […]

Following nine days of pre-game action, the U Series of Poker – USOP Danang 2024 Main Event took the spotlight at Pullman Danang Beach Resort in Vietnam. It was obvious that it was evident from the start that the turnout would be impressive, with over 100 entries within the first two hours. By the close […]

The tables at Landing Casino, Jeju Shinhwa World, South Korea have been brimming with excitement as WPT Korea festival takes center stage with a full ten-day lineup through Wednesday, April 3rd. Day 3 of the series saw Yu Lei conquer the Single Day High Roller event and capture the third WPT Korea Ring this season. […]

Thrilling action is seen left and right at the luxurious Landing Casino, Jeju Shinhwa World, South Korea with the WPT Korea festivities running through Wednesday, April 3rd. The first of 13 WPT Korea Rings to be awarded was earned yesterday by China’s Ouyang Jiali after she clinched the victory at the Super High Roller event. […]

The 55th annual World Series of Poker (WSOP) runs May 28 to July 17, at the Horseshoe and Paris casinos on the Las Vegas Strip and players from around the world will be looking to get into the action. Numerous other tournament series are also on the poker agenda each summer as well. For those who […]

The WPT Korea festivities at Landing Casino, Jeju Shinhwa World, South Korea have officially kicked off, starting this 2024 season with its most premium offering right on opening day. The KR₩ 40,000,000 (~USD 29,750) buy-in WPT Super High Roller coursed through eleven levels of play and saw China’s Yu Lei secure the top spot […]

Chinese brand Asian Poker Festival (APF) returns to Hanoi, Vietnam for another exciting festival. Dubbed the APF Hanoi Spring Series 2024, the ten-day event takes place at the Royal Poker Club from April 8 to 17, 2024. With the event just around the corner, here’s a rundown of the highlights and other helpful tips. APF […]

With one week in the books, the U Series of Poker – USOP Danang 2024 Part 1 festival is halfway through. Games have been running since March 19 at the Pullman Danang Beach Resort in Danang, Vietnam and will conclude on April 1. With each passing day, attendance has swelled, setting the stage for […]

A thrilling time for the Asian live tournament scene, this season’s WPT Korea is underway, running through March 25 – April 3, 2024 at the luxurious Landing Casino, Jeju Shinhwa World, South Korea. The action-packed ten-day schedule features 28 trophy tournaments  centered around the KR₩ 2,000,000,000 (~US$ 1.5M) guaranteed WPT Championship Event. Unlike any other, […]

Attendance continued to escalate at Day 5 and 6 of U Series of Poker – USOP Danang 2024 as more Vietnamese, Chinese, and Korean players joined large contingents already present such as the Philippines, Russia, and Taiwan. In turn, this sent event prize pools soaring to triple USD digits generating the juiciest payouts to date. […]