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[Interview] Getting to know Stephen Song – WPT Prime Championship Season XX winner
On his first poker trip to Asia, highly decorated American pro Stephen Song, shared with Somuchpoker the early chapters of his poker journey, leading up to his incredible victory at the renowned World Poker Tour (WPT) Prime Championship in Las Vegas on December 2022. SMP: What were you doing before poker? Stephen Song: I […]
WPT Vietnam pays out over ₫74.8B (~$3M); Jacque Ramsden, Nguyen Duc Thanh capture last packages
On October 6 to 16, 2023, the World Poker Tour (WPT) hosted its final event in Asia for Season XXI at Crown Poker Club Hanoi. Over the eleven-day festival, WPT Vietnam awarded 32 trophies and a total of 9 packages to the upcoming World Championship and Prime Championship. Here’s a look at the highlights. Festival […]
Join the Bounty Hunters Series for a Shot at $50,000,000!
The Bounty Hunters Series is back with a staggering $50,000,000 in guaranteed prizes! Mark your calendar for an unforgettable poker showdown from 15th October to 6th November 2023. Here’s what you can look forward to in this thrilling series: Daily $10K Bounty King Leaderboard – Prove your bounty-hunting skills and track all your epic KNOCKOUTS! […]
Thailand’s Sorawit Suriyakarn wins WPT Vietnam Main Event for ₫3,856,400,000
On just his third ever live tournament, Thailand’s Sorawit Suriyakarn clinched the World Poker Tour (WPT) Vietnam Main Event for a career high payout of ₫3,856,400,000 (~$157,565) and a package to World Championship Season XXI worth $12,150! “It’s pretty cool to win, I am so excited. This is just my third live tournament so I […]
WPT Vietnam: Woo Young Lee and Zheng Tian Hao bag massive stacks at Main Event Day 2
[Vietnamese] Day 2 of World Poker Tour (WPT) Vietnam saw 123 hopefuls return to action at the Crown Poker Club. After eleven hours of play, only 11 players remained led by South Korea’s Woo Young Lee and China’s Tian Hao Zheng. Both players bagged up mighty stacks of 73 bb. Read up on their rise […]
WPT Vietnam Main Event Day 1C: Nam Hyung Kim bags big at Day 1C to claim overall chip lead
World Poker Tour (WPT) Vietnam Main Event wrapped up its third and last starting day with a booming 411 entries and 56 players advancing to the next round. Holding the torch as front runner was Korean superstar Nam Hyung Kim who bagged a massive 729,000 stack (145 bb). This was also more than enough to […]
WPT Vietnam Day 7 results: Song Li wins HR 2Day Warm Up and WPT Prime Championship Packages; Ivan Konechnyi, Tran Hanh, Sergei Iablokov lift trophies
A week of games has quickly gone by at the World Poker Tour (WPT) Vietnam – Passport to the World Championship. The festival has been ongoing at the Crown Poker Club Hanoi since October 6 and runs until 16, 2023. More trophies were claimed last night and another WPT Prime Championship Package snatched up. Here are […]
WPT Vietnam Main Event Day 1B: Ha Van Thien, Khoa Anh, Nguyen Manh Hung bag up 500K stacks; 309 entries, 47 advance to Day 2
Big day at World Poker Tour (WPT) with 309 Day 1B entries seen at the flagship MAIN EVENT. At one point, host venue Crown Poker Club Hanoi had over 20 tables up and running. The event has now drawn a combined 439 entries and is very close to breaching its ₫12 Billion guarantee. After the […]
WPT Vietnam Main Event: Phi Tien Sang bags the largest at Day 1A; 21 players advance
Day 1A of the WPT Vietnam ₫ 12 Billion guaranteed Main Event wrapped up after 14 levels with Vietnam’s Phi Tien Sang at the top of the rung. During the last level of play, Sang knocked out numerous players to close the day with 629,000 (125 bb). This was reminiscent of his performance at […]
Poker Dream 7 Vietnam highlights: pays out over ₫91.8 Billion; You Jun Hong clinches Dream POY; John Juanda biggest earner; Raina Chakshu Deep most cashes
The last Poker Dream event of the calendar year wrapped up at Hoiana Resort & Golf with games taking place from September 29 to October 8, 2023 in Hoi An, Vietnam. The event was just as lucrative as promised paying out over ₫91.8 Billion (~US$ 3.7 Million) in prizes across 23 events. This was the […]
WPT Vietnam: Yixuan Dong rules the Survivor Bounty for second trophy, most bounties, and Prime Championship Package; Alvin Sembrano, Nguyen Huu Vinh win trophies
China’s Yixuan Dong is experiencing the best poker run of her career at World Poker Tour (WPT) Vietnam. Returning to Crown Poker Club Hanoi after having bricked in September, she won the PLO on October 8, then this evening, she seized the Survivor Bounty 8-Max for her second festival trophy and career second victory. “This […]
Poker Dream 7 Vietnam: Nguyen Thi Bao An wins the Main Event for VND 2.3BN (~USD 96K)
Six days of Poker Dream 7 Vietnam Main Event action completed through at the prestigious Hoiana Resort & Golf in Hoi An over the past week and welcomed hundreds of players to its tournament tables. With the great turnout, the largest single offering in the country crushed its VND 20BN (~USD 820) guarantee and […]
WPT Vietnam Opener draws 355 entries, 45 players to battle for Prime Championship package led by Tran Duc Steve
The first round of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Vietnam Opener Event logged in a total of 355 entries over three starting days with 45 players advancing to the money round. Bagging up the overall big stack was Day 1C leader Tran Duc Steve of 418,000 (104 bb), trailed by Day 1B leader Daniel Tighe […]
Poker Dream 7 Vietnam Main Event: Vietnam’s Nguyen The Anh leads final ten, ₫3.8BN (~US$ 156K) listed up top
Poker Dream’s final offering for the year is capping off its festival with four champions to be crowned today, October 8th. The last day on schedule is highlighted by the tour’s biggest ₫22,639,945,500 (~US$ 928,440) Main Event, where a winner will be crowned to take home ₫3,810,000,000 (~US$ 156,240) in winnings and the coveted Golden […]
Anthony Cierco captures first Asia trophy and Prime Championship Package at WPT Vietnam Opener
After tackling the Vietnam felt for over a year, France’s Anthony Cierco finally secured his first trophy on Asian soil at the WPT Vietnam Opener Event. It was a grueling two hour heads up battle that saw 84 hands between Cierco and Nguyen Phuong Ngoc. At the kickoff, Cierco was behind in chips, then both […]
WPT Vietnam: Pradeep Sharma bags Opener Day 1A lead; Haisheng Qiu, Michael Newby, Tran Than Hung win trophies
The highly awaited World Poker Tour World Championship is drawing near and to help players secure seat(s) cheap is via WPT Vietnam Passport to World Championship which is currently ongoing at the Crown Poker Club in Hanoi, Vietnam. Up to 10 packages are guaranteed – 8 WPT Prime Championship packages and 2 WPT World Championship […]
Poker Dream 7 Vietnam Main Event: Vietnam’s Pham Quyet Tien bags the lead heading into Day 2
Tournament action at the prestigious Hoiana Resort & Golf in Hoi An, Vietnam has been immensely thrilling with hundreds of players attempting to lock up a spot in the Poker Dream 7 Vietnam Main Event games. The ten starting flights on schedule played through four days of action and collected a total of 1,351 […]
Record turnout as Ace Poker League draws staggering 2,737 entries; prize pool ￦2.18 Billion (~US$ 1.6M)
Premier brand Ace Poker League continued to reaffirm its popularity in South Korea with a stunning 2,737 signing up for the Main Event. Without challenge, this was the biggest poker tournament in the country. Contributing a large portion to that turnout was the final starting day (Day 1L) which brought in 881 entries. APL Seoul […]
Poker Dream 7 Vietnam Main Event: 50 more qualifiers advance to Day 2 with Japan’s Yashiro Naoki towering over the pack; Last four flights run today
The tournament arena at the prestigious Hoiana Resort & Golf in Hoi An, Vietnam, is in full swing with the Poker Dream 7 Vietnam ₫20 Billion (~US$ 820,000) guaranteed Main Event currently underway. Six out of ten starting flights have so far played through, garnering a total of 75 qualifiers advancing to Day 2. Japan’s […]
Full house continues at APL Seoul as Main Event Day 1J draws 465 entries, Kim Kwang Yeol bags big
Poker fever continues at Ace Poker League Seoul! Day 2 of the ongoing festival witnessed another jam-packed house as the games raged on at the Swiss Grand Hotel. The top attraction was none other than the Main Event featuring the ￦1,100,000,000 (~US$ 807.460) guarantee, and according to the organizers, that figure has already been breached. […]
