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Closing the 2023 season with a bang is Poker Dream 7 Vietnam’s Main Event currently underway at the prestigious Hoiana Resort & Golf in Hoi An, Vietnam. The six day affair headlines the tour’s final series for the year with a massive ₫20 Billion (~US$ 820,000) guarantee. Running through the 8th, three of ten […]

Undoubtedly, Ace Poker League holds the title of the most popular poker brand in South Korea. The five-month hiatus since its last event in May only served to heighten the anticipation for their next event, and it became glaringly evident on opening day of APL Seoul, hosted at the Swiss Grand Hotel. On October 3, […]

Poker Dream 7 Vietnam Main Event Review Dates: October 3-8, 2023 Buy in:  VND 8,500,000 (~USD 366) – VND 25,500,000 (~USD 1,099) Guarantee: VND 20,000,000,000 (~USD 820,000) Prize Pool: VND 22,639,945,500 (~USD 928,440) Total Entries: 1,351 ITM: 159 players Day 1 Results 1A: 81 entries / 5 advanced 1B: 77 entries / 4 advanced 1C: […]

Top Joy Poker Tour concluded its first venture outside of mainland China with five days of games taking place at the Swiss Grand Hotel in Seoul, South Korea. Running from September 28 to October 2, 2023, the brand experienced tough challenges with a lower Main Event turnout than expected but ultimately, it was a […]

The revamped Asian Poker Tour is capping off the year with another festival record to beat right in Vietnam’s largest conference space, the National Convention Center (NCC) this coming December. Having finished off its previous tours with astounding results one after the other, the upcoming APT Hanoi Billions is sure to top the charts and […]

After five days of heavy competition, South Korea’s Hyeon Ho Shin emerged as the first-ever Top Joy Poker Korea (TJPK) Main Event champion! Shin walked away with his first ever live title and a career high payout of ￦261,000,000 (~$192,900). The TJPK festival was the first leg of a two-part series with games running from […]

Nonstop poker continues in Seoul, South Korea with the Ace Poker League next on the plate. Revered as the biggest brand in the country, players can expect another lucrative festival with an ambitious ₩2.5 Billion (~USD 1.88 Million) guaranteed across 19 events. That’s over ₩600M more than its previous series. The Main Event features the most […]

After three starting days that drew 659 runners, the inaugural Top Joy Poker Tour Korea (TJPK) Main Event enters Day 2! 113 players are back at the Swiss Grand Hotel hunting down a piece of the enormous US$ 1 Million prize pool. The money starts at 81st place. Once the money flows, the players will […]

Day 1 of Top Joy Poker Tour‘s debut in Seoul, South Korea is in the books! Plenty of thrilling action took place as players from China, Korea, and outside lit up host venue Swiss Grand Hotel for the irresistible USD 1 Million guaranteed Main Event. At night’s end, China’s Li Zhong Xian set the bar […]

The World Poker Tour is taking on the Asian live tournament scene stronger than ever, moreso that its record breaking World Championship festivities is fast approaching. Slated for December, players looking to score a passport entry to the $40,000,000 guaranteed WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas, is definitely doable with the upcoming WPT Vietnam […]

The last Poker Dream festival of the season is underway at Hoiana Resort & Golf in Hoi An, Vietnam! Cards started flying at 12pm today, September 29, 2023 and will run until October 8, 2023. A total of 23 trophies are up for grabs and ₫40 Billion (~US$ 1.64 Million) in guarantees. Though that […]

Day 1B of the inaugural Top Joy Poker Korea (TJPK) Main Event $1 Million guaranteed drew a larger field of 177 entries, among them was Joseph Cheong, one of the most decorated American pros with multi-million in live career earnings. Cheong was a force to reckon with as he bagged up the largest stack of […]

If you’re transitioning from being a casual poker player to taking the game seriously, there are several crucial adjustments you need to make. However, one skill stands out as the most vital of them all: the ability to effectively analyze your hand histories. This skill can determine whether you become a long-term winner or a […]

The Top Joy Poker Tour (TJPT) invasion of Korea is just around the corner as the Swiss Grand Hotel in Seoul, South Korea will be the battleground for China’s fastest growing poker brand’s first sortie abroad. The merger between TJPT and the Ace Poker League (APL) comes to fruition on September 28 to October 9 with […]

PokerStars LIVE’s popular Manila Super Series has concluded its final round of festivities with its latest Main Event champion officially crowned to wrap up the festival. In just six hours of final table action, Italy’s Paolo Boccaletti clinched the victory after defeating China’s Xia Qi in heads up play. Boccaletti banked a career best […]

PokerStars LIVE Manila concluded another thrilling festival at its hub in Okada Manila, Philippines. Running from September 18 to 24, 2023 was the 18th edition of the Manila Super Series which made history after generating the largest Main Event turnout for this series. The headliner boasted an impressive 1,034 entries for a record-breaking prize pool of […]

The weeklong Manila Super Series 18 is down to its final day of festivities with the record-breaking Main Event set to crown a champion today. Three starting flights played through on schedule, collecting a stellar turnout of 1,034 entries for the tour’s richest PHP 13,239,336 (~USD 233,240) prize pool. Each flight played down to 15% […]

The Hong Kong Poker Tour (HKPT) has ventured beyond its roots to the land of Vietnam for its first full blown poker festival in the Southeast Asian nation. Curiosity has been high as players from various countries have descended to venue Dream Poker in Hoi An for the experience. There to greet them was none […]

The Manila Super Series 18 Main Event has wrapped up all starting flights on schedule following three days of nonstop action in the PokerStars hub at Okada Manila Resort & Casino, Philippines. Another stellar turnout was recorded in this season’s festivities with a total of 1,034 entries collected across three rounds of Day 1 […]

Six years in the running, PokerStars LIVE’s Manila Super Series has gained a steady following throughout its past seventeen installments, with the current edition on the right track to booking another success. The weeklong festival has so far played through two of three Main Event starting flights on schedule with the PHP 3,000,000 (~USD 52,842) […]