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The Asian Poker Tour concluded its first event of the new year with eight days of games running from January 30 to February 6 at online platform PokerBaazi.com. The event, coined APT India Online Series, was the third of its kind. A total of 43 players walked away as champions and ~IN₹ 7.75 Crore (~US$ […]

Last month, the World Poker Tour announced the opening half schedule of Season XX which included a first time visit to the beautiful city of Sydney, Australia. News of that event sparked plenty of excitement on social media, and earlier today, the globally renowned brand added more to the thrill revealing full details of that […]

After 21 days of nonstop action, the Taiwan Millions Tournament 11 came to a close at the Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association (CTP Club) in Taipei City. The highly popular homegrown festival ran from January 4 to 24 with 69 players walking away as champions and over US$ 1.2 Million paid out. Among the glorious […]

The new year is off to a great start for players in Australia with interstate borders loosening and upcoming festivals announced in several cities. In Brisbane, action is nonstop with one event just wrapped up and another quickly setting up. We’ve got those stories for you.  Australian Poker Tour Brisbane Season V highlights Unlike last […]

The Asia Poker League continues to supply players with plenty of thrilling action with upcoming festivals on both the live and online front. In less than a week’s time is the APL Online Series boasting a monstrous CN¥ 80 Million (~US$ 12,620,600) guarantee, and happening simultaneously is the APL Happy New Year Event live in South […]

Live event poker organizers are hoping to bring more to the table this year with several events announced in the Asia Pacific region. Here’s a look at what’s at your doorstep and on the near horizon. Asian Poker Tour Mystery Bounty Weekend rescheduled for March 3 to 6 With Covid-19 cases at an all time […]

It’s that time of the season once again for the prized Taiwan Millions Tournament. Now on its 11th season, the popular homegrown festival has been underway at the Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association Taipei (CTP Club Taipei) since January 4 and will run through January 24. A total of 69 tournaments populate the roster highlighted […]

PokerStars LIVE Manila concluded its first live event of the calendar year with the 3rd edition of Okada Manila Millions taking place on January 3 to 9 at Okada Resort Hotel & Casino. Among the 14 players that walked away with brand new spade trophies, it was defending champion Jose “JC” Colada earning the highest […]

Crack those knuckles and bring on your A-game, it’s time for some live tournament action in the Philippines. After nearly two years, the much awaited Okada Manila Millions has returned with games currently underway at PokerStars LIVE Manila. Festivities kicked off today, January 3, and will run for seven days, concluding on January 9. […]

2021 witnessed a busier live scene than expected, and as the curtain closes, here’s a look at some of our top Asia Pacific player live achievements of the year.  Michael Addamo wins over US$ 9.4M, two WSOP bracelets, and Purple Jacket Inarguably one of the top No Limit Hold’em players today, this past fall Australian […]

After a one year interruption, the highly awaited 52nd World Series of Poker is finally underway in Las Vegas. Games kicked off at the Rio All Suite Hotel & Casino on September 30 and will run through November 23. Despite the vaccine mandate, the first three days have already produced promising numbers and will only […]

Carrying one of industry’s heftiest price tags, this year’s Super High Roller Bowl recently concluded with Polish pro Wiktor Malinowski capturing the Main Event win for $3,690,000. The 9-event line-up kicked off last August 23rd at Merit Royal Hotel Casino & Spa in North Cyprus, and completed five Short Deck Hold’em and four No Limit Hold’em […]

As the controversial Rule 115 had the entire poker community buzzing earlier this month, the World Series of Poker finally put talks to rest last Friday. The renowned brand issued an official press release announcing that attendees for this year’s live festivities must provide a full proof of vaccination against Covid-19 prior to registration. According […]

A budding poker scene, Vietnam has been increasing in popularity within the Asian region as a prime gaming hub in the past few years. Major name brand operators have found success in the Southeast Asian country with its local poker community alone having recently caught the so-called poker bug. Coming from a strong start this […]

The first ever WPTDeepStacks Hanoi is officially in the books! The ten day series took place from April 16 to 25 at the Crown Poker Club. Given the challenges brought on by the global health crisis, it drew a substantial 1,410 entries across thirteen events and amassed an overall grand prize pool of VNđ 17,866,042,000 […]

With Australia being one of the world’s success stories in this pandemic, local citizens have begun to see glimpses of an anticipated return to normalcy. Non-essential businesses including the live poker industry have since made great leaps to recovery, ultimately aiming to make 2021 a way better year than its previous one. Live poker has […]

Although his best friend Brad Owen has a bigger following by now, Andrew Neeme is seen by many as the poker vlogger GOAT. His vlogs were the first coming from Las Vegas in a high production value with consistent reliability. During COVID Andrew transitioned to online poker, but not only that. He also discovered Pot-limit […]