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After the overwhelming success of the World Poker Tour’s 20th year anniversary season finale in Las Vegas, anticipation is high for the brand’s upcoming Season XXI. For the first half of the year, twelve locations have already been announced. Good news for those in the Asia-Pacific region, among the scheduled stops are Australia, Cambodia, […]

PokerStars LIVE Asia completed its first event of the calendar year with the Okada Manila Millions crowning Philippine player Sean Manalon as its newest Main Event champion. After a four-way deal, Manalon bested highly decorated local pro Christopher Mateo at heads up for his first ever live win. He pocketed a career high PH₱ […]

Continuing a trend that has been ongoing since opening day, the World Poker Championship is well on its way to crushing its ₫10 Billion MAIN EVENT guarantee with 139 turning up for Day 1A. It took nearly 13 hours for the heat to end. 17 players bagged up led by rising young star Hai […]

2022 was an exciting year for live poker with most borders opening and an abundance of festivals filling up everyone’s calendar. With the year now wrapped up, the Global Poker Index (GPI) winners have been announced. In the final stretch, USA’s Stephen Song slid in to win both the Global Player of the Year […]

In just one month’s time,  U Series of Poker (USOP), in collaboration with online platform Poker2U and popular Taiwan poker venue Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association (CTP Club) bring you its first ever Taiwan Series! The upcoming event is the USOP’s first venture into live territory and will take place from February 10 to […]

It can be said that 2022 marked the return to full throttle of live poker. Tournament players returned to the felt after many months of forced hibernation. While there were many that shined, here are our picks for some of the top Asia performers in the field. PUNNAT PUNSRI tops 2022 GPI Asia ranking […]

Cards in the air! Live tournament action is underway in Asia with full blown festivals taking place in the Philippines, Vietnam, and Taiwan. Soon to join the list is Malaysia. It will be a tough choice for travelers as each one offers enticing guarantees.  Taiwan Millions Tournament 13 NT $8M guaranteed – January 2 […]

Since the start of the pandemic, live poker has been booming in South Korea resulting in incredibly lucrative festivals. Due to this, many new poker brands and organizers have emerged such as the Winjoy Poker League (WPL) and the Korea Series of Poker (KSOP). To close out the year and kick off the new […]

Excitement is in the air as the World Poker Championship (WPC) approaches. In collaboration with the Hanoi Series of Poker (HSOP), the much talked about event is set to hit the felt in two days, January 3, at the Grand Loyal Poker Club in Hanoi, Vietnam, and will run through January 15. Opening the […]

Thrilling live poker action is taking place right now in South Korea with the Winjoy Poker League (WPL) and Korea Series of Poker (KSOP) hosting a three day event at the Grand Hyatt Incheon. The series opened yesterday, December 30, and will run through January 1. A total of six tournaments are scheduled and […]

2022 saw several new poker brands emerge in Asia. Taking the region by storm was Poker Dream created by well known industry figure Winfred Yu. Debuting in Malaysia in July, it became the first brand to host a full blown international festival in the Muslim country. The ten-day event was an immense success, drawing […]

Land-based operator Asian Poker Tour concluded a spectacular return to the live scene this year. Back in 2019, the brand experienced its most successful run and was headed for an even greater one in 2020 until the pandemic struck to send it to a hard halt. Two years later, good news arrived. Most Asian borders […]

The World Poker Championship (WPC) will ring in the new year with another ambitious festival in Hanoi, Vietnam. Mark your calendars because coming January 3 to 15, the WPC returns to the Grand Loyal Poker Club featuring a mighty US$ 1 MILLION guarantee. This is the largest live festival guarantee ever announced by any brand […]

After a long border closure, in early November, Taiwan finally opened to a majority of countries, offering visa free and no requirements for vaccination, PCR test, and quarantine. A mass influx of international players seized the opportunity, resulting in jaw-dropping numbers for the World Poker Tour Prime Taiwan series at the Chinese Texas Hold’em […]

The biggest year-end poker festival has kicked off… or shall we say, blasted off with opening week of the highly anticipated 2022 WPT World Championship seeing massive turnouts and star studded tables at the Wynn Las Vegas. Throughout the year the World Poker Tour has been celebrating its 20th year anniversary all over the […]

PokerStars LIVE Manila wrapped up its final series of the year with the 15th edition of the Manila Megastack running from November 28 to December 5 at their hub in Okada Manila, Philippines. Topping the headlines was Main Event champion Bell John Perez for his first major title. Other noteworthy stories were Deepstack Challenge […]

After a two and a half year wait, the Asian Poker Tour (APT) in partnership with the Viet Nam Series of Poker (VSOP) finally makes landfall in Da Nang, Vietnam. Initially scheduled for April 2020 but postponed due to the pandemic, the much awaited event takes place at the Risemount Premier Resort starting today, […]

After five days of competition, Korea’s Jaesung Kim clinched the first ever Hanoi Super Series MAIN EVENT. Kim outlasted a final table dominated in numbers by Vietnamese to claim the top ICM deal payout of ₫1,073,000,000 (~$44,035) and his first ever live title. Relive the action via the livestream on the Grand Loyal Poker […]

After seven days of festivities that ran from November 28 to December 4 at the Grand Loyal Poker Club,  the inaugural Hanoi Super Series  concluded with a total of ₫14,345,160,000 (~$588,760) paid out and ten players walking away with event trophies. The HSS was the first of its kind in Hanoi, Vietnam and was a collaborative effort […]

After six days of games, the inaugural Hanoi Super Series (HSS) is down to its final day! Created by the Hanoi Series of Poker (HSOP) and Korea Mind Game Members (KMGM) the festival kicked off on November 28 at the Grand Loyal Poker Club with 10 events to conquer and billions in guarantees. To […]