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Poker Dream opened the new year at Resorts World Genting Highlands with a weeklong series running from January 9 to 15, 2023. This was the young brand’s second visit to Malaysia and as expected, it dragged out the biggest names in Asian poker with several seizing titles. Among the big winners were Danny Tang, […]

The U Series of Poker – Poker 2U Taiwan Series is coming up in just a few weeks and what better way to jumpstart your plans than by taking advantage of the Early Bird Packages. Two types of packages are offered.  Early Bird Standard Package – US$ 660 The Early Bird Standard Package costs […]

The poker world is buzzing with the recent release of the World Poker Tour Prime Cambodia Season XXI schedule. With the upcoming festival just a month and a half away, players are already planning their trip. Here are some of Asia’s best expressing their enthusiasm.   David Erquiaga, Season XXI WPT Prime Cambodia Main Event […]

On January 15, the World Poker Championship (WPC) in partnership with the Hanoi Series of Poker (HSOP) concluded its season opener at the Grand Loyal Poker Club in Hanoi. The event got underway on January 3 featuring a confident US$ 1 Million guarantee. Locals and Koreans flooded the felt, joined by a scatter of […]

With live poker thriving in Korea, organizers have been seeking out players to best represent their brand. Late last year, high profile Korean pros Yohwan Lim – more famously known as BoxeR – and Sung Joo Hyun both signed with Winjoy Poker League then several days ago Steve Yea and Seungmook Jung both signed […]

After five hours of intense competition, Thang Ngoc Dao is the newest World Poker Championship Main Event champion! He eliminated five players at the final table that included fellow countryman Hung Van Huynh at heads up to clinch the title and an ICM payout deal of ₫1,540,030,000 (~$65,700). Relive the Final 8 race to […]

After a lengthy 15+ hours of Day 2 play, the World Poker Championship MAIN EVENT Final 8 was established. Hong Kong’s Hoi Wai Tam bagged up the mightiest stack of 81 BB and holding firm as last rank was Day 2 chip leader Grant Gardner with 15 BB. The title-chase continues on Saturday, January […]

Lots of great poker action taking place in Malaysia with Poker Dream back at Resorts World Genting Highlands in Kuala Lumpur. Like its inaugural run, the high roller events have once again dragged in the industry’s biggest players and locals have joined the hunt, coming out in full force. The series kicked off on […]

Full house at the Grand Loyal Poker Club on Thursday, January 12 as players converged for the final two flights of the World Poker Championship MAIN EVENT. Kicking it off was Day 1C which was the most popular with a thunderous 233 signing up. Only 29 reached the money round led by Vietnam’s Nguyen […]

Another bustling day at the World Poker Championship Main Event with 168 entries hauled in for Day 1B. After the bubble burst, 22 bagged up led by Korea’s Seo Moonho with 488,000 (61 BB) in chips. This was less than 1 BB from Day 1A chip leader Hai Nam Hoang aka Luckyman9999. Not much is […]

For the past seven days, local and international players have made their way to the Grand Loyal Poker Club for the richest season opener in Asia – the World Poker Championship $1M GTD. Currently underway in Hanoi, Vietnam. the festival is proving to be just as mighty as its inaugural run with huge fields and […]

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 […]