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With the Main Event underway, at the side games, another three players walked away proud owners of inaugural Hanoi Super Series trophies. The biggest winner of the batch was Megastack champion Đinh Đức Linh. Linh has now taken command of the HSS Player of the Series race. Joining him on the pedestal were Roller […]

The Viet Nam Series of Poker Championship VI wrapped up its ten-day series with games running from November 18 to 27 in Hanoi, Vietnam. 21 players walked away minted with well known pro Lê Ngọc Khánh seizing the coveted Main Event title. Check out the festival highlights and biggest winners.  LÊ NGỌC KHÁNH wins […]

The 15th edition of the PokerStars LIVE Manila Megastack is in full swing at Okada Manila, Philippines. Doors blasted open on November 28 with a 2-day No Limit Hold’em (NLH) Kickoff event and concluded with South Korea’s Seong Jeon besting the 410 entrants to nab his share of the ₱5,249,640 (~$92,820) prize pool amounting […]

The Asian Poker Tour (APT) concluded its third installment in the Philippines, which featured a record-setting number of 41 events, drawing 2,893 entries, and a guaranteed prize pool that ballooned to over ₱81 Million. The series took place in the Grand Wing Casino, Newport World Resorts from November 15 to 27, 2022. Among the […]

After three days of pre-event games, the inaugural Hanoi Super Series presents the festival headliner MAIN EVENT featuring a ₫5 Billion (~$201,940) guarantee. Games get underway at the Grand Loyal Poker Club on December 1 to 4.  If past events are a gauge of what to expect, then suit up as the  Main Event […]

Đinh Quang Huy came from behind at the final three of the Warm Up event to capture the coveted ₫500 Million (~$20,193) top prize. He overcame USA’s Trent Fechter and decorated local pro Nguyễn Quang Huy for first recorded live victory. He now sits atop the Player of the Series race. Watch the final […]

Cards are flying at the inaugural Hanoi Super Series (HSS) with players pouring in the Grand Loyal Poker Club for the Warm Up event. Highlighting the event is the ₫2 Billion guarantee. This is the first of four HSS events backed by a guaranteed prize pool. With Day 1A attracting a light 52 entries, […]

The Hanoi Super Series may have had a slow start but on Day 2, it was pedal to the metal as players rushed in the Grand Loyal Poker Club for a seat at the Warm Up event. First up was Day 1B which pulled in the largest crowd of 126 entries followed by Day 1C […]

The Hanoi Super Series (HSS) has kicked off at the Grand Loyal Poker Club! Festivities got underway on Monday, November 28 with the Warm Up event and Hyper Turbo stirring up the felts. Seven players survived the heat and Tran Duc Chinh emerged as the first champion. Tran takes the helm in the Player […]

It has only been two months since the Grand Loyal Poker Club and Korea Mind Game Members (KMGM) produced the biggest event ever seen in Hanoi, Vietnam, and coming tomorrow, the pair will light up the capital city once again with another lucrative festival.  Running from November 28 to December 4 is the first […]

The World Poker Tour concluded another record-breaking event in Asia with WPT Prime producing the largest festival prize pool and Main Event numbers ever seen in Taiwan. Running from November 11 to 21 at the Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association (CTP Club) in Taipei City, the festival paid out an enormous NT$ 73,290,969 (~$2,352,410) […]

Twelve days of exciting competition awaits players in South Africa with the Sunbet Poker Tour powered by Monster Jam Poker Tour wrapping up its biggest year in the magnificent port city of Cape Town. Described as one of the most awe inspiring places in the world, the season finale will take place at the […]

It only took a quick five hour final table race at the WPT Prime Taiwan Main Event with France’s Marc Inizan clinching the title for his first ever live tournament victory. Inizan entered as frontrunner and never looked back. He eliminated three players along the way then crushed Kai Jan “Steven” Chou at heads […]

For the past three days, it has been wall to wall at the World Poker Tour Prime Taiwan Main Event at Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association (CTP Club) with yesterday’s final entry day drawing an explosive 452 entries. This brought the overall total entry field to 877 making it the largest ever poker tournament […]

It was a race of endurance at the record setting WPT Prime Taiwan Season XX MAIN EVENT with the 108 returning players chasing a seat to the final table. After eleven hours of Day 2 play, the lineup was formed led by Frenchman Marc Inizan with a very healthy 87 BB. Action resumes today, […]

The Viet Nam Series of Poker Championship VI is underway in Ha Noi, Vietnam! The popular homegrown festival is one of the most awaited by the locals as it promises to be richer than ever featuring ₫12 Billion (~$483,000) in guaranteed prize pools. The games lit up the felt on November 18 and will […]

WPT Prime Taiwan enters its eighth day at the Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association (CTP Club) with games kicking off on November 11 and running through November 21. A total of 13 events have completed with two new champions emerging last night. Hong Kong’s Hon Cheong Lee aka Ivan Lee shipped the Super High […]

Action packed day at WPT Prime Taiwan with the Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association (CTP Club) filled to capacity once again. International players and locals poured in for Main Event Day 1B, and as predicted, the NT$ 10M guarantee was quickly shattered. With a cumulative 452 entries (Day 1A – 189, Day 1B – […]

World Poker Tour Prime Taiwan brought together 189 runners to the Main Event and after 11 hours of play, Singapore’s Carter Chan stole the show, delivering the bubble to end Day 1A. Chan also set the bar high for the next starting day, bagging up a mammoth 691,000 in chips. Read up on the […]

Another action packed day at WPT Prime Taiwan concluded with two players added to the winners list. The newly minted were Japan’s Motoyoshi Okamura at the Mini High Roller and Ya Wen Hsieh at the Ladies Event. These two players are now proud owners of their first WPT Prime trophies. More awards on offer […]