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Redentor Edoc Overcomes Swings To Be Crowned APPT Warm Up Main Event Champion
After a heads up deal, Philippines’ Redentor Edoc was crowned champion of the 2024 APPT Warm Up Main Event. Edoc walked away with a career high payout of PHP 1,455,000 (~$24,908) and his first ever PokerStars spadie. The 2024 APPT Warm Up Main Event ran from July 10 to 14 at the PokerStars LIVE […]
WPT Cambodia Passport To The World Championship Offers Plenty Of Action
The World Poker Tour is back at one of its most popular destinations, kicking off the first of three Asia-Pacific festivals at NagaWorld Integrated Resorts in capital city Phnom Penh. Dubbed WPT Cambodia – Passport To The World Championship, this festival offers players a chance to win a package to the brand’s thrilling year-ender at […]
Big Turnout At WPT Cambodia Passport To The WC Championship Warm Up With 398 Entries; James Brooks Leads Day 2 Lineup
Day 2 at WPT Cambodia – Passport To The World Championship – saw the Championship Warm Up draw plenty of attention with a wave of new arrivals and Day 1A fallouts eagerly pulling up seats. The last two flights were on deck, and by the end of registration, it pulled in 337 entries. Combined with […]
Final 9 of APPT Warm Up Main Event Emerges; Kurushima Hiroya Leads
The Asia Pacific Poker Tour – APPT Warm Up concluded Day 2 of the Main Event with the field trimmed from 105 players to the Final 9 in just under eight hours of play. Japan’s Kurushima Hiroyuki emerged as top dog with a stack equivalent to 61 bb. One of Kurushima’s biggest hands was a straight […]
Jungsup Yun, Shaoshua Li, Kai Yat Fam Win WPT Cambodia Passport To The WC Day 1 Side Events; Dmytro Lytvynov Tops Championship Warm Up Day 1A
With cancellations in the region and the WSOP running for the past two months, opening day at WPT Cambodia – Passport To The World Championship was a clear indicator that live poker had been missed in the region. The day’s events drew a diverse crowd, with players from Vietnam, Korea, China, Singapore, Thailand, India, Taiwan, […]
Players Get An Early Start At WPT Cambodia Passport To The World Championship
Cards are flying high at WPT Cambodia – Passport To The World Championship at NagaWorld Integrated Resorts in capital city Phnom Penh. The highly anticipated festival is off to a promising start, with the opening side events drawing a big crowd and tables filled with notable players. In partnership with Connaissance Management Group, the festival […]
APPT Warm Up Main Event Amasses $164K Prize Pool; 105 Advance To Day 2
The Asia Pacific Poker Tour – APPT Warm Up Manila, currently taking place at the PokerStars LIVE Asia hub in Okada Manila, Philippines, wrapped up its final two Main Event flights adding a combined 438 entries to the pool. This brought the grand total turnout to 682 which was more than enough to exceed the […]
Red Dragon Poker Tour Jeju 2024 opens with Korea Poker Cup highlight; More surprises added!
A very exciting month lays ahead with the newest circuit, Red Dragon Poker Tour on its way to making a splash across the international poker scene. The anticipated showing of the esteemed tour will take place right at its home base in Landing Casino, Jeju Shinhwa World, running a 38 trophy event lineup from […]
Harry Duong, Xiaochuan Zhang Reach Final Tables At 2024 WSOP
Asian players continue to hunt down the last gold bracelets of the 2024 World Series of Poker taking place at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. Among those that got close were Vietnam’s Harry Duong and Xiaochuan Zhang, both reached final tables. Others running deep were Chang Le Lin, Yu Chung Chang, and Qiang Xu. […]
WSOP Gold Bracelet Continues To Elude Thai Pros Punnat Punsri and Kannapong Thanarattrakul
A second place finish in any poker tournament means a good pay day. However, it also means that you were one step short of being on top. Such is the dramatic story of Thailand poker pros Kannapong Thanarattrakul and Punnat Punsri, who came very close to winning a bracelet in the 2024 World Series of Poker, but had […]
2024 APPT Warm Up: USA’s Kyle Anderson bags huge across Main Event Flight B; Two more heats remain on schedule
Another round of thrilling games wrapped up today at Okada Manila, Philippines with PokerStars LIVE’s APPT Warm Up currently playing through its Main Event festivities. Two out of four starting flights on schedule are in the books, with the final two set to run this Friday, July 12th. Flight B saw an additional 156 runners […]
Biao Ding, Nevan Chang, Danny Tang, Kavin Shah Among 2024 WSOP Main Event Contenders
The 2024 World Series of Poker $10,000 Main Event No-Limit Hold’em World Championship, famously known as the WSOP MAIN EVENT, shattered records with a roaring 10,112 player turnout. After several days of intense poker, including four Day 1 flights, two Day 2 flights, and a Day 3, the bubble finally burst on Day 4. This […]
APPT Warm Up Main Event Kicks Off Today In Manila, Philippines
The 2024 Asia Pacific Poker Tour Manila – APPT Warm Up is in full swing at the PokerStars Asia hub in Okada Manila, Philippines. Doors opened on July 7 with a lineup of 29 events scheduled until closing day on July 14. With several events now completed, the Main Event takes center stage featuring a […]
Ren Lin, Takumi Matsumoto, Carlos Chang, Danny Tang Among 2024 WSOP Main Event Day 3 Big Stacks
The record breaking 2024 World Series of Poker $10K Main Event World Championship completed another day of eliminations with the field trimmed significantly while simultaneously avoiding the bubble. From a record turnout of 10,112 players, that amassed a $94,041,600 prize pool, after Day 3 only 1,524 remained which is just seven spots from ITM of […]
Philippines’ Benhur Ybarsabal tops 2024 APPT Warm Up Main Event Flight A
Flight A of the APPT Warm Up Main Event featuring a PHP 5 Million guarantee played out today at the Pokerstars LIVE room at Okada Manila, Philippines. A total of 88 entered across the ten levels of registration and played nearly nine hours before the bubble burst to signal the end of day. The […]
Asian Players Find Success At Other Las Vegas Festivals
Summer in Las Vegas brings a lot of action with all the poker rooms at the biggest casinos throwing huge poker events. It may not bring bracelet winners, but each festival still produces champions who compete at a world-class level. Listed below are several Asia player success stories around Sin City. 2024 Aria Poker Classic […]
Jangkyu Lee, Dao Minh Phu, Tarun Goyal Among Asia Top Stacks At Record Breaking 2024 WSOP Main Event
It was a close one but in the end, the 2024 World Series Of Poker – WSOP Main Event pulled ahead with 10,112 players, setting a new record once again. By the end of Day 2, only 3,262 players remained with a long list of Asians in the running for the historic title. Among the […]
Natural8’s $50M GTD Bounty Hunters Series
From 7th July – 29th July 2024, Natural8 will be running the summer $50,000,000 GTD Bounty Hunters Series on its game client. This is the biggest Bounty Hunters Series you’ll find this summer, and you won’t want to miss it! In a Bounty Hunters game, every player has a bounty on their head. Each time […]
2024 WSOP Main Event Underway With Asians Representing
The 2024 World Series of Poker Main Event is in full swing at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. There have been 9,353 total entries so far across four starting days to create a prize pool of $86,982,900. That number will continue to rise as registration remains open for two hours in Day 2. […]
Guide to WPT Cambodia Passport To The World Championship
In just a few days, the World Poker Tour will kick off another exciting festival at NagaWorld Integrated Resorts with the WPT Cambodia Passport to the World Championship set to run on July 12 to 23, 2024 in capital city Phnom Penh. In partnership with Connaissance Management Group, the schedule features 41 tournaments and over […]
