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Minh Anh Nguyen bulldozes through APF Main Event final table for career second major title
Vietnam’s Minh Anh Nguyen slashed his way through the Asian Poker Festival Main Event final table, eliminating seven of the finalists to seize the inaugural title and a sweet payout of VN₫2,680,000,000 (~$110,400). “Winning a poker tournament is great but winning a Main Event is just a different feeling. It feels surreal to win two […]
12/13/2023
China’s Wu Shenghao leads Manila Megastack 17 Main Event Final Table; PHP 5M (~USD 90K) listed up top
Following a staggering turnout across its starting flights, this season’s Manila Megastack 17 Main Event serves to be the biggest to date with a total of 870 entries recorded. This record-breaking attendance pumped up the prize pool to a massive PHP 26,582,850 (~USD 480,080), well-smashing the tour’s PHP 10,000,000 (~USD 180,830) listed guarantee. Each flight […]
12/11/2023
Japan’s Matsushita Masafumi takes down record-breaking Manila Megastack 17 Main Event for PHP 3,941,000 (~USD 71,170)
The headlining Manila Megastack 17 Main Event wrapped up its final games after five full days of thrilling action at the PokerStars hub in Okada Manila, Philippines. A strong attendance from both the international and local pool built this season’s Main Event to be the tour’s biggest, with a staggering 870 entries recorded across three […]
12/11/2023
Philippines’ Monziar Villariaza leads the charge for Day 2 of the Manila Megastack 17 Main Event
A step closer to crowning a champion, PokerStars LIVE’s Manila Megastack 17 Main Event played down its last flight yesterday, December 9th to wrap up its qualifying rounds. Combining all three flights puts this season’s total record up to a staggering 870 entries for a record-breaking PHP 26,582,850 (~USD 480,080) prize pool. This serves to […]
12/10/2023
USOP Danang Day 4 recap: Romain Bier wins second trophy; Thomas Ward, Sergei Iablokov, Alen Bakovic, Lee Koangho
Another six trophies were snatched up at the season finale of U Series of Poker (USOP) taking place at Furama Resort in Danang, Vietnam. The newly minted were Jae Wook Shin, Thomas Ward, Sergei Iablokov, Alen Bakovic, Lee Koangho, and Romain Bier who became the first player to win trophies in this series. Here are the […]
11/21/2023
USOP Danang Day 3 recap: Robert Kiss ships Mystery Millions; Do Anh Tai, Daniel Tighe, Romain Bier, Yixuan Don win trophies
The U Series of Poker (USOP) season finale concluded another day of exciting poker action resulting in six more trophies leaving the awards table. The festival has been ongoing at Furama Resort located in the gorgeous coastal destination Danang, Vietnam. Games kicked off on November 17 and will run until November 27. Here are the […]
11/20/2023
USOP Danang Day 2 recap: Tobias Bui, Nguyen Hoang Nam, Qiu Quan, Tanja Vujanic, Kim Wooseok lift trophies; Mystery Bounty amasses VN₫ 5.48BN prize pool
The U Series of Poker (USOP) season finale completed its second day of games at Furama Resort Danang with five more players proudly claiming trophies. In the Mystery Millions event, the last two flights significantly boosted the prize pool to a guarantee-crushing VN₫ 5.38 Billion. Check out the exciting stories below. USOP Danang stands as […]
11/19/2023
Triton Super High Roller Series London Recap: Koon Binks Ninth Crown; Danny Tang, Wai Kin Yong Lead Asian Rumble
In the wake of the Triton Super High Roller Series that ran from July 27 to August 10, 2023 at London’s JW Marriott Grosvenor House, the buzz continued to resonate over American poker icon Jason Koon’s incredible run to secure his career ninth Triton title. Also making headlines were a number of Asian campaigners, Danny Tang, […]
08/14/2023
Minh Anh Nguyen conquers record-breaking Poker Dream Vietnam Main Event; exclusive interview and recap inside
In front of a booming rail, Vietnam’s own Minh Anh Nguyen overcame a deficit at heads up to emerge as the first ever Poker Dream Vietnam Main Event champion. The monumental victory earned Nguyen a career high ₫3,378,000,000 (~$137,700) and bragging rights as the first to capture this coveted title on home soil. Relive […]
10/24/2022
2021 WSOP Online [International]: MAIN EVENT FINAL 9 and Day 2 recap
While every bracelet event that extended a guarantee surpassed its target, the 2021 World Series of Poker Online [International] headliner WSOP #27: $5,000 MAIN EVENT Online Championship fell short of its US$ 20M offer for an overlay of US$ 563K. Unlike last year’s 5,802 entries that amassed a record breaking online poker prize pool of […]
09/08/2021
2021 WSOP Online [International] $10K Heads Up final four: Adrian Mateos, Arthur Conan, Aleksejs Ponakovs, Daniel Soltys; Day 1 recap
The latest bracelet event to heat up the virtual arena was the WSOP #15: $10K Heads Up NLH Championship. Due to its high demand, the 128 player cap was doubled. 161 players signed up for another seven figure prize pool worth US$ 1,561,700. Day 1 concluded at the final four: Adrian Mateos, Arthur Conan, Aleksejs […]
08/23/2021
2020 WCOOP Recap: “PTFisherman23” scoops up Main Event title for $1,147,270; “Amadi_017” bags four titles for the series; “Zapahzamazki” wins overall leaderboard with 59 cashes
The annual World Championship of Online Poker held in one of the industry’s most formidable platforms, PokerStars went successfully underway these last four weeks, having awarded over $80 million in guarantees. With 75 featured events spread out across three buy-in levels each, a total of 225 tournaments completed the full schedule. The generous lineup ran […]
09/25/2020
WPT Championship Recap: Phil Mighall scoops up Main Event title for $1,550,298; Five winners awarded packages for the next WPT Tournament of Champions; Last three events on schedule
After the number of major series happening one after the other, many would think that online poker action would have slowed down in the coming weeks, given the possible dent on players’ bankrolls from all the recent great value tournaments. However, this is not the case as all eyes are currently on the World Poker […]
09/18/2020
Master Poker Series Main Event Final 9 and Day 2 recap
The inaugural Master Poker Series was on its third day at the Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association (CTP) poker room. This new series was created by the Global Poker Index China (GPIC) Masterboard – a localized version of the more well-known GPI leaderboard. For players that cash in any of the events, they also receive […]
12/23/2018
WPT Sanya Day 2 Recap: American WPT champs out, Chen still in, 74 remain
The World Poker Tour (WPT) Sanya Main Event field has been whittled down to 74 as Day 2 came to a close with the money bubble being burst, the two American WPT titlists eliminated and lots of incredible poker action going down here at the MGM Grand Hotel in Hainan, China. The first news maker of […]
11/18/2017
WPT Sanya Day 1B Recap: International players join, 169 advance to Day 2
Day 1B is now in the books as 169 players move on to Day 2 of the Main Event here as a global flavour, the return of past champions and the arrival of no less than the big boss himself highlights the day’s headlines here in the World Poker Tour (WPT) Sanya. Adam Pliska, WPT’s […]
11/17/2017