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The inaugural Jin Bei Cup Short Deck Main Event ended in spectacular fashion with UK’s Kobe crushing the competition to bank the massive US$ 1,656,000 top prize. As one of the newest events in Asia, the flagship tournment’s US$ 5 Million guarantee turned heads and even moreso when 98 ponied up the massive US$ […]

The Jin Bei Cup Short Deck Main Event stands out as Asia’s most ambitious event this year, boasting a staggering US$ 5 Million prize pool. As the first of its kind, many wondered how such an enormous guarantee would be met especially with its hefty US$ 53,000 buy-in. Those questions were finally answered as Day […]

The inaugural Chase Cup currently running at Poker8 Cebu, Philippines is one day away from crowning its first Main Event champion after six grueling days on the felt. With five starting flights on schedule, the smashing Main Event drew in a total of 495 entries with 64 players cutting a piece of the PH₱ 8,162,000 […]

The first running of the new locally founded series, Chase Cup held at Poker8 Cebu, Philippines, played down its final day festivities with Chase Cokaliong himself emerging victorious in the headliner Main Event. Having garnered support from players all over the country, the Main Event surpassed all expectations, pushing the prize pool to balloon over […]

India’s Nishant Sharma has etched his spot in Poker Dream history after going from bubble boy to Main Event champion. Sharma shared, “It’s very unreal. I was literally going home after getting bubbled but then I saw there were just three minutes left in the last flight of the Main Event, the Hyper Turbo. So […]

An undoubtedly successful first running, the inaugural edition of the Chase Cup at Poker8 Cebu, Philippines, is down to the final two days of its PH₱ 5,000,000 (~USD 86,900) guaranteed Main Event. The thrilling event kicked off to a slow start but quickly picked up the pace by the latter end of its qualifying […]

The 2024 Asian Poker Tour – APT Jeju Main Event has crowned a champion and it was fitting that a contestant from China lifted the elusive award winning trophy, after all the country has been dominating the series at the Landing Casino in Jeju Shinhwa World and claimed the far most tournament wins. Well-known poker […]

Photo by Poker Dream Poker Dream 10 Vietnam is through the halfway mark in its weeklong series at New World Hoiana in Hoi An, Vietnam with four days now in the books. Last night awarded the largest series payout to date at the Super High Roller with Hong Kong’s Wong Ka Fai emerging victorious for […]

After a seven year hiatus, the Asian Poker Tour is back at the island of Jeju in South Korea. Several grinders who were successful back then are still around to hunt trophies but besides that, a lot of things have changed. Under the new ownership, the APT has unleashed a new era with record numbers […]

The 2024 Asian Poker Tour (APT) stop in Jeju is officially underway and the opening day on April 26, 2024 at Landing Casino was certainly a successful one. Seven different tournaments took place and the most notable ones were the All-Star Showdown and the Korea National Cup opener. Asian Poker Tour Jeju – Korea […]

The most recent World Poker Tour (WPT) Prime stop at The Star Gold Coast in Australia raised the bar and set a new attendance record for the mid-stakes series in the Asia-Pacific region. In it’s flagship AUD $2,000 Championship Event, a field of 1,395 entries surpassed the attendance record from Taiwan in 2023 and also […]

The WPT Korea 2024 Championship Event festivities at Landing Casino, Jeju Shinhwa World, South Korea, wrapped up with Hungary’s Mate Hanusi clinching the win after four grueling days on the felt. Hanusi outlasted the 1,065 entry field and bested the final nine from behind after coming into the final table with the smallest stack of 15 […]

Attendance continued to escalate at Day 5 and 6 of U Series of Poker – USOP Danang 2024 as more Vietnamese, Chinese, and Korean players joined large contingents already present such as the Philippines, Russia, and Taiwan. In turn, this sent event prize pools soaring to triple USD digits generating the juiciest payouts to date. […]

Another day of incredible poker at APT Taipei 2024 as Bertrand “Elky” Grospellier and Ka Chun Yuan fulfilled dreams and crushed hopes at Day 4’s richest events. Scroll down for the highlights. Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier denies Lester Edoc at $25K Superstar Challenge Amid an anxious rail with thousands viewing via the live feed, triple-crown […]

Cards continued to fly at APT Taipei 2024 with Chen Yu Hung, Isaac Haxton, and Teng Kuei Hsu topping the Day 5 headlines. At the side events, Taiwan’s Yu Tang Wang is up to three trophies and Singapore’s Bao Qiang Ho wins back-to-back Hyper Turbo High Roller titles. Also grabbing APT lions were high […]

Another season of the popular Manila Megastack series has come to a close with a new reigning Main Event champion basking in the limelight. The richest Main Event across the tour’s history recorded a staggering field of 917 entries, boosting the prize pool to a smashing PHP 36,034,345 (~USD 644,500). After five days of Main […]

The record-breaking Manila Megastack 18 Main Event has finally reached the closing end of its chapter with the final nine set to crown a champion this Sunday, February 25th. A total of 917 entries were recorded across four starting flights, generating a massive PHP 36,034,345 (~USD 644,500) prize pool to easily smash the PHP […]

After three days of grueling action, the PokerStars LIVE Manila Megastack 18 Main Event has finally concluded its qualifying rounds, racking up a total of 917 entries across four flights. The astounding turnout generated a record breaking prize pool of PHP 36,034,345 (~USD 644,500), making this season’s Main Event the richest in the tour’s […]

Action filled the air at the PokerStars hub in Okada Manila, Philippines with the richest Manila Megastack Main Event underway. Flight B drew a total of 231 entries across ten levels of registration with only 35 players making it through to Day 2. Philippines’ own Lester Edoc topped the charts stacking a massive 159 BB […]

The richest Manila Megastack Main Event in the tour’s history is in full swing at Okada Manila, Philippines with the first of four flights in the books. The PHP 20,000,000 (~USD 357,430) guarantee attracted a total of 176 entries across ten levels of registration and played down to 15% of the field at 27 […]