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The World Health Organization (WHO) declared last January 31 that we are currently experiencing a global health emergency as the Coronavirus continues to spread outside of China. Citizens of various countries are being urged to reconsider their travel plans due to the current situation. While confirmed cases of the virus are slowly dropping, multiple events […]

Macau, known as the world’s gambling capital, is finally set to re-open its 41 casinos to the public this coming midnight of February 20th. Health officials announced that the shutdown would not be extended beyond the initial 15-day period with the casinos having the option to apply for a 30-day extension in preparation for the […]

Bulgaria’s Dimitar Blazhev will have more to spend with while vacationing in the Philippines. He became the newest WPT Asia Pacific Season XVIII Main Event champion pocketing a handsome Php 4,812,000 (~US$ 95,200) first prize. This was his first-ever major live victory and largest live career score. Talking to Somuchpoker, he confessed that he had to […]

With the Main Event now completed, it’s time to turn our attention back to the WPT Philippines side events. Throughout the 12-day series at Okada Manila, players hunted and battled for a taste of small victory. The final five winners are listed below. Among them were notable players Florencio Campomanes, Pete Yen Han Chen, and […]

WPT Philippines has reached the final day of its 12 day series. Games opened on February 6th at Okada Manila and will conclude today. Last night determined the final 9 players. All of them seeking their first WPT major title and of course the Php 4,812,000 (~US$ 95,200) top prize. We have all the info […]

Germany is known to love poker and has produced some of the best poker players in the world. Poker high roller legends like Fedor Holz, Manig Löser or Rainer Kempe all have two things in common: they come from Germany and they are not living in their home country anymore. The reason for this is […]

Amid travel bans and quarantines, WPT Philippines went on as planned at Okada Manila. The past two days were dedicated to entering the Main Event where a Php 12 million guarantee was on the table. Despite numerous cancellations by avid supporters, the featured event drew a solid 344 total entries to crush the guarantee for […]

Catching up with the big guns at the WPT Philippines side events. Two days ago, Cao Ngoc Anh dominated the Super High Roller and Mike Takayama shipped the Single Day High Roller. We’ve got the results for you below. Event 13: Super High Roller – Cao Ngoc Anh – Php 3,058,000 (~US$ 60,500) Vietnamese pro […]

The “Coronavirus” – Covid-19 has caused disruption throughout Asia and this does not exclude poker events in the area. Many events have been cancelled or postponed. We have reported about this in the past couple of weeks. And while the World Poker Tour event in the Philippines is running smoothly and with a reduced guarantee, the organiser […]

After eight days of side event action at WPT Philippines, the Main Event arrived and with it a turnout of 126 entries (109 uniques, 17 re-entries) for Day 1A. This was a strong turnout considering the travel ban and quarantines imposed in the region. Another piece of good news, the Philippine government lifted the ban […]

The big news in recent weeks has been the upcoming challenge between  Phil Galfond and the first of his opponents, Venividi93. The match has begun, and potentially ended with a shocking sequence of early losses. Meanwhile,  Tom Dwan has been skiing in Japan, causing jungleman to question why he is putting his feet on ice […]

We are at the halfway mark of WPT Philippines here at Okada Manila. The festival opened on February 6th and is set to wrap up on February 17th. Nine of the 21 events have been completed. The latest ones were claimed by Konstantinos Misailidis and Michael Kim Falcon. Along with the results below is an […]

The 10K NLH Freezeout was the only WPT Philippines event that completed today and it was claimed by steady rising Filipino David Erquiaga. Ten players have now been awarded at the festival with more games to be conquered. The other event lighting up the floor was the 6 Max NLH which no doubt was the hottest […]

While players await the start of the main feature, for now it’s all about warming up at the WPT Philippines side events. Four players have already been hailed champions and another three joined the list last night. We’ve got those results below including info and news on the series. Event 5: Deepstack NLH – Xin […]

It was a multi-winner day at WPT Philippines as three players walked away carrying one of the festival’s first trophies. If you want to score one of those classy glass mementos, more events are lined up to try to claim one. The highlighted Main Event with a Php 12M guarantee will be the tournament to […]

Lots of chips shuffled around the floor at day 3 of WPT Philippines with three events igniting the poker floor of Okada Manila. The first event trophy was claimed by Brett Kennedy, 26 players bagged up at the Main Event Warm Up with one final hour of registration open today, and the All Bankrolls Kickoff […]

It was a day dominated by the locals at WPT Philippines as another set of flights for the All Bankrolls Kickoff wrapped up. Out of the day’s combined 145 entries, 10 of the twelve that qualified to the final day were from the host country. Among them was Philippine All Time Money List leader Marc […]

APT Taiwan 2020 is coming up in a few weeks with the Main Event boasting a NT$ 6,000,000 (~US$ 197,500) guarantee with a buy-in of NT$ 33,000 (~US$ 1,100). It will be held specifically on March 5 to 10, 2020 alongside a series of tournaments at CTP Club (Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association) in Taipei City. […]

Games have begun at Okada Manila with globally renowned World Poker Tour descending upon the Philippines after a three-year absence. The much-awaited WPT Philippines festival opened today, February 6 and will run until February 17. This is the first time the brand hosts its event at the luxurious resort casino. 21 tournaments are planned along […]