News - SOMUCHPOKER
Natural8 Closes 2019 with a $10.7 Million Poker Fiesta
Article sponsored by Natural8.com 2019 has been a great year for Natural8, dishing out new promotions every single month with hundreds and thousands of prizes to boot. Their flagship tournament, The Good Game Series, is also deserving of praise. It featured a massive $50 million guaranteed prize pool, up from $3 million the year before. […]
WSOP Circuit at the Star: Abdine wins the 5K Challenge; Smith wins Classic and Singh takes Monster Stack
The 2019 WSOP may have ended over in Rozvadov, but circuit events continue to roll on, with Australia being the latest nation to play host to the series. In what is a great build up to the Aussie Millions in one month, players have been battling it out to get their hands on a WSOP […]
Jean-Robert Bellande’s Life: Biggest Profits, Losses, Private Life & Net Worth
– General Information – Jean-Robert Bellande is an American professional poker player. He was born on September 17th, 1970. He’s also appeared on CBS’s reality show Survivor: China. Bellande, aka JRB or “Action Bob”, has won a WSOP gold bracelet in 2018. Overall, he has around $3 million in live tournament cashes. That number could … Read more
Interview: Daniel Negreanu talks GGPoker, PokerStars and WSOP POY
Some may have thought that with Daniel Negreanu ending his PokerStars affiliation, his public presence in the poker community may have diminished. These last few months, however, have showed us the opposite is true. The wedding, vlogging abundantly during the WSOP and a near miss for the WSOP POY have helped Daniel Negreanu continue to […]
Poker Central announces Super High Roller Bowl Australia and Australian Poker Open for January 2020
The fact that tournament poker players descend on Australia in January each year is nothing new. The Aussie Millions has become one of the most prestigious, established tournament festivals in the world. This year however, things will be kicked up a few gears with the addition of the Australian Poker Open and the Super High […]
Brian Tougias clinches WPT Cambodia Main Event for US$131,430
USA’s Brian Tougias entered the final day of the Main Event in second rank, proceeded to knock out three players, then overcame a chip deficit at heads up to defeat Malaysia’s Kai Fu Wong and claim victory. Tougias pocketed his largest- ever live tournament score of US$ 131,430. “I feel great! It’s surreal. My birthday was […]
WPT Cambodia closes with winners Michael Egan, Hamish Crawshaw, and Kai Paulsen
After ten days of games running from November 16 to 25, WPT Cambodia came to an end. All the trophies were claimed and 18 players walked away as champions. The most celebrated was USA’s Brian Tougias who rose above the record-breaking 750 entry field of the Main Event. He also earned 1500 points towards the […]
Off Topic: Negreanu goes to GGPoker, Galfond’s HU Challenge and Laliberte’s green island
This week’s Off Topic sees Daniel Negreanu make a surprise announcement, while Phil Galfond reignites a durrrr challenge of sorts, in order to promote his poker room Run It Once. Meanwhile, Guy Laliberte has been living the high life on his private island. Negreanu’s new alliance Earlier this week, Daniel Negreanu’s Twitter feed broke a […]
Meet the Final 9 of the record-breaking WPT Cambodia Main Event
A tough competition awaited the 148 Day 2 qualifiers of the WPT Cambodia Main Event, and after 13 hours, the bubble burst, a long list of players got paid and the final 9 emerged. We’ve got all the info you need below including a finalist presentation. Chip counts by rank Kai Fu Wong – Malaysia – […]
WPT Cambodia: Multi-final tablists Phachara Wongwichit and Victor Chong bring it home
While the Main Event commanded the room, a couple of side events came to a conclusion. The latest winners were Phachara Wongwichit and Victor Chong. Both players reached the final table more than once at the festival and this time they were able to close it out. High Roller Single Day: PHACHARA WONGWICHIT – US$ […]
WPT Cambodia Main Event shatters records with a staggering 750 total entries; Ceesvin Abraham rules Day 1C
There was no doubt, at the pace WPT Cambodia was going, it was headed for its most successful Asia Pacific Main Event at NagaWorld Phnom Penh. The event kicked off on November 21 with three starting days. Each one saw the field increase from 188 entries (Day 1A) to 216 entries (Day 1B), and at […]
WPT Cambodia: Big payday for Piet Pape and Choon Tong Siow; Douglas Whitehead overcomes the Freezeout
While WPT Cambodia was livening up NagaWorld with Main Event action, also highly thrilling were the completion of a few side events. We’ve got those stories below. Super High Roller: PIET PAPE – US$ 83,006 The Super High Roller attracted an exception list of 54 players (44 uniques, 10 re-entries) putting up the US$ 5,300 […]
Asian Poker Tour hosts its grand finale in Taiwan with NT$ 14 Million in guaranteed prizes
Back in late-February, the Asian Poker Tour hosted its first-ever Taiwan series. It paid out over US$ 2 million in prizes to make it the richest APT festival of 2019. After a very busy calendar season that saw the tour host 10 events around Asia, the APT is set to close out the year in […]
Huge turnout at WPT Cambodia Main Event Day 1B with 216 entries; Mitja Rudolf tops the counts
WPT Cambodia at NagaWorld Phnom Penh is on course for a massive prize pool with 216 runners (175 uniques, 41 re-entries) turning up at Main Event Day 1B. Combine that with the 188 entries of Day 1A, the highlight event is already at 404 with one more starting day to follow. Today’s heat kicked off swinging […]
Robert Campbell’s Life: Biggest Profits, Losses, Private Life & Net Worth
– General Information – Robert Campbell is an Australian professional poker player. He was born in 1984 in Melbourne, Australia. Before getting into poker, he was a professional eSports player and even a stand-up comedian. In 2019, Campbell won two WSOP gold bracelets. He was also awarded the Player of the Year after an infamous … Read more
188 pour in for WPT Cambodia Main Event Day 1A; JIngjing Ke leads the 34 survivors
The inaugural WPT Cambodia opened its doors today at NagaWorld Phnom Penh for the US$ 1,100 buy-in Main Event. Attendance was more than impressive with 188 (165 uniques, 23 re-entries) signing up. Two more starting days will follow which means the US$ 250K guaranteed will undoubtedly be crushed to bits. Taking a look at the […]
Super High Roller Bowl VI: Daniel Dvoress takes the title and wins $4M; Wai Leong Chan runner up
The Super High Roller Bowl (SHRB) is one of the biggest high-stakes tournaments on the annual calendar, regularly attracting the brightest talents in the world. Its latest edition took place in the Bahamas, with Malaysia’s Wai Leong Chan almost locking up his first live title in over 8 years. Day 1 – Bonomo takes the […]
Garrett Adelstein’s Life: Biggest Profits, Losses, Private Life & Net Worth
– General Information – Garrett Adelstein is an American professional poker player. He was born on May 16th, 1986 in Tucson, AZ. He’s also appeared on the American reality TV show Survivor: Cagayan – the same show another famous poker, Jean-Robert Bellande was a cast member of. As a poker player, most people know Adelstein … Read more
Vincent Chauve wins APT Vietnam Championships Event & Player of the Series; final side event winners
APT Vietnam 2019 ran from November 6 to 17 at Pro Poker Club. The festival wrapped up with France’s Vincent Chauve going back to back final tables at the featured events eventually closing out the series winning the Championships Event. He departed the wealthiest and the most celebrated at the Player of the Series race. […]
Player of the Year race leaders and past champions in action at WPT Cambodia
WPT Cambodia has been underway since November 16 and in just a couple of days, the tables will open for the highly anticipated US$ 250K guaranteed US$ 1,100 buy-in Main Event. This is the first time the tour brings its prestigious brand of poker to the world class NagaWorld Resort in Phnom Penh. A large […]
