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What was anticipated to be an exciting opening day at the 2020 World Series of Poker hosted on the GG Network – Natural8, turned out to be a brutal disappointment for many players. Out of the three bracelet events up for grabs, only the $ 525 Super Turbo Bounty No Limit Hold’em 6-Handed reached completion. […]

The ongoing pandemic has hit the live poker scene extremely hard, halting operations and cancelling majority of the events lined up for the year. In an interview with Asia Poker League (APL) tournament director, Jimmy Chun shares with its readers the obstacles the tour has been experiencing given the situation. He also highlights the upcoming […]

Gavin Smith was a Canadian professional poker player. He was born on September 4th, 1968. He passed away on January 14th, 2019.

Johnny Chan is a Chinese-American professional poker player. He was born in Guangzhou, China in 1957 and moved to the United States at the age of 11. 

Jennifer Ellen Chan, better known by her stage name Jennifer Tilly, is an American actress and recreational poker player. Tilly is her mother’s maiden name.

Joe McKeehen is an American professional poker player. He was born on June 28th, 1991 in the state of Pennsylvania.

In this column we deliver you the latest and most interesting news and gossip from our favourite poker people. Joey Ingram back on YouTube Despite the Corona crisis being a good chance to create online content like YouTube videos, poker’s favourite video podcaster Joey Ingram had been absent from the public eye for about two […]

It has only been a little over a week since the 2020 World Series of Poker online began running its scheduled games on the official client, WSOP.com and already seven lucky winners have claimed one of the industry’s most coveted awards. Awarding one gold bracelet a day for WSOP’s U.S. leg, 24 more are left […]

International live events may still be a long time coming but that doesn’t mean homegrown live events suffer the same fate. In some countries, restrictions have already eased up allowing for live tournaments to resume. In Vietnam, players craving for live poker got exactly that this past week with the Vietnam Series of Poker (VSOP) […]

For Chinese players, every year since 2013 the China Poker Games (CPG) Championship has been the event to look forward to. Held in Sanya, Hainan Island, it is the biggest annual event in Asia with eight days of nonstop festivities running at the end of August. For the past seven years, the Main Event has […]

One of the nations in the Asia region with the lowest confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, Cambodia is set to get back on track after reportedly stabilizing the spread of the illness. Disclosed by government spokesperson Phay Siphan, the announcement of casinos in the country being allowed to resume operations came last Friday while […]

In this column we deliver you the latest and most interesting news and gossip from our favourite poker people. Daniel Negreanu finishes shred, starts bulk The poker community was at the same time impressed and shocked about Daniel Negreanu‘s physical condition in recent Instagram and Twitter posts. KidPoker showed off his lean stature, looking fit […]

While poker may often be known as a fun game to many, the competitive sport is a full-time job for most professional poker players. Time off the tables is essentially as important as actually playing these games, and when you eventually get to the top, the battle between the best of the bests is on […]

In this column we deliver you the latest and most interesting online poker industry news from across the world and all platforms. PokerStars releases Next-Gen mobile app with biometric login PokerStars players have long awaited an update on the so important mobile experience and after a long period of testing in smaller markets, the poker […]

Land-based operator Asian Poker Tour wrapped up its second ever online series on Natural8 – GG Network and it was nothing short of a smasher. Running from June 14 to 28, the APT online Series 2nd Edition delivered on its eight figure promise, paying out a tour record $ 10.9 million across 234 events. With […]

Only a couple more weeks until the 2020 World Series of Poker Online series runs on the GGPoker – Natural8 network and everyone is already anticipating its 54 gold bracelets to be awarded. One for the books, the extraordinary event will feature over $60 million in combined guarantees throughout the seven-week period. Buy-ins ranging from […]

The path to normalcy is slowly coming to light as countries attempt to begin restarting their economies in combat against the impact of the ongoing worldwide pandemic. News of casinos and poker rooms being open and available once again were evident these recent couple of weeks giving poker enthusiasts across the globe hope for live […]

In this column we deliver you the latest and most interesting news and gossip from our favourite poker people. Daniel Negreanu offering more WSOP bracelet bets Daniel Negreanu has added to his WSOP bets, looking for even more action. A few weeks ago he took it to Twitter, offering bets on him winning a bracelet […]

In this column we deliver you the latest and most interesting online poker industry news from across the world and all platforms. PokerStars, GGPoker, partypoker and the flourishing high stakes tournament action It wasn’t just traffic that rose during the Corona lockdown months, it was also the stakes involved especially in the tournament area. Now […]

We are officially halfway through the year despite the circumstances brought about by the current pandemic that put an unavoidable pause for multiple live poker events across the world. In this article, an update for the Global Poker Index (GPI) for the year is presented for the Asia region presenting the top tournament poker players […]