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Natural8’s Rush & Cash celebrates its international launch with $300,000 worth of prizes
Natural8 is giving away $300,000 to players during the month of June in the $300,000 Gold Hunt promotion. Rush & Cash made its debut to Natural8’s Chinese customers earlier in 2019, and now they are celebrating the international launch with $300,000 worth of prizes. Rush & Cash is Natural8’s take on the “fast-fold” cash games. […]
Sam Razavi’s WSOP 2019 poker and vlogging ambitions
4-time Asia Poker Tour “Player of the Year” Sam Razavi is a well-known figure of the Asian poker circuit. However, right now his ambitions have switch to a new focus, both as a player and also as a content creator. Sam Razavi has just landed in Las Vegas with his ambition to do better […]
WPT announces first-ever event in Australia; Triton Poker confirms £1 million buy-in event
While the poker world is looking at Las Vegas, two other major poker tournament organisers have announced some big news. WPT announces first ever-event in Australia The World Poker Tour has announced a partnership with The Star Gold Coast Casino Queensland and the first WPT ever to be held in Australia. The full WPT Australia […]
9 Asian players to watch for at WSOP 2019
The World Series of Poker has arrived and within the coming weeks players from all around the globe will descend upon the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. This particular series is expected to be the grandest of WSOP poker events – and one not to be missed – with the series celebrating […]
SCOOP 2019: Gianluca “Tankanza” Speranza wins back-to-back High Main Events and other highlights
16 days, 219 tournaments, over a million entries and more than $105 million in prize money. Another Spring Championship Of Online Poker is in the books and officially the biggest online poker series of all time. The record breaking series had a few newsworthy highlights. Gianluca “Tankanza” Speranza wins back-to-back SCOOP High Main Events It’s the […]
In Brief: Phil Ivey unveils a Masterclass, Daniel Negreanu’s WSOP action is a total sell-out
The old poker heros still make headlines in the news. Most recently Phil Ivey and Daniel Negreanu popped up once again with interesting stories. Phil Ivey unveils a Masterclass Daniel Negreanu modelled it and now the world’s best poker face Phil Ivey follows with offering a poker course on Masterclass.com. Masterclass offers courses from the […]
Chris Ferguson’s Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life
– General Introduction – Chris Ferguson is an American professional poker player. He was born on April 11th, 1963, in Los Angeles, CA. He won the biggest tournament in the world of poker, the WSOP Main Event, in 2000. He also won the NBC Heads-Up Championship in 2008. He has 5 WSOP gold bracelets. However, … Read more
Playing Poker in Hong Kong – Everything you should know with HKPPA Ray Chiu
We sat down with Ray Chiu, Co-founder and Academy Director of the Hong Kong Poker Players Association during the Asia Poker League Vietnam 2019 to talk about the Hong Kong Poker scene.
Macau to implement Tourist Tax?
Macau in seems to be becoming too popular for its own good. 2018 saw 35.81 million visitors, a 9.8% rise in numbers compared to 2017. According to forecasts, 2019 could bring this number up to 38 million. Communities in Macau have raised concerns about the increasing number of visitors and are calling for measures that […]
Daniel Negreanu leaves PokerStars as an ambassador
In his latest Tweets and YouTube video Daniel “KidPoker” Negreanu doesn’t just update us on his recent marriage to Amanda Leatherman (and his plans to become a father) and his upcoming WSOP, but he also drops the bomb about leaving industry giant PokerStars, “…after 12 years of being an ambassador for PokerStars we had an […]
Asia Poker League wraps up in Vietnam with several big winners
Asia Poker League wrapped up another exciting festival in Vietnam running from May 9 to 20 at Pro Poker Club. This was the brand’s third visit to the country. Over the course of the twelve days, 18 events were up for grabs. As always, the Main Event fueled the largest turnout of 623 entries for […]
Interview with Germany’s rising star Steffen Sontheimer
In January 2017, Fedor Holz predicted that 2017 would be Sontheimer’s “breakout year”, and he shared this thought publicly on Twitter. Predicting the breakout year of @RunGo0seRun. Best player in the game right now. — Fedor Holz (@CrownUpGuy) January 26, 2017 A few months later Sontheimer claimed the Purple Jacket at the Poker Masters. Since then, he […]
In Brief: Daniel Negreanu gets married, Jungleman rates himself as the greatest player of all time
Negreanu and Leatherman tie the knot In one of the biggest events of the year for celebrity players in the poker world, outspoken Twitter enthusiast Daniel Negreanu married Amanda Leatherman. The couple said their vows as fellow players Phil Hellmuth, David Benyamine, Antonio Esfandiari and Jennifer Tilly looked on. It is unclear whether Negreanu went […]
Bryn Kenney’s Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life
– General Introduction – Bryn Kenney is an American professional poker player. He was born on November 1st, 1986 and grew up in Long Beach, NY. Although he started his career on the virtual felt, he became immensely successful in the live tournament circuit In fact, he was the biggest live tournament winner in the … Read more
Asian Poker Tour returns to Seoul with KRW 360 Million in guarantees
Later this month, the Asian Poker Tour returns to Korea to host the next leg in their event calendar. APT Korea Seoul 2019 takes place from May 29 to June 9 at Grand Walkerhill Paradise Casino. This will be the tour’s second visit to the bustling metropolis and it promises to be very exciting with […]
A dominating victory for China’s Zhu Yong at the APL Vietnam Main Event
In just six hours of final table competition that saw a total of 92 hands, Chinese player Zhu Yong railed six players in his path to the Asia Poker League Vietnam Main Event title to seize the VND 1,700,440,000 (~US$72,000) first place purse. This was Yong’s first-ever victory and it was more than well-deserved. Catching […]
APL Vietnam Main Event: 9 players left for one trophy – Final table presentation
After six days of continuous thrilling poker at Pro Poker Club, the massive 623-entry field of the Asia Poker League Vietnam – Main Event – downsized even further in Day 3. 23 runners returned to the felt and in just four hours, the final 9 players emerged. For every one of these contenders, the hunt […]
Guide: How to qualify online for the 2019 WSOP?
Once in Las Vegas there are a lot of satellite options for the World Series of Poker at the Rio All-Suites Hotel & Casino itself. But what if you haven’t booked your ticket to Sin City yet and would rather like to try your chances online? Here is an overview of online satellite options to […]
APL Vietnam Main Event down to the final 23 players; Te Mai leads; Norbert Koh among the contenders
It was make or break at Asia Poker League Vietnam with 149 players returning to Pro Poker Club for Day 2 of the Main Event. For nearly half the field, it was to be a day of misfortune with only 78 places due to get paid. At the end of the scheduled 10 rounds, the […]
APL Vietnam Main Event draws 623 total entries; Chu Thai Thinh tops the 75 survivors of Day 1D
As in the case of nearly every final starting day, Day 1D of the Asia Poker League – Main Event – attracted the largest field of 209 unique players with 80 re-entering for a total of 289 entries. Add this with the 334 combined entries of the previous starting days, that sums up to 623 […]
