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Fast growing Asian poker site J88Poker launches Sit&Go
Since its launch in October 2017, the Asian online brand J88Poker the asian online brands keeps developing its offering both on the live field and the online one. In April the brand hosted a successful festival in Taiwan which saw a total of 452 players entering the Main Event. In May the operator is putting […]
China implements more restrictions on poker apps
While most Asian countries have a more liberal approach, China maintains strong restrictions on poker, especially its digital versions. Online giants like Tencent, Alisports (Alibaba), and Ourgame, all had their own apps in the market but ended up shutting them down last year. This week, Techcrunch reported on a new wave of restrictions aiming to […]
Up and Down: Alex Foxen crushes online; A double Sunday Million winner; Moorman Triples Again
This week’s online action has seen three eye-catching stories rise to the surface. GPI#1 Alex Foxen pockets big scores at Americas Card Room, “Lucky_Jew_17” wins the Sunday Million twice and online tournament beast Chris Moorman has been going about his usual Triple Crown collecting business. Alex Foxen crushing online Alex Foxen has consolidated his lead at the top of […]
Chris Moorman’s Life: Biggest Profits, Losses, Private Life & Net Worth
– General Information – Chris Moorman is a British professional poker player. He was born on July 12, 1985 in the United Kingdom. He currently still resides in his home country, in Brighton. He’s best known for holding the record for the most money won in online MTT’s until being taken over by Peter … Read more
Asia Poker League Taiwan in full swing, Kwon Eun Ho claims DSO title
After a successful opening event in China with a 1043-strong Main Event field the Asia Poker League now kicked off their second event of the year. The event is running from 20th to 28th April and is hosted at the CTP Club in Asia’s poker hotspot Taipei, Taiwan. It is partnered with the Deepstack Open, […]
In Brief: partypoker may host Durrr Challenge, Dwan bluffs and Rio in jeopardy
This week has seen Tom ‘durrr’ Dwan get busy with some big pots and power plays during Triton’s Cash Game. While this isn’t entirely new, partypoker’s offer to host the Durrr Challenge, allowing it to resume, certainly is. The challenge has been going for around a decade now, with months, or even years passing between […]
Joe Ingram’s Life: Biggest Profits, Losses, Private Life & Net Worth
– General Information – Joe Ingram, aka “Chicago Joey” is an American professional poker player and podcast host. He was born on June 24, 1982 in Chicago, Illinois. Throughout his professional poker career, he stuck with his favorite poker format, online Pot Limit Omaha cash games, rarely venturing into anything else, be it tournaments or … Read more
Online poker bots: Six-figure sums refunded by partypoker and Americas Cardroom
One of toughest problems to have faced online operators since the dawn of online poker is the infiltration of virtual tables by computer-controlled players. These ‘bots’ have an almost perfect mathematical grasp of the game, can implement game theory ideas efficiently and never tire or tilt. The technology guiding these bots has improved over the […]
Up and Down: Isildur1 banking scores on partypoker as Chinese Player wins Sunday Million
When online poker’s greatest legend gets busy at the tables and wins a tournament, you can guarantee there will be people interested. The same can be a said of a Chinese national winning PokerStars’ Sunday Million tournament when the legality of their operations in China could perhaps be considered questionable. Both of our stories have […]
Kai Paulsen takes down the Metro Card Club MSE Main Event
On April 15, the Metro Card Club in Pasig City, Philippines wrapped up their annual Metro Summer Event with Norwegian pro Kai Paulsen denying the locals the Main Event title. Paulsen was one of a small number of international players that attended and was the only decorated pro entering the final day. This marks his […]
APPT Korea 2019: Sparrow wins the Main Event; Soyza crowned Super High Roller champion
The Asia Pacific Poker Tour stopped in Incheon, Korea from 5th to 14th April 2019 and it was a success all around. There were 3,247 total entries (including re-entries) over the 21-event festival, who competed for a whopping KRW 3,654,222,800 (~USD 3.22 million) in prize money, but it was the Main Event that was the […]
Lex Veldhuis’s Life: Biggest Profits, Losses, Private Life & Net Worth
– General Information – Lex Veldhuis is a Dutch professional poker player and Twitch streamer. He was born on December 29th, 1983 in Vlissingen, Netherlands. He started off as a StarCraft player, but Bertrand “Elky” Grospellier convinced him to try online poker. Evidently, poker took over his life eventually. He mainly plays online, his live … Read more
APT Philippines rolls out an action-packed schedule with over P22 Million in guarantees
One of Asia’s most popular poker brands is about to belt out a gigantic roar as the Asian Poker Tour gets set to host APT Philippines 2019. This annual stop in the APT calendar may arguably be the biggest event held by the brand each year. It will once again take place at Resorts World […]
Natural8 smashes previous guarantees to gain ground on industry leaders
When it comes to online poker rooms taking huge strides towards becoming the leading brand within the industry, few names stand out. While partypoker’s big guarantees have been well documented in recent times, Natural8 have also been busy raising eyebrows with their own generous tournament offerings. Their latest announcement, detailing the upcoming Blade Series makes […]
Interview with Taiwanese poker pro Chen An Lin
Chen An Lin is a highly recognized Asian poker professional from Taiwan. He began mounting numerous deep runs in 2015, mostly in Macau. He earned his first six-figures in 2016 at the EPT Monte Carlo High Roller event, then when 2018 rolled in, his live tournament career boomed. He finished 8th at the Aussie Millions […]
Yan Li wins a second title at the APPT Korea National event; Phachara Wongwichit claims the Short Deck
The first APPT – Asia Pacific Poker Tour – festival of the year has been buzzing up Paradise City Casino in Incheon, South Korea with the who’s who of the poker world filling up the floor since its start on April 5. Year after year, the APPT has grown in popularity. It continues to be […]
HKPPA concludes first series outside of Hong Kong; ArTLess wins the Main Event
The Hong Kong Poker Players Association (HKPPA) Premier League series came and went last weekend running from April 4 to 7 in Taipei, Taiwan at the highly popular CTP Club – Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association. This was the first time HKPPA ventured outside of Hong Kong to host a full blown series with 8 […]
Daniel Negreanu targets third WSOP POY Title and small buy-in events
Every year, as we approach the WSOP, Daniel Negreanu announces his list of personal goals for the series and for the year. While he hasn’t yet released his list for 2019, he has been speaking about his plans for the series on the DAT Poker Podcast he co-hosts. His talent has yielded results in the past with Negreanu […]
Phil Galfond’s Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life
– General Introduction – Phil Galfond is an American professional poker player. He was born on January 16, 1985. He has been very successful in both online and live poker. He has won 3 WSOP gold bracelets. He’s also won almost $7 million on online cash games on the late poker site Full Tilt. Galfond … Read more
Vegas poker alternatives to the WSOP this summer
Every summer for many years now, Vegas becomes the world’s poker mecca. Players do not just come to play the World Series of Poker events at the Rio themselves, they also flog to about half a dozen other poker rooms to battle it out on the felt. Somuchpoker.com provides you with a concise overview of the […]
