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Matthew “Aussie Matt” Kirk’s Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life
– General Introduction – Matthew “Aussie Matt” Kirk is a professional poker player from Perth, Australia. His exact birthday is unknown. However, a 2015 article refers to him as “a 28-year-old” which means he was born either in 1987 or 1986. According to himself, he hardly ever plays online. His specialty is high stakes live … Read more
Second High Roller victory for Justin Bonomo in 2019
Justin Bonomo made history in 2018 with his incredible tournament run and a staggering $25 million in earnings over the year. Within just six months he had topped the All-Time Money List on The Hendon Mob. His victory in the $1 million buy-in Big One For One Drop for $10 million aided him to surpass […]
Jason Koon’s Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life
– General Introduction – Jason Koon is an American professional poker player. He was born on August 14th, 1985 in Weston, West Virginia. Coming from an online poker background, now he regularly plays the biggest high rollers, be it Triton tournaments, Poker Masters, or any other huge buy-in events. He’s also appeared on PokerGO’s revived … Read more
Doug Polk’s Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life
– General Introduction – Doug Polk is an American professional poker player born on December 16th, 1988 in Pasadena, California. He rose to prominence as an online high stakes heads-up cash game player. Then, he went on to have success in the live tournament scene as well – his most notable achievement there being his … Read more
Criminal charges against Paul Phua dropped
Two weeks ago Paul Phua went to trial in Macau and has now been “found innocent of all charges in a criminal case file against him years ago in Macau.” The news was distributed this week via a press release. Just as it was the case in the U.S. trial, things basically fell apart and […]
J88Poker Tour Taiwan hosts NT$60,000 Mixed Game Team Event
The J88Poker Tour Taiwan is once again calling for action from 29th March to 3rd April 2019. The Main Event boasts a guaranteed NT$5 million and will be held at the Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association (CTP) in Taipei, Taiwan. The winner of the J88Poker Tour Taiwan Main Event will also receive entry to the […]
Chow Cliff wins APT Taiwan Main Event; Adrian Attenborough & Azusa Maeda among side winners
The Asian Poker Tour kicked off the month of February with a couple of first-time destinations. The first one was in Tokyo, Japan which concluded mid-month. The second one is APT Taiwan 2019 in Taipei currently ongoing at the Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association – CTP Club from February 20 to March 3. Yesterday, the […]
Natural8 introduces Chinese Rush & Cash with 65% Rakeback
February 27 marks the debut of the latest rakeback system from Natural8 – one of Asia’s most popular online gaming platforms. The system is called Cash Drop, which promises an unprecedented 65% rakeback to players. This new built-in rakeback system will only be implemented to the fast-fold poker tables called Chinese Rush, soon to be renamed Rush & Cash. Cash […]
David Peters rocks U.S. Poker Open
Another big buy-in tournament series is in the books, the 2019 U.S. Poker Open. The 10-event series with an average buy-in of just over $30,000, that had kicked off on 13th February at the Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas concluded on 23rd February 2019 The U.S. Poker Open is one of the three […]
Ivey and Dwan confirmed for Triton Super High Roller Series next month
Both players, 10-time WSOP bracelet winner Phil Ivey and online legend Tom Dwan, can probably be named the “enigmas of poker”. They rarely show up in the spotlights, especially for tournaments. Ivey had only played a couple of World Series Of Poker events in the past few years and Dwan even less than that. Phil […]
Richard Marquez crowned the first-ever PPWC Main Event champion
The final race to the first-ever PPPoker World Championship – Main Event title seemed to be more of a continuation of Day 3 with Filipino player Richard Marquez in full command. Marquez once again brought his mighty axe to the table and slashed four players in his path to capture his maiden victory and the […]
NT$5 million Guaranteed J88Poker Taiwan Festival announced
March 29th to April 3rd will see J88Poker bringing another live tournament festival to players. There was a strong turnout for their previous festival back in December, which drew a crowd of over 360 players and created a record-breaking prize pool of NT$ 6,235,606. Taiwan hosted the previous instalment, and the 6-day event this time will take […]
Phil Ivey’s edge-sorting saga continues
The poker world did receive some interesting insights into the high-stakes baccarat world in the past six years, when poker legend Phil Ivey ended up in the headlines around the two biggest and most famous lawsuits in gambling history. It was no news that Ivey enjoyed the pit games, but when the “Poker King” had […]
Meet the Final 6 players of the PPPoker World Championship Main Event
PFrom 383 entrants, we are down to the final 6 players of the PPPoker World Championship – Main Event. Many would love to be in the shoes of the finalists with first prize an enormous PHP 4,850,000 (US$93,000). Three of the contenders hail from the host country of the Philippines. Two of them are highly […]
PPWC High Roller Day 2 Chip Count & Numbers
High Roller Buy-in – PHP 110,000 (USD2,117) Entries – 37 Prize pool – PHP 3,589,000 (USD 69,104) Final 6 players (by chip count) Jung Seung Mook – 610,000 Aditya Sushant – 454,000 Trygve Leite – 281,000 Ugur “Ozgur” S. – 206,000 Le Ngoc Khanh – 175,000 Yen Han “Pete” Chen – 123,000 Payouts 1st PHP 1,255,000 […]
PPWC Main Event Day 2 ends with Lester Edoc and Mike Takayama leading the final 16 players
The PPPoker World Championship resumed the Main Event with Day 2 seeing 130 players back on the felt in a race to survive another ten grueling rounds. For many, it was a day that would end before the money with only 60 paid. For some, cashing was better than walking away empty-handed. But for 16 […]
62 out of 176 players survive PPWC Main Event Day 1C; Gabriel Carter and Martin Gonzales among the leaders
The last starting day of the PPPoker World Championship – Main Event – produced the largest turnout of 176 players. As expected, many well known figures in the Asian circuit and international players in the region came out with the jaw-dropping PHP 20 Million (US$382,000) guarantee giving them every reason to attend. After a grueling […]
PPWC Main Event: 130 players return for Day 2; Seat draw, chip counts and payouts inside
After three starting days, the PPPoker World Championship – Main Event – enters Day 2 with 130 players out of the 383 total entrants returning to the felt. These players are now just one step closer to claiming a share of the enormous PHP 20 Million (US$382,000) guarantee. Cards in the air at 12pm. Live […]
PPWC World Championship Main Event – Day 2 by chip count
No. Name Chip Count Seat Number Nationality 1 ALPHEUS TIN HO CHAN 273,500 Table 9 Seat 3 Canada 2 YSMAEL WILLIAM LIM 266,500 Table 15 Seat 3 Philippine 3 IYERABHINAV NATARAJ 250,400 Table 8 Seat 8 India 4 DENIS CHEREMISIN 209,300 Table 3 Seat 8 Russia 5 KALYAN CHAKRAVARTHY CHEEKURI […]
PPWC: Alpheus Chan ends Main Event Day 1B at the top of 46 survivors; William Ysmael close behind
It was an action-packed Sunday at the PPPoker World Championship with Main Event Day 1B dragging out 143 players to host venue Resorts World Manila. The draw of course was none other than the meaty PHP 20 Million (US$382,000) guaranteed prize pool. By the end of the scheduled 10 hours of play, only 46 had […]
