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Aussie Millions: Red hot Toby Lewis wins the 50K Challenge and runner-up at the 25K; Vincent Huang wins ring #2
Returning to the arena where he won his first million, Aussie Millions 2018 Main Event champion – Toby Lewis – is running red hot. The champ topped the stiff competition at the AU$50K Challenge and finished second at the AU$25K Challenge. Both events were decided on a flip at heads up. His combined winnings padded […]
Biggest Taiwan Millions Tournament concludes; Main Event draws 645 entries; Lin Chen Yi bags the title
Another Taiwan Millions Tournament wrapped up at the Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association in Taipei City. This latest edition, which is now #5, ran for ten days from January 16 to 27 with 18 events lined up throughout. The Main Event drew the largest attendance of 645 entries, breaking its previous record of 537 set […]
WSOP 2019: Big Blind Ante for all NLH tournaments, new events unveiled
The World Series of Poker has made additional announcements regarding the 50th Anniversary of the Series. A total of 73 events has now been confirmed for WSOP 2019 Schedule. Big Blind Ante event announced for NLH events All No-Limit Hold’em events at the 2019 WSOP will be adopting a big blind ante only format, according to a […]
Asian Poker Tour set to host inaugural events in Japan and Taiwan in February
February heats up with the Asian Poker Tour hosting two events, APT Tokyo Japan 2019 and APT Taiwan 2019. This will be the tour’s first visit to both of these destinations. A full schedule is in store. See details below. APT Tokyo Japan 2019 The APT’s arrival in Japan has been a much-anticipated moment. Through […]
Breaking down the new tournament offering on Natural8
Natural8 is known as a flagship skin on GGNetwork. The poker room constantly makes effort to improve its tournament offering, in order to cater to both recreational and professional players. From freerolls and satellites to the big Sunday events, there are many different kinds of tournaments available. On top of that, there’s also over $300,000 […]
First winners of Aussie Millions 2019
Outside of Las Vegas, you would be hard pressed to find a bigger or more prestigious poker tournament series than the Aussie Millions. The series is now over twenty years old, and the hallways of its history are decorated with the names of great players who have made the trip down under and won an […]
6+ Hold’em arrives on PokerStars and PPPoker
6+ Hold’em has been growing in popularity in recent times, with High Stakes live games often adopting the variation of Hold’em as a way of generating more action. The rules are quite simple. The cards valued 2-5 are removed from the deck, making it more likely that players will make stronger hands. The exception is, […]
A talk with Chance Kornuth – WSOP bracelet winner and Chip Leader Coaching founder
Two-time WSOP bracelet winner and Chip Leader Coaching founder Chance Kornuth has collected more than $6M in live tournament earnings. Gaelle Jaudon brought us this exclusive interview with the American pro. Somuchpoker (SMP): Your first major success was in 2010, when you won the $5,000 PLO event at the WSOP for $508K. How would you describe your evolution in […]
PCA 2019: David “Chino” Rheem wins the Main Event; Rainer Kempe bags two High Rolles; Ramandeep Gural gives India a win
From January 5 to 16, players from all over the world descended upon the gorgeous shores of the Bahamas for the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure 2019. Festivities opened with the highly anticipated PSPC event won by Platinum Pass entry Ramon Colillas. We posted news on that. For the rest of the days, there were 42 events […]
APT Kickoff 2019 Vietnam: Abhinav Iyer wins the Main Event; Van Ngoc Binh, Alex Lindop, Michael Falcon, & Ray Chiu win events
For the second year in a row, the Asian Poker Tour kicked off its calendar season in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Alike the previous opener, it was a smash with the room jam packed everyday. The festival has been running since January 9 and will conclude on January 20. The first of the two […]
GPI 2018 Player of the Year Overall and in Asia – Pacific
The Global Poker Index (GPI) Player of the Year 2018 winners are in. Along with it was an official announcement of the new GPI POY award system. In order to win the GPI POY per country, a player must not only top the country ranking but also have a minimum of 1000 points accrued for […]
138Poker.vn Launches Tournament Partnership with Pro Poker Club, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Press release by 138pokervn.com December 19, 2018 (Wednesday), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: Poker Lifestyle Brand 138Poker.vn is proud to announce an official partnership with Pro Poker Club, a licensed poker facility located in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. 138Poker.vn and Pro Poker Club have come together to bring the Vietnam poker community the inaugural […]
Ramon Colillas wins the PSPC; Marc Rivera jumps to the top of the Philippines All Time Money List
The most highly anticipated event of the 2019 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure concluded with Platinum Pass winner Ramon Colillas becoming the envy of all. The Spaniard was the last man standing at the US$ 25,000 PokerStars Players Championship awarding him a mind-blowing US$ 5,100,000. Colillas was one of two players in the top 3 that earned […]
PSPC reaches the Final 8; Marc Rivera running 2nd in chips; Thi Xoa Nguyen creates a buzz
The annual PokerStars Caribbean Adventure has been the hotbed for poker these past days especially with the inaugural US$ 25,000 PSPC (PokerStars Player Championship) event attracting just about everyone. This event is without question the biggest live tournament in poker history of that buy-in range. A total of 1,039 players attended, some of them having […]
PokerStars Player Championship creates US$26M Prize Pool, 6 Asian players remain
The 2019 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure has been hotly anticipated for some time now. Of course, the event normally attracts plenty of attention but this time around there is a special event on the calendar. The inaugural US$25,000 PokerStars Player Championship (PSPC) is that event, and day 2 has now been completed. PSPC numbers The 2019 […]
[Watch] The 6 poker hands that made 2018
Crazy WSOP Main Event hand that set the final table Every player thinks of one day reaching the WSOP Main Event final table, which makes the situation surrounding this hand during the 2018 Main Event all the more compelling. Could there ever be a more dream destroying situation in poker than this? Can Labat consider […]
Top 10 achievements by Asia-Pacific players in the live scene of 2018
2018 has come to a close and what an incredible year it was for players from the Asia-Pacific region. While there are many to acknowledge, here’s our list of top 10 player achievements for the year: Michael Soyza tops Asia GPI ranking Malaysian pro Michael Soyza turned up the notch this year accumulating over $2.65M […]
Spotlight on the Metro Card Club: The year in review
2018 shined brightly on many destinations in Asia and for this article, we put our spotlight on the Metro Card Club aka Metro – one of the pioneers of poker in the Philippines. For those unfamiliar with this incredibly popular poker joint, it is the largest brick and mortar poker room in the country, and […]
GPL China S2 & MPS wrap up: Yuri Ishida wins the High Roller; Daniel Tang, Sparrow Cheung win events
The last poker festival in Asia for 2018 is officially in the books with the inaugural Master Poker Series (MPS) concluding its five-day run in Taiwan. The festival took place from December 20 to 24 at the Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association (CTP) hub in Taipei. In total, eight players walked away carrying the signature […]
International players give poker in Taiwan a thumbs up
Due to the lack of information online, players may not be aware that poker is very alive and growing in Taiwan. While covering the GPL China Season 2 Taiwan Tour & Master Poker Series festival these past days, Somuchpoker discovered that several poker rooms exist in Taipei and in other cities around the country. Only […]
