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Tournament poker is changing. In less than ten years, the biggest buy in event on the live circuit has risen from around $100,000 to more than $1.2 million. The sheer scale and prize pool of the WSOP Main Event has always slightly skewed All-Time Money List, with unknown players having a handful of small cashes […]

The Sydney Championships has provided non-stop action and fantastic poker in Australia during the last few weeks, but with the Main Event champion crowned, this illustrious series is now almost at an end. There have been numerous side events taking place in recent days too, along with a AU$20K High-Roller, in which the winner has […]

Sam Trickett is a British professional poker player. He was born on July 2nd, 1986 in East Retford, England. He used to lead the British all time money list

Cary Katz is an American businessman, entrepreneur, and recreational poker player. He was born on January 29th, 1970 in Atlanta, Georgia. His success in the

In our latest update on happenings within the poker community, we report on the legal problems now facing one 2019’s Main Event finalists and bring you the sad news of one of poker’s bright stars who sadly passed away last week. The sudden loss of Richard “nutsinho” Lyndaker puts trivialities such as money into perspective, […]

APPT Manila 2019 is in the books and to say it was a huge success was an understatement. For the first time, the festival took place in Okada Manila at the

Seven years ago, the idea of a poker tournament with a seven-figure buy in was something new. The $1,000,000 buy in 2012 Big One for One Drop ushered in a new era of high stakes tournament poker and the world watched on, gripped by the excitement of such a staggering amount of money on the […]

After four days of heated competition that included a final day that ran for 13 hours at Okada Manila, semi-retired Filipino player Florencio Campomanes railroaded the latter half of the final table to become the newest APPT Main Event champion. He pocketed his largest live tournament career score of ₱ 11,092,500 (US$ 214,900) and one […]

Poker may have existed long before Doyle Brunson was around, but in terms of competitive poker for big money and the WSOP, Brunson was one of the founding fathers of the game. An all-rounder of exceptional ability he amassed ten WSOP bracelets in his career, including back to back Main Event titles in 1976 and […]

APPT Manila 2019 is now in full swing. With the opening events completed and the early winners lauded, we now move into the business end of the series. We have results from the ₱500,000 Super High Roller, the ₱,5000,000 guaranteed APPT National, two ₱100,000 events and comprehensive reports of all the latest winners from completed […]

With the summer’s biggest poker event all wrapped up, it’s time for a mid-year review on the Global Poker Index Asia rankings. Since our last update significant changes have taken place; only six players secured their top ten standing and Hong Kong’s Daniel Chi Tang overtook Malaysia’s Christopher Michael Soyza for the top spot. #1 […]

This August, Natural8 has released a new, industry first feature for tournaments — Bubble Protection for Early Birds, alongside another Rush & Cash promotion — $100,000 Drop Race. There is also a $200,000 giveaway for Omaha players. Below are the details. $100K Rush and Cash Giveaway Natural8 is offering another Rush & Cash promotion with $100,000 […]

Taiwan continues to be Asia’s hottest poker destination with international brands visiting nearly every month. Soon to join that list is the Poker King Club (PKC) as it makes landfall at the highly popular Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association (CTP) in Taipei from August 16 to 20. The PKC is one of the most highly […]

It isn’t just international brands buzzing up the Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association (CTP club) in Taipei City, running from July 18 to 30 was the Taiwan Millions Tournament. This homegrown festival has become very popular and was reflected on its recent turnout. Now on its sixth installment, the lineup of games was bigger than […]

PokerMaster has  almost come to an end. Just 2 years ago, Daniel Cates was talking on Doug Polk’s podcast about high stakes games that were being played on Chinese apps. Since then however, the popularity of these apps may have grown but the landscape has shifted drastically. The Chinese authorities have reiterated that private games […]

APPT Manila 2019 has always been a special event on the Asian tour and with this year’s event having relocated to beautiful new surroundings at Okada Manila’s hotel and casino resort, the event has a stage to fit its prestige. The series got underway a few days ago and we now have the early winners […]

One month ago, the World Poker Tour released a full blown Asia Pacific Season 18 events calendar filled with new destinations, new venues, and a return to popular hotspots. Today, the globally renowned brand announced an exciting addition to the roster. For the first time in history, the tour will stage an event in Phnom Penh, […]

Tony Dunst. Credit: WPT

August 2017 marked another knot in a string of dark days for online poker. The Australian senate made an inexplicable decision to follow the lead of the US in passing a draconian bill which all but ended online poker in the country. The Interactive Gambling Amendment Bill 2016 resulted PokerStars, 888Poker and partypoker issuing a […]

The Sydney Championships 2019 has been providing the poker headlines in Australia this week, with many events either already in the books or ongoing. New champions have been crowned since our last update, including winner of the AU$5K Challenge, Jason Gray. We are now less than a week away from the Main Event and we […]