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Top hands of 2019 A few days ago, Triton poker released the Top 5 Hands of 2019… a year of incredible bluffs, calls, and of course, bad beats. Triton Poker HOTY2019: Chidwick vs Rajkumar https://www.facebook.com/TritonPoker/videos/376669499816643/   The first of Triton’s top hands involves High Roller superstar Stephen Chidwick and Vivek Rajkumar. Facing an all-in shove from […]

Now that the holiday season has passed, it’s back to action for the Asian Poker Tour. Last year, the brand had its biggest year with 11 events hosted around the region. For 2020, another 11 events are lined up with the first one just around the corner. Coming to Ho Chi Minh City is APT […]

Alex Foxen wins GPI POY for 2nd year in a row Alex Foxen has officially won the 2019 Global Poker Index (GPI) Player of the Year award. With his title win, Foxen achieved the unparalleled feat of winning the GPI Player of the Year award two years in a row. In 2018 he was the […]

Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier is a French professional poker player and former professional eSports player. He was born on February 8th, 1981 in Melun, France.

Another incredible year of poker has come anphuad gone. Once again, players from Asia – Pacific outshined around the globe. For some, their wallets weighed down with large scores, for others dreams were fulfilled. Many definitely deserve acknowledgment. Here’s a look at just some of the year’s top achievers. Daniel Tang’s stellar year brings him […]

Asia Poker League closed its calendar year for the first time in Da Nang, Vietnam running from December 12 to 21 at the Risemount Premier Resort. The inaugural event drew impressive numbers throughout along with a guarantee breaking Main Event. The last of the trophies were grabbed on the final two days. Seizing the coveted […]

The run up to Christmas has seen Phil Galfond throw down a challenge to the poker world, reminiscent of that offered by Tom Dwan a decade ago. Dangerous names have stepped out of the shadows to accept, which should give us all something to look forward to in the new year. Daniel Negreanu’s new year […]

Alex Foxen wins WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic for $1.69M Alex Foxen topped the record-breaking field of 1,035 entries at the Season XVIII World Poker Tour Five Diamond World Poker Classic winning $1.69M USD for his first-place finish. Back in 2017, Foxen came in one place short of winning the exact same title. “It […]

Isaac Haxton is an American professional poker player. He was born on September 21st 1981, in Westchester, NY.

Now that the Main Event is in the books, it’s time to give some due attention to the inaugural APL Da Nang side events. At this time, the High Rollers is on its final day. We will have a recap once it concludes along with the closing festival winners. For now, here’s look at the latest […]

A few hours ago, the 2019 EPT Prague reached its thrilling conclusion. Pobal became the second player after Victoria Coren-Mitchell to win two EPT Main Events. Tsugunari Toma won a second High Roller Title. €5,300 EPT Main Event – Winner: Mikalai Pobal Mikalai Pobal (Belarus) makes history after taking down the 2019 PokerStars European Poker Tour […]

The World Poker Tour Vietnam 2020 will be held from March 13th to March 22nd at Pro Poker Club, Vietnam. DATE TIME EVENT # TOURNAMENT  BUY-IN   Stack   Level  3/13/2019 1:00 PM 1  | WPT VIETNAM KICKOFF VND 2 BILLION GTD DAY 1A PLAY TO ITM (1 RE-ENTRY PER FLIGHT) VND 11,000,000 20,000 40 mins 6:00 PM 2 | DEEPSTACK […]

After six days of stiff competition, the inaugural Asia Poker League Da Nang Main Event concluded with Vietnam’s Nguyen Minh Tuan lifting the trophy and the handsome VND 2,026,500,000 (~US$ 87,400) first prize. Final Day recap The Main Event ran from December 14 to 19 attracting 525 entries at VND 22,000,000 (~US$ 950) each to […]

It was another fast elimination day at the inaugural Asia Poker League Da Nang Main Event with 33 players returning to action for Day 3 at host venue Risemount Premier Resort. In just under five hours, the final 9 was formed. We’ve got a short recap below and a brief look at the finalists. Final […]

An action packed day came to a conclusion yesterday at the Asia Poker League Da Nang with the last two Day 1 opportunities for the VND 22,000,000 (~USD 944) Main Event and the runout of two side events, the VND 8,800,000 (~USD 380) No Limit Hold’em and the VND 5,500,000 (~USD 238) Hyper Turbo 2. […]

PokerStars Manila at Okada Resort and Casino, Philippines,  has been busy these past few days with the conclusion of the  Manila Super Series 13. Seven additional events have also been announced for 2020. Koki Takeshi wins Manila Super Series 13 Main Event The 13th edition of the Manila Super Series has come to a close with […]

The inaugural Asia Poker League Da Nang resumed today at Risemount Premier Resort with 133 players back in action at the Main Event. By the end of six rounds, the field trimmed down to only 33 players led by Vietnam’s own Dao Minh Phu with a commanding 1,123,000. Phu was the only player to stack […]

David Edward “Chip” Reese was an American professional poker player. He was born on March 28th, 1951 in Centerville, OH. He passed away on December 4th, 2007.

Day 1A of the Asia Poker League Vietnam Main Event had seen 71 entries and yesterday players came to the Risemount Premier Resort Da Nang, Vietnam, to play the second flight of this event. In addition to that the VND 10,000,000 (~USD 430) Deep Stack event took place as well. Lin Jian leads Main Event […]

Somuchpoker is delving deeper into the details about different poker locations in the world. We are not only reporting about the latest poker events in Asia, for the past 5 years we have also been working on creating a comprehensive guide of all places where you can find poker in Asia. But we don’t want […]