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Triton’s 2019 top hands announced and new events scheduled; Jeju first up

Triton’s 2019 top hands announced and new events scheduled; Jeju first up

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 […]
01/04/2020
Asian Poker Tour ready to kick off the new year in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Asian Poker Tour ready to kick off the new year in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

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 […]
01/03/2020
GPI 2019: Alex Foxen officially Player of the Year, Danny Tang wins  Asia POY, Kristen Bicknell tops ladies ranking for 3rd year in a row

GPI 2019: Alex Foxen officially Player of the Year, Danny Tang wins Asia POY, Kristen Bicknell tops ladies ranking for 3rd year in a row

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 […]
01/03/2020
Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier’s Life: Biggest Profits, Losses, Private Life & Net Worth

Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier’s Life: Biggest Profits, Losses, Private Life & Net Worth

Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier is a French professional poker player and former professional eSports player. He was born on February 8th, 1981 in Melun, France.
01/03/2020
Asia Pacific’s biggest player achievements of 2019

Asia Pacific’s biggest player achievements of 2019

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 […]
12/30/2019
APL Da Nang closes with brand ambassador Jack En Ching Wu seizing the High Roller title

APL Da Nang closes with brand ambassador Jack En Ching Wu seizing the High Roller title

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 […]
12/24/2019
Off Topic: Negreanu back-tracks, Jungleman agrees to take on Galfond as list of challengers grows

Off Topic: Negreanu back-tracks, Jungleman agrees to take on Galfond as list of challengers grows

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 […]
12/23/2019
Alex Foxen wins record-breaking WPT Five Diamond title, potentially securing historical Back to Back GPI POY Title

Alex Foxen wins record-breaking WPT Five Diamond title, potentially securing historical Back to Back GPI POY Title

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 […]
12/23/2019
Isaac Haxton’s Life: Biggest Profits, Losses, Private Life & Net Worth

Isaac Haxton’s Life: Biggest Profits, Losses, Private Life & Net Worth

Isaac Haxton is an American professional poker player. He was born on September 21st 1981, in Westchester, NY.
12/23/2019
Asia Poker League Da Nang: Catching up with the side events

Asia Poker League Da Nang: Catching up with the side events

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 […]
12/20/2019
EPT Prague highlights; Mikalai Pobal wins €5,300 Main Event; Tsugunari Toma takes down the €10,300 High Roller

EPT Prague highlights; Mikalai Pobal wins €5,300 Main Event; Tsugunari Toma takes down the €10,300 High Roller

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 […]
12/19/2019
World Poker Tour Vietnam 2020 (WPT) – Official Schedule – CANCELLED

World Poker Tour Vietnam 2020 (WPT) – Official Schedule – CANCELLED

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 […]
12/19/2019
Nguyen Minh Tuan clinches inaugural APL Da Nang Main Event

Nguyen Minh Tuan clinches inaugural APL Da Nang Main Event

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 […]
12/19/2019
APL Da Nang Main Event: Meet the Final 9 players

APL Da Nang Main Event: Meet the Final 9 players

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 […]
12/18/2019
APL Da Nang: 525 entries into the Main Event; Kim Jae Hwan and Kwon Hyuk Jin winners in side events

APL Da Nang: 525 entries into the Main Event; Kim Jae Hwan and Kwon Hyuk Jin winners in side events

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. […]
12/17/2019
Pinoy Briefs: Koki Takeishi wins Manila Super Series 13, PokerStars Manila announces 7 events for 2020

Pinoy Briefs: Koki Takeishi wins Manila Super Series 13, PokerStars Manila announces 7 events for 2020

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 […]
12/17/2019
APL Main Event Da Nang: 33 players bag up with Dao Minh Phu in high command

APL Main Event Da Nang: 33 players bag up with Dao Minh Phu in high command

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 […]
12/17/2019
Chip Reese’s Life: Biggest Profits, Losses, Private Life & Net Worth

Chip Reese’s Life: Biggest Profits, Losses, Private Life & Net Worth

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.
12/17/2019
APL Da Nang:  Im Sung Gok wins Deep Stack; Lin Jian on top of  the Main Event chip counts

APL Da Nang:  Im Sung Gok wins Deep Stack; Lin Jian on top of the Main Event chip counts

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 […]
12/16/2019
[Watch] Poker Around The World – Cambodia Guide

[Watch] Poker Around The World – Cambodia Guide

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 […]
12/16/2019
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