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Taipei in Taiwan has welcomed the J88PT Ultra Stack to the ACE8 International Poker Association in recent days, with the opening events now underway. This will be J88’s third event on Taiwanese soil, with the first two attracting a lot of interest. Opening ceremony The opening ceremony and first event have now been completed, with the […]

Phil Laak is an Irish-born American professional poker player. He was born on September 8th, 1972 in Dublin, Ireland. His family moved to the United States

In what is a rather unique stop on the World Poker Tour, the Asia Swing has been passing through Tokyo in recent days, stopping off at Gajoen Hotel for WPT Japan. Unusually for a WPT event, no money has been won by any players, with competitors instead playing to get their hands on WPT passports […]

Sheldon Adelson has a colourful history of angering poker players, most notably with his campaigning for online poker to be quashed in the US. His casino, the Venetian, has now fuelled that fire with its latest tournament offering – Lucky Shot Poker Series. Lucky Shot Poker Series and Drawing With a catchy name and an […]

Since September 11th, Big Daddy Casino in Goa has been busy hosting the India Poker Championship (IPC). The tournament series has returned after a 3 year break. Instagram star Dan Bilzerian has been in attendance, with dozens of great players all looking to land an IPC title. With the record-breaking Main Event now concluded, we […]

To date, Singapore has only permitted two mega casino resorts to operate within the country; namely, Marina Bay Sands and Genting’s Resort World Sentosa. Both have already generated massive tax incomes for the country. The authorities granted them an extension and renewal of their license in April, but both casinos will be forced to pay […]

The British Poker Open’s first ever edition launched at Aspers Casino in London last week, with ten separate events scheduled, each with a minimum price tag of £10,000 (US$12,455). Field sizes were small for the inaugural series, which was created by Poker Central. But, the quality of play was exceptional, with many recognisable names finding […]

The opening week of online poker’s most anticipated series has concluded with Michael “imluckbox” Addamo winning event 13 – the Sunday Million High Roller for $258,952. In the 6 preceding days, we saw Shaun Deeb claim a record 7th WCOOP title, with China also joining the list of nations that have a WCOOP winner. Addamo […]

From September 3 to 11, the World Poker Tour hosted WPT Vietnam, the first festival of the brand’s Season XVIII Asia-Pacific. The nine day event took place at the highly popular Pro Poker Club in Ho Chi Minh City. Among the final winners were Nguyen Van Dung and Yohwan Lim. We’ve got all the remaining […]

Only a couple of months has passed since the last twist in the tale of Phil Ivey and Borgata, and already, we have interesting new information coming to light wich could suggest that Phil Ivey is in fact, broke. The poker great was seemingly backed for 100% of his WSOP action and cash games this […]

After six days of thrilling poker action, that saw a final table run for six hours, the newest WPT Vietnam Main Event champion emerged. Lifting the prestigious title was New Zealand’s Hamish Crawshaw who crushed the competition sending every player to his knees. Crawshaw was awarded the WPT Champions Trophy, 1500 points towards the Season […]

As two of the more fascinating stars of the poker world, Dan Bilzerian and Tony G stir up interest whenever they attend a poker tournament. The pair lead interesting lives outside of the game and normally play something of a sporadic schedule as a result. For that reason, and due to their particular brand of […]

Tournaments grab headlines and attention like nothing else in the game. Fans love the drama unfolding in the late stages, television loves the tension and all poker players have imagined what it must be like to take down a life-changing score. The All Inn Prague Casino & Hotel dropped a bombshell announcement this weekend, claiming […]

When the World Poker Tour announced their lineup of festivals for Season XVIII Asia- Pacific, opening the season was a very special WPT Vietnam. For the first time in the country, an ambitious VN₫ 15 billion was guaranteed for the Main Event along with a structure only for the main tour. Four days ago the […]

Name Table Seat Country  Chips  Jeonggyu Cho 1 1 South Korea 93,500 Nguyen Dang Long 1 2 Vietnam 11,900 You Heung Youl 1 3 South Korea 69,000 Aaron Lim 1 4 Australia 108,700 Chen Yuanxi 1 5 Singapore 71,200 Manh Hoang 1 6 Vietnam 153,200 Joel Hammen 1 7 USA 88,500 Huynh Duc Tai 1 […]

It is official! The World Poker Tour has delivered the richest tournament ever seen in Vietnam. The past three days witnessed players descend upon the Pro Poker Club in Ho Chi Minh City for the WPT Vietnam – Main Event VN₫ 15 billion guaranteed (~US$ 644,000). At the end of Day 1C, the overall count […]

Action-packed day at WPT Vietnam with the prime attraction, the Main Event VN₫ 15 billion (~US$ 644,000) guaranteed, dragging in players from all over the globe. For those just tuning in, this is the largest prize pool put forward by the World Poker Tour in the country. The host venue was the highly popular Pro […]

China’s government has made it very clear in recent years that online poker is not something they want Chinese citizens to be getting involved in. In order to prevent online poker operators from targeting Chinese nationals, the government has gone to great lengths. The story of Boyaa’s frozen assets and its imprisoned CEO are just […]

On August 23 to 30, China Poker Games delivered the biggest and wealthiest live poker event in Asia with 3,132 Main Event entries and a prize pool spilling over US$ 4.1 million. The festival took place at the Howard Johnson Resort in Sanya, Hainan Island, China’s up and coming prime tourist beach destination. Somuchpoker was […]

Natural8 has been making headlines recently with its N8GGS3 tournament series, which gets underway on September 8th. This series alone, with its $50 million guarantee, is enough to suggest Natural8 is looking to improve its standing in the pecking order of global online poker rooms. However, the latest offerings from Natural8 are not a one-off […]