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16 days, 219 tournaments, over a million entries and more than $105 million in prize money. Another Spring Championship Of Online Poker is in the books and officially the biggest online poker series of all time. The record breaking series had a few newsworthy highlights. Gianluca “Tankanza” Speranza wins back-to-back SCOOP High Main Events It’s the […]

The old poker heros still make headlines in the news. Most recently Phil Ivey and Daniel Negreanu popped up once again with interesting stories. Phil Ivey unveils a Masterclass Daniel Negreanu modelled it and now the world’s best poker face Phil Ivey follows with offering a poker course on Masterclass.com. Masterclass offers courses from the […]

Chris Ferguson is an American professional poker player. He was born on April 11th, 1963, in Los Angeles, CA. He won the biggest tournament in the world of

We sat down with Ray Chiu, Co-founder and Academy Director of the Hong Kong Poker Players Association during the Asia Poker League Vietnam 2019 to talk about the Hong Kong Poker scene.

Macau in seems to be becoming too popular for its own good. 2018 saw 35.81 million visitors, a 9.8% rise in numbers compared to 2017. According to forecasts, 2019 could bring this number up to 38 million. Communities in Macau have raised concerns about the increasing number of visitors and are calling for measures that […]

In his latest Tweets and YouTube video Daniel “KidPoker” Negreanu doesn’t just update us on his recent marriage to Amanda Leatherman (and his plans to become a father) and his upcoming WSOP, but he also drops the bomb about leaving industry giant PokerStars, “…after 12 years of being an ambassador for PokerStars we had an […]

Asia Poker League wrapped up another exciting festival in Vietnam running from May 9 to 20 at Pro Poker Club. This was the brand’s third visit to the country. Over the course of the twelve days, 18 events were up for grabs. As always, the Main Event fueled the largest turnout of 623 entries for […]

In January 2017, Fedor Holz predicted that 2017 would be Sontheimer’s “breakout year”, and he shared this thought publicly on Twitter. Predicting the breakout year of @RunGo0seRun. Best player in the game right now. — Fedor Holz (@CrownUpGuy) January 26, 2017 A few months later Sontheimer claimed the Purple Jacket at the Poker Masters. Since then, he […]

Negreanu and Leatherman tie the knot In one of the biggest events of the year for celebrity players in the poker world, outspoken Twitter enthusiast Daniel Negreanu married Amanda Leatherman. The couple said their vows as fellow players Phil Hellmuth, David Benyamine, Antonio Esfandiari and Jennifer Tilly looked on. It is unclear whether Negreanu went […]

Bryn Kenney is an American professional poker player. He was born on November 1st, 1986 and grew up in Long Beach, NY.

Later this month, the Asian Poker Tour returns to Korea to host the next leg in their event calendar. APT Korea Seoul 2019 takes place from May 29 to June 9 at Grand Walkerhill Paradise Casino. This will be the tour’s second visit to the bustling metropolis and it promises to be very exciting with […]

In just six hours of final table competition that saw a total of 92 hands, Chinese player Zhu Yong railed six players in his path to the Asia Poker League Vietnam Main Event title to seize the VND 1,700,440,000 (~US$72,000) first place purse. This was Yong’s first-ever victory and it was more than well-deserved. Catching […]

After six days of continuous thrilling poker at Pro Poker Club, the massive 623-entry field of the Asia Poker League Vietnam – Main Event – downsized even further in Day 3. 23 runners returned to the felt and in just four hours, the final 9 players emerged. For every one of these contenders, the hunt […]

Once in Las Vegas there are a lot of satellite options for the World Series of Poker at the Rio All-Suites Hotel & Casino itself. But what if you haven’t booked your ticket to Sin City yet and would rather like to try your chances online? Here is an overview of online satellite options to […]

It was make or break at Asia Poker League Vietnam with 149 players returning to Pro Poker Club for Day 2 of the Main Event. For nearly half the field, it was to be a day of misfortune with only 78 places due to get paid. At the end of the scheduled 10 rounds, the […]

As in the case of nearly every final starting day, Day 1D of the Asia Poker League – Main Event – attracted the largest field of 209 unique players with 80 re-entering for a total of 289 entries. Add this with the 334 combined entries of the previous starting days, that sums up to 623 […]

Jonathan Little is an American professional poker player. He was born on December 22nd, 1984 in Pensacola, Florida.

There was once a time, not so long ago when PokerStars was the only place to find tournaments which offered life-changing money. The live tournament circuit also saw PokerStars take a lead role in setting up tours with huge prizes. In the last few years though, we are beginning to see an increasing amount of […]

Day 1C of the Asia Poker League Vietnam – Main Event – ignited with a great turnout of 200 entries. This alone was much more than the first two starting days combined of 134 entries. Scattered around the host venue Pro Poker Club were pros from all over Asia however none soared as high as […]

Another starting day has come and gone at the Asia Poker League Vietnam – Main Event. A total of 70 entered Day 1B taking place at Pro Poker Club. By the end of the scheduled fourteen rounds only 15 players had chips to bag with USA’s Daniel Perkins amassing the largest of 292,000. This now […]