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PFrom 383 entrants, we are down to the final 6 players of the PPPoker World Championship – Main Event. Many would love to be in the shoes of the finalists with first prize an enormous PHP 4,850,000 (US$93,000). Three of the contenders hail from the host country of the Philippines. Two of them are highly […]

High Roller Buy-in – PHP 110,000 (USD2,117) Entries – 37 Prize pool – PHP 3,589,000 (USD 69,104) Final 6 players (by chip count) Jung Seung  Mook – 610,000 Aditya Sushant – 454,000 Trygve Leite – 281,000 Ugur “Ozgur” S. – 206,000 Le Ngoc Khanh – 175,000 Yen Han “Pete” Chen – 123,000 Payouts 1st PHP 1,255,000 […]

The PPPoker World Championship resumed the Main Event with Day 2 seeing 130 players back on the felt in a race to survive another ten grueling rounds. For many, it was a day that would end before the money with only 60 paid. For some, cashing was better than walking away empty-handed. But for 16 […]

The last starting day of the PPPoker World Championship – Main Event – produced the largest turnout of 176 players. As expected, many well known figures in the Asian circuit and international players in the region came out with the jaw-dropping PHP 20 Million (US$382,000) guarantee giving them every reason to attend. After a grueling […]

After three starting days, the PPPoker World Championship – Main Event – enters Day 2 with 130 players out of the 383 total entrants returning to the felt. These players are now just one step closer to claiming a share of the enormous PHP 20 Million (US$382,000) guarantee. Cards in the air at 12pm. Live […]

No. Name  Chip Count Seat Number Nationality 1 ALPHEUS TIN HO CHAN            273,500 Table 9 Seat 3  Canada 2 YSMAEL WILLIAM LIM            266,500 Table 15 Seat 3  Philippine 3 IYERABHINAV NATARAJ            250,400 Table 8 Seat 8 India 4 DENIS CHEREMISIN            209,300 Table 3 Seat 8 Russia 5 KALYAN CHAKRAVARTHY CHEEKURI            […]

It was an action-packed Sunday at the PPPoker World Championship with Main Event Day 1B dragging out 143 players to host venue Resorts World Manila. The draw of course was none other than the meaty PHP 20 Million (US$382,000) guaranteed prize pool. By the end of the scheduled 10 hours of play, only 46 had […]

It was make or break at the PPPoker World Championship – Teams Event. What started out as 10 teams yesterday saw only 8 advance to today’s round. Once again the goal was to rack up the highest number of points over three games: 6 Max SNG, Double Heads Up, and Heads Up, however this time […]

Saturday at the races attracted 64 players to Main Event Day 1A of the PPPoker World Championship at Resorts World Manila. This was the first of three starting days. No same day re-entries were allowed leaving only 22 players at the end of the scheduled 10 hours of play. Owning the chip lead was India’s […]

The much-awaited PPPoker World Championship festival has made landfall in the Philippines with seven days of games taking place at Resorts World Manila starting today February 15 to February 21. PPPoker is the hottest online poker app that has stormed the market for the past two years, and last year, they ventured into the live […]

On 13th February, PokerStars Director of Poker Innovations and Operations Severin Rasset published a blog article on more changes to the PokerStars rewards system. Several updates will be applied throughout 2019, starting with another cut into MTT rewards. 55% reward cut for PokerStars tournament players “The first change will be implemented on Friday, February 15, […]

Opening day of the inaugural PPPoker World Championship (PPWC) is swinging in the Philippines with the Teams Event well underway at Resorts World Manila. Ten teams have descended upon felt, each one having coughed up the PHP 550,000 (US$10,478) entry fee for a chance at the PHP 10 Million (US$190,530) guaranteed prize pool. If you […]

Opening day of the PPPoker World Championship (PPWC) was a tough battleground with 10 teams going at it at the Teams Event for a spot into Day 2. By the end of the scheduled three games, two teams fell out of the running leaving 8 teams to advance to Day 2. Recap below. Teams Event […]

The “Poker Brat” is rarely quiet about his poker results. There won’t be a tournament success that we will not hear about on social media and in the poker media outlets. His haters can’t deny that winning 15 WSOP bracelets is an incredible achievement. The polarizing Phil Hellmuth keeps on showing up and his wins […]

Mike Sexton was an American professional poker player and poker commentator. He was born on September 22nd, 1947 in Shelby, Indiana. He passed away on

Two years ago, Paul Phua was busy unveiling a training website which was endorsed by giants of the game, Phil Ivey and Tom Dwan. Since then, the team behind this training website has been busy producing content which features some of the biggest players in the game. Previously, the site concentrated on shorter, concise videos. […]

Downtown Las Vegas putting in the work Downtown Las Vegas has not had it easy since the first casinos and hotels opened in the 1930s & 1940s on the Strip. The new shiny mammoth buildings quickly stole the show from the original settlement. With the Fremont Street Experience and many other efforts, Downtown kept trying […]

From February 3 to February 11, players in Japan finally experienced their first-ever Asian Poker Tour festival in their home country. The Japanese have been long time supporters of the brand, participating in numbers at stops around the region. The inaugural APT Tokyo Japan 2019 took place at Casino Stadium with 9 events total that […]

Winners galore in the Philippines with two tournaments running back-to-back in Manila. From January 31 to February 4, the Metro Card Club held the Philippine Poker Tournament (PPT) with a Php 2M Guaranteed Main Event. 487 runners took to the felt with Gideon Galpo crushing the competition. Following that, PokerStars LIVE Manila held a six-day […]

Natural 8 hosts satellites for APT Taiwan The first satellite hosted by Natural8 has already played out on February 3rd, but two more are scheduled, for the 10th and 17th, giving players two more great opportunities to qualify for APT Taiwan. The first two satellites have commanded a buy in of $150 and guarantee at […]