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With more than $8M in live earnings on the international poker circuit, Manig Loeser is one of the most talented German players. He spent his last few weeks in Rozadov for the WSOPE where our reporter Gaelle Jaudon had the chance to meet him. Somuchpoker: Your first cash was in 2011, and now you have […]

Coming November 9 to 19, the most popular poker room in the Philippines, the Metro Card Club aka Metro will host its biggest event of the year, the RVS CUP 2018 Philippine Poker Championship. Running for a fifth consecutive year, this highly anticipated series once again brings to the table a PHP 5 Million (US$ […]

Running alongside the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) bracelet events are a plethora of daily tournaments at host venue King’s Casino. Though the fields have generally been on the lighter side, these games have still produced plenty of thrilling results. Last night, two high ranking Malaysian pros earned the largest payday of their career; […]

The World Series of Poker Europe at King’s Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic is on its final stretch with Event #10: €10,350 No Limit Hold’em Main Event underway. Prior to that, bracelet #9 went to the host country’s own Martin Kabrhel, and the undisputed champion of WSOP Player of Year race was none other than […]

Antonio Esfandiari is an Iranian-American professional poker player. He was born on December 8th, 1978 in Tehran, Iran. 

Stu “The Kid” Ungar is considered the best No Limit Hold’em (and Gin Rummy) player that has ever lived down to pure natural raw talent and “card sense”.

The WSOPE has been ongoing at King’s Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic running from October 9 to November 2. These last days have seen intense high stakes action, but the best could be yet to come. High Stakes Cash games featuring Matt Kirk & Leon Tsoukernik With blinds at 1,000/2,000 Euros, some mammoth PLO Cash Games have already begun, […]

The past week saw more bracelets awarded at the 2018 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE). The annual event has been ongoing at King’s Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic running from October 9 to November 2. Among the hottest news were Asian players standing out. Hong Kong pro Anson Yan Shing Tsang ran deep in four […]

News from Macau lately has been largely negative for both casino operators and poker players. This could be set to change to some degree, with an important new bridge linking Macau to Hong Kong having now been opened. This should help the flow of new money into Macau during the coming months. World’s longest sea […]

The 13-day 2018 Victorian Poker Championship (VPC) filled the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia from October 11 to 23 with 17 events running throughout. Buy-ins ranged from A$240 to A$5,000. The festival concluded with as many as seven happy winners walking away with their first-ever series career titles. Among them was Adrian Indovino, champion of […]

For a country such as as Japan with very strict gambling laws, the red flag on poker has been lifted. This past summer, the Japanese Parliament approved the development of up to three integrated casino resorts and among the games given meticulous consideration was poker. It is likely that as early as mid-2020’s, poker players […]

Jeff Gross, the PokerStars’ ambassador, forged his competitive spirit on the soccer field. But his true love has always been poker – a game he discovered in university when he was sharing his room with Michael Phelps. Since then, he has dedicated himself fully to this passion, having earned more than $3M on the live poker circuit […]

The World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) is currently underway at Kings Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic with 10 bracelet events and over €13M in guaranteed prizes. The event runs from October 9 to November 2. As of today, four events have completed. Among the top stories are the Colossus Event winner, pros Asi Moshe […]

2018 has seen tremendous changes in the Asian poker landscape and contributing largely to this is today’s newest poker hotspot – Vietnam. Last year, the Vietnamese government gave the thumbs up for poker membership clubs to be erected with locals allowed to participate. One of the first places to open was WIN Bridge & Poker […]

After delivering a highly successful inaugural event last May, Asia Poker League returns to Vietnam for APL Ho Chi Minh City – Road Series Vol 3. This second round of festivities has something for everyone with a fantastic schedule lined up from November 15 to 25 at Pro Poker Club. 18 events run throughout, highlighted […]

The 2018 Triton Super High Roller Series Jeju took place last July and saw massive televised NLH and Short Deck cash games hosted on the side. Two episodes are released every week on the Triton Poker YouTube channel displaying prominent players: Tom Dwan, Patrick Antonius, Paul Phua, Dominik Nitsche, Jason Koon, and Andrew Robl. But, […]

From October 5 to 14, the All Japan Poker Championship (AJPC) Asian Circuit was back at Paradise City in Incheon for their third-ever visit to Korea. Throughout the ten days, a total of 26 events were lined up. As expected the Japanese dominated in numbers, however in individual titles, it was China’s Xing Biao Zhu […]

Tournament Series’ with headline grabbing guarantees can represent a short-term risk for up and coming operators, but there is undoubtedly a longer-term benefit in terms of publicity and attracting new customers. Natural8 has chosen to hit the headlines with a $3.5 million guaranteed prize pool across a series which will offer 129 events. Inaugural ‘Good […]

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The Asian Poker Tour wrapped up a third visit to Ho Chi Minh City this year with APT Vietnam 2018 completing a weeklong event from October 5 to 11 at the highly popular poker room, Pro Poker Club. Many notable players grabbed the headlines. Without a doubt, the biggest catch of the day was Tetsuya […]