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Known in the poker world as Tony G, Antanas Guoga is a man of many hats. Born in Kaunas, Lithuania on December 17, 1973, this Australian-Lithuanian poker star

Indian police have raided and shut down around 500 card rooms in Bengaluru in what is a sudden shift in law enforcement’s view on gambling venues. Commission of Police Alok Kumar indicated to the Bangalore Mirror that this move was an attempt to thwart criminal activity and brawls that have become synonymous with the games. […]

Three WSOP bracelets, a WPT title, over eight million dollars in tournament winnings and at least as much in cash games – Barry Greenstein is a true poker legend. But the PokerStars ambassador is above all an eminently friendly character to whom we take pleasure in listening. Gaelle Jaudon is bringing us this exclusive interview. Somuchpoker: First, How was […]

PokerStars LIVE Manila ran for seven days from October 1 to October 7 at City of Dreams Manila. As always, Filipino players flooded the felt and in the aftermath, they captured 8 of the 15 trophies. Among the winners were Lester Edoc and Alexis Lim. However, the top prize went to Singapore’s Tan Wah Meng […]

On October 2, 2018, one of India’s highly colorful poker players, Dhaval “Dirty” Mudgal clinched his first-ever major international poker title. He overcame the 679 entry field of the inaugural WPT Vietnam Main Event at Pro Poker Club in Ho Chi Minh City and pocketed VND 2,427,580,000 (~US$104,000). The day after, the champ sat down […]

It has been a thrilling nine days of poker running from September 26 to October 4 here in Ho Chi Minh City with WPT Vietnam wrapping up a fantastic festival on their first-ever visit. The event was part of a tri-leg series that began in Japan, followed by Korea, and concluding in Vietnam. At each […]

While the inaugural WPT Vietnam Main Event was running, the Pro Poker Club continued to fill to capacity with players gobbling up seats to the side events. One of the hottest tickets was the High Roller event pulling a thunderous 224 entries over the course of two starting days. With each entry ponying up the […]

With the WPT Vietnam Main Event now in the books, it’s time to catch up on the side event action. Currently running is the WPT – Pro Poker Superstack Classic. That’s a three-day event and by the size of the field, it looks like players will be seeing a very nice pot for that. Registration […]

The penultimate day of the inaugural WPT Vietnam in Ho Chi Minh City had a wide range of side action filling every seat at the Pro Poker Club. By the midnight cutoff, three titles were claimed and one bagging up with the final 9 remaining. We’ve got those stories for you below. Dinh Xuan Dinh […]

India’s Dhaval “Dirty” Mudgal made World Poker Tour history tonight as the first player to win a WPT Main Event title in Vietnam. Amidst a crowded rail, Mudgal defeated Japan’s Takao Shimizu at heads up and captured the VND 2,4287,580,000 (US$104,000) first prize. The VND 22M buy-in Main Event ran a total of five days […]

WPT Vietnam Main Event saw the return of the 178 survivors and from the get-go it was action-packed at Pro Poker Club. The event attracted 679 total entries for a smashing prize pool of VND 13,172,600,000. This was the largest-ever live tournament poker prize pool seen in the country. And to earn a piece, all […]

We have teamed up with 888poker! The poker room is offering exclusive $150 freerolls to Somuchpoker followers every Sunday! The field size is expected to be small, you have a great chance to get your hands on some easy money. You do not have to make any sort of deposit to play the freeroll, just open […]

We have teamed up with 888poker! The poker room is offering exclusive $150 freerolls to Somuchpoker followers every Sunday! The field size is expected to be small, you have a great chance to get your hands on some easy money. You do not have to make any sort of deposit to play the freeroll, just open […]

A total of 178 has made it to Day 2 of WPT Vietnam Main Event.  Action will resume at 12pm at Pro Poker Club. Seat draw below: Last Name Table Seat 1 Nguyen Thai Duong 315,500 1 1 2 Jason Lau 155,000 1 2 3 Victory Chong 57,000 1 3 4 Abhivav Iyer 45,000 1 4 […]

For the past few weeks, the World Poker Tour has been busy spreading their brand of poker all over the region with the WPT Asia Swing taking place in Japan, Korea, and now Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. For the latter, it was their inaugural visit with nine days of games lined up from […]

The first two legs of the WPT Asia Swing may have been successful but Vietnam, now that’s shaping up to be the biggest yet. The inaugural WPT Vietnam kicked off another thrilling day of games with winners crowned amidst a packed house of Main Event attendees at the Pro Poker Club. We’ve got those highlights […]

The Asian Poker Tour returns to Ho Chi Minh City for the third time this year with APT Vietnam 2018 taking place from October 5 to 11 at Pro Poker Club. The APT was the first international brand to bring a full-blown poker festival to the city drawing in a huge crowd that produced massive […]

WPT Ho Chi Minh Cup WPT Asia Swing continued with the second day of the inaugural WPT Vietnam bringing out more players to Pro Poker Club. A total of 207 turned up for the WPT Ho Chi Minh Cup. The opening flight pulled in the busier crowd with 114 players while the later flight drew […]

Mission accomplished. Korean ex-Starcraft gamer Lim Yohwan set out to win a poker major and he did just that at the recently concluded APT Philippines Championships this past weekend. Yohwan aka Boxer by his fans, crushed the 174-entry field of the Championships Event and lifted his first-ever championship title along with the PHP 2,819,900 (~US$51,900) […]

The next leg of the “Asia Swing” brings the World Poker Tour to Ho Chi Minh City for their inaugural festival in Vietnam. This year has been a busy one for the players in the country with the floodgates opening and poker tours jumping at the chance to showcase their events to this young, vibrant […]