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The Asia Poker League Taiwan festival has come to a conclusion. The festival took place from April 20th to  April 28th at the CTP Club in Taipei. A Main Event champion had been crowned and more trophies have found new owners in several side events. Read our first report from the festival here. Chi Jen Chen  wins the Main Event […]

Since its launch in October 2017, the Asian online brand J88Poker the asian online brands keeps developing its offering both on the live field and the online one. In April the brand hosted a successful festival in Taiwan which saw a total of 452 players entering the Main Event. In May the operator is putting […]

While most Asian countries have a more liberal approach, China maintains strong restrictions on poker, especially its digital versions. Online giants like Tencent, Alisports (Alibaba), and Ourgame, all had their own apps in the market but ended up shutting them down last year. This week, Techcrunch reported on a new wave of restrictions aiming to […]

This week’s online action has seen three eye-catching stories rise to the surface. GPI#1 Alex Foxen pockets big scores at Americas Card Room, “Lucky_Jew_17” wins the Sunday Million twice and online tournament beast Chris Moorman has been going about his usual Triple Crown collecting business. Alex Foxen crushing online Alex Foxen has consolidated his lead at the top of […]

Chris Moorman is a British professional poker player. He was born on July 12, 1985 in the United Kingdom. He currently still resides in his home country, in

After a successful opening event in China with a 1043-strong Main Event field the Asia Poker League now kicked off their second event of the year. The event is running from 20th to 28th April and is hosted at the CTP Club in Asia’s poker hotspot Taipei, Taiwan. It is partnered with the Deepstack Open, […]

This week has seen Tom ‘durrr’ Dwan get busy with some big pots and power plays during Triton’s Cash Game. While this isn’t entirely new, partypoker’s offer to host the Durrr Challenge, allowing it to resume, certainly is. The challenge has been going for around a decade now, with months, or even years passing between […]

Joe Ingram, aka “Chicago Joey” is an American professional poker player and podcast host. He was born on June 24, 1982 in Chicago, Illinois.

One of toughest problems to have faced online operators since the dawn of online poker is the infiltration of virtual tables by computer-controlled players. These ‘bots’ have an almost perfect mathematical grasp of the game, can implement game theory ideas efficiently and never tire or tilt. The technology guiding these bots has improved over the […]

When online poker’s greatest legend gets busy at the tables and wins a tournament, you can guarantee there will be people interested. The same can be a said of a Chinese national winning PokerStars’ Sunday Million tournament when the legality of their operations in China could perhaps be considered questionable. Both of our stories have […]

On April 15, the Metro Card Club in Pasig City, Philippines wrapped up their annual Metro Summer Event with Norwegian pro Kai Paulsen denying the locals the Main Event title. Paulsen was one of a small number of international players that attended and was the only decorated pro entering the final day. This marks his […]

The Asia Pacific Poker Tour stopped in Incheon, Korea from 5th to 14th April 2019 and it was a success all around. There were 3,247 total entries (including re-entries) over the 21-event festival, who competed for a whopping KRW 3,654,222,800 (~USD 3.22 million) in prize money, but it was the Main Event that was the […]

Lex Veldhuis is a Dutch professional poker player and Twitch streamer. He was born on December 29th, 1983 in Vlissingen, Netherlands.

One of Asia’s most popular poker brands is about to belt out a gigantic roar as the Asian Poker Tour gets set to host APT Philippines 2019. This annual stop in the APT calendar may arguably be the biggest event held by the brand each year. It will once again take place at Resorts World […]

When it comes to online poker rooms taking huge strides towards becoming the leading brand within the industry, few names stand out. While partypoker’s big guarantees have been well documented in recent times, Natural8 have also been busy raising eyebrows with their own generous tournament offerings. Their latest announcement, detailing the upcoming Blade Series makes […]

Chen An Lin is a highly recognized Asian poker professional from Taiwan. He began mounting numerous deep runs in 2015, mostly in Macau. He earned his first six-figures in 2016 at the EPT Monte Carlo High Roller event, then when 2018 rolled in, his live tournament career boomed. He finished 8th at the Aussie Millions […]

The first APPT – Asia Pacific Poker Tour – festival of the year has been buzzing up Paradise City Casino in Incheon, South Korea with the who’s who of the poker world filling up the floor since its start on April 5. Year after year, the APPT has grown in popularity. It continues to be […]

The Hong Kong Poker Players Association (HKPPA) Premier League series came and went last weekend running from April 4 to 7 in Taipei, Taiwan at the highly popular CTP Club – Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association. This was the first time HKPPA ventured outside of Hong Kong to host a full blown series with 8 […]

Every year, as we approach the WSOP, Daniel Negreanu announces his list of personal goals for the series and for the year. While he hasn’t yet released his list for 2019, he has been speaking about his plans for the series on the DAT Poker Podcast he co-hosts. His talent has yielded results in the past with Negreanu […]

Phil Galfond is an American professional poker player. He was born on January 16, 1985. He has been very successful in both online and live poker. He has won