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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 […]

The Poker King Cup has been playing out through the past week, and the festival has seen millions of Hong Kong dollars awarded, with the biggest prizes paid out in the Main Event, High Roller and Super High Roller. Here is our round-up of the numbers. Main Event: Wei Ran Pu claims the HK$1,464,000  first prize […]

The inaugural WPT Vietnam – the third leg of the Asia Swing, opened its doors today with two events heating up the felt at host venue Pro Poker Club. Welcome Event The Welcome Event was first on the floor with 112 players, of which 25 re-entered, for a total of 137 entries. This brought about a […]

The WPT Korea has been has been filled with action at Paradise City Incheon, but all events have now wrapped up. The Main Event saw Valeriy Pak take victory, carrying home the KRW63,620,000 (US $57,058) 1st prize, but he is far from being the biggest winner. A total of 4 High Roller events took place […]

Valeriy Pak is the WPT Korea Main Event Champion! He topped the field of 283 players to claim his first major victory on the live poker circuit. The Main Event took place at Paradise City Incheon, Korea. The event kicked off immediately after the first ever Global Poker Teams Event, which was won by Team […]

WPT Korea’s Main Event attracted 283 runners to Paradise City, Korea. After the dust settled on the first day’s action, only 72 returned for day 2. After the money bubble burst with the elimination of Hideo Miyamoto by Norwegian pro Markus Garberg, the 4 Players who qualified from the Tokyo flight entered the field. All of […]

Last May, Somuchpoker ran a story on the ban of online Texas Hold’em apps in China. Since then, the general state of poker in the country seems to have gotten bleaker. At the currently ongoing WPT Korea, we had a chance to chat with one of China’s top live tournament players, Guo Dong. Dong was […]

We have been reporting extensively on the WPT Global Teams Event recently, which saw Team China crowned as champions. The focus has now shifted to the WPT Korea Main Event, which began yesterday. At the end of the first two starting days, Saitoh Ryuichi is leading the 72 remaining survivors. Below is everything you should […]

The last two days has seen a riveting clash of nations unfold, with 14 four-person teams being tested in a number of poker formats as they sought to become the first champions of the WPT Global Teams Event, which took place in Incheon, Korea. In the end, Team China was relentless in its pursuit of the […]

One Super High Roller event which was not officially scheduled has popped up during the WPT Korea. Malaysian businessman and owner of the Triton brand, Richard Yong landed on Thursday evening with a group of players looking for higher stakes. The WPT festival has already attracted some of the finest talents in the Asia – […]

At the ongoing WPT Global Teams Event in Korea, Somuchpoker had the chance to meet Michael Soyza – the Malaysian pro who currently ranks #1 on GPI Asia. He shared with us about how he decided to switch to being a full-time tournament player, his future goals as well as the poker situation in Malaysia. […]

For the fourth time this year, Filipino pro Lester Edoc stood on the Main Event winner’s stage after seizing yet another title in his home country. His latest victory was at the APT Philippines Championships series ongoing at Resorts World Manila, an event he championed back in March. For this incredible feat, Edoc set a […]

The second day of World Poker Tour’s unique Global Teams Event has now drawn to close, with  Team China having vaulted into the lead. This is of little surprise, given that the Chinese team formed by Dong Guo (captain) and featuring Yang Zhang, Xixiang ‘heichao’ Luo and Guoliang Wei boasts combined earnings of over $5 million […]

WPT Japan came to an end just a few days ago on September 17th in Tokyo at Bane Bagus Shibuya Poker Club. This was the first stop of a 20-day period called “Asia Swing” – a succession of events taking place beneath the WPT banner in different Asian countries, providing all players with the perfect opportunity to visit Asia. […]

The first ever WPT Global Teams Event is ready to kick off in Korea at the Paradise City Hotel & Casino. The event will take place between September 19th and 21st during WPT Korea and involves an interesting new twist on tournament play. Team events are not new of course, but this event will pit nations […]