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Asian players begin their WSOP journey! The great migration has started once again. Players from all around the world have been arriving in Las Vegas these last few days to begin their challenge for coveted WSOP bracelets. Asian players may not be filling up the registration lists for events just yet, but significant numbers are […]

Randy “nanonoko” Lew made a name for himself by 24-tabling 6-Max No Limit Hold’em mid stakes on PokerStars and in the process achieved Supernova Elite six times. He is now a familiar face in the Asian live poker circuit. An interview by Gaelle Jaudon SMP: You were first known for crushing online. How did you work […]

Ivey returns In what is arguably the biggest piece of news to come out of the first few days of the WSOP, Phil Ivey has once again returned to the biggest tournament stage of all, entering the $100,000 High Roller event. His presence will surely have sent ripples around the Rio, especially as he made […]

As the WPT Main Tour Season XVI came to a close in Las Vegas with Matthew Waxman winning the Tournament of Champions, in another part of the globe, one event getting ready to fire up was the inaugural WPT New Zealand at SkyCity in Auckland. WPT New Zealand is part of the brand’s WPTDeepstacks Season […]

Another installment of the Manila Super Series has come and gone and once it again it produced an impressive field with 784 entries charging the felt at City of Dreams Manila. The series is one of the lowest buy-in festivals hosted by PokerStars LIVE with this year’s editions in Manila offering players a chance at […]

The largest poker tournament Vietnam has ever seen wrapped up with Singapore’s Lew Yin How winning the Asia Poker League Main Event. Last night, Lew Yin How withstood the final 9 round to emerge as champion and capture the VND 1,476,360,000 (~US$64,700) first place prize money. Ever since tournament poker opened up to local players […]

It’s that time of the year again with the biggest poker festival upon us, the World Series of Poker. On May 29 – July 17, 2018, players from all over the globe will descend upon the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas for the 49th edition of this annual celebration. Up for grabs […]

Vietnam is undeniably the hotbed for poker these days with the Asia Poker League drawing in a monstrous 864 entries to the Main Event. The 11-day festival has been running since May 25 at the Pro Poker Club in Ho Chi Minh City and will conclude on June 4. The past four days was dedicated […]

Hosted at the Aria Casino, the Super High Roller Bowl (SHRB) has quickly established itself as one of the events all top pros want to win. With a $300,000 price tag on each seat and a field of world class talent to get through in order to take home the $5 million top prize, buying […]

After a successful festival in the Philippines, which saw Filipino pro Lester Edoc triumphant in the Main Event, the Asia Poker League is now hosting its second event of the year in the up-and-coming Vietnamese poker market. The organizers teamed up with Pro Poker Club. The club saw a record-breaking APT Kick off Vietnam event last […]

To the delight of many players seeking live tournament action in Macau, the month of May avoided a dry spell with Poker King Club launching the Oriental Poker Championship 2018 (OPC). The inaugural six-day series took place at the Venetian Macao on May 23 – 28 with PKC CEO, Winfred Yu, opening the festivities with […]

After a series of delays during the construction of ‘Run It Once’ online poker room, the site created by Phil Galfond is almost ready to throw open its doors and treat players to the first phase of its offerings. Several key details have already been revealed in recent weeks, giving an insight into just what […]

What started out in China on April 2017 has just ended in Las Vegas, Nevada. Tonight, the World Poker Tour closed out another successful season of events that were held in various parts of the globe such as as Beijing, Amsterdam, Montreal, and the USA. Along the way, 18 champions added their names to the […]

Last month, the poker community was shocked to hear of the PokerStars LIVE room closure in City of Dreams Macau. For the past five years, players have come to rely on PokerStars LIVE Macau to offer the biggest and richest live poker events in Asia. With this unfortunate turn of events, along with the sudden […]

To players in the United States, American player Nam Le is one of several Vietnamese-descent players well-known in the live circuit. Recording his first cash back in 2004, Le has racked up an incredible list of live poker earnings (mostly in the states) amounting to well over US$7.3M. Contributing to that figure was his victory […]

Will a new record be made once again? With Darren Elias in the driver’s seat of the WPT Tournament of Champions, it may very well be so. Two days ago, Elias was all over the headlines for becoming the first quadruple WPT title-holder. He won the WPT Bobby Baldwin Classic, the last open event of […]

In his continuing pursuit for poker stardom, Pete Yen Han Chen reached another milestone in his career. At the WPT Tournament of Champions, ongoing at ARIA Resort & Casino, Chen was awarded the WPT Asia-Pacific Player of the Year title for his numerous achievements throughout the season, one of which was a huge victory at […]

It was an electrifying scene today in Las Vegas with World Poker Tour champions converging at ARIA Resort & Casino for the ultimate battle of the season, the WPT Tournament of Champions. This exclusive event saw 80 WPT past champions take to the felt eager to test their skills against fellow pros and hopefully close […]

While many players dream of having just one WPT victory, Darren Elias made history by becoming the first player to win a fourth WPT title. Elias overcame a field of 162 entries at the inaugural WPT Bobby Baldwin Classic in Las Vegas, denying runner-up Kitty Kuo her chance at a first WPT title. For his […]

The WPT Tournament of Champions is in full swing here at ARIA Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. For those unfamiliar with this event, it has been the crowning jewel season-ender of the World Poker Tour for the past two years. Currently on its third edition, the WPT TOC is an invitational event bringing together […]