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The time of year is almost upon us. Las Vegas will be flooded with optimistic poker players in a little over six weeks, each hunting for an elusive WSOP bracelet. Among them will be fan favourite Daniel Negreanu, who has been seeking his seventh bracelet since 2013. $1.4M WSOP Negreanu has now posted his schedule […]

Following through on the announcement made in January, the All Japan Poker Circuit (AJPC) has sealed a deal that will extend the brand to Taiwan. According to the recent press release, the AJPC and the Taiwan Poker Club (Chinese Texas Holdem Association) have partnered up to bring in the first-ever Japanese poker brand to Taiwanese […]

The next Asian stop for players to try and land themselves a coveted PokerStars Players NL Hold’em Championship Platinum Pass was Korea with the Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) Korea ongoing at Paradise City, Incheon. The festival began on April 6 and will run through April 15. As of today, two passes have already been […]

Australia has some big events to look forward to starting with the Crown Poker Championship hitting the felt in just a week’s time. This festival is the newest addition to the Crown Poker yearly schedule and it comes with an estimated A$500,000 Main Event prize pool. Another one on the way is the Sydney Championships. […]

This week, online poker’s two key players announced the guarantees being offered for their upcoming tournament series’. SCOOP Series: $65 million up for grabs PokerStars offered up $55 million in last year’s SCOOP series, and they have increased that figure this time around, to $65 million. The series, which begins on May 6th and runs […]

Macau is stirring with movers and shakers these days. Read up on the gambling capital’s latest top stories below. Macau, China, and Hong Kong about to be linked to by controversial bridge After 8 years of construction, the longest sea bridge is about to open on the Pearl River Delta linking Hong Kong, Zhuhai (mainland […]

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Xing Biao Zhu has burst onto the Asian poker scene in some style this year, picking up a staggering 18 cashes in the first two months of 2018. He is quickly becoming an early contender for the PokerStars Asia Player of the Year title despite only being a part of the live circuit since 2016. […]

Going to Vegas during the World Series of Poker but don’t have enough money to play the big events? No problem. Anyone who has been to Vegas at the height of the poker season knows there are many more value tournaments to be played than just the WSOP at the RIO Hotel and Casino. Luckily […]

Having recently concluded a highly successful event in the Philippines, the Asian Poker Tour heads to the Las Vegas of the East for their next big festival, the APT Macau Championships 2018. This upcoming event will no doubt be very exciting with the Main Event backed by a rich HK$2,000,000 guaranteed prize pool. The APT […]

When it comes to poker laws in India, it is much like the United States with individual states given the green light on deciding the game’s fate. While some high court officials, such as in Karnataka and Kolkata, have ruled poker as a game of skill, the Bombay High Court begged to differ. Just days […]

If you’ve ever wanted to find your way into the mind of a great poker player, you certainly shouldn’t miss the most recent episodes of Joe Ingram’s podcast A.K.A ‘Poker Life Podcast’. Ingram has been putting out some fantastic content lately, interviewing several top guests on his podcast, including a four-hour interview with poker legend […]

The APT Philippines Championships 2018 witnessed what could possibly be the most engaging conclusion to the festival with Japanese pro Iori Yogo denying Filipino pro Lester Edoc the victory at the Championships Event. Both players had fantastic runs throughout the twelve-day event to earn them the top two places in the APT Player of the […]

April 17th will see PokerStars create a new segregated player pool to accommodate the influx of Indian poker players into its poker room. Indian players will no longer have access to the PokerStars.com client after this date and will be moved across to PokerStars.IN. This new domain will be operated by Sachiko Gaming Private Limited, […]

The APT Philippines Championships 2018 has been rocking the poker room at Resorts World Manila for the past week and last night, the first featured tournament, the Php55,000 buy-in Main Event, closed with Lester Edoc claiming the title. This was another incredible victory for Edoc who has now captured three major titles this year alone. […]

Only a few months of 2018 have elapsed so far, and already we have televised heroics at the tables. If you have forgotten to turn on your TV screen in the last few months, you may have missed these three televised gems. Isildur1 Call Of The Year commented by joeingram1   Hero-calls are always sweet, […]

PokerStars has released an announcement this week outlining plans for EPT Monte Carlo, which gets underway on April 24th. While the event itself is an exciting one on the calendar, there were interesting changes spoken of in the announcement which could go on to impact tournament games heavily in years to come. Shot Clocks to […]

The APT Philippines Championships 2018 is currently ongoing at Resorts World Manila with twelve days of games scheduled from March 21 – April 2. This is the first of four APT Championships festivals to be hosted by the brand this year. We’ve got a couple of big news to share. First, Executive Tournament Director Lloyd […]

This week’s Super High Roller Bowl tournament attracted some of the finest poker talent on earth to Macau, generating a huge prize pool of just over HK$145,000,000 (approx. US$18.5 million) with its HK$2.1 million (approx. US$270,000) buy in. Phil Ivey and Patrik Antonius were in attendance along with the usual array of High Roller regulars. […]

Yesterday, PokerStars has released a statement on their blog outlining changes which will soon come into effect. When you cut through opening few sentences and get down to what the statement is really about, it quickly becomes clear that players will be hit with another rake increase. Since the takeover of Amaya back in 2014, […]