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After 17 days of continuous poker festivities running from October 13 -29, the 2017 Asia Championship of Poker (ACOP) is now officially in the books. This year’s edition of the ACOP was by far the largest and richest with 48 tournaments for a grand prize pool of HK$166,276,022 (~US$21.3M). Here is a look at the […]

When it comes to poker festivals in the Philippines, many international players tend to follow the Asian Poker Tour and PokerStars. Unsurprisingly so, as these well-established brands have developed a strong international following and tend to muster up huge prize pools. However, despite the lure of these giants, there is one local poker brand standing […]

On Wednesday October 25, 2017, a new poker site will be entering the online market as J88Poker sets to go live at 16:00 Chinese Standard Time. Initially, the site will be available on download only to your personal computers however the mobile version is already in its planning stages with December anticipated as its targeted […]

“The plan is simple. We keep on fighting. If poker teaches us one thing it is that we should never go on tilt and never give up! “ – Australian Online Poker Alliance (AOPA) founder, Joseph Del Duca to Somuchpoker upon the banning of online poker in Australia. On March 2017, online poker in Australia was […]

We’ve all heard that buzz that China is the next poker frontier, but due to strict regulations, it is not an easy market to penetrate. However, the numbers are definitely growing with more events slowly seeping in and players venturing out into the wild. As an example, this year the World Poker Tour kicked off […]

Born in Madison, Wisconsin on July 16th, 1964, Phillip Jerome Hellmuth Jr., aka The Poker Brat, is an American professional poker player.

As 2017 nears its close with tournaments winding down to the last few events, one thing many will be keeping a close watch on are the Player of the Year races. In Asia, most people are well aware of the Asia Player of the Year by PokerStars and the APT Player of the Year by […]

For those that love to get their hands on free money, the €100 Somuchpoker freeroll on Betfair is the opportunity of the week, with no requirement to make a deposit before registering. Next freeroll:  October 22, 2017 on Betfair – 3PM WET REGISTER – What can I win: 100 Euros to be shared between a relatively small number […]

Another big day for “Team Germany” with Stefan Schillhabel defeating Canada’s Mike Watson at the final heads up round to capture the Triton Super High Roller Series HK$250K No Limit Hold’em Six Max event. This was the first time the series descended upon Asia’s gambling hub of Macau and it impressively packed in a record […]

When talking about the poker wizards of the world, many names immediately come to mind, however these days, none seem to be more famous than the young German prodigy, Fedor Holz. In just a few years, this incredible 24-year old poker superstar has accumulated over US$24M in live earnings and has recently surpassed Phil Ivey […]

In just a week’s time, poker players from all around the globe will storm the doors of King’s Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic for the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE). For the past two years, the WSOP has held circuit festivals at this location however this will be a first for the WSOPE. With […]

Who is Matt Kirk? Australian poker professional Matt Kirk, also known as “Aussie Matt” has been catching the public’s eye and ear quite a bit these days. Known to be more of a cash game Pot Limit Omaha player that spends his career in the shadows playing incredibly high stakes private games, it is odd […]

Born September 26, 1990 in Sweden, Viktor Blom is better known by his online poker name, Isildur1. In fact, this high-stakes online poker player kept his

A few years ago, Nathan “BlackRain79” Williams was the talk of the poker forums after posting never seen results at the smallest online Stakes. Since then he moved to Thailand, kept playing but also became a well known blogger and  author teaching +players to become winning players at online poker SMP:  Why and when have you […]

In recent weeks, high stakes cash games have made a long-awaited return to our screens through Poker Go, bringing names such as Tom Dwan, Doyle Brunson, Antonio Esfandiari, Isaac Haxton and many others back to the televised tables. While Hold’em has often been the game of choice for these cash games in years gone by, […]

From September 26th-30th, the WPT Korea was buzzing up the Grand Jeju Paradise Casino with 175 entries tallied for the Main Event. With each entry at KRW 1.5M each, this racked up a prize pool of KRW 229,162,500 (~US$200,000). After five days of action, Canada’s Jessica Bian Hong Yang captured her first major international poker title. […]

Whether it is opening up new poker rooms or staging the biggest poker events, the Poker King Club is undoubtedly one of the most ambitious poker brands in the Asian region. Within the past two years, the PKC – owned by the Macau VIP junket investor Suncity Group –, launched various projects that included the […]

With the spotlight constantly upon the them, poker pros are widely expected to become ambassadors of the game and to adopt perfect behaviour. But can we really expect that from people who choose to make a living playing cards? If you want to know what you are not supposed to do at a poker table, […]

Poker in Asia shifts to one of the most beautiful destinations in the region, Jeju Island, where the World Poker Tour is currently hosting its latest event, the WPT Korea 2017. This marks the third year the WPT has visited the island, drawing in players to enjoy both the games indoors and the lush beauty […]

Phil Ivey appeared last Saturday in Beijing With the biggest star of poker making a limited number of appearances this year and skipping the entire WSOP (World Series of Poker), seeing Phil Ivey appear as the guest star of a promotional event in Beijing was something of a surprise. Somuchpoker was on site to get […]