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The Sydney Championships concluded its 10th year anniversary celebration with the largest-ever seen Main Event attendance in the festival’s history. A total of 522 runners came out to play, and with the buy-in set at A$3,000, the A$1 Million guarantee was easily surpassed for a grand prize pool of A$1,461,600 (~US$1,078,000). Last night, Australia’s Nebojsa […]

The rivalry between PokerStars and partypoker has been growing for a while now, and with each tournament series, it seems to intensify. The latest chapter in this ongoing competition was announced this week, with both poker rooms releasing details of a future tournament series that aims to be bigger and better than its previous installments. […]

The Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) is in Manila, and it seems, so are a large number of players from all over the region. Through the years, APPT Manila has proven to be one of the most highly desired events and with this edition of the series offering over P37 Million in guaranteed prizes and […]

Originally from Saarbrücken, Germany, Fedor Holz is a professional poker player who was born on July 25, 1993 and is also known by his PokerStars screen name

The Asia Poker League will once again visit China, bringing a third Chinese APL event to all the players who wish to be involved. The festival will span 8 days between August 14th and 22nd. The event will be hosted by the Xi’an Baoyulin Poker Sporting Club and will include a Main Event tournament with […]

Mikita Badziakouski goes back to back Back to back Main Event titles in any live poker series is something most players only ever dream of, but for Mikita Badziakouski that dream has become a reality. Not only that, but he has accomplished his feat in a series that richly rewards its winners. The Triton Super […]

The Asian Poker Tour continues to liven up the region with another big festival kicking off in just a week’s time. Fresh from a very successful event in Vietnam, the tour heads to Korea to host the APT Korea Championships 2018. The event is set to take place from August 8 to August 19 at […]

The Metro Card Club has long been recognized as one of the leading pioneers of poker in the Philippines. Since its inception in 2007, many of the country’s top professionals got their start at its tables. Last night, Somuchpoker was invited to a special victory celebration as the Metro honored five homegrown players aka “Batang […]

The Sydney Championships is currently celebrating its 10th year anniversary at Star Poker with festivities running from July 17 until August 6. The festival promises a whopping A$2.25 Million (US$1.6M) in guaranteed prizes spread across five events with the upcoming Main Event extending the largest chunk of A$1 Million. With ten days of games already […]

With two events hosted in Vietnam this year, the Asian Poker Tour is tapping into new markets with a fair number of players new to the game. We took a chance during the latest event hosted by the Tour in Ho Chi Minh City to ask Lloyd Fontillas – APT General Manager & Executive Tournament […]

To the Asian sector, the historic city of Xi’an, China may not be one of the most well-known poker destinations but that may all change with the Silk Road Cup producing one of the largest events the county has seen this past week. The third edition of the Silk Road Cup ran from July 19 […]

This year’s WSOP has been a record-breaking feast of poker, with 123,865 entries across all events and $266,889,193 in prize pools. During the course of the series, there have been great stories, but also great hands. Here is our rundown of the six which sparked debate or lit up the Rio this summer. 1) Cynn […]

Since founding Singapore Poker League, Jack Liew has spent the last few years promoting poker in Singapore. He has just teamed up with Asia Poker League for its upcoming event in Xi’An, China. Somuchpoker: Can you tell us a bit more about how your poker journey started and why you decided to create the Singapore […]

The continued rise of partypoker as an online force will be marked this summer by another daring online tournament series, with big guarantees scheduled across the planned events. A total of $2.1 million is guaranteed across the Monster Series, which will involve 171 tournaments played out between July 29th and August 6th. This will be […]

The Asian Poker Tour has been in Vietnam since July 11 for their twelve-day championship series in Ho Chi Minh City. The event is currently ongoing at the Pro Poker Club with several events already wrapped up. Vietnam’s Dang Xuan Canh wins the Main Event Last night, the Main Event witnessed Vietnam’s Dang Xuan Canh […]

While the World Poker Tour is already one of the most recognisable poker brands in the world, reaching more people in Asia and hosting events there is always an important goal for poker tours who want to see their brand grow. The tour may already be a regular visitor to Asia, but operations there have […]

In 2016, the poker world stood in awe as Fedor Holz put together a run of live tournament results that few thought they would see again. He accumulated around $16 million through that calendar year, winning High Roller tournaments with apparent ease. Fast forward just two years, and Holz’s epic run has now been surpassed […]

Cada and Deeb both win second bracelets of the year! Joe Cada’s great series Poker can be an unpredictable game full of surprises, with Joe Cada’s 2018 WSOP being a clear reflection of that. He began his series in the best way possible, winning event 3, the $3,000 Shootout, winning $226,218 in the process. The […]

After a marathon heads-up battle lasting long into the night, the Main Event is now over and the poker world has a new champion. Never before has a WSOP Main Event taken so many hands to be decided, and after this gruelling test, it is John Cynn who now joins an elite club of poker […]

As the 2018 WSOP winds down to its final days, and the world awaits the next Main Event champion, many have set their sights on the last remaining side events. Asian pros were part of that group with several running very deep such as James Chen, Lester Edoc, and Aditya Sushant. One player achieving ultimate […]