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Current standings of the GPI Asia Overall and POY, Asia POY and APT POY 2017
We are well past the mid-year mark and it is prime time to update everyone on the exciting Player of the Year races in Asia. Pete Yen Han Chen leads both the GPI Overall Asia and GPI Asia POY 217 standings 2017 has been a year of fireworks for Pete Yen Han Chen and to […]
08/10/2017
Interview with the 2017 MBP Hope Cup Main Event champion John Tech
Filipino pro John Tech conquered the biggest event that rocked Macau last week, the 2017 Macau Billionaire Poker Summer Showdown Hope Cup Main Event. The event boasted of a HKD 20M guarantee which was impressively attained with a massive turnout of 826 entries, most of them hailing from mainland China. With each one ponying up […]
08/09/2017
Top winners of the PokerStars Festival Manila
The inaugural PokerStars Festival Manila stormed through City of Dreams Manila for 11 days of unrelenting poker action from July 28th- August 7th. Here’s a look at some of the festival’s biggest winners. Massive victory for India’s Uday Bansal at the Main Event There were quite a number of players from India representing their home […]
08/07/2017
Sydney Championships: Henry Tran wins the Main Event for $AU300,000
The Sydney Championships has attracted hundreds of players from many parts of the world here to Star Poker Room for this festival, and they have not been disappointed. Big guarantees have been met and great poker has been played, but the curtain is now closing on this series for another year. Here is a rundown […]
08/07/2017
Aussie Millions 2018 Schedule Released!
Allowing for players to fix their calendars, Crown Melbourne has announced the schedule for the Aussie Millions 2018 Poker Championship Festival which will run from January 17 to February 5, 2018. The Aussie Millions is expected to surpass records next year. With numbers hoped to be bigger than this year’s event, Crown Melbourne has prepared an […]
08/05/2017
An exclusive conversation with poker legend Jennifer Harman
In a world dominated by men, Jennifer Harman occupies a very special place in the poker world. She is one of the only three women to have won two World Series of Poker bracelets in open events. But her greatest success has come from playing the biggest cash games, including the “Big Game,” in Bobby’s […]
08/04/2017
Powerfest returns to PartyPoker in September bringing $35M in guarantees
Powerfest returns The 3rd of September marks the day when the Powerfest series returns to partypoker, bringing $35 million in guarantees to the tournament playing masses. The buy ins for these events will range from the affordable, all the way up to $25,500, with guaranteed prize pools bringing the chance of overlays in certain events. […]
08/02/2017
World Poker Tour announces WPT Japan
The land of the rising sun will soon experience its first major poker event with the World Poker Tour (WPT) and the Japan Poker Union Corporation (JPUC) teaming up for a special event branded WPT Japan. The official announcement was just released and it will be the first ever WPT poker festival held in the country. The […]
08/02/2017
Pro Poker Club concludes first major poker event in Ho Chi Minh City
Poker in Vietnam set a huge milestone this past weekend with the Pro Poker Club concluding its first major event, the Pro Poker Cup. For those just getting around to the news, the Pro Poker Club is the newest poker club to open in Vietnam and is the first legal poker club in Ho Chi […]
07/31/2017
Pro Poker Club: First Poker Club Opens its doors in Ho Chi Minh City
The Vietnam poker scene is undergoing a complete transformation. In a country where locals are largely banned from entering casinos, poker has found an alternate path to cater to the population, who have expressed an interest in the game. What started in Hanoi over a year ago with the opening of Aces Poker Club (now […]
07/26/2017
The Days that saw Phil Ivey win $20M on Full Tilt Poker
Script and Audio by Craig Bradshaw / Video Bruno Thienard FULL STORY It’s April 14th 2011 and Phil Ivey finishes his latest session of poker. His total winnings on Full Tilt are almost at the $20M mark, making him by far the biggest winner in online history…. but things are about to change. Phil Ivey’s […]
07/25/2017
Highlights of the first PokerStars Festival Korea
With the WSOP Main Event final table dominating poker headlines over the past week, it would be easy to forget that other tours and tournaments have been going about their business in other parts of the world. PokerStars have in fact been running their own festival in Korea, with notable names from the Asian community […]
07/24/2017
Scott Blumstein crowned 2017 WSOP Main Event Champion
The 73rd event of the 2017 World Series of Poker festival has now concluded, culminating with a new world champion being crowned in Las Vegas. The event in question, was of course the fabled Main Event – a poker tournament that attracts players from across the world each year. 7,221 were drawn like moths to […]
07/23/2017
Where is Phil Ivey?
Phil Ivey Absent from WSOP – Where is Poker’s Biggest Star? He is without doubt the most recognisable figure in the poker world. The face of Phil Ivey has become synonymous with WSOP success over the years, but he has not graced the tournament rooms of the Rio this summer at all. This has left […]
07/22/2017
Calvin Anderson: A conversation with one of the best all-around Tournament players in the World.
Calvin Anderson is well known in the poker community and is considered one of the best all-around Tournament players in the World. This year, he almost captured his 2nd WSOP Bracelet in the $ 1,111 No Limit Hold’em Little One for One Drop. Instead he finished runner-up for $ 324,597. But it’s really at the […]
07/20/2017
The Germans sweep the Triton SHR! Holz wins the 6-Max and Loeser dominates the Main
The Triton Super High Roller Series headed out to Montenegro for a five-day event at the Maestral Resort & Casino off the exclusive coast of the Adriatic waters. While the gorgeous and romantic surroundings could easily take anyone’s breath away, mindless of the hours spent just staring at such natural beauty, that intimate moment had […]
07/20/2017
Ignition Poker and Casino opens its doors to Australian players
In recent weeks, Ignition Casino and Poker has been making big moves. First, they announced an exciting venture into the Australian poker market. Then, they announced the schedule for their Super Million Poker Open, beginning Saturday, July 15. With the Australia market in major flux due to changing laws that have left many poker providers […]
07/18/2017
WSOP Main Event: Lamb and Saout return as Blumstein leads Final Table
After 7 days of gruelling poker, in which a field of 7,221 has been ground down to 9 we now have our final table of survivors. Some of these players have been here before and come agonizingly close to wearing the crown, but most are in new territory. With 1,075 players having already been paid […]
07/18/2017
Poker Mindset: What is Tilt?
Steffen Rachut is a Mental Game Coach and a Counseling Psychologist. His passion for the mental game of poker started during his own active career as a poker player. He now helps poker players achieve their full potential by coaching them through their mental blocks. In his performance coaching, Steffen blends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy […]
07/17/2017
WSOP Main Event: Asian hopes evaporate as Christian Pham takes the lead
As the WSOP Main Event draws ever closer to the final table finale, we bring you a recap of the astonishing numbers involved, the stories of surviving stacks and the action as it unfolded on the sixth day. The numbers 7,221 players began this year’s Main Event, which is the third largest Main Event field […]
07/17/2017