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The Spring Championship of Online Poker is undoubtedly one of the most prestigious online events to take place each year. It also showcases some of the greatest poker talents in the world, across an array of different tournaments and games on PokerStars. This year has seen not only great players taking part, but also winning, […]

Kitty Kuo is a female poker pro ranked 4th in Taiwan. She has over US$1.6M in live earnings. She is a well-traveled player frequenting the biggest tours annually such as the WSOP, EPT, and the Aussie Millions. Once in while she’ll hit the felt in Macau where she  won the PokerStars Macau Poker Cup back […]

Born July 11, 1990 in Holden, Massachusetts, Daniel Alan Colman is a professional American poker player who has risen to fame rapidly.

Somuchpoker is in Las Vegas, Nevada this week to bring you the action at ARIA Resort and Casino where the World Poker Tour has taken over the poker scene since the month began. The tour’s Season XVI games, which began in Beijing a year ago, will conclude with the highly anticipated WPT Tournament of Champions […]

To summarize the recently concluded Triton Super High Roller Series in Montenegro, it was impressive. For the first time, a festival delivered something innovative to fans worldwide: short deck tournaments and a televised cash game with pots ballooning to $2M. Elite players such as Phil Ivey and Tom Dwan were in attendance with the former […]

On April 20, the Chinese poker community was shaken by the news of a government shutdown on all online poker apps and any social apps that promote the game of Texas Hold’em. This ban is to be in effect starting June 1, 2018. With not much information on this ban circulating out of China, Somuchpoker […]

The APL Road Series Vol. 2 is coming to Ho Chi Minh City, May 25 – June 4. Similar to its past events, it’s aiming to attract more than just the local players. In addition to the loyal Korean players who regularly follow the circuit, around 40 Indian players are expected to attend the event, […]

The World Poker Tour recently announced two events in Asia this year, WPT Japan and WPT Korea. Both events will take place in September. “The World Poker Tour is thrilled to announce WPT Japan and WPT Korea as part of our 2018 schedule,” Adam Pliska, CEO of the World Poker Tour, said. “Asia played an […]

For Macau, a place that holds the moniker as the “Las Vegas of the East”, finding a game of poker may be difficult these days. With the recent closure of poker rooms in Galaxy and City of Dreams plus changes on the horizon due to Chinese Black Friday, the live poker business has become quite […]

The Asian Poker Tour is suiting up for its fourth festival of the year taking place in the bustling trend-setting city of Seoul, Korea. The APT Korea Seoul 2018, as it is aptly called, will run from June 15 – 24 at the city’s premier poker destination, Paradise Casino Walkerhill. Through the years, the APT […]

Runner-up of the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown last month, Faraz Jaka shared his thoughts on his new poker site and his career. A long format interview by Gaelle Jaudon Somuchpoker: You recently finished second in the WPT at the Hard Rock Casino in Florida. How is 2018 going for you so far? Faraz Jaka: […]

Mark your calendars! CoinPoker is about to launch the first-ever Crypto Series of Poker (CSOP). This inaugural event is set to take place from May 27 – June 3 with a highly lucrative 10M CHP in added prizes. CoinPoker is a poker room built on blockchain technology powered by Ethereum. They created the cryptocurrency CHP […]

Partypoker has sealed a sponsorship deal for Triton’s Super High Roller Series in Montenegro. From May 12th to the 18th the high stakes events will run at the Maestral Resort & Casino in Budva. High rollers from around the world will play four events: • HK $250,000 Triton NLHE Side Event • HK $1 Million […]

After a two year absence, Danny McDonagh is headed back to PokerStars. The announcement was made yesterday on a brief interview in Pokerstars Blog. Considerably one of the most well-known figures in the Asian and Australian live circuit, McDonagh will return to PokerStars with a new title as Executive Tournament Director. In the interview, McDonagh […]

PokerStars continues to dominate the live tournament scene in the Philippines with yet another record-breaking turnout at the recently concluded Manila Megastack. The ninth edition of the series ran from April 27 – May 6, drawing in an enormous 695 entries for the Main Event. This turned the advertised P10M guarantee to dust, and in […]

The Asian Poker Tour closed out their first event in Macau this year with the APT Macau Championships 2018 running for 12 days from April 25 – May 6 at Macau Billionaire Poker. The final day of festivities saw the crowning of two highly decorated pros, Hong Kong’s Sparrow Park Yu Cheung for winning the […]

At partypoker’s ‘The Big Game’ Matt Kirk has been giving the poker world a reminder of what truly hideous runs of bad luck look like. His misfortune has now reached beyond the realms of the poker community, having gone viral on Reddit, and other forums. One viewer decided to trawl through all Kirk’s televised hands […]

Last week, the Asian poker community was stricken by a startling announcement – a ban on all poker applications in Mainland China. This was promptly followed by a decision restricting poker promotion on all Chinese social media such as WeChat. This week also brings its share of unpleasant news with the closure of two poker […]

The EPT Monte Carlo Main Event is an event which is keenly anticipated every year, as it takes place in one of Europe’s most luxurious locations and has an unusual habit of creating final tables with star names and interesting stories. The 2018 instalment was no different, with star players Ole Schemion and Patrick Antonius […]

At the APT Macau Championships 2018 ongoing at Macau Billionaire Poker, Taiwanese pro Hung Sheng Lin dominated the Final 8 of the Main Event to capture the exclusive APT Championship Ring and the HK$ 587,000 (~US$74,700) first prize. This has now become Lin’s single largest live tournament career score and his first major victory since […]