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Hanoi Super Series Warm Up ₫2B GTD: last chance to enter
Cards are flying at the inaugural Hanoi Super Series (HSS) with players pouring in the Grand Loyal Poker Club for the Warm Up event. Highlighting the event is the ₫2 Billion guarantee. This is the first of four HSS events backed by a guaranteed prize pool. With Day 1A attracting a light 52 entries, […]
Hanoi Super Series: Warm Up event draws 262 entries; 34 advance led by Pham Ngoc Tu; full chip counts inside
The Hanoi Super Series may have had a slow start but on Day 2, it was pedal to the metal as players rushed in the Grand Loyal Poker Club for a seat at the Warm Up event. First up was Day 1B which pulled in the largest crowd of 126 entries followed by Day 1C […]
Hanoi Super Series opening day highlights; Dinh Quang Huy tops Warm Up Day 1A survivors; Tran Duc Chinh scores first trophy
The Hanoi Super Series (HSS) has kicked off at the Grand Loyal Poker Club! Festivities got underway on Monday, November 28 with the Warm Up event and Hyper Turbo stirring up the felts. Seven players survived the heat and Tran Duc Chinh emerged as the first champion. Tran takes the helm in the Player […]
On the Spot with City of Poker Team Pro Toan Phan
On this exclusive interview, online player / City of Poker (COP) Team Pro Toan Phan talked to Somuchpoker about his poker life and future plans.
How WSOP 2022 Main Event Runner-Up Adrian Attenborough Stays Focused at the Poker Tables
Article sponsored by Natural8 During the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas in July, talented Aussie Adrian Attenborough created quite a stir with his boldness during the Main Event. Dubbed by Pokernews as having made “two of the gutsiest plays of the 2022 WSOP”, the talented Aussie eventually emerged as the Main Event runner-up. […]
Grand Loyal Poker Club and KMGM bring players the Hanoi Super Series feat. ₫10 Billion in guarantees, starts tomorrow November 28
It has only been two months since the Grand Loyal Poker Club and Korea Mind Game Members (KMGM) produced the biggest event ever seen in Hanoi, Vietnam, and coming tomorrow, the pair will light up the capital city once again with another lucrative festival. Running from November 28 to December 4 is the first […]
Mystery Bounty Tournaments
PokerBROS has announced the release of a major new feature: Mystery Bounty Tournaments. It’s a format that has been taking the poker world by storm, especially after it featured in the World Series of Poker earlier this year. And from today, you can experience the unique thrill of Mystery Bounties on the PokerBROS app. Mystery […]
Black Friday Sales on PokerBROS
It’s that time of year again!! PokerBROS is offering extended Black Friday deals, giving you four whole days of bargains from Friday 25th to Monday 28th . The in-ap Shop offers a 50% discount on VIP Cards – providing an opportunity to try out all the benefits and bonus features available to card-holders. VIP Cards […]
Celebrate major world sporting events with Bet & Go
Article sponsored by Natural8 Are you a huge sports fan? With the latest Bet & Go tournament, you can now cheer for your favourite sports team while playing poker at the same time. Every Bet & Go tournament will be matched to an upcoming sporting event, be it football or tennis. This means that the […]
Record breaking WPT Prime Taiwan pays out over US$2.3M; Kristof Segers clinches Player of the Festival; highlights inside
The World Poker Tour concluded another record-breaking event in Asia with WPT Prime producing the largest festival prize pool and Main Event numbers ever seen in Taiwan. Running from November 11 to 21 at the Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association (CTP Club) in Taipei City, the festival paid out an enormous NT$ 73,290,969 (~$2,352,410) […]
Monster Jam invites players to magnificent Cape Town for richest Sunbet Poker Tour festival – November 23 to December 4, ZAR 4.5M gtd
Twelve days of exciting competition awaits players in South Africa with the Sunbet Poker Tour powered by Monster Jam Poker Tour wrapping up its biggest year in the magnificent port city of Cape Town. Described as one of the most awe inspiring places in the world, the season finale will take place at the […]
Marc Inizan crowned WPT Prime Taiwan Main Event champion
It only took a quick five hour final table race at the WPT Prime Taiwan Main Event with France’s Marc Inizan clinching the title for his first ever live tournament victory. Inizan entered as frontrunner and never looked back. He eliminated three players along the way then crushed Kai Jan “Steven” Chou at heads […]
Online News: ACR celebrates Thanksgiving with Bountyful Weekend; PokerStars launches software update; Partypoker Championship Winter Edition goes online this December; Lucia Navarro signs under 888poker
In this column, we deliver you the latest and most interesting online poker industry news from across the world and all platforms. ACR celebrates Thanksgiving with Bountyful Weekend The tournament craze at US-friendly Americas Cardroom is continuing through with another surprise this Thanksgiving season. Running from November 24-27, the popular site announced its upcoming The […]
Largest event in Taiwan history; WPT Prime Main Event sees colossal Day 1C tunrout of 452 entries; Zachary Tay bags overall lead; 108 into Day 2
For the past three days, it has been wall to wall at the World Poker Tour Prime Taiwan Main Event at Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association (CTP Club) with yesterday’s final entry day drawing an explosive 452 entries. This brought the overall total entry field to 877 making it the largest ever poker tournament […]
France’s Marc Inizan leads the way at the WPT Prime Taiwan MAIN EVENT Final Table
It was a race of endurance at the record setting WPT Prime Taiwan Season XX MAIN EVENT with the 108 returning players chasing a seat to the final table. After eleven hours of Day 2 play, the lineup was formed led by Frenchman Marc Inizan with a very healthy 87 BB. Action resumes today, […]
VSOP Championship VI underway! Chu Anh, Nguyen Quoc Chung, Nguyen Tuan Tai, Tran Ngoc Son capture trophies
The Viet Nam Series of Poker Championship VI is underway in Ha Noi, Vietnam! The popular homegrown festival is one of the most awaited by the locals as it promises to be richer than ever featuring ₫12 Billion (~$483,000) in guaranteed prize pools. The games lit up the felt on November 18 and will […]
WPT Prime Taiwan: Hon Cheong “Ivan” Lee ships Super High Roller; Im Heesoo wins Single Day HR; Masaya Hayami leads PLO Day 1, 14 remain
WPT Prime Taiwan enters its eighth day at the Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association (CTP Club) with games kicking off on November 11 and running through November 21. A total of 13 events have completed with two new champions emerging last night. Hong Kong’s Hon Cheong Lee aka Ivan Lee shipped the Super High […]
WPT Prime Taiwan Main Event: Thailand’s Metasit Pratipsangkom dominates Day 1B
Action packed day at WPT Prime Taiwan with the Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association (CTP Club) filled to capacity once again. International players and locals poured in for Main Event Day 1B, and as predicted, the NT$ 10M guarantee was quickly shattered. With a cumulative 452 entries (Day 1A – 189, Day 1B – […]
WPT Prime Taiwan Main Event: Singapore’s Carter Chan delivers the bubble to earn Day 1A chip lead
World Poker Tour Prime Taiwan brought together 189 runners to the Main Event and after 11 hours of play, Singapore’s Carter Chan stole the show, delivering the bubble to end Day 1A. Chan also set the bar high for the next starting day, bagging up a mammoth 691,000 in chips. Read up on the […]
WPT Prime Taiwan: Motoyoshi Okamura wins Mini High Roller; Ya Wen Hsieh dominates Ladies Event
Another action packed day at WPT Prime Taiwan concluded with two players added to the winners list. The newly minted were Japan’s Motoyoshi Okamura at the Mini High Roller and Ya Wen Hsieh at the Ladies Event. These two players are now proud owners of their first WPT Prime trophies. More awards on offer […]