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Article sponsored by Natural8 This coming June, Natural8 will be hosting the popular Asia Poker League (APL) once again. While the series is set to kick off on 3rd June 2022, you can already find Stage 1s of the ¥2M GTD Zodiac Bounty MILLION$ on the tournament lobby. Highlights 3rd June – 19th June 2022 […]

Wall to wall action at the inaugural World Poker Tour Prime Series as the brand celebrated its 20th year anniversary at the Crown Poker Club in Hanoi, Vietnam. The past three days have been tremendous with series headliner Main Event on center stage. In its wake, it amassed a record-breaking 777 entries to smash […]

In this column, we deliver you the latest and most interesting live and online poker industry news from across the world and all platforms. VBet Poker hosts €1M GTD Hexagon online series For the second edition of its flagship tournament, Vbet Poker (BetConstruct Poker Network) is hosting a record-breaking Hexagon online series with a €1,000,000 […]

Nonstop poker, nonstop excitement in Hanoi, Vietnam as international brands showcase their events in the capital city. Currently in its final days is the launch of the World Poker Tour’s Prime series. One week after it closes, the Asian Poker Tour stages a 13-day festival taking place from June 7 to 19 at the Grand […]

Another packed house at the launch of WPT Prime in Hanoi, Vietnam as it marked the start of series highlight Main Event. There to officially welcome in the players were World Poker Tour and Crown Poker Club teams, WPT Live Events Specialist Danny McDonagh, and club owner Bui Duc Tu. Adding to the room’s […]

Another fun-filled affair is in store for poker players geolocated in the Land of the Rising Sun as the internationally renowned World Poker Tour announces its awaited annual stop this 2022. Held previously in Tokyo, this year’s festivities will be taking place at yet an equally popular destination, Osaka, Japan. The special WPT event […]

Standing as the longest-running live tournament brand in India, this month’s India Poker Championship (IPC) Megastacks boasted IN₹ 3.5 Crores (~US$ 456,373) in guaranteed prizes across its four-event lineup. Three guaranteed tournaments completed the schedule with the highlighting ₹60K Main Event featuring a whopping IN₹ 2 Crores (~US$ 260,807) prize pool. The six-day festival which […]

The popular Triton Poker series has always been the epitome of premium poker events with its history of festivals a definite stop for the industry’s biggest players. This season’s festivities in Casino Gran Via, Madrid, Spain is once again a whirlwind affair for high roller enthusiasts with a total of thirteen events on schedule featuring […]

The launch of WPT Prime reached its halfway mark with six days of festivities already completed at the Crown Poker Club in Hanoi, Vietnam. From the get-go, turnout has been tremendous. Eager players jumped the felt early to test their skill and luck against the new format, and hopefully capture one of the coveted new […]

WPT Prime Vietnam awarded a few more side event trophies with Bien Mai, Duy Thuc Nguyen, and Pham Quang Huy earning their first ever WPT wins. Have a read on those victories down below. The inaugural series has been running since May 19 at the Crown Poker Club in Hanoi to conclude on May 30. […]

The launch of WPT Prime has been heating up the Crown Poker Club in Hanoi, Vietnam and aside from the massive turnout of the WPT Opener, the other Day 3 side events also drew plenty of attention. Two players from the Philippines dominated, and after a long night, they both walked away as the […]

Big day for Vietnamese player Tu Phuong Nguyen aka Phuong Xu who came out victorious at the WPT Opener. Phuong entered Day 2 as one of the race leaders, was first to stack a million in chips, lucked out on a cooler at the final table, then out-flipped fellow countryman Nam Le for the trophy. […]

It feels like Main Event day here at the launch of WPT Prime with players packing the Crown Poker Club to take advantage of the WPT Opener final entry day. The World Poker Tour’s newest series kicked off on May 19 and will run through May 30. This is the first international event hosted by […]

No shortage of action at the inaugural WPT Prime in Hanoi, Vietnam as players poured in the Crown Poker Club for Day 1C of the WPT Opener. It being the last chance to enter, a thunderous 288 ponied up to bring the combined turnout to a massive 596 entries. This was great news for the […]

In this column, we deliver you the latest and most interesting online poker industry news from across the world and all platforms. Natural8 – GGNet’s GGOC trumps PokerStars’ SCOOP in prizes The online poker scene has been buzzing with excitement these past few weeks with two of the industry’s biggest platforms offering great value tournaments […]

The inaugural WPT Prime Vietnam is just two days in and already the numbers are worth bragging about. Day 1A of the WPT Opener attracted 123 entries which was then followed by a storm of 185 runners at Day 1B for a combined 308 entries. With buy in of VN₫ 8,800,000 each, the VN₫ 2.5 […]

Hanoi, Vietnam‘s capital city, is one of the newest locations in Asia to see live poker balloon in such a short period of time and one place providing plenty of excitement is the Crown Poker Club. For the next twelve days, running from May 19 to 30, this spacious 700 square meter venue will be […]

The World Poker Tour is back in Vietnam staging its biggest international event in the country in nearly three years. The tour’s much anticipated new series WPT Prime kicked off today May 19 at the Crown Poker Club in Hanoi and will run a total of 12 days, concluding on May 30. For those […]

After a year-long gap, the Asia Poker Championship series is back bigger than ever with a much boosted guaranteed prize pool of Php 20,000,000 (~US$ 382,000). Metro Card Club’s largest event so far this year is set to run this coming June 6-12, 2022 with the exciting Main Event as the sole highlight of the […]

Article sponsored by Natural8   This May, GGPoker Network introduces what is likely its largest online tournament series so far–GG Online Championship (GGOC). Not only are there $150M in guaranteed prize pools and different buy-in levels for different bankrolls, there are events with massive guarantees such as the $10M GTD Super MILLION$ HR Main Event […]