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China’s Jifeng Huang wins 2021 WSOPC Winter Online Main Event; USA’s David Miscikowski runner up; final festival results and Asia highlights
The 2021 World Series of Poker Winter Circuit Online came to a close with the biggest win going to Asia. The newest hero was China’s Jifeng “Snakey” Huang who shipped the Main Event for a career high US$ 664,725. Along with the cash, Huang locked up the WSOPC championship ring and became the fourth player […]
01/16/2022
Asia Pacific live event briefs: Asian Poker Tour Mystery Bounty Weekend moved to March; Australian Poker Tour Brisbane starts; WPTDS Sydney announced; Triton Poker postpones Bali series
Live event poker organizers are hoping to bring more to the table this year with several events announced in the Asia Pacific region. Here’s a look at what’s at your doorstep and on the near horizon. Asian Poker Tour Mystery Bounty Weekend rescheduled for March 3 to 6 With Covid-19 cases at an all time […]
01/15/2022
Taiwan Millions Tournament 11 in full swing; Yu Kai Wang wins first Mystery Bounty event in Asia; over US$320K already paid out; first half results inside
It’s that time of the season once again for the prized Taiwan Millions Tournament. Now on its 11th season, the popular homegrown festival has been underway at the Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association Taipei (CTP Club Taipei) since January 4 and will run through January 24. A total of 69 tournaments populate the roster highlighted […]
01/13/2022
2021 WSOP Winter Circuit Online: India’s Sriharsha Doddapaneni captures first career ring; Andreas Nasman wins the Thriller; Main Event down to final 9
Two more victories at the 2021 World Series of Poker Winter Circuit Online with Finland’s Andreas Nasman and India’s Sriharsha “Upswinger” Doddapaneni both securing a second series ring for their home country. For Doddapaneni, the perks of being a Natural8 player also earned him a US$ 10K LiveX Sponsorship. We’ve got those stories for you […]
01/11/2022
PokerStars Okada Manila Millions: Jose Colada clinches back to back Main Event titles; PJ Aratea, Wonjae Lee, Flo Campomanes among side winners
PokerStars LIVE Manila concluded its first live event of the calendar year with the 3rd edition of Okada Manila Millions taking place on January 3 to 9 at Okada Resort Hotel & Casino. Among the 14 players that walked away with brand new spade trophies, it was defending champion Jose “JC” Colada earning the highest […]
01/10/2022
2021 GPI Player of the Year winners announced; Ali Imsirovic hailed Global POY; Sung Joo Hyun and Ting Yi Tsai top Asia Pacific
2021 was a big relief for the poker world with live festivals allowed to take place in numerous countries. Now that the year has ended, the Global Poker Index (GPI) Player of the Year winners have been announced. Topping the charts were Almedin “Ali” Imsirovic (Global), Nadya Magnus (Female), and David Mzareulov (Mid-Major). Each one […]
01/09/2022
Online News: Run It Once Poker ceases international operations; PokerStars’ Winter Series upcoming Main Events; $10M GTD Venom on WPN; Winamax hosts €24M GTD Road to Series; Skrill and Neteller lift balance restrictions
In this column, we deliver you the latest and most interesting online poker industry news from across the world and all platforms. Run It Once Poker ceases international operations In a surprising announcement from founder Phil Galfond, it has been decided that Run It Once Poker has set to shut down its international segment effective […]
01/07/2022
2021 WSOP Winter Circuit Online: India’s Sam Anand denied by Guilherme Schreiber; Christian Jeppsson lands second ring; Sylvain Cisterna wins first
Since the turn of the new year, the 2021 WSOP Winter Circuit Online witnessed another three players capture golds. The newly minted were Sweden’s Christian Jeppsson for his second career WSOPC ring, France’s Sylvain “LaBeSSeRoyA” Cisterna for his first, and Brazil’s Guilherme “wolverine27” Schreiber who came from behind to deny India’s Sam “Lokimon” Anand the […]
01/06/2022
Natural8 – GGNet : WSOP Winter Online Circuit – Week 4 Highlighted Events
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01/04/2022
Okada Manila Millions underway at PokerStars LIVE Manila; games running from January 3 to 9
Crack those knuckles and bring on your A-game, it’s time for some live tournament action in the Philippines. After nearly two years, the much awaited Okada Manila Millions has returned with games currently underway at PokerStars LIVE Manila. Festivities kicked off today, January 3, and will run for seven days, concluding on January 9. […]
01/03/2022
2021 WSOP Winter Circuit Online: Ole Schemion, Tommi Lankinen, Andrey Nikonorov, Yulian Bogdanov, Silvio Costa, “Futti18” win circuit rings
As the 2021 calendar year came to a close, the World Series of Poker Winter Circuit Online awarded another six new ring winners. The latest champions were German bracelet holder Ole Schemion, Finland’s Tommi “wnbgambb” Lankinen, Bulgaria’s Yulian “Ector” Bogdanov, Portugal’s Silvio “valterzao” Costa, Russia’s Andrey “Mr-Doberman” Nikonorov, and Poland’s “Futti18”. Also earning praise was […]
01/02/2022
We’re All In for 2022
Somuchpoker wishes you a happy and successful new year! We have many exciting plans for 2022 and we want to thank you for joining us on this big adventure. We always strive to provide the most professional, helpful and revelant information about the Poker scene and for this year we have big plans and projects […]
01/01/2022
Ethan Yau’s Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life
Ethan Yau, better known by his YouTube username “Rampage” or “Rampage Poker”, is an American professional poker player and poker vlogger. He was born in 1997
12/30/2021
Top achievements by Asia-Pacific players on the 2021 live scene
2021 witnessed a busier live scene than expected, and as the curtain closes, here’s a look at some of our top Asia Pacific player live achievements of the year. Michael Addamo wins over US$ 9.4M, two WSOP bracelets, and Purple Jacket Inarguably one of the top No Limit Hold’em players today, this past fall Australian […]
12/28/2021
Explosive Action: NEW PokerBROS Bomb Pots
Article sponsored by PokerBROS Nothing wakes up a ring game like throwing in the occasional Bomb Pot: antes swap in for blinds and everyone sees the flop – with explosive results. Popular in card rooms and home games the world over, Bomb Pots have arrived on PokerBROS, and (like most things on the app) they’re […]
12/27/2021
Asia live event briefs: Okada Manila Millions and 2022 APPT Open Manila announced; APL New Year Event qualifiers running; Zheng Tianhao wins CPG Masters
Live events are picking up in the Philippines with PokerStars LIVE Manila announcing two events at the turn of the new year – Okada Manila Millions and APPT Open Manila. In Korea, live games have been running nonstop in December with the Asia Poker League hosting qualifiers to the New Year Main Event. During the […]
12/26/2021
The Best Place to Shop – Christmas 2021
UPoker’s UShop has a collection of amazing poker apparel designed to awe you. It’s even better that the shop is running a launching discount event especially for poker lovers. Enjoy a store-wide 25% discount from 22nd December 2021 to 26th January 2022. Visitors to UShop would simply need to key in the promo-code GRAND25 […]
12/23/2021
2021 WSOP Winter Circuit Online: India’s Aniket Waghmare, China’s Wei Guo Liang, and Italy’s Dario Sammartino among the first six ring winners
Shortly after completing live events in the USA and Europe, the World Series of Poker kicked off another lucrative festival, the 2021 WSOP Winter Circuit Online, currently underway at online platform Natural8 on the GG Network. The series boasts a massive US$ 100 Million in guaranteed prize pools, 18 Circuit Rings, and a 1 Million […]
12/22/2021
Online News: Natural8 – GGNet kicks off $100M GTD WSOP Winter Online Circuit; PokerStars introduces Level up with Lex; Intertops Poker takes on new name – Everygame; EPT Online returns, Dates for EPT Prague revealed; PLO5 Festival at KKPoker
In this column, we deliver you the latest and most interesting online poker industry news from across the world and all platforms. Natural8 – GGNet kicks off $100M GTD WSOP Winter Online Circuit One of today’s top online poker operators, Natural8 – GGNet is living up to its name by hosting yet another World Series […]
12/17/2021
2021 WSOP Europe: Josef Gulas Jr. wins the Main Event; Julien Martini clasps two bracelets; Joni Jouhkimainen denied again; final highlights and results
After twenty days of games that ran from November 19 to December 8, the 2021 World Series of Poker Europe came to an end with the final 8 bracelets claimed at Kings Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic. Walking away the richest was Main Event champion Josef Gulas Jr. as he banked the only seven figure […]
12/13/2021