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Last month, the World Poker Tour announced the opening half schedule of Season XX which included a first time visit to the beautiful city of Sydney, Australia. News of that event sparked plenty of excitement on social media, and earlier today, the globally renowned brand added more to the thrill revealing full details of that […]

Dave Ulliott, also known by his nickname “Devilfish”, was a British professional poker player and gambler. He was born on April 1, 1954 in Hull, England and

Wrapping up a great start to the year are Asia Pacific’s biggest winners this month of January, having bested the toughest contenders and top tier fields of the season. Thai pro Punnat Punsri gained global recognition as he jump started his 2022 career with not one, but two high roller tournament wins in Las Vegas. […]

Article sponsored by Upoker Along with the season’s greetings, UPoker would also like to wish all poker lovers to have a wonderful, exciting and unforgettable poker adventure. The UPoker’s New Year Roar in conjunction with the year of the Tiger will catapult your poker passion to great new heights. Starting the thrilling line-up of campaigns […]

After 21 days of nonstop action, the Taiwan Millions Tournament 11 came to a close at the Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association (CTP Club) in Taipei City. The highly popular homegrown festival ran from January 4 to 24 with 69 players walking away as champions and over US$ 1.2 Million paid out. Among the glorious […]

Article sponsored by PokerBROS Tournaments are a hugely popular form of online poker, with the glory of being the last player standing something every poker fan aspires to. But slow-structured tournaments can involve a big time investment; Accelerated MTTs (and Union-spanning XMTTs) are a fun, fast-paced alternative, that still leaves room for poker skill to […]

The new year is off to a great start for players in Australia with interstate borders loosening and upcoming festivals announced in several cities. In Brisbane, action is nonstop with one event just wrapped up and another quickly setting up. We’ve got those stories for you.  Australian Poker Tour Brisbane Season V highlights Unlike last […]

In this column, we deliver you the latest and most interesting online poker industry news from across the world and all platforms. $40M GTD Super MILLION$ Week at Natural8 – GGNet; $600K Bad Beat Jackpot claimed! The start to a new year is proving to be highly eventful as online poker operators welcome 2022 with […]

The Asia Poker League continues to supply players with plenty of thrilling action with upcoming festivals on both the live and online front. In less than a week’s time is the APL Online Series boasting a monstrous CN¥ 80 Million (~US$ 12,620,600) guarantee, and happening simultaneously is the APL Happy New Year Event live in South […]

To cap off the first month of the year, here are a couple of Asia online events to fill one’s appetite. WPT Spring Festival hosted by Poker King on January 27 to February 7 Included in the World Poker Tour Season XX lineup is the third installment of the WPT Spring Festival presented by Poker […]

In this column, we deliver you the latest and most interesting poker industry news from across the world and all platforms. MTT Winter Festival and Bootcamp at Unibet Poker European giant Unibet Poker is pulling out all the stops this January as it proudly features a variety of exciting promotions geared for both its cash […]

Rainer Kempe is a German professional poker player. He was born on July 24th, 1989 in Berlin, Germany.

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]