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On December 18, the World Series of Poker officially confirmed what everybody had known already. For the fourth consecutive year, the annual live poker spectacle in Sin City will be hosted at the Horseshoe Las Vegas and Paris Las Vegas right on the Las Vegas Strip.

The first local to shine across the festivities was none other than Marco Espela, after shipping the victory at the opening highlight, Philippines National Cup. Espela overcame APT’s record opening 726-entry field to take home the largest cut of the PHP 7,436,563 (~USD 126,420)  prize pool.

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The second week of the 2024 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas is drawing to an end and in the latest batch of tournament results, two players from Asia finished in second place. Two close calls but one spot away from the elusive victory as the waiting game continues. Below is a recap of […]

The 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas continues to thrive and the first gold bracelet for an Asian player is coming closer. Five hopefuls from Asia reached the final table in the span of a few days albeit falling just short of victory while Robert Mizrachi was among the latest stars to earn […]

Christmas may be coming early once again for poker players from all over the world. For the third year in a row, the World Poker Tour partners up with Wynn Las Vegas to host the WPT World Championship and the dates are now set in stone. From December 3 to 23, the highly anticipated series […]

Late evening on December 8, 2023, the Asian Poker Tour (APT) released a shocking announcement on all of its social media channels stating that the remainder of the APT Hanoi Billions 2023 was being canceled. The festival had already been running since December 1 with only December 9 and 10 yet to be completed. The […]

As the year 2024 approaches, the World Poker Tour (WPT) has taken the lead by announcing its lineup of events in the Asia Pacific region. Posted on WPT Live Events Specialist Danny McDonagh‘s Facebook page, WPT has solidified four event stops, with two of them, both in Australia, still awaiting final approval. Poker players […]

Cheng En Hsieh bags the chip lead at Main Event Day 1A Just under seven hours of play, the Poker Dream Taiwan Main Event Day 1A concluded with ITM reached. Taiwan’s Cheng-En Hsieh bagged up the chip lead with 442,000, equivalent to 37 big blinds. Hsieh stormed to the top of the counts with a […]

In this column, we deliver you the latest and most interesting online poker industry news from across the world and all platforms. Massive €5M GTD iPoker Festival Winter ongoing A week into iPoker Network’s largest festival in history, the €5,000,000 guaranteed iPoker Festival Winter is in full swing right on time for the holidays. The […]