Discovering Florencio Campomanes: A Poker Pioneer

Another action-packed day at premier live series Asia Pacific Poker Tour with games taking place at the stunning Cove at Okada Manila. Kicking off on July 24, APPT Manila is now five days in. Turnout has been increasing daily as witnessed at the ongoing key events and side events. Up on the plate for the past […]

Before the pandemic, Filipino pro Florencio Campomanes was tearing up the felt with a victory at the  2019 APPT Manila Main Event and 2020 Red Dragon Manila Main Event. Two years later, with games back on the live green, he picked up right where he left off, winning two High Roller events in Vietnam. […]

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 […]

Florencio Campomanes wrote a new page in Filipino poker history last night by taking down the illustrious Red Dragon Main Event for ₱13,815,070 (US$270,183), his biggest tournament score up to date. The first Red Dragon Main Event hosted in Philippines saw 669 entries which built a whopping ₱64,244,070 (US$1,271,367) prize pool. The event guaranteed the top […]

After four days of heated competition that included a final day that ran for 13 hours at Okada Manila, semi-retired Filipino player Florencio Campomanes railroaded the latter half of the final table to become the newest APPT Main Event champion. He pocketed his largest live tournament career score of ₱ 11,092,500 (US$ 214,900) and one […]