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WPT Global Reveals Pete Chen As Newest Brand Ambassador
On July 31, 2024, leading online poker site WPT Global announced their newest ambassador and it is none other than WPT Champion’s Club Member Yen Han “Pete” Chen. He is one of the most coveted poker players from Taiwan and currently sits in second place on his country’s all-time money list according to The Hendon […]
APT Taipei 2024 Main Event boasts richest NTD 72 Million (~USD 2.2M) country prize pool, Jia Lee stacks the highest; Pete Chen and Craig Cooper triumph over side events
Cards continue to fall at the Asia Poker Arena and Chinese Mahjong League with the APT Taipei 2024 counting down the days until a new Main Event champion is crowned. This year’s festivities posted the tour’s largest guarantee of all-time and proudly smashed the record after four qualifying flights. With NTD 72,232,020 (~USD 2,287,160) in […]
2023 WSOP: Main Event Day 1A closes with 23 Asian players advancing; Shota Nakanishi leads; Daewoong Song, Pete Chen run deep at COLOSSUS
The most anticipated tournament of the year, the 54th Annual World Series of Poker $10,000 World Championship NLH aka WSOP MAIN EVENT kicked off on Monday, July 3, 2023 with 2006 champion Jamie Gold delivering the famous call “Shuffle up and Deal!” With that, cards went flying as hundreds of players battled it out at […]
2022 WSOP Online halfway highlights; N8’s Pete Chen, Stefan Schillhabel, & David Yan win bracelets; Markus Prinz, Scott Ball bank seven digits
The World Series of Poker Online has been heating up Natural8 – GGNet since August 14 with the masses targeting the 33 gold bracelets on offer. A few nights ago, the series breached the halfway mark. Among the first half winners were N8 players Stefan Schillhabel, David Yan, and Team Hot Ambassador Pete Chen. Each […]
2022 WSOP: Adam Friedman, Jeremy Ausmus, Daniel Zack, and China’s Tong Li among next batch of bracelet winners; Abhinav Iyer and Pete Chen reach final tables
The 53rd Annual World Series of Poker is just over two weeks in and during that time 25 bracelets have already been claimed. The latest batch of winners covered by this recap feature eight first time champions which includes China’s Tong Li, who locked up the first gold bracelet for Asia. Other notable Asians […]
2021 WSOP Main Event: $62M prize pool; Moneymaker, Hellmuth, Hachem survive Day 2; Abhinav Iyer, Pete Chen, SJ Kim, Norbert Koh, Phachara Wongwichit among 71 Asians left
For the past week, all the action at the 52nd World Series of Poker was focused on the highly anticipated $10,000 Main Event NL Hold’em World Championship. Now that the rush has calmed, the official player count was 6,650 which was incredibly impressive given the vaccination mandate and challenges faced by many international travelers. This […]
Taiwanese pros crushing Sin City! Pete Chen adds a Wynn to his gold bracelet; near victories for Eric Tsai and James Chen
Poker players around the world continue to descend upon Sin City for the biggest event of the year. Mixed in the crowd are Asian pros hoping to return home with gold bracelets and fatter wallets. The past week has been extremely dramatic as Taiwanese pros Yen Han “Pete” Chen, James Chen, and Ting Yi “Eric” […]
2021 WSOP: Glory days for Taiwan as Pete Chen wins, James Chen runner up; Anthony Zinno grabs third bracelet; One gold each for Vladimir Peck and Dejuante Alexander
Action packed halls at the 52nd Annual World Series of Poker as players sought after the next gold bracelets on offer. The past two days saw Taiwan shine with two of the country’s well known pros providing all the thrill. Pete Chen captured his first ever gold bracelet at Online Event #3: $400 NL Hold’em […]
Asia Pacific players expected at the WSOP; Pete Chen on the felt!
The highly awaited 52nd World Series of Poker has finally arrived and despite the full vaccination requirement and border restrictions, players from all over are expected to flood the Rio All Suite Hotel & Casino for a shot at the coveted bracelets. Among those making the pilgrimage are well known Asia Pacific players. Somuchpoker reached […]
2021 WSOP Online [International]: Daniel Smiljkovic dominates the $5K 6-Handed Championship; Pete Chen runs deep
Germany’s Daniel Smiljkovic cruised to victory at the WSOP #8: $5,000 6-Handed NLH Championship to become the newest player minted with a coveted gold bracelet. He defeated China’s Xuming “scplayer” Qi at heads up. Another Asian player running deep was Natural8 Team Hot pro Pete Chen with a 16th place finish. Check out our recap, […]
2021 WSOP Online bracelet winners #5 – #8: Jeremiah Williams, Tyler Denson, Michael Mercaldo, Carlos Welch; Taiwan’s Pete Chen joins the action
The 2021 World Series of Poker Online [USA leg], ongoing at platform WSOP.com, minted another four new winners. Seizing gold bracelets were American players Jeremiah “freestylerr” Williams, Tyler “ShipTheShip” Denson, Michael “Stiltwalk” Mercaldo, and Carlos “CarlosWelch” Welch, all of them were first time WSOP champions. With eight players now having turned their dreams into reality, […]
Natural-GGSF: Over US$ 120M paid out; Connor Drinan with an epic win; Juan Pardo Dominguez ships NLHE Headliner; Mikita Badziakouski banks US$ 1.1M; Kosei Ichinose, Pete Chen, Abhinav Iyer go deep
Another week done and dusted at the GG Spring Festival 2021 and to cap it, the week-ender guaranteed over US$ 26.7 million across 20 games. This was the biggest day yet to bring the festival total payout to US$ 120,238,547 million across 231 games. Among the biggest winners were Belarusian pro Mikita Badziakouski who crushed […]
APT Online Series 2nd Edition: Pete Chen wins Championships Event & Player of the Series; Final stats and results
Land-based operator Asian Poker Tour wrapped up its second ever online series on Natural8 – GG Network and it was nothing short of a smasher. Running from June 14 to 28, the APT online Series 2nd Edition delivered on its eight figure promise, paying out a tour record $ 10.9 million across 234 events. With […]
GPI Asia rankings mid-year update: Paul Phua leads GPI, Pete Chen top spot for player of the year
We are officially halfway through the year despite the circumstances brought about by the current pandemic that put an unavoidable pause for multiple live poker events across the world. In this article, an update for the Global Poker Index (GPI) for the year is presented for the Asia region presenting the top tournament poker players […]
Alex Lee, Pete Chen, Michael Soyza and More: Regulars of the APT Live Circuit Triumph in Its Online Edition!
The initial edition of the Asian Poker Tour (APT) series hosted on Natural8 GGNetwork met a real success similar to recent major events in the online poker scene. The APT 2020 Online Series beginning April 29th running until May 10th reached a high turnout attracting not only the usual online players but also regulars of […]
WPT Philippines: final side event winners; Pete Chen becomes only player to win two
With the Main Event now completed, it’s time to turn our attention back to the WPT Philippines side events. Throughout the 12-day series at Okada Manila, players hunted and battled for a taste of small victory. The final five winners are listed below. Among them were notable players Florencio Campomanes, Pete Yen Han Chen, and […]
Red Dragon Manila Festival ends with Ankit Ahuja, Meng Guo and Pete Chen claiming trophies
The first ever Red Dragon Manila Series that lasted for eight days generating a colossal ₱160.3M (~$3.17M) in prize money ended with more winners taking home series’ trophies and substantial top money prizes. Ankit Ahuja wins Red Dragon High Roller for ₱6.11M Ankit Ahuja (India) topped a field of 101 entries to win the second […]
APT Finale Taiwan: Zhou Yueyang wins the Main Event; early winners include Pete Chen and Im Sangguk
After ten events in the region, the Asian Poker Tour is in Taipei City hosting its last festival of the year at the Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association (CTP Club). APT Finale Taiwan 2019 got underway on November 28 to conclude on December 9. Half of the games have already completed including the Main Event […]
APT Korea Incheon: Tsang Hang ships the Main Event; Pete Chen & Hung Sheng Lin among early winners
Several events ran simultaneously in Asia early this month. In Korea was the Asian Poker Tour’s seventh festival of the season dubbed as APT Korea Incheon 2019. The event is still ongoing at Paradise City Casino located within the Incheon International Airport complex. It has been running since August 3 and is scheduled to conclude […]
EPT Barcelona: Piotr Nurzynski wins record-breaking Main Event field; Pete Chen among numerous Asians running well
Another highly attended PokerStars LIVE event stormed past with the 2018 European Poker Tour Barcelona attracting huge numbers from start to finish. Last night, the largest Main Event field in the stop’s history concluded with two players coming out as millionaires. Poland’s Piotr Nurzynski earned the title after defeating China’s Haoxiang Wang at heads up. […]
Pete Chen in Vegas aiming to bring his career to the next level
In his continuing pursuit for poker stardom, Pete Yen Han Chen reached another milestone in his career. At the WPT Tournament of Champions, ongoing at ARIA Resort & Casino, Chen was awarded the WPT Asia-Pacific Player of the Year title for his numerous achievements throughout the season, one of which was a huge victory at […]
Sparrow Cheung and Pete Chen top world ranking for most cashes in a single year
2017 is officially done and sitting atop the world ranking for the highest number of cashes are two Asian pros – Hong Kong’s Park Yu Sparrow Cheung and Chinese Taipei’s Pete Yen Han. Both players not only improved on their performance last year, but also now hold the best records for the highest in a […]
Pete Chen: Modern Poker’s ‘Ironman’
After busting out of the ongoing World Poker Tour (WPT) Sanya, Pete Chen has decided to stop playing poker for the next three days. The real reason for this is that he wanted to spend more time with his girlfriend, who had flown to this island paradise southwest of mainland China for the weekend. He […]
WSOP: Runner-up for Pete Chen and deep runs for Naoya Kihara, Vivian Im, Richard Zhu
While the 48th annual World Series of Poker continues to bring ear-to-ear smiles to all of the latest bracelet winners, there are also plenty of players just as happy at having gone deep for a profit. In the Asian contingent, the latest big money-maker was Taiwanese pro Pete Yen Han Chen for his thrilling runner-up […]
First major victory for Pete Chen at the inaugural WPT Beijing
From April 15th-19th, the World Poker Tour (now an Asian brand acquired by Ourgame in 2015) held a sold out event at the NUO Hotel Beijing with 400 entries strong for the invitational Main Event. This was undoubtedly a very special moment for the WPT as it opened its Season XVI in new territory, in […]
