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Artem Vezhenkov Clinches WPT Cambodia Championship For Career High $390,650
The 2025 WPT Cambodia Championship crowned Russia's Artem Vezhenkov as the newest champion after he overcame a star studded final table at Nagaworld Phnom Penh.
Local Grinder Richard Marquez Crowned Manila Megastack 20 Main Event Champion
In a final table stacked with player stories, it was Day 2 chip leader Richard Marquez who prevailed and hoisted the trophy at the end, becoming PokerStars LIVE Manila Megastack 20 Main Event Champion adding a 3rd final table finish in just one week, but by far the biggest cash with PHP 3,713,920 (~US$ 64,141).
Manila Megastack 20: Jonald Garcia Commands 77 Main Event Day 2 Qualifiers; Raymundo Gomez Wins Megastack Turbo
The last two flights of the PokerStars LIVE Manila Megastack 20 concluded at the world class Okada Manila in the Philippines and driving his stack to the top
Manila Megastack 20: Francisco Sanchez Rules Main Event Day 1B; Sehoon Jin Leads Megastack Turbo
The 20th edition of the PokerStars LIVE Manila Megastack ran another Main Event entry flight with Day 1B under the spotlight on December 5, 2024 at Okada Manila. Featuring a mighty guarantee of ₱20 Million (~US$ 340,500
Keijiro Shimojo Crowned Manila Megastack 20 Kick Off Champion, Janno Alvarez Tops Mystery Bounty A
Starting the final day as chip leader, Japan's Keijiro Shimojo continued to play solid poker throughout to clinch the Manila Megastack 20 Kick Off event and
APPT Cambodia: Sven McDermott Tops Main Event Day 1A; Anton Poliakov, Artem Vezhenkov Rule Key Events
The Asia Pacific Poker Tour's headliner will once again take center stage at NagaWorld Integrated Resorts in Phnom Penh as Day 1B of the APPT Cambodia Main
APT Manila 2024: Kim Enriquez, Tom Verbruggen Top Main Event Final Flights; Joseph Cheong Makes APT History
The Asian Poker Tour’s much-anticipated return to Manila has erupted in record-breaking style, as the APT Manila Main Event sets new heights in Philippine poker history.
APT Manila 2024: William Teoh delivers crushing victory at the APT Super High Roller; Edilberto Gopez Jr. tops APT Main Event Flight A; Philipp Zukernik lands back to back titles
Over the Halloween festivities, Malaysia’s William Teoh remained undefeated at the APT Super High Roller games, earning him the largest score of his career. Sharing the glory was also Canada’s Philipp Zukernik, who booked an incredible feat, landing back to back titles to become the first multi-series winner.
Tomoyuki Yoshimiya Tops PokerStars Red Dragon Day 1A; Elias Gutierrez Leads APPT 1M Challenge
PokerStars LIVE APPT Manila Championship series wrapped up its 8th day at Okada Manila in the Philippines with the PokerStars Red Dragon (PHP25M GTD) as one fo the main highlights.
CPG Championship Finals: The Last Bastion For Freezeout Poker In Asia
One of the ultimate tests of a poker player’s skill is the ability to outlast a large field in a freezeout event. However, aside from the annual World Series of Poker, such events have become increasingly rare. In Asia, the PokerStars Red Dragon was once the most notable, but it has been shelved for several […]
Chase Cup 2024: 64 runners guaranteed a piece of PHP 8.1 Million (~USD 143K) Main Event prize pool, Jessie Leonarez leads Day 2 survivors
An undoubtedly successful first running, the inaugural edition of the Chase Cup at Poker8 Cebu, Philippines, is down to the final two days of its PH₱ 5,000,000 (~USD 86,900) guaranteed Main Event. The thrilling event kicked off to a slow start but quickly picked up the pace by the latter end of its qualifying […]
WSOP Online-N8: Dicky Tsang, Hsi Hao Chen, Lavi Ahuja run deep; Or Nezer, Vinicius Steves, Sergei Koliakov, Paulius Vaitiekunas score bracelets
The virtual poker arena has been hopping lately with online platform Natural8-GGNet hosting the World Series of Poker Online. The festival lit up the screens on August 20 and will continue until October 2, offering a grand total of 33 gold bracelets to be claimed. Opening week witnessed strong performances by several Asian players, most […]
APPT Manila to crown Kick-Off champion; Rommel Angeles leads; APPT National PHP 5M gtd starts today; Xu Qiang wins NLH Freezeout
The Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) enters its third day of games at Okada Manila in the heart of Manila, Philippines. The highly revered annual festival commenced on July 27 and will run through August 6 featuring 33 trophy events and PHP 30,000,000 in guarantees. To date, three players have already captured iconic PokerStars […]
68 Asians and 12 Aussies remaining at the 2023 WSOP Main Event; ITM ten spots away, Cezar Quiambao leads Survivor promo final 3
The Asian force has trimmed further with the 148 returning players down to just 68 at the end of Day 3 of the 54th Annual World Series of Poker $10,000 No Limit Hold’em World Championship aka WSOP Main Event ongoing at the Horseshoe Las Vegas and Paris Las Vegas ballrooms. Day 3 closed with […]
2023 WSOP Opening Week: Peter Thai, Alexandre Vuilleumier, Tyler Brown, Ronnie Day, Chad Eveslage, Michael Moncek, Vadim Shlez, and Chanracy Khun emerge triumphant; Shant Marashlian and Patrick Liang among million dollar winners
Potentially the biggest season to come, the awaited World Series of Poker summer games is finally in full swing right in the heart of Las Vegas. Players from all over the world have begun flocking in for a chance of a huge payday and WSOP gold. From May 30th to July 18th, the 54th […]
WPT Prime Cambodia: Richard Marquez bags the Mystery Bounty; Tyler Suansrakaew, Duc Thanh Nguyen win trophies; 16 left at SHR
WPT Prime Cambodia has crossed the halfway mark with Day 6 awarding four more players side event trophies. We have the results of the first three, the PLO results will be posted on the next recap. The biggest winner was Filipino Richard Marquez at the Mystery Bounty for roughly US$ 38K. Over at the […]
WPT Prime Cambodia: Vietnam’s Huyen Duc Luu seizes first side trophy; Alok Birewar, Shen-Syu Ho top stacks at Millions and Freezeout
The first side event champion of WPT Prime Cambodia was awarded today to Vietnam’s Huyen Duc Luu at the NagaWorld Superstack 50K. Huyen halted the bulldozing Chi Ling Tsang to seize his first ever international title. He now leads the Player of the Festival race. In a brief chat with the champ, “I am so […]
PokerStars LIVE Manila Megastack 15 pays out over ₱36.2M ($653.9K); BJ Perez locks up Main Event title; David Erquiaga, Keng Yong Tan win two; highlights inside
PokerStars LIVE Manila wrapped up its final series of the year with the 15th edition of the Manila Megastack running from November 28 to December 5 at their hub in Okada Manila, Philippines. Topping the headlines was Main Event champion Bell John Perez for his first major title. Other noteworthy stories were Deepstack Challenge […]
Poker Dream Vietnam: All the rage as opening day Warm Up crushes guarantee and HR Freezeout sees 72 descend; chip counts and seat draws inside
Despite the stormy weather, players came in droves to take part in the opening games of Poker Dream Vietnam. Two events lit up the Grand Hall of Hoiana Hotel & Suites KHOS – the Warm Up VN₫ 1B guaranteed and the High Roller Freezeout. Here are the highlights, chip counts, and Day 2 seat […]
WPT Prime Cambodia Opener headed for a quarter million dollar prize pool; Day 1B and Deepstack NLH Freezeout Day 1 results
Day 2 at WPT Prime Cambodia was brimming with action as more players flocked in to take part in the festivities. The day saw three events light up the NagaWorld Phnom Penh Ballroom. The first to complete was the NagaWorld SuperStack 50K which saw decorated WPT champion Ashish Munot lift the first side event […]
2022 WSOP: Daniel Cates clinches back to back $50K PPC titles; David Jackson denies Hellmuth; Eli Elezra seizes gold #5; Shota Nakanishi wins one for Japan
The 53rd Annual World Series of Poker continued to see numbers increase as the premier festival completed a month of games at its new home in Bally’s and Paris Las Vegas Casino. Underway on May 31 and scheduled to run through July 20, a total of 65 bracelets out of the 88 have already […]
APT Philippines 2022 pays out over $1.1M; locals Renniel Galvez, Moses Saquing, Mike Takayama top the charts
Last April 27 to May 8, the Philippines experienced its first full-fledged Asian Poker Tour festival in three years with APT Philippines 2022 taking place at Resorts World Manila. Throughout the twelve day series, players were treated to all the crowd favorites resulting in guarantees surpassed and over US$ 1.1 Million paid out. Hoisting unique […]
Online News: iPoker Festival Spring guarantees €3M in prizes; The $100K GTD Sunday Squeeze on ACR; Unibet’s UOS XVI showcases €400,000 prize pool
In this column, we deliver you the latest and most interesting online poker industry news from across the world and all platforms. iPoker Festival Spring guarantees €3M in prizes A boost from last season’s €2.5M record prize pool, iPoker Network returns this April through May 10th with an even larger Spring festival boasting of €3,000,000 […]
WSOP Spring Circuit final wrap: “pisgapoker_1” wins Main Event for $634.8K; Ivan Deyra captures career fourth ring; Alexander Kulev, John Ander Martinez, “mbhh90” win rings
The World Series of Poker Spring Circuit wrapped up its 24-day run on Natural8 – GG Network with nonstop games taking place from March 24 to April 17. At the close, the series paid out over US$ 32.6 Million across 18 ring events. Among the final five ring winners, Israeli player “pisgapoker_1” seized the Main […]
APT Mystery Bounty Weekend: Jeorge Lagatuz takes down the Main Event; Richard Marquez wins the opener; Nicolo Valenton bags two events; APT Phu Quoc Vietnam up next
After a two year halt, the Asian Poker Tour returned to the live beat with four days of festivities at popular hub Resorts World Manila in the Philippines. Players were treated to a brand new series called, APT Mystery Bounty Weekend, taking place from March 3 to 6. Popularized in the United States, this was […]
WPTDeepStacks Hanoi: Main Event crushes guarantee, 378 entries, 90 players advance led by Nguyễn Lê Quang; High Roller & Crown Poker Club Superstack Classic Freezeout up next
Another packed house at the inaugural WPTDeepStacks Hanoi as everyone came out to take part in the last two starting heats of the highlighted Main Event. Well known local and international players were among the attendees such as Cao Ngoc Anh, Đinh Xuân Dinh, Nguyễn Hoàng Bách, William Kang, Andre Lettau, and Warm Up Event […]
Natural8- GGSF: Festival closes in on US$ 150M guarantee; Day 16 to 18 results; Stephen Chidwick, Matthias Eibinger, Francisco Benitez, and Xuming Qi bag first wins; Sami Kelopuro on his fourth
The Natural8 – GG Spring Festival 2021 is nearing its completion with 18 out of the 22-day schedule in the bag. With the featured GGSF Main Event- H $1,500 buy-in games yet to be played, the festival is on course to demolish the promised US$ 150 million guarantee. As it stands, US$ 141.2M has already […]
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 […]
Natural8-GGSF: Guillaume Nolet turns US$1K satellite ticket to US$1M; Lev “LevMeAlone” Gottlieb banks two SHR events; Ivan “Cordialement” Deyra & Pulkit Goyal among winners; four final table cashes for Juan Dominguez
Following an action packed opening night, the next two days at the GG Spring Festival 2021 hosted at online platform Natural8 were just as loaded with 27 events served and three others on its final day. The biggest winners were Canada’s Guillaume Nolet and USA’s Lev “LevMeAlone” Gottlieb. Nolet seized over one million dollars at […]
Natural8-GGSF: Opening night collects over US$ 19.6M; Konstantin Maslak denies Damian Salas; Neel Joshi ships one for India; Juan Dominguez at two Super final tables
Springtime has arrived and with it the biggest online event of the season. Buzzing last night on computer screens around the world was the highly anticipated US$ 150 million guaranteed GG Spring Festival 2021, hosted by online platform Natural8 on the GG Network. Join Natural8 – $100 in Free tickets with your 1st Deposit The […]
People News: Lex Veldhuis streams again; Polk & Negreanu drama; JRB’s half drama; Gus Hansen domesticated?; Kevin Martin & JNandez join GGSquad; Vegas vloggers are back
In this column, we deliver you the latest and most interesting news and gossip from our favourite poker people. Lex Veldhuis streams again On 8th October, after two months of absence poker legend Lex Veldhuis announced his return to the Twitch world with a tweet. STREAM 3.0A new chapter begins this Sundayhttps://t.co/MK4Fd26cVm pic.twitter.com/Jrg38lqnk3 — Lex […]
Eli Elezra’s Life: Biggest Profits, Losses, Private Life & Net Worth
Eli Elezra is an Israeli professional poker player and businessman. He was born on November 24th, 1960.
Natural8-WSOPC: first series wins for superstar players Alex Foxen, Timothy Adams, & Juan Pardo Dominguez; two Ring Events hours away
Another two gold rings up for grabs! In just a couple of hours, the WSOP Super Circuit Online Series kicks off Ring Event #12 Monster Stack $ 500K GTD event followed by the COLOSSUS $ 2M GTD event several hours later. With the series headed into its final days, this past week has seen numerous […]
WPT Philippines: Edilberto Gopez flips for the kickoff title; Sandro Bruni and Paul McCabe ship one
It was a multi-winner day at WPT Philippines as three players walked away carrying one of the festival’s first trophies. If you want to score one of those classy glass mementos, more events are lined up to try to claim one. The highlighted Main Event with a Php 12M guarantee will be the tournament to […]
WPT Cambodia: Big payday for Piet Pape and Choon Tong Siow; Douglas Whitehead overcomes the Freezeout
While WPT Cambodia was livening up NagaWorld with Main Event action, also highly thrilling were the completion of a few side events. We’ve got those stories below. Super High Roller: PIET PAPE – US$ 83,006 The Super High Roller attracted an exception list of 54 players (44 uniques, 10 re-entries) putting up the US$ 5,300 […]
Locals dominate Manila Super Series 11: Alexis Lim wins the Main Event; Kim Enriquez wins the opener
From July 2 to 7, PokerStars LIVE Manila ran the 11th edition of the Manila Super Series at their hub in Okada Manila. The Main Event drew a strong field of 622 entries to more than double the advertised 3M guarantee. 94 players dipped into the Php 6,371,270 (~US$ 124,600) prize pool with Filipino player […]
WSOP 2019: Japan’s near miss, O’Dell’s trio, Ivey arrives and Ezra’s quadruple
The third week of this years World Series of Poker is now in full flow as is the tournament action and the headlines which inevitably follow it. Our latest update sees a desperately close call for Japan’s fans, former bracelet winners increasing their tally, Phil Ivey gracing the series with his presence, and much more. […]
APPT Korea opens with Xing Biao Zhu owning the kickoff; Yan Li wins the freezeout
PokerStars is back in Incheon, South Korea to stage a second edition of Asia Pacific Poker Tour Korea in the highly luxurious Paradise City Casino. Festivities have been underway since April 5 and is scheduled to run a course of 10 days to close on April 14. Players from all over the world have already descended, including […]
Richard Marquez crowned the first-ever PPWC Main Event champion
The final race to the first-ever PPPoker World Championship – Main Event title seemed to be more of a continuation of Day 3 with Filipino player Richard Marquez in full command. Marquez once again brought his mighty axe to the table and slashed four players in his path to capture his maiden victory and the […]
APT Finale Philippines 2018: Mikiya Kudo wins the Main Event; Marco Almerez, Bobby Zhang, Kosei Ichinose among the early winners
The end of the year is a busy one for poker players in the region. One of the ongoing festivals attracting players is the Asian Poker Tour’s last event of the season taking place in the Philippines. The APT Finale 2018 is currently underway at Resorts World Manila. The festival runs from November 27 to […]
