YI Poker Profile: Net Worth, Earnings & Stats (2026)
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Poker for Beginners: How to Start Playing in Casinos (and Why Bitcoin Poker Is Growing)
Looking for a way to start playing in casinos? Learn Texas Hold'em basics, smart strategy, and explore the growing world of Bitcoin poker.
The Ultimate 2026 Guide to Playing Online Poker in the US
In our article series discover the latest US online poker legislation updates. Learn about regulated states, sweepstakes bans, MSIGA, and offshore poker sites.
Poker Psychology Part 8 – Volume, Variance & Mental Health in Poker: Staying Sane in a Game of Uncertainty
Explore the realities of poker psychology. Uncover how volume and variance impact your mental health, and learn actionable strategies to survive downswings.
Daniel Neilson Leads Main Event into Day 3; Pei Yi Du Wins First APT Title
Daniel Neilson bags the chip lead for Day 3 of the APT Taipei 2026 Main Event. Check out Day 8 highlights for Women’s High Roller & Go x Poker.
Top 5 Tips for Playing Out of Position & Surprise Your Opponents
Your top tips for playing the right out of position poker strategy to surprise your opponents and significantly reduce their positional advantage.
TMT 19 Spotlight: Yu Jie Ni Wins Master for TWD 1.7M; Bo Yi Xiao Leads Main Event Day 1C
Yu Jie Ni wins the TMT 19 Master for TWD 1.7M. Bo Yi Xiao leads Main Event Day 1C as total entries hit 2,200 at Red Space.
Yixian Chen Conquers Jeju Opening at KPC x LPT Jeju; Mystery Bounty and High Roller Underway
The KPC x LPT Jeju Festival 2026 opens at LES A Casino as Yixian Chen wins the Jeju Opening, with High Roller and Mystery Bounty underway.
Doug Polk’s 10-Step Blueprint: How to Win $1,000,000 Playing Poker (Starting From Nothing)
Discover Doug Polk’s full poker strategy blueprint: how he’d start from nothing, study poker solvers, build ranges, move up stakes, and how to win $1 Million.
Australian Poker League Confirms 2026 Rake Increases Amid Intensifying Australian Poker Market
On November 10, 2025, the popular Australian Poker League (APL), Head of Poker, Joel Williams, officially confirmed a rake increase for the upcoming year.
Zengxiang Chen Captures WPT Prime Korea Main Event After Just Six Months Playing Tournaments
Zengxiang Chen wins the WPT Prime Korea Main Event at Jeju Poker Festival 2025, topping 515 entries for ₩129M and his first WPT title.
“I Did Not Think I Would Become Champion” – Zhenyi Huang Claims First Major At CPG Championship Finals Main Event In Sanya
With only four years of poker under his belt, Zhenyi Huang emerged victorious in the 13th CPG Championship Finals Main Event, capturing his first known major title and outlasting some of the country's most decorated players.
Shiina Okamoto On Playing WSOP – WSOP參賽經驗談
In 2023, Shiina Okamoto emerged in the spotlight after finishing 2nd at the WSOP Ladies Event championship. Seeking redemption in 2024, Okamoto achieved it,
WPT Global $8,000 4-Week Freeroll Frenzy – Win Big Playing Online Poker in India
Online poker in India just got more exciting! The WPT Global $8,000 4-Week Freeroll Frenzy offers Indian poker players a chance to win real money every Sunday.
Eat. Sleep. Gym. Play. Repeat: Life on Tour With Anzhela Vasylenko And Erik Rozhynskyi
From a small village in Ukraine to the tropical paradise of Bali, it has been quite the journey for the poker pair of Anzhela Vasylenko and Erik Rozhynskyi.
China’s Yinan Zhou Makes History, Wins Gold Bracelet in $25K WSOP Paradise Super Main Event
The second edition of the World Series of Poker - WSOP Paradise in the Bahamas has come to a thrilling conclusion and the Asia-Pacific poker community had
Players Series Main Event: Chen Po Jui, Jun Yi, Patrick Liang Top Flights
The inaugural Players Series is a week in at the CTP Asia Poker Arena in Taipei City, Taiwan and action has now amplified as more international players have
Jeju Poker Festival: Yong Li and Qidong He Top Red Dragon Championship Heats; Yita Choong Crushes Super High Roller
The grand Jeju Poker Festival at Landing Casino, Jeju Shinhwa World, is down to its last week of festivities, with the Red Dragon Championship front and
Jeju Poker Festival 2024: Yita Choong Holds the Reins Over KPC Main Event Day 1A; First Three KPC Trophies Awarded
Discover the KPC Main Event Day 1A at Jeju Poker Festival and celebrate the first three trophies awarded at Landing Casino.
APPT Manila Championship 2024: Okada Kick Off wraps up qualifying rounds with Lester Edoc in the lead
The opening highlight across the APPT Manila Championship 2024 lineup, Okada Kick Off has officially wrapped up its Day 1 rounds, having run through three
Song Ying Leads Final 16 Of The Inaugural Poker Dream Jeju Main Event; Winfred Yu, Martin Nielsen Win Dragons
It took twelve 50-minute levels of Day 2 play for the inaugural Poker Dream Jeju Main Event to trim down the 179-player field to the final 16. Two players
APT Taipei Poker Classic 2024: NTD 65 Million (~US$ 2M) Main Event guarantee breached; Chih Wei Fan, Peter Kiem, and Yita Choong land victories
Two final flights ran its course and saw its NTD 65,000,000 (~US$ 2M) guarantee breached midway through Flight C
Hokyiu Lee Denied Repeat Victory at the 2024 World Series of Poker Europe
Vivian Saliba stops Hokyiu Lee's bid for a second title at the World Series of Poker Europe in Rozvadov, Czech Republic.
Poker Dream Jeju 12: Zhou Quan captures maiden win at Mystery Big Bounty; Xu Yiguang, and Wu Liang top side events
Zhou Quan wins the Mystery Big Bounty at Poker Dream Jeju 12, excelling in NLH/PLO side events. Explore the highlights now.
Chuyi Huang leads WPT Prime Taiwan 2024 Championship Event Day 2; Hao Lin and Weibo Ye emerge triumphant
Having coursed through twelve days of play, WPT Prime Taiwan 2024 is close to wrapping up this season’s games with only nine trophies left to be awarded over the next three days. A full house was evident at CTP Asia Poker Arena, Taipei this Saturday, August 17th, with the Championship Event’s last flight running […]
Won Poker Cup: Chan Chak Hei stands proud as the Single Day High Roller Champion; Yun Chen How & Yiew Cji Hong lead Main Event Flights of the day
Chan Chak Hei from Hong Kong outlasted a total field of 110 entries which included some of the best in world to stand tall and raise his eagle trophy as the champion of the Won Poker Cup Single Day High Roller Event#5 Champion. He also received a cash prize of $54,950 from a total prize […]
TMT 16: Taiwan’s Kai Hung Hu tops Dragon of the Year Special Event Day 1A; Qualifying rounds to wrap up today
Several trophies have so far been awarded across the thrilling Taiwan Millions Tournament at Asia Poker Arena, Taipei City, Taiwan with the buzzing series past its halfway mark. Running through July 29th, players joining the festivities have one more week to go to secure a victory along with a sweet payday. Currently ongoing is […]
WPT Cambodia Passport To WC Latest Winners: Colin Taliwanth, Shaun Conroy, Kritphon Kobboonchote, Somashekar Nahadeva, Erik Rozhynskyi
The World Poker Tour’s – WPT Cambodia stop continues to prove itself as one of the choice hunting grounds in Asia as players representing different flags walk away as the latest champions. In partnership with Connaissance Management Group, the brand’s Passport To The World Championship festival kicked off on July 12 and runs until July […]
Wuyi Wang “Loris51” Ships APL Online Green Dragon Main Event At Natural8
The fourth Ace Poker League – APL Online series – concluded its three-week run at Natural8 with China’s WuYi Wang aka Loris51 adding another feather to his cap at the Green Dragon Main Event. Loris51 shipped the CNY 1,814,029 (~$249.5K) top prize and claimed the limited Green Dragon Avatar. Loris51 is no stranger to winning […]
2024 WSOP Latest News: Tzu Peng Wang, Kunal Patni, Karitk Ved, Martin Ward, Yik Yin Chiu Run Deep
Another batch of champions crowned at the 2024 World Series of Poker taking place at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. While many Asia Pacific players went deep such as Tzu Peng Wang, Kunal Patni, Yik Yin Chiu, Kartik Ved, Katsuhiro Mori and Martin Ward, the gold bracelets remained elusive. Here are the latest winners. 2024 WSOP […]
WPT Korea 2024: Lin Meng Ling, Sun Zeyu, Tan Chuning, Momo Yin, Roh Sung Ho, and Feng Yuqi emerge victorious
With the WPT Korea 2024 festivities down to its final days at Landing Casino, Jeju Shinhwa World, South Korea, six more winners emerged victorious in this season’s festival with Lin Meng Ling, Sun Zeyu, Tan Chuning, Momo Yin, Roh Sung Ho, and Feng Yuqi bagging side event victories. The festival is on its way […]
WPT Korea 2024 Championship Event Day 2 wraps up with China’s Lu Yingjun on top of the 45 player remaining field
The WPT Korea 2024 festivities at Landing Casino, Jeju Shinhwa World, South Korea, has been running on full blast with the first seven days of its ten-day schedule already in the books. The headlining Championship Event stands to crown this season’s champion with today’s Day 3 welcoming its last 45 survivors. China’s Lu Yingjun is […]
USOP Taiwan Day 8 highlights: Tsun Yin Ng tops Main Event Day 1B; Chin Ling Hsu, Kensuke Tajike, Shmuel Aizik, Zi Wei Tung win trophies
Another blazing day of cards flying and pushing chips at U Series of Poker (USOP) Taiwan taking place at Asia Poker Arena in Taipei City. At the top of the Day 8 menu was the Main Event which drew a crowd of 282 entries on its second flight. By night’s end, 36 advanced to […]
USOP Taiwan Day 6 highlights: Jennifer Cassell ships Mini Main; Yita Choong, Keon Young Oh lift #2; Seung Hun Ko, Lin Wei Ka, Wei Ting Chen score wins
With Day 6 in the books, the U Series of Poker (USOP) season opener is now halfway through at Asia Poker Arena in Taipei City, Taiwan. The wall-to-wall action saw Yita Choong and Keon Young Oh become the first multi-winners, Jennifer Cassell rise at the Mini Main, joined by three other USOP maiden title-holders Seung […]
USOP Taiwan Day 5 highlights: 95 advance at Mini Main; Jeong Yim leads HR Megastack; Romain Bier, Yun Li win trophies
U Series of Poker (USOP) wrapped up another exciting day at the Asia Poker Arena in Taipei City, Taiwan. On Day 5, the room was quickly abuzz as the Mini Main drew a large crowd to well exceed its guarantee and high-profile players flocked for the High Roller Megastack. The day closed with Chau Hau […]
USOP Taiwan Day 3 highlights: Clement Haro, Ying Zhe Huang, Chia Yun Wu, Wei Jen Wang win trophies; SS challenge down to final 9
To date, the theme of the festival has been first time U Series of Poker (USOP) winners. That trend continued with Clement Haro, Ying Zhe Huang, Chia Yun Wu, Wei Jen Wang, and Tan Ong Kwan claiming trophies on Day 3 of festivities. In addition, the Superstar Challenge bagged up at the Final 9 led […]
Exclusive interview with Ting-Yi “Eric” Tsai – Taiwanese player / poker vlogger
Somuchpoker’s exclusive video interview with Ting-Yi “Eric” Tsai, Taiwanese pro / poker vlogger. Tsai recently finished 2nd at the 2023 WSOP Europe Main Event.
USOP Danang Day 3 recap: Robert Kiss ships Mystery Millions; Do Anh Tai, Daniel Tighe, Romain Bier, Yixuan Don win trophies
The U Series of Poker (USOP) season finale concluded another day of exciting poker action resulting in six more trophies leaving the awards table. The festival has been ongoing at Furama Resort located in the gorgeous coastal destination Danang, Vietnam. Games kicked off on November 17 and will run until November 27. Here are the […]
Taiwan’s Eric Tsai finishes strong in 2023 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event; Hokyiu Lee, Wing Po Liu, and Santhosh Suvarna bag gold
The annual World Series of Poker Europe returned to King’s Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic last October 25th through November 15 for three weeks of immense poker action. A total of 15 bracelet events were awarded with several Asian runners bagging gold and making multiple final table appearances in the games. Taiwan’s Eric Tsai […]
WPT Vietnam Day 7 results: Song Li wins HR 2Day Warm Up and WPT Prime Championship Packages; Ivan Konechnyi, Tran Hanh, Sergei Iablokov lift trophies
A week of games has quickly gone by at the World Poker Tour (WPT) Vietnam – Passport to the World Championship. The festival has been ongoing at the Crown Poker Club Hanoi since October 6 and runs until 16, 2023. More trophies were claimed last night and another WPT Prime Championship Package snatched up. Here are […]
WPT Vietnam: Yixuan Dong rules the Survivor Bounty for second trophy, most bounties, and Prime Championship Package; Alvin Sembrano, Nguyen Huu Vinh win trophies
China’s Yixuan Dong is experiencing the best poker run of her career at World Poker Tour (WPT) Vietnam. Returning to Crown Poker Club Hanoi after having bricked in September, she won the PLO on October 8, then this evening, she seized the Survivor Bounty 8-Max for her second festival trophy and career second victory. “This […]
PokerStars LIVE Manila Super Series wraps up its richest edition; Vincent Wong wins two; Chun Yin Lau most ft cashes; Philippines most trophies
PokerStars LIVE Manila concluded another thrilling festival at its hub in Okada Manila, Philippines. Running from September 18 to 24, 2023 was the 18th edition of the Manila Super Series which made history after generating the largest Main Event turnout for this series. The headliner boasted an impressive 1,034 entries for a record-breaking prize pool of […]
Cards flying at USOP Hanoi! Instant cooler on the first deal of Mini High Roller
[Vietnamese Translation] Cards are flying in Hanoi with U Series of Poker back at the Crown Poker Club for its second Vietnam installment this year. The first of 38 USOP trophies are now up for grabs! The highly anticipated event opened its doors with Day 1A of the Mystery Bounty 3BN guaranteed followed shortly after […]
WPT Prime Taiwan: Ting Yi Tsai and Moo Jae win trophies; Yih Chia Shaw bags ME Day 1B chip lead; Hsuan Chao Chen tops D1 Superstack; POF race underway
World Poker Tour (WPT) Prime Taiwan wrapped up its second day of festivities at the Asia Poker Arena in Taipei City, Taiwan. Two players joined the winners circle – Ting Yi Tsai and Moo Jae – to share the top spot in the Player of the Festival race. At other events, 26 players survived […]
WPT Korea: Tao Yin wins the Main Event; Jin Xu Dong and Zhao Wei win trophies; Mystery Bounty draws 173 entries; WPT High Roller up next
The World Poker Tour (WPT) crowned its first WPT Korea Main Event champion after China’s Tao Yin emerged victorious for his first WPT title and largest career score. Over at the side events, Jin Xu Dong and Zhao Wei walked away with trophies. More events up ahead including the WPT High Roller which runs from […]
WPT Korea: Tao Yin catapults to bag Main Event final 8 chip lead; Liu Yin, Lin Wei win side events; WPT High Roller up next
The World Poker Tour (WPT) Korea Main Event has reached its climax with the Final 8 players determined. The event initially attracted an impressive 758 entries over the course of three starting days. This was followed by an intense Day 2 as the 283 advancing players battled for a spot in both the money round […]
APPT Cambodia: Andy Li overcomes grueling heads up at APPT National; Wei Guo Liang, Yinfei Xiao win trophies; Mystery Bounty Day 1B and SHR results
After five days of pre-games, the Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) awarded its first PokerStars Shard trophy to Andy Li for his triumph at the APPT National. In other news, two players from China closed out events, the highly decorated We Guo Liang won the Mini High Roller and Yifei Xiao bagged the Short […]
Cards flying at APPT Cambodia! – NagaWorld Phnom Penh from May 5 to 15
Cards are flying here at NagaWorld Phnom Penh with the Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) back for its second visit to the Kingdom of Wonder. In partnership with boutique gaming consulting company, Connaissance Management, the eleven day festival opened at 1pm today, May 5, 2023 with the NagaWorld Kickoff Event featuring a US$ 50,000 guaranteed prize […]
APT Online first half champions: Niklas Astedt, Yifan Wei, Bellator Deus, Wuyi Wang, X_ikss_X, jazavac98, Gracinda1965, barrakuuda4
The APT Online Series featuring a $10 Million guarantee across 17 events is well underway at Asia’s largest online platform Natural8. The games kicked off on February 12, 2023 and will run until March 7, 2023. If you haven’t joined the action, the time is now. Two big events will soon hit the virtual felt […]
USOP: Poker2U Taiwan Series draws 249 Mystery Bounty hunters; Anton Lu bags big; last two flights today; Chung Yi Ho wins Hyper Turbo
Welcome to Day 3 of the U Series of Poker: Poker2U Taiwan Series! The ten-day live festival opened on February 10 at the Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association (CTP Club) in Taipei City, Taiwan and runs through February 19. For those that missed the opening festivities, Taiwan’s Ching Wei Chen ‘Carter’ 陳靖惟 shipped the […]
WPT Prime Taiwan: Victor Chong clinches the Bounty Event; Pi Ying Hsu, Takao Shimizu, Chung Liang Kuo win trophies; SHR Day 1 update
Wall to wall poker at WPT Prime Taiwan with another batch of games drawing players to host venue Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association (CTP Club Taipei). In the aftermath, anothr four trophies were awarded. We’ve got those results below including an update on the ongoing Super High Roller and the Player of the Festival […]
PokerStars Manila Super Series 15: Jason Magbanua bags Main Event title for Php 1,340,000 (~US$ 23,928); Justin Castro and Chun Yip among side event winners
The recently concluded PokerStars LIVE’s Manila Super Series proved to be an eventful festival having smashed all its listed guarantees for its fifteenth edition with the Main Event awarding the largest payouts for the week. Fresh off from a win in Metro’s Php 2M (~US$ 35,428) guaranteed tournament, local pro Jason Magbanua stole the spotlight […]
2022 WSOP: William Alex Foxen banks $4.5M and elusive maiden bracelet; Phillip Hui wins 3rd career gold; Paul Hizer rules mighty Colossus; Menikos Panayiotou becomes first Cyprus champion
The 53rd Annual World Series of Poker concluded its fourth week of games with 54 bracelets now claimed. The batch of winners covered by this recap were from Event 45 to Event 54. Among them was American pro / 2x GPI Player of the Year champion William Alex Foxen who banked a career high […]
2021 GPI Player of the Year winners announced; Ali Imsirovic hailed Global POY; Sung Joo Hyun and Ting Yi Tsai top Asia Pacific
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 […]
2021 WSOP Online [International]: Andrii Derzhypilskyi wins the 6-Handed Bounty NLH for first career gold
After an intense one hour heads up battle that saw the chip lead switch multiple times, Ukraine’s Andrii Derzhypilskyi outlasted Brazil’s Luciano Santos de Hollanda to claim his first ever WSOP title and gold bracelet. Derzhypilskyi became Ukraine’s ninth bracelet winner and first of this series. Down the rung was Natural8 player Karolis “Internecik” Sereika […]
People News: Patrick Leonard shows integrity, loses SCOOP Leaderboard; Vlogger loses $136k illegally playing on a friend’s account and more…
In this column we deliver you the latest and most interesting news and gossip from our favourite poker people. Patrick Leonard shows integrity, loses SCOOP Leaderboard Patrick Leonard has proven once again that the integrity of the game is more important to him than winning. During this year’s SCOOP he won two titles and had […]
Isildur1 resurfaces playing €2/5 online; A possible end on the Durrrr challenge against Jungleman
Two iconic online glories made an unexpected return in poker news headlines most recently which got the community tuning in once again to these memorable names. Swedish pro Viktor “Isildur1” Blom who once took the poker world by storm has resurfaced in the online cash game scene once again, albeit in lower stakes in comparison […]
2020 WSOP Online – Natural8: Orhan Ates “yirtil” brings Turkey its first WSOP victory; Alessandro Valli “EdgarDavids” runs deep in two side events & Wei Guo Liang wins one
Turkey is on board the World Series of Poker bracelet ranking after Orhan Ates “yirtil” brought the country its first gold at the WSOP #60: $525 Bounty NLH 6 Handed event. Ates triumphed over 3,170 entries and became the 28th champion of the international online series. At the side events, bracelet winner Wei Guo Liang […]
WPT Cambodia: Yinfei Xiao dominates the NagaWorld Cup and Mohamad Abbouchi prevails at the Deep Stack Turbo
WPT Cambodia concluded its fourth day with another two players walking away as first time champions. In the late evening, two events wrapped up Day 1 and will resume at 12:45pm tomorrow. We have all the results and finalist chip counts below. NagaWorld Cup: YINFEI XIAO – US$ 35,619 The US$ 300 buy-in NagaWorld Cup […]
Jianfeng Sun wins WPT Cambodia Warm Up, Yinfei Xiao leads the Nagaworld Cup
A new week has begun and it’s picking up where the weekend left off: with a lot of poker action at Nagaworld in Phnom Penh. Cash Games were running hot with up to ten tables yesterday. On the tournament front the World Poker Tour here in Cambodia had only seen the conclusion of one event […]
IFM Asian Nations Cup: Team Singapore finishes 4th, qualifying for Peru
The International Federation of Match Poker (IFMP) Asian Nations Cup hosted in Taiwan has come to a conclusion last weekend. Match Poker is a tournament format that is played in teams. Team members are playing individually at different tables. Each player receives digital cards, identical to those of their team members and begins with equal […]
WSOP 2019: Adam Friedman goes back to back and Weiyi Zhang goes close
The World Series of Poker in Las Vegas has been heating up nicely during the past week, with numerous stories being written over in sin city. The last twenty-four hours alone have seen China come close to a bracelet, not for the first time this summer. The biggest story, however, has been the astonishing achievement […]
Playing Poker in Hong Kong – Everything you should know with HKPPA Ray Chiu
We sat down with Ray Chiu, Co-founder and Academy Director of the Hong Kong Poker Players Association during the Asia Poker League Vietnam 2019 to talk about the Hong Kong Poker scene.
J88Poker Tour: Main Event opens with 105 at Day 1A; Yi Wei Peng wins first trophy
The J88Poker Tour 2019 kicked off the weekend with its spotlight on Day 1A of the Main Event. This first of three starting heats drew out 105 runners to the CTP Club – Chinese Texas Hold’em Association. The day also saw the Opening Event on its final run with 36 players back in action for the […]
WPT Vietnam: Wayne Heung ships the Super High Roller; Macaron Tran, Pang Choyi, & Le Ngoc Khanh win events
The WPT Vietnam festival ongoing at Pro Poker Club rolled in today with several players earning their time under the spotlight. The Super High Roller event, intended to run for just two days, completed in three with Wayne Heung overcoming the rough terrain. The Short Deck event and Deepstack Turbo also resumed with Macaron Tran […]
Biggest Taiwan Millions Tournament concludes; Main Event draws 645 entries; Lin Chen Yi bags the title
Another Taiwan Millions Tournament wrapped up at the Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association in Taipei City. This latest edition, which is now #5, ran for ten days from January 16 to 27 with 18 events lined up throughout. The Main Event drew the largest attendance of 645 entries, breaking its previous record of 537 set […]
APL HCMC: Xiaoyin He tops Main Event Day 1A; Dang Xuan Canh among the leaders
Asia Poker League concluded Day 1A of the APL HCMC Road Series Vol.3 – Main Event VND 8 Billion Guaranteed. Out of the 82 entries, 24 players made the cut into Day 2. Unsurprisingly, the locals dominated in numbers however claiming the chip lead was Xiaoyin He from China. Xiaoyin staged a late game run, […]
From 178 to the Final 15 players of the WPT Vietnam Main Event; Yik Yin “Ray” Chiu chip leader
WPT Vietnam Main Event saw the return of the 178 survivors and from the get-go it was action-packed at Pro Poker Club. The event attracted 679 total entries for a smashing prize pool of VND 13,172,600,000. This was the largest-ever live tournament poker prize pool seen in the country. And to earn a piece, all […]
Playing your first international poker tournament: Dos and Don’ts with the Asian Poker Tour Team
With two events hosted in Vietnam this year, the Asian Poker Tour is tapping into new markets with a fair number of players new to the game. We took a chance during the latest event hosted by the Tour in Ho Chi Minh City to ask Lloyd Fontillas – APT General Manager & Executive Tournament […]
Asian Teams flying high in $1,000 Tag Team Event as Nikita Luther and Giuseppe Pantaleo take home the gold
The Tag Team event is one of the more unusual events seen at the WSOP each year, with players forming partnerships or groups, and sharing playing duties between them throughout the tournament. This year’s event had a $1,000 buy in, and saw 1,032 teams take part, creating a prize pool of $928,800. Many star players […]
Lew Yin How wins the record-breaking Asia Poker League Vietnam Main Event
The largest poker tournament Vietnam has ever seen wrapped up with Singapore’s Lew Yin How winning the Asia Poker League Main Event. Last night, Lew Yin How withstood the final 9 round to emerge as champion and capture the VND 1,476,360,000 (~US$64,700) first place prize money. Ever since tournament poker opened up to local players […]
MPC 28: Yifan Zheng captures the Red Dragon, Mikita Badziakouski and Sandhy Rafael Sitepu claim High Roller titles
It was another highly successful Macau Poker Cup that passed with players from all over the world converged at PokerStars Live Macau for the 28th installment of the series. Throughout the 17 days of festivities that ran from January 26 – February 11, it was the Chinese players that dominated the tables both in numbers […]
