A strong passion for the game, Judic Kim entered the business side of the poker industry roughly six years ago with a goal to engage the Asian market with the whole poker scene. With more than 30 years of experience being a player himself, Kim eventually ventured to creating a poker community called Pokerlife and […]
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Interview: Getting to know APL tournament director Jimmy Chun
The ongoing pandemic has hit the live poker scene extremely hard, halting operations and cancelling majority of the events lined up for the year. In an interview with Asia Poker League (APL) tournament director, Jimmy Chun shares with its readers the obstacles the tour has been experiencing given the situation. He also highlights the upcoming […]
Nguyen Minh Tuan clinches inaugural APL Da Nang Main Event
After six days of stiff competition, the inaugural Asia Poker League Da Nang Main Event concluded with Vietnam’s Nguyen Minh Tuan lifting the trophy and the handsome VND 2,026,500,000 (~US$ 87,400) first prize. Final Day recap The Main Event ran from December 14 to 19 attracting 525 entries at VND 22,000,000 (~US$ 950) each to […]
APL Da Nang Main Event Final Table – Live Updates
Welcome to Asia Poker League Da Nang Main Event. This is the event everyone has been waiting for with its jaw-dropping VND 8 Billion (US$345,357) Guaranteed prize pool . Action gets underway at 1pm. Buy-in is VND 22,000,000 (~USD 944). Follow all the action via this link: APL Da Nang Main Event – Live Updates ALL […]
APL Da Nang Main Event: Meet the Final 9 players
It was another fast elimination day at the inaugural Asia Poker League Da Nang Main Event with 33 players returning to action for Day 3 at host venue Risemount Premier Resort. In just under five hours, the final 9 was formed. We’ve got a short recap below and a brief look at the finalists. Final […]
APL Da Nang: 525 entries into the Main Event; Kim Jae Hwan and Kwon Hyuk Jin winners in side events
An action packed day came to a conclusion yesterday at the Asia Poker League Da Nang with the last two Day 1 opportunities for the VND 22,000,000 (~USD 944) Main Event and the runout of two side events, the VND 8,800,000 (~USD 380) No Limit Hold’em and the VND 5,500,000 (~USD 238) Hyper Turbo 2. […]
APL Da Nang: Im Sung Gok wins Deep Stack; Lin Jian on top of the Main Event chip counts
Day 1A of the Asia Poker League Vietnam Main Event had seen 71 entries and yesterday players came to the Risemount Premier Resort Da Nang, Vietnam, to play the second flight of this event. In addition to that the VND 10,000,000 (~USD 430) Deep Stack event took place as well. Lin Jian leads Main Event […]
Asia Poker League holds its year end finale in Vietnam, presents “Ambassadors Team”
With a new “”Ambassadors Team” and an upcoming event in Da Nang, the Asia Poker League is having a busy month of December. APL Announces Ambassador Team According to James Kim, “ the Ambassadors have been selected not only for their poker skills but also for their involvement in the poker community of their own […]
The Asia Poker League launches new poker app “APL Poker”
The Asia Poker League has been very active on the live poker scene in recent years with multiple events hosted across Asia. Despite this offline prominence, it is now set to redeploy its efforts into the online field. The online poker application “APL Poker” will be live on October 29th, 2019! APL Poker has been […]
APL HCMC: Cao Ngoc Anh leads Main Event; Jack Wu bags High Roller title
After almost a week of Asia Poker League action in Vietnam, we can now bring you the result of the High Roller, all the latest from the Main Event, along with the latest side event winners. The festival has seen some great poker and worthy winners, with thousands of dollars having changed hands in Ho […]