The Master Poker Series & GPL China Season 2 Taiwan Tour will be held from december 20 to the 24th at the Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Club in Taipei, Taiwan. Schedule Date Event Buy-in Dec 20, 2018 GPL China Season 2 – Drawing Ceremony Dec 20, 2018 GPL China Season 2 – GPL Knockout Match Dec 20, […]
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PokerStars Red Dragon: Yuechun Shi wins the Red Dragon; China claims 14 out of 20 trophies
On November 30 to December 9, the PokerStars Red Dragon series took place in Jeju, Korea for the first time. The ten-day festival drew players from all over the world resulting in massive prize pools across the board. The event culminated in the Red Dragon Main Event, the largest and most distinguished freezeout tournament in […]
Guo Dong on the pessimism and resignation of Chinese poker community
Last May, Somuchpoker ran a story on the ban of online Texas Hold’em apps in China. Since then, the general state of poker in the country seems to have gotten bleaker. At the currently ongoing WPT Korea, we had a chance to chat with one of China’s top live tournament players, Guo Dong. Dong was […]
Tencent Poker app shuts down and 2018 WSOP China cancelled
If things couldn’t get any worse for Tencent Holding Ltd, after reporting big drops to their stock this year, the tech-giant announced the closure of its Tencent Poker app and the cancellation of the 2018 WSOP China. The news was expelled in the Tencent Poker app on Monday, September 10, 2018. Players attempting to access […]
Chen Feng champions the 760-entry APL Xi’An China Main Event; Local team wins teams event
Asia Poker League was back in China from August 14 to August 22 to host their first-ever APL Xi’an China. The venue was the Xi’an Baoyulin Poker Club in Xi’an, China, a destination not as well-known as Beijing, but if based on numbers, it certainly seemed otherwise. The league produced a massive 760 entrants for […]
APL Xi’An: Main Event attracts 760 entries, Dai Luiheng wins Highroller
The Asia Poker League has been the latest event for Asian poker players this week, with the Xi‘an Baoyulin Poker Club providing the location for what was the third event in China to be hosted by the APL. This event is the third of this year too, with two APL Road Series festivals having already […]
Silk Road Cup draws massive 1,112 entries in Xi’an, China; Feng Dashuai wins the Main Event
To the Asian sector, the historic city of Xi’an, China may not be one of the most well-known poker destinations but that may all change with the Silk Road Cup producing one of the largest events the county has seen this past week. The third edition of the Silk Road Cup ran from July 19 […]
Live poker in China continues despite online ban; Ri Yue Tan Cup draws massive 1105 entries
Two months ago, poker players in China were delivered gut-punching news that all online poker apps would be banned starting June 1, 2018. With poker organizers highly reliant on online poker apps to fuel their live events in China, this led to the uncertainty of poker’s future in the country. But all hope is not […]
Interview with Guo Dong on the state of poker in China
On April 20, the Chinese poker community was shaken by the news of a government shutdown on all online poker apps and any social apps that promote the game of Texas Hold’em. This ban is to be in effect starting June 1, 2018. With not much information on this ban circulating out of China, Somuchpoker […]
Poker in China: Crackdown on Online Poker Applications
China poker community is in shock after the announcement of a massive crackdown on online poker applications. For the past years, Texas Hold’em online poker apps have been fuelling the growth of the game in the country. To summarize the “state of mind” of the community, poker pro Guo Duong, Tencent Ambassador, shared on his […]