The Beijing Poker Club will host the APL Reloaded event next month in Beijing. Somuchpoker took some time to discuss the event with Zhang Yangchun, CEO of Beijing Poker Club. Somuchpoker: Currently, many foreigners think that poker is not very legitimate in China due to government regulation. So, can you introduce your Beijing Poker Club […]
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WPT Beijing – Schedule
The World Poker Tour Beijing will be held from April 15th to April 19th 2017 at the Nuo Hotel of Beijing, China. More: WPT Beijing announced: New event and new location in Mainland China
Chun Lei ‘SamRostan’ Zhou: An Online Enigma
January 3rd saw an impressive session from Chun Lei ‘SamRostan’ Zhou as he took on notorious players such as Viktor ‘Isildur1’ Blom, Alexander ‘joiso’ Kostritsyn, ‘spaise411’, Ben ‘Sauce123’ Sulsky, and Matt ‘MUSTAFABET’ Ashton at the $1K/$2K 8-Game tables. He won that day $123,665. He gave a dominant display of skill in what was far from being […]
Wei Guo Liang wins Tencent Poker Tour (TPT) Main Event for 2M RMB
Tencent, owners of WeChat and QQ Messenger App, recently held its Tencent Poker Tour (TPT) 2016 and it proved to be a huge success. A total of 482 entries participated in the Main Event, most of whom qualified through satellites in the online mobile platform, Tencent Poker. The total guaranteed prize pool was 10,000,000 RMB […]
Alibaba makes waves as it announces The International Poker Tour
In a press conference held in Shanghai Tuesday, Alibaba Sports Group (AliSports) announced a new tour, International Poker Tour (IPT), which will start taking place in Asia, North America and Europe. After Ourgame and Tencent Poker, Alibaba will be the most recent entry from a huge Chinese Company into the world of live poker tournaments. According to organizers more […]
Live Tournament Scene On The Rise in Mainland China
After the fiasco of the APPT Nanjing Millions a lot of people speculated that poker in China would deteriorate. The APPT Nanjing Millions was sponsored by PokerStars and was considered one of the biggest tournaments in Mainland China until it got raided before it could reach its end. With President Xi Jinping’s war on gambling […]
Chen Hao triumphs in WPT National China 2016
The WPT National China which happened from October 28 to November 3 at the MGM Grand Sanya and directed by renowned Tournament Director Matt Savage has recently finished with Chinese player Chen Hao besting a field of 886 players for ¥1,556,625 (Approx $228,801). Chen Hao made international news in 2014 when he won the record breaking […]
Poker in China: An In-depth look at the Chinese Poker Scene & Rules
“Poker is booming in China” – You may have already heard this said numerous times. As a matter of fact, for players in Asia and in other continents, it has been a trendy topic of discussion. It’s been talked about so much that some media have started to write about it by reporting an increase […]
International Poker Open 4 attracts 497 players in Changsa, China
The 4th Edition of the International Poker Open recently ended in Changsa, Hunan province in Mainland China. Last year, it was held in Manila and was won by Filipino poker pro Lester Edoc. Guaranteeing a prize pool of 2,600,000 RMB (US$390,000) for the Main Event, the Festival this year was unique as it had a total […]
China Poker Games: Zhi Lin wins China’s largest tournament
China Poker Games (CPG) 2016 edition has been confirmed to be a huge success in Mainland China. Held at the Howard Johnson Resort Sanya Bay, Hainan last August 25-31, 2016, the Main Event of the festival garnered a massive field of 1,294 entries – a significant increase compared to last year’s participation of 1,075 entries. And because […]