Live poker festivals are on a gradual return around the world, however, in Asia, there are places where locals have been shuffling chips on the physical green. One such place is Korea. Since mid last year, poker group J88PT has attracted from 800 up to 1,500 entries to their marquee events. In just a week’s […]
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J88Poker Tour closes with high marks and Eemil Tuominen winning the High Roller
J88Poker Tour wrapped up another successful festival at the CTP Club – Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association. The first edition in December 2018 – which so happened to be their first-ever live venture – saw a packed house everyday that this second edition was staged just a short three months after. The festival ran for […]
Taiwan’s own Chi Hang ships the J88Poker Tour Main Event and wins seat to WSOP
It took over 8 hours of intense final table action for the J88Poker Tour Main Event to complete. When it did, it was local player Chi Hang reveling in all the glory. Chi spiked a lucky two-outer on the turn against Jin Ho Hong to capture NT$2,152,000 (~US$69,000), the J88PT champion’s golden bracelet, and a […]
J88Poker Tour: Catching up with the side events
With the J88Poker Tour 2019 – Main Event – down to the Final 9 players, it’s time to give the side events a bit of attention. Four events have concluded after opening day. We’ve got those results for you below. Deep Stack Turbo: CHIH YING LIANG The Deep Stack Turbo drew 147 runners for a […]
Meet the Final 9 of the J88Poker Tour Main Event
After four days of competition that saw 452 total entries and a prize pool that fattened up to NT$ 9,562,900 (~US$310,000), the J88Poker Tour Main Event is now down to its final 9 players. This was established earlier today at Day 2 with 134 runners back at CTP Club – Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association. Ten […]
J88Poker Tour – Day 2 Main Event Qualifier & Chip Count
NO. NAME CHIPS COUNT COUNTRY 1 KWAN NGAI VINCENT LI 183000 HK 2 CASEY KASTLE 176000 SLOVENIA 3 SEBASTIAN TAN 172500 SINGAPORE 4 HSU WEN KANG 171000 TW 5 JEONGGYU CHO 168500 KOREA 6 HE RU WU 167500 TW 7 BEN FONG 158000 HK 8 JU YUK PARK 146500 KOREA 9 GRAEME SIOW 141500 […]
J88Poker Tour sees a large Main Event turnout of 452 entries; He-Ru Wu tops Day 1C
For just their second-ever live tournament, J88Poker Tour surely did not disappoint. The Main Event produced another impressive result attracting a combined total of 452 entries over the three starting days. With a buy-in of NT$25,000 (US$810) each, this doubled the 5M advertised guarantee. Also, the eventual winner will receive a WSOP 2019 Main Event […]
J88Poker Tour Taiwan Schedule
The J88Poker Tour Taiwan will be held from December 12th to December 16th, 2018, at the Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association, Taiwan. Schedule Dec. 12th Wednesday TIME # EVENT BUY-IN (NTD) 14:00 1 Single Day High Roller 40,000 16:00 s2 Opening Event Satellite 1,800 18:00 2 Opening Event Day1 8,000 20:00 3 Team Event Day1 60,000 […]