As impressive as last year’s turnout was for the annual World Poker Tour Japan festival, this year’s events saw even better results. The fifth season of WPT Japan, in partnership with Japan Poker Union, similarly featured only three tournaments on schedule: the Main Event, U-23, and a concluding freeroll. Recently crowned WPT champion Kimijima Shoki […]
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2021 WPT Japan on its way to set a new record, last Day 1 left
Globally renowned World Poker Tour is setting new heights for its annual festivities in the Land of the Rising Sun as it welcomes a likely record-breaking Main Event in this year’s series. In partnership with Sammy Inc, WPT Japan is exceeding everyone’s expectations having already recorded a total of 612 entries across its first three […]
Natural8-WSOPC: Ficho and RyutaroYT lock up WSOPC Rings; D. Coleman, K. Ichinose, R. Sharma among side winners; Sunday highlights
As always, Sunday was red hot at the Natural WSOP 2021 Super Circuit Online Series with two WSOPC Rings claimed and 33 side events conquered. The newly minted champions were Germany’s “Ficho” and Japan’s “RyutaroYT”. At the side games, Blake “Beast2018!” Bohn won big, David Coleman landed his fifth, Pablo “Singleleg” Wesley shipped his third, […]
2021 WPT Japan gets go signal for this September
The World Poker Tour is back stronger than ever as it prepares for an exciting line-up of events for the year ahead. Coming from a record-breaking series last 2020 despite the multitude of setbacks the live poker arena has seen, the major brand is committed to making its return once again to the Land of […]
2020 WPT Japan awards Charlie Ryuta Main Event title and $13,000 WPT Passport
Coming from a six-month break of hosting live poker tournaments in the Asia Pacific region, the World Poker Tour (WPT) recently made a successful comeback, having hosted a four day series in the Land of the Rising Sun. While Japanese law prohibits real money gaming, the WPT festival established a Main Event with a prize […]
Japan, Singapore: Casino operators pull back on development plans and expect delays on expansion following global health crisis
As the most powerful of nations feel the negative effects of the pandemic, numerous plans are now being altered to adapt to the unexpected changes. Being one of the hardest hit regions, economies in Asia are struggling to recover from the devastating impact the whole coronavirus situation has brought to light. The gaming industry has […]
2020 WSOP Online – Natural8: The Opener sets new record but bugs out; two events postponed; Shoma Ishikawa “pp_syon” captures his first WSOP bracelet
What was anticipated to be an exciting opening day at the 2020 World Series of Poker hosted on the GG Network – Natural8, turned out to be a brutal disappointment for many players. Out of the three bracelet events up for grabs, only the $ 525 Super Turbo Bounty No Limit Hold’em 6-Handed reached completion. […]
WPT Japan: “Asia Swing” arrives in Tokyo as Junheng Situ takes top prize
In what is a rather unique stop on the World Poker Tour, the Asia Swing has been passing through Tokyo in recent days, stopping off at Gajoen Hotel for WPT Japan. Unusually for a WPT event, no money has been won by any players, with competitors instead playing to get their hands on WPT passports […]
WPT Asia Swing coming in September
When it comes to poker tours, few can match the might of WPT. Top quality events attracting the best players in the world to some of the most beautiful locations on earth is what WPT has always provided and the tour shows no signs of slowing up. If anything, WPT is becoming even more diverse […]
World Poker Tour confirms 8 events for Asia Pacific Season 18
The globally renowned World Poker Tour is getting ready for a very busy Asia Pacific Season 18. The brand confirmed 8 events in the region with two new destinations, WPT Australia and WPT Taiwan. The season will also see the much-awaited return to the Philippines after a three-year absence. Talking about the upcoming Asia Pacific […]