A prime destination in Asia for gamblers and tourists alike, Jeju, South Korea has grown to be a popular holiday island, home to ten casinos catering only to foreign guests. While the popular spot receives an average of 15 million visitors yearly, Jeju is clearly not immune to its bout of criminal cases. Most recently, […]
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J88PT Korea: Je Ho Lee wins Main Event, Soo Jo Kim ships two Super events, Kim Young Do bags the High Roller
Amid the current global health crisis, J88PT held a live poker event in June at the Grand Plaza Cheongju Hotel in Cheongju, South Korea. This was the first time the brand hosted an event in the country, and it was the first live poker festival wherein Koreans were allowed to participate. In the aftermath, the […]
Taiwan, Vietnam , Online : All details on Asian Poker Tour upcoming events
Asian Poker Tour was one of many land-based poker operators hit hard by the pandemic. Of the eleven festivals scheduled for 2020, only two came to fruition. It has now been six months since their last live event and while the likelihood of a full blown APT festival is still uncertain for 2020, the brand […]
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 […]
Casino briefs: Kangwon Land casino shutdown; Macau suffers; New casino planned in Vietnam
As confirmed cases of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) continue to increase worldwide, neighboring countries have started to be on red alert and have become more wary of the current situation. Inevitably, casinos which are regularly visited by citizens and tourists alike, are also being more cautious while taking up preventive measures to promote good health and […]
Asia Millions 2020: Xing Biao Zhu, Alex Lee and Ricky Cheung claim trophies
The city of Busan may not have the same ability as Seoul or Incheon to attract international players but cards were definitely in the air these past few days as players battled it out for the Asia Millions Poker Championship. The festival, hosted by AJPC and HKGC, ran from 21 – 24 February, 2020 at […]
Zhihao Zhang wins Red Dragon Main Event; Bin Sun wins Super High Roller, Liuheng Dai takes High Roller trophy
Red Dragon Jeju 2019 has provided one of the highlights of the Asian poker calendar in recent years, with the Red Dragon Main Event being one of the most coveted titles on the circuit. Here is all the latest from this year’s edition, included the all-important Main Event champion. KRW2,500,000 Red Dragon Main Event – […]
AJPC: Rijad Hasani takes Main Event victory, Sorokin crushing side events
The AJPC festival in Korea has been providing players with chances at glory over the last week with a total of 14 events set to take place. Most of those are now complete, including the all-important Main Event and High Roller, so allow us to bring you the latest results from Paradise City in Incheon. […]
Tadashi Takei takes WPT Korea Main Event title for KRW108,170,000 (US$90,582)
WPT’s Asia Swing finished in style yesterday, with Japan’s Tadashi Takei taking the WPT Korea Main Event title and bringing the four-day tournament to a close. It was not the only exciting tournament finale to have taken place in Korea lately though, as several side events have also wrapped up too. Here is the latest […]
WPT Korea kicks off; Igor Kim wins Main Event Warm Up as Danny Tang wins Single Day High Roller
The Asia Swing has swung across to Korea this week, stopping off at Incheon. The WPT Korea got the action rolling on September 17th with a packed poker room at Paradise City. With the Main Event Warm Up and two High Rollers among the events now in the books, allow us to bring you the latest […]