Live action is back and running in one of the most popular tournament poker stops throughout the region with PokerStars LIVE Asia having recently concluded its fourth event of the year in the Philippine capital. The Asia Pacific Poker Tour Manila Open ran from May 30 through June 5, 2022 at Okada Manila featuring a […]
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PokerStars Okada Manila Millions: Jose Colada clinches back to back Main Event titles; PJ Aratea, Wonjae Lee, Flo Campomanes among side winners
PokerStars LIVE Manila concluded its first live event of the calendar year with the 3rd edition of Okada Manila Millions taking place on January 3 to 9 at Okada Resort Hotel & Casino. Among the 14 players that walked away with brand new spade trophies, it was defending champion Jose “JC” Colada earning the highest […]
CTP 6th Anniversary Series: Yu Liu wins the Main Event; Chi Jen Chen awarded Player of the Series; Opener sets a new record; Festival highlights and results
The Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association wrapped up its 2021 calendar season with a record smashing 6th Anniversary Series. Taking place from December 1 to 12, locals and a handful of foreigners from all over Taiwan converged at the main CTP Poker Club in Taipei to amass a grand prize pool of NT$ 17,696,700 (~US$ […]
Sung Min Lee wins the J88PT Korea Main Event for KR₩ 100,000,000 (~US$ 85,000)
Korean poker brand J88PT continues to bring live action to players on home soil with one event recently completed and another soon to follow. The latest J88PT Korea event ran on October 8 to 10 with Main Event entry flights starting as early as August 29. The series paid out a hefty KR₩ 690 Million […]
2021 WSOP Online Bracelet winners #17 to #20: Justin Lapka, James Gilbert, Martin Zamani, and Sang Lee
Another four milestone victories at the 2021 World Series of Poker Online [USA leg] to bring the total number of series champions to 20. The newly minted players were all first time WSOP bracelet winners, Justin “LappyPoker” Lapka, James “DanFriel” Gilbert, Martin “BathroomLine” Zamani, and Sang “youngkoi” Lee. Both Gilbert and Lee pocketed a cool […]
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 […]
Aussie Briefs: Alex Lee wins Perth Poker Champs; APL Million begins; Aussie Millions 2019
From one side of the coast to the other, poker players have been busy in the continent of Australia. The Perth Poker Champs recently concluded its twelve day festival with Singapore’s Alex Lee taking down the Main Event. While that was wrapping up, the APL Million fired up in Sydney. We’ve got the lowdown for […]
Macau Briefs: Alex Lee Xiang Wei wins the ACOP Platinum Main Event
Alex Xiang Wei Lee wins the ACOP Platinum Series Main Event The ACOP Platinum series has been progressing throughout this week, with big prizes being awarded across numerous events. The HK$5,500 Main Event always generates special interest, and this year saw 209 players pulling up chairs. The prize pool grew to HK$942,694 ($121,417) with […]
Aussie Millions: Alex Lee and Christopher Soya take down titles
Every year a lot of Asian players make the journey to Australia, and this week, they have been making waves at the biggest festival festival of southern hemisphere. Alex lee wins the AU $1,150 Terminator Event Alex lee, from Singapore, has taken down the AU $1,150 Terminator Event, bagging AU $39,000 in prize money for his efforts. During […]