After a successful opening event in China with a 1043-strong Main Event field the Asia Poker League now kicked off their second event of the year. The event is running from 20th to 28th April and is hosted at the CTP Club in Asia’s poker hotspot Taipei, Taiwan. It is partnered with the Deepstack Open, […]
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Interview with Taiwanese poker pro Chen An Lin
Chen An Lin is a highly recognized Asian poker professional from Taiwan. He began mounting numerous deep runs in 2015, mostly in Macau. He earned his first six-figures in 2016 at the EPT Monte Carlo High Roller event, then when 2018 rolled in, his live tournament career boomed. He finished 8th at the Aussie Millions […]
HKPPA concludes first series outside of Hong Kong; ArTLess wins the Main Event
The Hong Kong Poker Players Association (HKPPA) Premier League series came and went last weekend running from April 4 to 7 in Taipei, Taiwan at the highly popular CTP Club – Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association. This was the first time HKPPA ventured outside of Hong Kong to host a full blown series with 8 […]
World Poker Tour announces stop in Taiwan
The World Poker Tour issued a press release yesterday to announce a new WPT stop in Taiwan for this summer. After Vietnam this is the latest addition to the Asia-Pacific region by the poker giant and it it’s likely that more stops in the region will be announced in the near future. WPT Taiwan announcement […]
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$69,000), the J88PT champion’s golden bracelet, and a […]
Meet the Final 9 of the J88Poker Tour Main Event
After four days of competition that saw 452 total entries and a prize pool that fattened up to NT$ 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 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 […]
Meet the J88Poker Team Pros
The online poker business is a tough market that anyone new will have to work hard to gain any kind of traffic. A year and a half ago, J88Poker took on that challenge by entering the online arena. To help attract players, one of the methods they chose was through an ambassadorship program. However this […]
Team SPL wins the J88Poker Tour Team Event
J88Poker Tour 2019 kicked off on March 29 at CTP Club – Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association – with the Team Event as its opener. 12 teams comprised of four members each signed up representing various Asian nations and clubs. Over the course of three days, they competed in four game formats – NLH, PLO, […]