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Taiwan Millions Tournament 12 highlights: Zhong Hao Lee wins record breaking Main Event; You Da Tsai tops Player of the Series; Zong Chi He banks the most
Record-breaking numbers at the 12th edition of the Taiwan Millions Tournament which ran from July 8 to 25 at the Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association (CTP Club). For years, this biannual homegrown festival has been one of the most sought after events in...
Asian Poker Tour wraps up biggest festival at the VSOP; Vamerdino Magsakay wins Main Event and POS; Slade Fisher banks record Championships
The Asian Poker Tour (APT) concluded its fourth international festival of the year with thirteen days of games running from July 12 to 24 at the Viet Nam Series of Poker (VSOP) in Hanoi, Vietnam. This was the brand’s first series at the venue and it was an...
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Online News: Phil Ivey appears in WPTGlobal advert; Sebastian Gaehl defeats Bryn Kenney for Super MILLION$ title; Winning Poker Network’s $25M GTD OSS Cub3d XVI and Natural8’s Zodiac Festival underway
In this column, we deliver you the latest and most interesting online poker industry news from across the world and all platforms. Phil Ivey appears in WPTGlobal advert Legendary Phil Ivey surprised fans last week having appeared in a World Poker Tour Global...
Zodiac Festival Makes Its Return This July with ¥35M GTD
Article sponsored by Natural8 This season, celebrate the 2022 Qixi Festival with the popular Zodiac Festival. With some of the biggest prizes in Asia, special Mystery Bounty events, and ¥35,000,000 ($5,000,000) in guarantees across all events, the Zodiac Festival is...
Ask Away with Kitty Kuo’s “Ask Me Anything” Event on GGPoker’s Reddit
Article sponsored by Natural8 Even though the month has just begun, August 2022 is already set to be different. Right on the first week of the month, there will be a special guest appearance on GGPoker’s Reddit. If you haven’t heard of it, Natural8’s ambassador Kitty...
INTERVIEWS
Interview with Filipino high roller Florencio Campomanes
Before the pandemic, Filipino pro Florencio Campomanes was tearing up the felt with a victory at the 2019 APPT Manila Main Event and 2020 Red Dragon Manila Main Event. Two years later, with games back on the live green, he picked up right where he left off,...
Alexandre Meunier, One Drop Vice-President
Alexandre Meunier Interviewed by Somuchpoker’s Gaelle Jaudon Somuchpoker: We know the One Drop, a foundation created by Guy Laliberté that works for access to drinking water and hygiene, for its association with the WSOp and the creation of the Big One for one...
Interview with Katie Lindsay – Professional Poker Player and Chris Moorman’s wife
Katie Lindsay Interviewed by Somuchpoker’s Gaelle Jaudon Somuchpoker: Most people first met you as Chris Moorman’s wife, but you yourself are an accomplished player with more than $500k in tournament cash and most importantly, around $2 million in total...
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A Quick Guide to WPT Prime Cambodia: August 11 to 23
In just a few days, the World Poker Tour returns to the Kingdom of Wonder with what promises to be the biggest event hosted by the brand in Asia this year. WPT Prime Cambodia takes place at the country’s capital, Phnom Penh, from August 11 to 23 at the...
Experience WPT Prime Cambodia: August 11 to 23 at NagaWorld Phnom Penh
For years, the globally renowned World Poker Tour has been staging multiple festivals in the Asian region with the largest international turnout seen at the Kingdom of Wonder. In just over a week’s time, the premier brand returns. WPT Prime Cambodia makes...
Taiwan Millions Tournament 12 highlights: Zhong Hao Lee wins record breaking Main Event; You Da Tsai tops Player of the Series; Zong Chi He banks the most
Record-breaking numbers at the 12th edition of the Taiwan Millions Tournament which ran from July 8 to 25 at the Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association (CTP Club). For years, this biannual homegrown festival has been one of the most sought after events in...
Asian Poker Tour wraps up biggest festival at the VSOP; Vamerdino Magsakay wins Main Event and POS; Slade Fisher banks record Championships
The Asian Poker Tour (APT) concluded its fourth international festival of the year with thirteen days of games running from July 12 to 24 at the Viet Nam Series of Poker (VSOP) in Hanoi, Vietnam. This was the brand’s first series at the venue and it was an...
Road to WPT Prime Cambodia – August 11 to 23; Main Event $500K GTD
There’s plenty to get excited about this August as the World Poker Tour returns to Cambodia to stage its newest tournament series WPT Prime at the luxurious NagaWorld Phnom Penh. The highly anticipated event is certain to impress with huge guarantees and a...
REST OF THE WORLD
Germany’s Koray Aldemir wins the 2021 WSOP Main Event for US$ 8M
Amid a packed fan rail where one side sported black “KORAY” t-shirts and the other in white with “Show em the Lights – Bring it on Holmes” printed on, the exciting conclusion of the $10,000 No Limit Hold’em Main Event World Championship had just unfolded. And it...
Polk ends heads up challenge vs Negreanu with a $1.2M win
After 36 sessions and over a hundred hours of battle, the heads up challenge between icons Doug Polk and Daniel Negreanu has finally come to a close. Polk, a master of the heads up game has proven his prowess time and time again, ending his most recent grudge match...
Argentina’s Damian Salas crowned the 2020 WSOP Main Event champion
After two WSOP Main Event online legs, two live final table showdowns, and one ultimate heads up world championship, the 51st Annual World Series of Poker finally crowned its $10,000 No Limit Hold’em MAIN EVENT champion. Standing victorious and proud was Argentinian...
Negreanu, Kitai, Ensan, Kanit, Blum and More: The Poker Community Talks About Covid-19’s Impact on Their Lives
The poker community, like the rest of the world, has not been spared the unprecedented Covid-19 crisis. The gaming industry has been hit hard by casino closings and the stopping of live tournaments, which has meant a sudden halt to their activities and plans for many...
PokerStars Founder Isai Scheinberg surrenders to American authorities
If PokerStars was once an empire of the online world, then Isai Scheinberg was its emperor. Over a relatively short space of time, Scheinberg’s online poker room had ridden the crest of the poker boom to become an all-conquering business behemoth, basking in the rays...
STRATEGY
Top 10 Beginners Tips for Six Plus Hold’em / Short Deck
It’s been over a year since PokerStars introduced Six Plus Hold’em and since then other major poker sites like GGPoker have followed suit. Six Plus might seem very similar to regular Texas Hold’em, except the ante structure and of course having the deck being stripped...
Everything you should know before making a deal in a tournament
Over the years, deal making has become an increasingly popular and important factor in tournaments. It allows players to flatten the payouts in the late stages which decreases the variance which can make tournament grinding difficult to manage as a profession. Most...
Are re-entries and late registrations hurting the poker economy?
There once a time when poker tournaments involved one buy-in, one stack and one shot. In the simpler days of a freezeout you’d only ever see a player bust once. But these days, professionals can fire bullet after bullet until they finally build a big stack they can go...
6 reasons why you need to start beating online micro stakes if you want to take poker seriously
There is a common complaint among players who want to be successful at poker but cannot climb the ladder. They claim to have difficulty beating the micro stakes and moving up because their sophisticated plays do not work on weak players. You’ll normally find such...
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