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The boosted PHP 10,000,000 (~USD 180,000) guaranteed Manila Super Series 19 Main Event is buzzing through at Okada Manila, Philippines once more with two of its four starting flights already done and dusted. Two more remain on the agenda, giving tournament runners until today, January 5th to qualify for Day 2. Yesterday’s games wrapped up […]

The highly awaited U Series of Poker (USOP) season opener made landfall today, January 5, 2024, with a crowd of players – both locally and internationally – quickly firing up the Asia Poker Arena in Taipei City, Taiwan. Among the many familiar faces getting an early start were first ever USOP Taiwan Main Event champion […]

The boosted PHP 10,000,000 (~USD 180,000) guaranteed Manila Super Series 19 Main Event is front and center at the PokerStars hub in Okada Manila, Philippines with its first of four starting flights already in the books.  Eight hours of play was all it took before local runner Lenart Ecarma emerged as Flight A’s chip leader, […]

Amidst a crowd of exuberant fans, USA’s Daniel Sepiol and Greece’s Georgios Sotiropoulos engaged in a gripping heads up battle for the most prestigious World Poker Tour title. These two finalists emerged as the last WPT World Championship contenders remaining from a vast field of 3,835 entries. Both were guaranteed their first ever seven […]

Vietnam’s Minh Anh Nguyen slashed his way through the Asian Poker Festival Main Event final table, eliminating seven of the finalists to seize the inaugural title and a sweet payout of VN₫2,680,000,000 (~$110,400). “Winning a poker tournament is great but winning a Main Event is just a different feeling. It feels surreal to win two […]

Following a staggering turnout across its starting flights, this season’s Manila Megastack 17 Main Event serves to be the biggest to date with a total of 870 entries recorded. This record-breaking attendance pumped up the prize pool to a massive PHP 26,582,850 (~USD 480,080), well-smashing the tour’s PHP 10,000,000 (~USD 180,830) listed guarantee.  Each flight […]

The headlining Manila Megastack 17 Main Event wrapped up its final games after five full days of thrilling action at the PokerStars hub in Okada Manila, Philippines. A strong attendance from both the international and local pool built this season’s Main Event to be the tour’s biggest, with a staggering 870 entries recorded across three […]

A step closer to crowning a champion, PokerStars LIVE’s Manila Megastack 17 Main Event played down its last flight yesterday, December 9th to wrap up its qualifying rounds. Combining all three flights puts this season’s total record up to a staggering 870 entries for a record-breaking PHP 26,582,850 (~USD 480,080) prize pool. This serves to […]

Another six trophies were snatched up at the season finale of U Series of Poker (USOP) taking place at Furama Resort in Danang, Vietnam. The newly minted were Jae Wook Shin, Thomas Ward, Sergei Iablokov, Alen Bakovic, Lee Koangho, and Romain Bier who became the first player to win trophies in this series. Here are the […]

The U Series of Poker (USOP) season finale concluded another day of exciting poker action resulting in six more trophies leaving the awards table. The festival has been ongoing at Furama Resort located in the gorgeous coastal destination Danang, Vietnam. Games kicked off on November 17 and will run until November 27. Here are the […]

The U Series of Poker (USOP) season finale completed its second day of games at Furama Resort Danang with five more players proudly claiming trophies. In the Mystery Millions event, the last two flights significantly boosted the prize pool to a guarantee-crushing VN₫ 5.38 Billion. Check out the exciting stories below. USOP Danang stands as […]

In the wake of the Triton Super High Roller Series that ran from July 27 to August 10, 2023 at London’s JW Marriott Grosvenor House, the buzz continued to resonate over American poker icon Jason Koon’s incredible run to secure his career ninth Triton title. Also making headlines were a number of Asian campaigners, Danny Tang, […]

In front of a booming rail, Vietnam’s own Minh Anh Nguyen overcame a deficit at heads up to emerge as the first ever Poker Dream Vietnam Main Event champion. The monumental victory earned Nguyen a career high ₫3,378,000,000 (~$137,700) and bragging rights as the first to capture this coveted title on home soil. Relive […]

While every bracelet event that extended a guarantee surpassed its target, the 2021 World Series of Poker Online [International]  headliner WSOP #27: $5,000 MAIN EVENT Online Championship fell short of its US$ 20M offer for an overlay of US$ 563K. Unlike last year’s 5,802 entries that amassed a record breaking online poker prize pool of […]

The latest bracelet event to heat up the virtual arena was the WSOP #15: $10K Heads Up NLH Championship. Due to its high demand, the 128 player cap was doubled. 161 players signed up for another seven figure prize pool worth US$ 1,561,700. Day 1 concluded at the final four: Adrian Mateos, Arthur Conan, Aleksejs […]

The annual World Championship of Online Poker held in one of the industry’s most formidable platforms, PokerStars went successfully underway these last four weeks, having awarded over $80 million in guarantees. With 75 featured events spread out across three buy-in levels each, a total of 225 tournaments completed the full schedule. The generous lineup ran […]

After the number of major series happening one after the other, many would think that online poker action would have slowed down in the coming weeks, given the possible dent on players’ bankrolls from all the recent great value tournaments. However, this is not the case as all eyes are currently on the World Poker […]

The inaugural Master Poker Series was on its third day at the Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association (CTP) poker room. This new series was created by the Global Poker Index China (GPIC) Masterboard – a localized version of the more well-known GPI leaderboard. For players that cash in any of the events, they also receive […]

The World Poker Tour (WPT) Sanya Main Event field has been whittled down to 74 as Day 2 came to a close with the money bubble being burst, the two American WPT titlists eliminated and lots of incredible poker action going down here at the MGM Grand Hotel in Hainan, China. The first news maker of […]

Day 1B is now in the books as 169 players move on to Day 2 of the Main Event here as a global flavour, the return of past champions and the arrival of no less than the big boss himself highlights the day’s headlines here in the World Poker Tour (WPT) Sanya.  Adam Pliska, WPT’s […]