Singapore

Poker enthusiasts geolocated in the Lion City are in for a big week ahead with a number of surprises in store as its live poker scene opens up once more. Last August 7th saw the country’s lone poker room reopen its doors at Resorts World Sentosa, Singapore, following its temporary closure due to social […]

Year after year, the World Series of Poker draws the largest crowd at the COLOSSUS event with buy in at an affordable $400. This season was no different with a record-breaking 19,337 entries to generate a prize pool of $5,940,883. Many players from Asia were scattered around the floor with a large number surviving into […]

The U Series of Poker (USOP) has once again proven itself an unstoppable force in the Asian live scene, amassing an incredible 1,100 Main Event entries for a colossal prize pool of NTD 32,010,000 (~USD 1,030,500). The substantial turnout was fueled by the last two flights, adding a roaring 615 entries to the initial 485 […]

Singapore’s The Naing aka Mao clinched the biggest USOP Main Event and locked up an ICM deal payout of VN₫ 4,979,000,000 (~$205,100). Mao’s dominance started on Day 2, where he powered through the competition, amassing an overwhelming stack that propelled him to the final day. Maintaining his lead throughout the final table, Mao defeated Vietnam’s […]

Almost a week in, the fifth running of the Asian Poker Tour festivities in Incheon, South Korea has been a full fledged international affair with players hailing from various parts of the globe coming down to the tournament tables at Paradise City Casino. The esteemed festival covers a ten-day schedule through September 3rd featuring 69 […]

The fourteenth running of the Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) Manila playing through until this Sunday, August 6 at Okada, Manila, Philippines, has been nothing short of successful, evident by its guarantee crushing events, multinational participants and strong attendance all throughout. Just yesterday, the festival concluded its fan favorite APPT Manila National event where the […]

The China Poker Games (CPG) concluded a weeklong festival at Hotel Atlantis in Haitang Bay, Sanya Island with Singaporean pro Alex Lee becoming the first international player to win the Main Event. Lee  outlasted a field of 1,205 entries to earn CNY 1.58 million (about US$ 225,400). He was also awarded packages to the […]

If you are in Taiwan or anywhere near, make your way to the first Singapore Poker League (SPL) international series taking place at the Chinese Texas Hold’em Poker Association (CTP Club) in Taipei City. The event runs this week, from March 30 to April 3 featuring 12 events and a Main Event title that […]

World Poker Tour Prime Taiwan brought together 189 runners to the Main Event and after 11 hours of play, Singapore’s Carter Chan stole the show, delivering the bubble to end Day 1A. Chan also set the bar high for the next starting day, bagging up a mammoth 691,000 in chips. Read up on the […]

The curtain may have closed on the 2021 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas but action continues in Rozvadov, Czech Republic where the Europe leg has been underway since November 19. Despite the threat of a new Covid-19 variant, the series has gotten off to a smashing start with numbers higher than in 2019. […]