New All Star Game for WSOP

New All Star Game for W...

The World Series of Poker (WSOP) just announced that it is adding a new All Star game to its line up of events this year which begins on 27th June. The Tournament of Champions event has been ditched (or perhaps just transformed?). This was the event that featured 20 past WSOP Main...
German Poker Event Hold Up

German Poker Event Hold...

Apparently these things don’t just happen in the movies. Today a German poker tournament being held in the Hyatt Hotel in Berlin was interrupted by four to six armed robbers wielding not only guns and machetes but also grenades (although the reports on this are a little sketchy...
First Singaporean Casino now open for business

First Singaporean Casin...

It has been a long time coming but finally Singapore’s first casino, Resorts World Sentosa, opened its door on Chinese New Year as this is the most auspicious day in the Chinese calendar. With a second casino to follow later in the year, Singapore is being touted as the next Asian...
Asian Poker King Tournament Closes Today

Asian Poker King Tourna...

Today is the final day of the three-day Poker King Club’s Asian Poker King Tournament in the Star World Hotel in Macau.  With a guaranteed prize pool of HKD$750,000 the tourney generated a lot of interest and excitement and I for one watched the event with interest. Even though...
Party Poker: A Chance to Win 1 Million

Party Poker: A Chance t...

The Million Dollar Hand returns to PartyPoker on October 5th!  The promotion is back and starts on Monday 5 until 30th October. The promotion offers the chance to win a cool $1 million or even more! Real money players will get a playing card for every 15 “PartyPoints”...
Casino Construction Progressing

Casino Construction Pro...

Unless you’ve had your head stuck in the sand for the past couple of years, you’ll probably know that there are currently two Singapore casinos under construction which will be the first in the country following the lifting of the 40 year long ban against casinos.  Licences...
SUCCESSFUL TURNOUT FOR ASIAN POKER TOUR

SUCCESSFUL TURNOUT FOR ...

I’ve been following events throughout the tour which ends tomorrow.  The number of participants this year seems to be more than was excepted by the organisers given the current financial situation. There also seems to have been a huge growth in the number of Asian players in the...
The 2009 Asian Poker Tour Kicks Off Tomorrow!!

The 2009 Asian Poker To...

The highly anticipated tournament is being held in Galaxy StarWorld Hotel and Casino in Macau and will run from tomorrow through to 23 August.  Over 400 players from around the globe are expected to take part to compete for a slice of the huge prize pool. Following last year’s...