Poker news tagged with 'asia'

The World Poker Tour is definitely making a huge impression in the world of online poker as it launches its first digital festival specially made for Asian players, and it's already ongoing at Natural8!

Natural 8 - WPT Asia Online Series

• Duration: October 3 to 25, 2020
• Prize Pool: HK$100,000,000 Gtd ($12.8 million)
• 22 Trophies to be won

A video showing a grind house somewhere in Asia with players seated in front of several computers are seen multitabling on the same Asian poker app.

I've got a lot of questions about this poker grind house pic.twitter.com/HJRhdiiZSP

— Joey Ingram #passion (@Joeingram1) April 18, 2020

Read more » Asian App Poker Grind House Video leaked on Twitter

Just a few moments ago, Phil Ivey won another WSOP bracelet at World of Poker Asia at Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia. The $2,200 buy-in tournament (WSOP APAC Event #3 - Mixed Event) drew 81 of the best mixed game players in the world, generating a total prize pool of $168,000. The top nine players received a piece of the prize pool and Mr. Ivey received $51,840 after defeating Brandon Wong heads up.

The American pro now has an incredible 9 bracelets under his belt and has climbed to 3rd place (shared with Johnny Moss) on the all-time WSOP bracelet leaderboard. Below are the top 5 players of that leaderboard.

1. Phil Hellmuth 13
2. Johnny Chan 10
2. Doyle Brunson 10
3. Phil Ivey 9
3. Johnny Moss 9