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Featured News:Country Poker Player Rankings: India


With the launch of Poker Portal Asia’s revamped Player Database, users can now search by country and find out who are the top players from their respective homelands according to how much they have cashed in Asia Pacific tournaments since 2008. To coincide with the launch of this new feature we’re releasing a series of articles showcasing the top cashers in each major Asian poker country.
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Interviews

Gordon Huntly on his ANZPT Sydney Win
If you play the tournament circuit around Asia then you most likely would have noticed Gordon Huntly. Not just because there are so few tall, heavily accented Scottish players out here...
Oliver Speidel Set to Crush Asia and APT
Neil Arce Gives Inside Scoop on DICC and Metro Rumours
Joe Hachem Talks Aussie Millions, AsianLogic and APT
Resorts World Manila’s Hakan Dagtas


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HOT STUFF: APT Philippines Models

APT Philippines 2012 hit Resorts World Manila’s Genting Club on April 19-25, 2012 and as usual a bevy of Asian Poker Tour beauties were on hand to keep players in line.
Featured Player: Yu Kurita

Yu Kurita can certainly hold her own with the lads on the felt and she's a lot better looking than they are as well! A big title win could be just around the corner for the Japanese player...



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Poker Trivia

Did you know...
  • The earliest games of poker were played with a 20-card pack containing only Aces, Kings, Queens, Jacks and Tens.
  • In 2008, 21-year-old Alexander Kostritsyn became the youngest ever Aussie Millions champion – a record that still stands today.
  • The 2012 EPT Grand Final was the richest poker festival ever held in Europe with more than €19 million awarded to players.
  • Mohsin Charania turned a USD $33 PokerStars satellite buy-in into €1,350,000 when he won the 2012 EPT Grand Final Main Event.
  • The 2008 WSOP Main Event was the first time the concept of the ‘November Nine’ was introduced.
  • The hole cam, which shows a player’s hole cards to TV audiences, was first used in the TV series ‘Late Night Poker’.
  • The hole cam was first introduced to American TV audiences during ESPN’s coverage of the 2002 WSOP.
  • Archie Karas famously turned $50 into $40 million from 1992 to 1995 playing pool, poker and dice but lost it all within a year.
  • Playing-cards first reached Europe around 1360.

Live Reporting

Winner: Divan Le Roux
Prize pool: USD $615,950
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CPC 2012
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May 10, 2012, 10:15:15 PM @ Re: Dealer Strikes Back! By JAKE300 pa2bear:   i second the ruling
May 10, 2012, 08:41:24 PM @ Re: What happens next ..... Ruling ! pa2bear:   so why have you compared it to this scenario being similar? or we just take what they have in common, both had substantial action, and both have improper number of cards. on the 3 cards on the button scenario, regardless if there was a call or not, the time when ...
May 10, 2012, 04:47:48 PM @ Re: What happens next ..... Ruling ! LloydFontillas:   so why have you compared it to this scenario being similar? or we just take what they have in common, both had substantial action, and both have improper number of cards. on the 3 cards on the button scenario, regardless if there was a call or not, the time when ...

Upcoming Tournaments

Ultimate Poker Challenge Date: May 17-21, 2012
Venue: Pride Poker Room, Goa
Buy-in: INR 50,000 (Main Event)

Philippine Poker Tour Date: May 17-21, 2012
Venue: Metro Card Club, Philippines
Buy-in: PHP 5500 (Main Event)

APT Asian Series Goa Date: May 21-27, 2012
Venue: Casino Royale Goa
Buy-in: INR 50,000 (Main Event)

Macau Poker Cup: Red Dragon Date: June 9-18, 2012
Venue: PokerStars Macau, Grand Waldo
Buy-in: HKD $11,000 (Main Event)

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