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WPT ASIA PACIFIC NEWS

September 21, 2021

Kimijima Shoki is the 2021 WPT Japan Champion!

Kimijima Shoki has triumphed over a record 1,291 entries to take down WPT Japan 2021. The final day also saw champions crowned for the WPT Japan U23 Student Poker Championship and WPT Japan Freeroll.

September 20, 2021

43 of record 1,291 field still in contention for WPT Japan title

WPT Japan has made it back to back 1000+ fields for World Poker Tour Live Events in Asia Pacific, producing a record shattering 1,291 entries. 281 players made it through to Day 2 and yesterday at Sammy Inc. Tokyo, the field was whittled down to the last 43.

September 13, 2021

WPT Japan 2021 to blitz player record. Qualifiers end September 16

WPT Japan looks certain set to blitz 2020's record field of 726 with 612 entries to date and the final Day 1 scheduled for this coming Saturday. The best news for Japan based poker players is that you can still qualify for WPT Japan until Thursday!

GLOBAL NEWS

March 16, 2021

Brian Altman leads WPT Main Tour POY race heading into Season 18 homestretch

The return of live poker to the WPT brings some changes to the Hublot WPT Player of the Year standings. Brian Altman remains at the top of the standings with 2,900 points and $821,355 in winnings this season.

POKER MEDIA

April 1, 2021

Interview: Out of Quarantine with Danny McDonagh

Our WPT Live Events Specialist and Tournament Director, Danny McDonagh, took a 14 day Quarantine to get into Vietnam and run the WPT DeepStacks Event in Ha Noi. Somuchpoker has met him for an Interview about Poker, Life and the future.

SEASON XVIII WPT ASIA-PACIFIC

9 EVENTS

112 TOURNAMENTS

US$10,253,313 PRIZES

PLAYER OF THE YEAR

APAC POY

Hari Varma

2nd

Hamish Crawshaw

3rd

Brian Tougias

	Player	Country	Points
1	Hari Varma	Australia	1,500.00
2	Hamish Crawshaw	New Zealand	1,500.00
3	Brian Tougias	United States	1,500.00
4	David Erquiaga	Philippines	1,380.00
5	George Psarras	Australia	1,350.00
6	Tan Huynh	Vietnam	1,350.00
7	Kai Wong	Malaysia	1,350.00
8	Jae Kyung Sim	South Korea	1,263.00
9	Julius Colman	Australia	1,200.00
10	Michael Seymour	Australia	1,200.00