Player of the Week Articles

Michael Larsen
Michael Larsen has been playing poker on the live felt since 2006. Living in the Philippines, most of Michael’s live tournament cashes are in his resident country with many of those coming from an Asian Poker Tour tournament. His most recent success was winning the Greed Event of the APT Asian Series Manila 2011 at Resorts World Manila. Michael now holds two Asian Poker Tour side event championships,... 
Kai Danilo Paulsen
This 26-year old poker pro from Norway has been a veteran of the poker game for six years now. Kai is an experienced Main Event final table player who has travelled around the globe to join live poker tournaments and has amassed huge tournament earnings amounting to $453,038 and is regularly seen playing in the Asian Poker Tour tournament around the Philippines and Macau. Kai’s best result has... 
David Steicke
David Steicke is a Hong Kong-based poker player who is well known for being one of the most successful high-stakes tournament poker players in Asia. Steicke has competed with the best in the world and his live tournament winnings are now over $2,610,749, which places him first on the all-time China money list. Being an expert at High Roller No Limit Hold’em events, it is not at all surprising... 
Ivan Tan
Singaporean Ivan Tan has been playing live poker events since 2009 and immediately started making the money in our events. Ivan’s love for the sport has brought him to different countries throughout Asia to join poker events. He is one of the most feared Singaporean players that you could ever sit down with at the APT tables. Ivan has been sighted at pretty much all locations that the APT has... 
JC Tran
JC Tran is a Vietnamese-American poker pro who is well-known throughout Asia and the world. He has finished in the money at numerous big poker tournaments and regularly shares the felt with other huge names from the international poker scene. JC has been playing poker for about eight years and has mastered the game through his own playing experience. He ranks 25th in the all-time money list and his... 
Mayumi Kaneko
Japan’s Mayumi Kaneko is indeed a lovely sight in every APT event, but more than that she certainly shows she has what it takes to compete at an international level on the poker table. While she only started playing live tournaments in 2010, Mayumi won the 6 Handed Event of the first APT Asian Series stop held in Cebu and she was a proud member of Team JPL, which was victorious at the Battle... 
Tommy Le
The “Phil Ivey of home games”, as what Tommy Le calls himself, is probably one of the most popular faces on the world poker scene among the young poker professionals. Poker runs in the blood, he is the younger brother of poker pro and WPT champion Nam Le. Tommy used to play poker online, and then started taking on the live tables in 2005. The adrenaline rush and sweet victories got Tommy... 
Linh Tran
Linh Tran from Canada can be spotted in almost any of the big poker events in Asia. He has been trotting around Asia and playing poker since 2007. Linh owns a bar in Vietnam, but considers playing poker a serious sport and his full-time profession. This guy may not be huge in stature, but is sure big in his game plans and poker strategies. Linh Tran is a regular participant in APT events. His most... 
Vic De Guzman
“I am so humbled to be part of an elite cast of excellent poker players at the Asian Poker Tour Main Event Final Table. Hope to do well”, says Vic De Guzman on Twitter the night before the last day of recent APT Asian Series Manila. Little did he know then but Vic would go on to do more than just “well” at the final table… He showed up as his usual entertaining self at... 

 

 
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