NagaWorld Phnom Penh
Nagaworld is a premier hotel & casino located in the heart of Phnom Penh. It is an entertainment complex which owns a 70-year casino licenses and 41 year monopoly within a 200km radius of...
View ArticleTalking with Avi Cohen about the upcoming WPT Thailand and Cambodia
With the World Poker Tour (WPT) National Thailand (Dec. 22-29, 2016) and Cambodia (Jan. 2-13, 2017) around the corner, Somuchpoker decided to sit down and interview one of the organizers to dig deeper...
View ArticleMichael Kim talks about his poker journey and the expansion of the Riverking...
Poker in Cambodia is alive and well. For the past few months, the coastal city of Sihanoukville has seen impressive growth with new casinos opening up and a handful of poker rooms alongside. This...
View ArticleWorld Poker Tour announces Cambodia to Asia Pacific Season 18 calendar
One month ago, the World Poker Tour released a full blown Asia Pacific Season 18 events calendar filled with new destinations, new venues, and a return to popular hotspots. Today, the globally renowned...
View ArticleChina pressures Cambodia and the Philippines to tighten online gambling...
China is continually toughening its stance against online gambling. Many people have already been arrested in crackdowns on the online gambling industry, which paves the way for a dark future in China...
View ArticleNagaworld Resorts receives green light for a $3.5 billion extension named...
Cambodia’s biggest casino is about to get a lot bigger. Plans for a large extension to the casino have been approved, paving the way for an expansion which will be called Naga 3. This new development...
View ArticleJianfeng Sun wins WPT Cambodia Warm Up, Yinfei Xiao leads the Nagaworld Cup
A new week has begun and it’s picking up where the weekend left off: with a lot of poker action at Nagaworld in Phnom Penh. Cash Games were running hot with up to ten tables yesterday. On the...
View ArticleWPT Cambodia: Yinfei Xiao dominates the NagaWorld Cup and Mohamad Abbouchi...
WPT Cambodia concluded its fourth day with another two players walking away as first time champions. In the late evening, two events wrapped up Day 1 and will resume at 12:45pm tomorrow. We have all...
View ArticleWPT Cambodia: Pierre Yves Faivre surges for Freezeout win; Short Deck goes to...
More side event celebration at the inaugural WPT Cambodia here in NagaWorld Phnom Penh as three more players walked away victorious. The latest winners were Pierre Yves Faivre, Duy Ho, and Mr Blablata,...
View Article188 pour in for WPT Cambodia Main Event Day 1A; JIngjing Ke leads the 34...
The inaugural WPT Cambodia opened its doors today at NagaWorld Phnom Penh for the US$ 1,100 buy-in Main Event. Attendance was more than impressive with 188 (165 uniques, 23 re-entries) signing up. Two...
View ArticleWPT Cambodia: Big payday for Piet Pape and Choon Tong Siow; Douglas Whitehead...
While WPT Cambodia was livening up NagaWorld with Main Event action, also highly thrilling were the completion of a few side events. We’ve got those stories below. Super High Roller: PIET PAPE – US$...
View ArticleHuge turnout at WPT Cambodia Main Event Day 1B with 216 entries; Mitja Rudolf...
The inaugural WPT Cambodia is on course for a massive prize pool with 216 runners (175 uniques, 41 re-entries) turning up at Main Event Day 1B. Combine that with the 188 entries of Day 1A, the...
View ArticleWPT Cambodia: Multi-final tablists Phachara Wongwichit and Victor Chong bring...
While the Main Event commanded the room, a couple of side events came to a conclusion. The latest winners were Phachara Wongwichit and Victor Chong. Both players reached the final table more than once...
View ArticleWPT Cambodia Main Event shatters records with a staggering 750 total entries;...
There was no doubt, at the pace WPT Cambodia was going, it was headed for its most successful Asia Pacific Main Event at NagaWorld Phnom Penh. The inaugural event kicked off on November 21 with three...
View ArticleMeet the Final 9 of the record-breaking WPT Cambodia Main Event
A tough competition awaited the 148 Day 2 qualifiers of the WPT Cambodia Main Event, and after 13 hours, the bubble burst, a long list of players got paid and the final 9 emerged. We’ve got all the...
View ArticleBrian Tougias clinches WPT Cambodia Main Event for US$131,430
USA’s Brian Tougias entered the final day of the Main Event in second rank, proceeded to knock out three players, then overcame a chip deficit at heads up to defeat Malaysia’s Kai Fu Wong and claim...
View ArticleWPT Cambodia closes with winners Michael Egan, Hamish Crawshaw, and Kai Paulsen
After ten days of games running from November 16 to 25, WPT Cambodia came to an end. All the trophies were claimed and 18 players walked away as champions. The most celebrated was USA’s Brian Tougias...
View Article[Watch] Poker Around The World – Cambodia Guide
Somuchpoker is delving deeper into the details about different poker locations in the world. We are not only reporting about the latest poker events in Asia, for the past 5 years we have also been...
View Article3,000 workers on strike at Cambodia’s top casino complex Nagaworld
Nagaworld is the biggest casino in Cambodia and the only licensed one in the capital of Phnom Penh. It is a massive complex building with thousands of staff in hotels, casinos, spas and restaurants....
View ArticleWorld Poker Tour Announces WPT Cambodia Main Tour Series This Coming July 2020
Great news for players across the Asia-Pacific region! Amidst the Coronavirus outbreak and various events cancelling here and there, it seems that the poker industry is beginning to take light as...
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