Poker In Asia Set For Boom, With New International Poker Open (IPO) Tours and Genting Group Alliance

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  • PG News August 26, 2015
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Poker seems to be set for a boom in Asia. While, the east does have a few top series, such as the APPT and the MPC, a new poker tour is ready to launch all across the continent.

The new organizers are Allwinstar Entertainment.LLC, based in Maryland, USA. On Dec 14, 2014, the company had hosted the first event of its brand, The International Poker Open (IPO) at the Paradise Poker Room in Jeju, South Korea.

IPO is now looking at expanding its footprints all along Asia and has even announced its latest event at the Resorts World Manila, Philippines from Nov 22 to 28, where it will overlap with the APT Vietnam 2, which ends on Nov 26.

Hession Yan, President of the IPO, has stated that the IPO is also in talks with the Genting HK Group, a Malaysian conglomerate. This new project is expected to be much larger, using the already existing and established Genting properties around the world.

Genting is famed for its pioneering structure, Resorts World Genting in Malaysia, besides other globally renowned integrated resorts, such as Resorts World Santosa in Singapore, and Resorts World Manila, in the Philippines. The Malaysian giant already has several casinos across the world, with 42 in the UK alone.

This new agreement is said to be for three years and will have IPO undertaking the organizing, with infrastructure provided by the Genting Group.

The second edition of the IPO series was held in April this year at the same Jeju venue.

IPO later announced that it had tied up with AllNewPoker for subsequent events and that it would continue to host its series at the Grand Hotel, Jeju, until the Resorts World Jeju was ready by 2017.

Most major tours overlook Malaysia and Singapore, but the new alliance between IPO and Genting may change that situation very soon.

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