Poker has seen a massive surge in popularity across Asia in recent years, with operators offering whopping guarantees paired with affordable buy-ins to attract the attention of poker enthusiasts from across the world. A prime example is the Taiwan Millions Tournament 17 Main Event, which drew an impressive field of over 6,000 players.
As we approach February 2025, let us take a quick look at the top five poker tournament series of the month, each featuring massive guaranteed prizepool and promising thrilling action.
WPT Cambodia 2025 – February 6 – 24, 2025
The World Poker Tour Cambodia is making a grand return after a successful 2024 edition. The WPT Cambodia 2025 will be held at the prestigious NagaWorld Integrated Resort in Phnom Penh from February 6th to 24th. It features over 60 events with buy-ins ranging from $200 to $20,000 and offers players a piece from the $3,000,000 prize pool. The festival’s key highlights are the two popular events – $1,100 WPT Prime Cambodia with a $750k GTD and a $3,500 Championship Event with a $1.5 million GTD.
In the 2024 edition, the Championship Event attracted an impressive 760 entries, generating a total prize pool of $2,432,760. Following a thrilling three-way ICM deal among France’s Florent Remi, Australia’s Joshua McCully, and Germany’s Konstantin Held. Held claimed victory, etching his name on the iconic Mike Sexton Cup. India’s Amit Kaushik finished 5th in this event.
APT Manila Classic 2025 – February 7 – 16, 2025
The Asian Poker Tour is going to host a multiple poker festival in 2025 with the first stop kicking off from February 7th to 16th. It features an impressive line up with 95 trophy events and a massive ₱143 million (~$2,400,000) in total festive guarantees.
The poker festival’s key highlights include the APT Classic 2025 Main Event, featuring a guarantee of ₱60,000,000 (~$1,000,000). Besides, this APT Manila Classic features a daily women’s event, honoring and empowering women in poker. USA’s Daniel Lee emerged victorious in the previous edition of APT Manila 2024 Main Event, earning $258,645.
Poker Dream 16 Jeju 2025 – February 15 – 24, 2025
After a successful stop at Poker Dream 15 Malaysia, Poker Dream is returning to Jeju from February 14th to 24th. The popular poker festival will take place inside the stunning Landing Casino Jeju, South Korea. As always, the series highlight is its Main Event, featuring a gigantic $1.5 million GTD, with an affordable buy-in of $830. The last stop of Poker Dream at Jeju saw China’s Kong Qingtao lifting the prestigious Poker Dream Main Event trophy and a first-place prize of $187,261.
Triton Poker Super High Roller Series Jeju – 26 Feb – 14 Mar, 2025
The Triton Poker Super High Roller Series will kick off its 2025 Season from Jeju. Jeju has been a regular stop for Triton since 2018. The series will take place at the luxurious Landing Casino Jeju in Shinhwa World. Although Triton hasn’t revealed the schedule, it will feature 18 tournaments with high buy-ins, offering high-stakes poker action to high-roller enthusiasts.
Czech’s Roman Hrabec won the 2024 Triton Poker SHRS Jeju Main Event for a whopping $4,330,000.
Manila Super Series 21 2025 – February 1 – 9, 2025
Manila Super Series 21 from PokerStars Live is all set to take place from February 1st to 9th, 2025 at the luxurious Okada Manila. The nine-day poker series features several trophy events along with ₱21,000,000 (~$357,000) in prize pools. Besides the prize pools, several players will also get free seats in the upcoming Asia Pacific Poker Tour 2025.
The crown jewel of the series is the ₱10,000,000 (~$170,000) Main Event, featuring an accessible buy-in of ₱18,500 (~$320), making it an attractive option for players of all levels.
In the previous Super Series 20 held in May 2024, Japan’s Chogo Kento emerged victorious, triumphing over a massive field of 1,277 entries to claim an impressive top prize of ₱3,550,000 (~$61,241).
Upcoming Live Poker Series in Asia in February 2025
| Poker Tournaments | Venue | Date | Total Prize Pool |
| WPT Cambodia 2025 | Cambodia | February 6 – 24, 2025 | $3,000,000 |
| APT Manila Classic, Philippines 2025 | Philippines | February 7 – 16, 2025 | ₱143 million (~$2,400,000) |
| Ace Poker League APL Manila | Manila, Philippines | February 21 – March 3, 2025 | $2,000,000 |
| Poker Dream 16 Jeju 2025 | Jeju, South Korea | February 15 – 24, 2025 | $1,500,000 |
| Player Series Taiwan Championship 2025 | Taiwan | February 19 – March 3, 2025 | TWD 50 Million (~$1,500,000) |
| Manila Super Series 21 2025 | Philippines | February 1 – 9, 2025 | ₱21,000,000 (~$357,000) |
| Japan Open Poker Tour Sapporo 2025 #1 | Sapporo, Japan | February 21 – 24, 2025 | NA |
| APC Taipei 2025 | Taipei, Taiwan | February 5 – 11, 2025 | |
| APC Hanoi 2025 | Hanoi, Vietnam | February 25 – March 3, 2025 | NA |
| Triton Poker Super High Roller Series Jeju | Jeju, South Korea | February 26 – March 14, 2025 | NA |
| Nippon Series Osaka 2025 | Osaka, Japan | February 27 – March 2, 2025 | NA |
| Asia Poker Championship Taipei 2025 | Taipei, Taiwan | February 5 – 11, 2025 | NA |
February looks like the best month for poker enthusiasts in Asia, with thrilling poker action and guarantees crossing a million for the majority of the live poker events in the region.
Keep following PokerProNews for the latest updates and results from the above events in Asia.
