Poker tournaments in Taiwan

Taiwan's live tournament calendar is concentrated in Taipei and driven by two visiting tours — the Asian Poker Tour and the World Poker Tour's WPT Prime — playing out of the city's poker clubs rather than casinos. Buy-ins are quoted in New Taiwan dollars.

What is on the calendar

The next major festival is WPT Prime Taiwan, from 2 to 11 January 2027 at the Chinese Texas Hold'em Poker Association in Taipei. Its 47 numbered events run from a TWD 5,000 finale to a TWD 120,000 Super High Roller, and the Championship Event guarantees TWD 30 million against a TWD 35,000 buy-in. Before that, the Asian Poker Tour's Championship series occupies Taipei for most of November 2026.

Reading the buy-in figures

Tour schedules for Taiwanese stops are published in New Taiwan dollars, and some of them render the amounts with a dollar sign anyway. WPT's schedule states on every event that the values are not US dollars. The figures on our event pages follow the tours' own numbers, with the currency named.

What the structures look like

Taipei festivals lean heavily on multi-flight events that play down to the money on each Day 1, with a single Day 2 bringing the survivors together, and on a dense satellite programme feeding the headline event. There is also more non-Hold'em than at a comparable European stop: Pot Limit Omaha, Big O, Super Hold'em, draw-game rotations and mixed events all appear on the January schedule.

Where play happens

Taiwan has no casino industry. Tournament poker is dealt at membership poker clubs in Taipei, which is why the venues on this page are associations and clubs rather than resorts. This page is general information, not legal advice; anyone planning to play should check the current position for themselves.