Inaugural Hendon Mob Championship Asian Champion Set During SPT Manila

The luxurious Metropolis of Goals Lodge & On line casino in Manila, Philippines, has hosted dozens of high-profile poker tournaments over time. It’ll quickly have the ability to add The Hendon Mob (THM) Asian Championship to that ever-growing listing at first of June.

The inaugural THM Asian Championship is a part of the upcoming SiGMA poker Tour Manila competition, which runs from Might 30 by way of June 4, guaranteeing ₱20 million ($333,333) throughout the six-day collection.

Eman Pulis, SiGMA’s founder, is worked up to increase the fledgling tour into the colourful Asian market.

“Following the success of our inaugural SiGMA Poker Tour occasion in Brazil, increasing to Manila and launching the THM Asian Championship represents one other main step in constructing a really world poker circuit alongside our companions at The Hendon Mob and World Poker Index (GPI). This partnership represents greater than an occasion; it is a convergence of main manufacturers dedicated to rising the sport worldwide.”

The SiGMA Poker Tour (SPT) Manila competition begins on Might 30 with a satellite tv for pc into the SPT Important Occasion, a ₱36,000 buy-in ($600) event with a ₱15 million assured ($250,000) prize pool.

5 Day 1s can be found, beginning at 1:00 p.m. native time on Might 31, and ending with a turbo-structured Day 1e on June 2. Day 2 begins at 1:00 p.m. native time on June 3, ending when the ultimate desk is reached. These finalists return to their seats at 1:00 p.m. native time on June 4 and proceed battling till a champion emerges.

June 3 at 2:00 p.m. native time is when the inaugural THM Asian Championship shuffles up and offers. It prices ₱12,000 ($200) to enter and contains a ₱3,000,000 ($50,000) assure on its prize pool.

The second and remaining day of this historic event commences at 2:00 p.m. native time on June 4, the right technique to deliver the curtain down on the SPT Manila festivities.

“From the second the GPI x THM workforce started increasing our reside occasions providing, the ambition turned to construct a really world reside occasion circuit,” mentioned Roland Boothby, Head of Partnerships for GPI x THM. “It is particularly thrilling to make it occur with our companions at SiGMA Poker Tour, who additionally hosted our first South American occasion in Brazil final 12 months.”

“There is no higher place to launch the THM Asian Championship than Metropolis of Goals Manila, a venue that has been delivering world-class poker occasions for greater than a decade. We’re excited to welcome gamers from throughout Asia and provides many the chance to expertise taking part in a THMC occasion for the very first time.”

SiGMA Poker Tour Manila Schedule

Conversion price is roughly ₱60 per $1

Whoever comes out on prime within the THM Asian Championship will obtain greater than first-place prize cash and bragging rights; they’re going to additionally get their fingers on a South African Million 2026 bundle price roughly €2,500. That bundle contains transfers to the venue, seven nights’ lodging, and entry to the THMC South Africa Million, price R8,000 ($500).

This large occasion is a part of the Sunbet Poker Tour & THMC Cape City Million, scheduled for November 20 to December 1 on the GrandWest On line casino and Leisure World. The R8,000 ($500) Important Occasion ensures R4,000,000 ($250).

When this event ran in 2023, Switzerland’s Rachid Amamou topped a area of 210 entrants and returned house with the equal of $20,036. South African Muaaz Gani triumphed in 2024, scooping $20,989 after a heads-up deal, because the event’s attendance swelled to 299 entries.

Sean Bloom is the reigning champion. He left 353 opponents in his wake in 2025 on his technique to amassing $20,153. That prize would have been bigger, however he was a part of a three-handed deal on the enterprise finish of the event.

Matthew Pitt hails from Leeds, West Yorkshire, in the UK, and has labored within the poker business since 2008, and labored for PokerNews since 2010. In September 2010, he turned the editor of PokerNews. Matthew stepped away from reside reporting duties in 2015, and now concentrates on his function of Senior Editor for the PokerNews.