AApoker Team's luxury lineup is brand new, with Dong Chen, Yisha, Mao, Yara, Yao---

December 10, 2024

AApoker Team's luxury lineup is brand new, with Dong Chen, Yisha, Mao, Yara, Yao---

Time flies, and the year 2024 is about to pass. Looking back on the past year, AApoker team has achieved fruitful results. AApoker's luxury tournament brand 'TLPT King's Road' and Triton Legendary Poker have reached an official cooperation, the two luxury giants have joined forces, and 2025 is full of infinite imagination. From September 27th to October 6th, TLPT joined hands with APT Australian Championship to successfully hold the 2024 Brisbane Hawker Series, which was highly praised by the circle. In addition, the AApoker team lineup continues to grow with an influx of strong reinforcements. The AApoker team has also been performing well in international tournaments, and in the recently concluded KPC Super Hustler, two AA players met in the final and took the first and second place.

KPC Super Hustler Champions

The current AApoker team includes both WSOP Main Event champion Joe Hachem, the former GPI Global No. 1 Quan Zhou, and WSOP gold bracelet winner Dong Chen... The lineup is so impressive, let's take a look at it now!

Dan "Jungleman" Cates

Dan Jungleman Cates

Dan "Jungleman" Cates, who is also the global brand ambassador of AApoker, is an old friend of Chinese players, with a delicate and interesting mind hidden under his rough exterior. "Dan is a strong, well-rounded player with a dominant presence in live and online tournaments and at regular tables. He has two WSOP gold bracelets, the $50,000 Poker Players Championship, which he won back-to-back in 2021 and 2022, a miracle in WSOP history. And his live tournament winnings totaled a whopping $14.4 million. In the online, "Jungleman" is also legendary, with a profit of $11 million. What's even more terrifying is that "Jungleman" is still at the peak of his career and is bound to create more miracles.

Quan Zhou

Quan Zhou

Quan Zhou, who also serves as AApoker's global brand ambassador, has been a leading figure in Chinese competitive poker for a long time, but he still has a long track record. Zhou won first place in GPI China back in 2017, and then in 2020, he won first place in GPI Global, as well as Poker Player of the Year that year, but those were just one of Zhou's many highlights. The year 2024 is still Zhou's "highlight year", and he has already won 5 championships, 2 runner-ups and 2 third-place finishes in the world's top tournaments, and his total career winnings have surpassed the 1,000-watt mark. Quan Zhou is not only skilled in poker, but also caring, as early as 2016 he initiated the establishment of the Deyi All-Stars charity organization to donate school supplies and living supplies to children in impoverished mountainous areas, which has persisted for nine years now. Whether it's in competitive play or character and morality, Zhou has set a noble example for the younger generation of poker players.

Wesley Fei

Wesley Fei

Wesley Fei, a wealth man, entered the coinage industry at the age of 15 and amassed a huge fortune early on, becoming renowned in the coinage industry. Then a chance encounter with Texas Hold'em poker, then quickly began the road to the poker circle of the skyrocketing popularity. Because of his strong strength, he was nicknamed "Unlimited Backhand" by netizens. Unlike traditional domestic poker players, Wesly has an outgoing and high-profile personality, and soon became the star of the famous live poker program HCL, and is one of the few national poker players who can consistently compete at the high stakes tables against foreign players. During the June 2023 HCL Million live broadcast, Wesley made a huge splash on the poker scene when he first played Tom Dwan for the largest pot in live poker history at $3.1 million, and then for the second largest pot in live poker history at $2.2 million. Wesley's strong performance at the high stakes table demonstrated that national poker players also have a place at the high stakes table. As he matures in the poker world, Wesley is bound to play even better.

Yisha Chen

Yisha Chen

The beautiful poker player Yisha Chen can be said to be the most eye-catching domestic female poker player in 2024. Originally a dance teacher, her tough and unyielding character has allowed her to survive in this male-dominated game and fight for her own piece of sky. The year 2024 was a year of great success for Chen. According to The Hendon Mob's database, her total career winnings amounted to $85W, but her winnings in 2024 accounted for $74W, with winnings coming from top international tournaments such as the APT, Triton, TLPT, and EPT. It can be seen that Chen already has a strong competitive edge. With both beauty and wisdom, face value and strength, she is very promising to grow into the leading female poker player in China.

Dong Chen

Dong Chen

Dong Chen, a well-known "tough guy" in China's poker circle, got this name from an unforgettable experience in 2019. At that time, Dong Chen participated in the WSOP main event suffered an earthquake, just as he was the big blind, someone Open, many poker players are running out, and he sat motionless, friends asked him how not to run, he domineeringly threw out a sentence: life can not want to, the big blind can not be lost. But the name is true, Chen is indeed very "hard", whether it is poker skills, or face value, are very resistant to fight. He came into contact with Texas Hold'em in 2016, and usually learns to play online. Although he claims not to be a professional player, his number of games, competitive strength, and prizes and honors have far exceeded those of a good professional player. At the 2023 WSOP Bahamas, he won the 10,000-dollar Mansion tournament, reaping the first WSOP gold bracelet of his competitive career and a whopping $411,659 in prize money, a dream that many pros have struggled to reach. According to The Hendon Mob database, his live tournament winnings have reached 2.63 million knives. Joining the AApoker team will be a great addition for him, and he is bound to achieve even more amazing results in the future.

Yara

Yara

Yara, a 23-year-old beauty, is a rising star in the poker world. While most of her peers are just leaving school, Yara has already had multiple identities and rich experiences as a trainee, girl group member, model and beauty pageant champion. With her sweet appearance and perfect body, Yara won the Miss Oriental Chinese beauty contest in 2021. Yara's interest in poker has been evident since she was a child, and she has worked hard to learn and develop her skills, gradually making a name for herself in major tournaments. Her soft appearance and fierce poker style made her popular on the live poker show HCL, where she was nicknamed "Yara the Destroyer," and her outspoken personality has won her a large number of fans around the world. Despite her young age, Yara is a multi-talented player and we look forward to seeing her continue to shine on the poker scene!

Joe Hachem

Joe Hachem

Joe Hachem, 58 years old, is a Lebanese-Australian professional poker player whose poker resume is both illustrious and long, with a total of $12.98 million in career winnings. Back in 2005, Hachem shocked the world of poker by winning the WSOP Main Event on his first trip to Las Vegas, taking home $7.5 million in prize money, which at the time was the highest tournament prize money ever, and was the first Australian poker player to win the WSOP Main Event. In 2006, he won his first WPT title, taking home $2.2 million, making him one of only six poker players to win both the WSOP Main Event and the WPT. Hachem is known as Australia's "Godfather of Poker" and was inducted into the Australian Poker Hall of Fame in 2009 for his role in solidifying the poker boom in Australia. Hachem is still active in top tournaments around the world, with his most recent win coming at the Australian Poker Championship on October 5th of this year. Hachem's poker resume will be even more impressive when he joins the AApoker team.

Yi Ye

Yi Ye

Yi Ye is a newcomer to the poker scene in 2024. With a wide range of interests and a passion for competitive poker tournaments, Ye has made her professional debut in 2024 with a series of dazzling results. By joining the AApoker team and playing alongside her predecessors in the poker world, Ye's competitive strength is sure to soar, and her future will be immeasurable! The AApoker team is strong and star-studded. With experienced veterans, stalwarts in their prime, and energetic up-and-comers full of potential, let's look forward to their exciting performance in the global arena!