{"id":8213,"date":"2025-09-24T16:38:20","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T08:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tda.asiapokerarena.com\/tda\/looking-ahead"},"modified":"2025-10-09T15:17:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T07:17:13","slug":"looking-ahead","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tda.asiapokerarena.com\/en\/tda\/looking-ahead","title":{"rendered":"Looking Axhead"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Fittingly, the summit closed with a major announcement that Taipei will now host the TDA Asia Summit annually, cementing its place as Asia\u2019s poker capital. With a world-class arena, thriving local community, and growing international presence, the city is well positioned to anchor this movement.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Few have witnessed that growth more closely than Raymond Wong, a key figure at both CTP and the Asian Poker Sports Association (APSA). For him, Taiwan\u2019s rise isn\u2019t accidental, it\u2019s the result of steady work, smart partnerships, and a little friendly competition.<\/span><\/p>\n

I think now Taiwan, especially starting 2\u20133 years ago, it\u2019s been stable. With the effort of David Tai in pushing legalization and with WPF recognizing poker as a sport, I think that it is mature already. Moving forward, it will be a challenge for different branding and associations that will be coming into Taiwan, but we don\u2019t mind that, because the more competition, the more players will be in Taiwan. This is what we want to see too.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

But stability isn\u2019t the end goal, it\u2019s just the beginning. Wong believes the summit was a turning point for regional unification and ambition.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s definitely growing, poker in the whole Asia is growing, but I\u2019m looking forward to it being bigger after this TDA meeting, all the industry leaders coming together. Hopefully, Taiwan will become a real Asia hub of poker, but of course, we still have a lot of things to settle. I\u2019m pretty sure with the policy support for visa applications, Taiwan will be very fantastic in the future.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Matt Savage shares the same optimism. \u201cWe\u2019re already seeing it,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cDuring the summer in Las Vegas, many Japanese players have made the trip. And we\u2019re having Chinese players, Taiwanese players, and players from India. It\u2019s exciting to see that, and in the next five years, I think Asian players could become the #1 players in the world.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

He also believes Asia\u2019s presence on the global stage will only continue to grow.<\/span><\/p>\n

The numbers really show it. Every year, the number of players coming from Asia keeps rising. I think this year there were hundreds of Japanese players at the World Series of Poker. It\u2019s not just the players, it\u2019s also the bloggers and influencers like Masato Yokosawa, who are doing a fantastic job of spreading the word and generating excitement about poker.<\/span><\/p>\n

As organizers packed up and looked ahead to the next edition, one message rang clear \u2013<\/span><\/p>\n


<\/span>Asia is no longer finding its place in the global poker scene, it\u2019s helping define it.<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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