PokerBlog
Inside APT Taipei: a beginner’s first day, from registration to busting, in full
I’m not here to teach you how to play. I’m here to tell you what your first time is actually like.
SportsReport
P.LEAGUE+ raised prices 30%: the actual ticket prices and attendance at three arenas
The biggest increase hit the cheapest seats. The clubs say it bought better sightlines; fans are split.
SportsBlog
How CPBL attendance numbers turned into an actual business
I built a model from public data, and now a club pays me for it.
TechBlog
My full AI freelancing workflow, including the rate card and client email templates
Asked too many times, so here it is in one go.
GamingReport
Two weeks into this chain game, here’s what players actually withdrew: you can earn, but not the way you think
We asked 12 players for the real numbers that landed and the hours behind them.
GamingReport
Free-to-play vs NT$ 300 a month: the same mobile game, thirty days, two accounts
Two accounts, same start date, an hour a day. On day thirty the gap is not power. It is time.
Tech9/8
The same ten jobs, given to Claude, GPT and Gemini: what came back
Sports9/8
The cheapest way to watch the Premier League in Taiwan: four platforms, four prices, worked out
Poker9/8
What a first live tournament actually costs: six Taiwanese players open their books
Gaming9/8
Two Worlds slots left in PCS: the qualification maths for four teams, laid out
TODAY
Focus
Worth reading first
PokerVideo
2千元怎麼在台中活14天？吉祥《撲克求生》一路打到隊友破產
EntertainmentReport
TV personality cashes at WPT Macau, banks US$ 18,400 and goes live to count it
TechReport
Writing product copy with AI, 14 jobs in a month: one freelancer’s actual workflow and rate card
SportsReport
Spurs vs Lakers tonight at 08:30: Wembanyama returns, and the Lakers have no answer inside
Latest
All five sections, told apart by the chip
SportsReport
The Taipei Open women’s singles final: three games, two generations
The four points after 18–18 in the third are where the match actually turned.
SportsReport
Three open questions before the WBC roster lands, and the overseas players are the big one
The staff’s problem is not who to pick. It is that some of the picks may not be released.
GamingReport
A day on an esports roster: 9am to 11pm, and only half of it is playing
We spent three days with a Taiwanese team. Half the schedule is not the game.
GamingReport
Two days of queue times at Taipei Game Show: the three longest lines, two of them indie
Queue length is the honest metric. The longest this year was 95 minutes.
TechReport
Does AI-written content really get demoted? Six months of traffic across three sites
Three content sites, one topic, three approaches. The traffic gap after six months is 4×, and the reason is not whether AI was used.
TechReport
Three months of an AI support bot: two roles saved, complaints doubled
One retailer let us see the numbers. The savings are real, and so is the price.
TechReport
Three years of AI PC talk at COMPUTEX, and this year somebody is finally buying
Not because the machines got smarter. Because a reason to need them showed up: running models locally, for privacy.
EntertainmentReport
A day with an evening news anchor, now that the station also does live and vertical
In at ten, on air at seven, and four hours in the middle shooting vertical video.
EntertainmentReport
Three New Year’s Eve galas, one night: how the acts get booked and how viewers choose
Three cities, four broadcasters, one evening. The new thing this year is performers taking two shows in a night.
EntertainmentReport
Three people, three ways to buy the same arena ticket. Only one of them got in
Same show, same minute. One on a desktop, one on the app, one with three friends helping. The result is not the one you would guess.
EntertainmentLive
Friday 8pm: People at the Table, episode three, with a retired pro athlete
From professional sport to the felt. Highlights go up after the stream.
GamingReport
Esports teams are training on poker: how T1 and Taiwanese rosters do it
Decisions, reads, bankroll. Coaches say it’s the same muscle as ranked play.
TechReport
Five AI tools that actually make people money, and three that are just fun
One each for freelancing, e-commerce and content, with monthly cost and time to break even.
SportsReport
CTBC Brothers vs Rakuten Monkeys: a playoff spot on the line, 18:35 tonight at Intercontinental
The season series is level at 6-6. Starting pitchers and recent form.
PokerReport
WSOP Canada Main Event final table: three hands decided the title
Five days, 850 runners, a $$3,427,200 prize pool. We take the three decisive hands apart street by street.
PokerPerks
APA Taipei Wednesday freeroll: free entry, prize pool NT$ 30,000 plus APT satellite seats
One entry per person, register at the desk before 18:30.
PokerReport
APT Taipei Main Event Day 1A is under way: 412 entries, prize pool projected past NT$ 65,000,000
Cards went in the air at noon at the APA venue in Taipei. Day 1B and 1C are still open, buy-in NT$ 50,000, one re-entry.
EntertainmentVideo
The Poker Apartment episode 1: six players, one flat, thirty days. Who busts first?
A Stellar original. New episode every Thursday, full version on-site only.
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