Baller Magazine is a poker

Poker

Poker is a family of card games that share betting rules and usually hand rankings. Poker games differ in how the cards are dealt, how hands may be formed, whether the high or low hand wins the pot in a showdown , limits on bet sizes, and how many rounds of betting are allowed.In most modern poker...

 lifestyle magazine published in Singapore

Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

 and owning media licenses in both Singapore and Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

. The magazine is considered the most prominent poker magazine in Asia

Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...

 by the Asian Poker Ratings magazine.

The magazine is published on a monthly basis, and is circulated in Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

, Macau

Macau

Macau , also spelled Macao , is, along with Hong Kong, one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China...

, Singapore

Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

, Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

, South Korea

South Korea

The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

, Taiwan

Taiwan

Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...

 and the Philippines

Philippines

The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

, with a total circulation of 25,000.

In addition to the print version of the magazine, an online edition is also published on a monthly basis. Baller combines the technical elements of poker strategy and news with men's lifestyle content.

The magazine was founded by Singaporean entrepreneur and poker enthusiast Benjamin Ze-Min Lee. In May 2010, Baller announced the appointment of Ben Wilson, a prominent UK poker journalist and writer, as its Deputy Editor. Other regular contributors to the magazine include poker professionals Paul Khoury

Paul Khoury

Paul Khoury is an Australian TV personality and voice talent.Paul Khoury was bass guitarist in a Melbourne band called Gravel, before entering and winning the Cleo Bachelor of the Year award in 2002....

, Raymond Wu

Raymond Wu

Raymond Wu Shao Kang is a Taiwanese American professional poker player who currently resides in Taipei, Taiwan. Wu is a member of Team PokerStars Pro Asia.-Poker career:...

, Dusty Schmidt and Andy Moseley, as well as Australian poker novelist JJ DeCeglie

JJ DeCeglie

Jeremy Joseph DeCeglie is an Australian underground novelist from Fremantle, Western Australia.His work includes the novels "the sea is not yet full" and "Damned Good" which was published by Fontaine Press....

.

Distribution

Baller is distributed free of charge to a number of casinos and poker clubs in the Asia-Pacific region, including the Wynn Macau

Wynn Macau

Wynn Macau , owned by Wynn Resorts, is a luxury integrated resort in Macau Peninsula, Macau, People's Republic of China, offering gaming combined with a deluxe hotel, restaurants, designer shops, spa, and a "Performance Lake". It is the first Las Vegas-style integrated resort in Asia. It opened on...

, StarWorld Hotel and Casino and Grand Lisboa

Grand Lisboa

Grand Lisboa is a 58-floor tall hotel in Macau, owned by Sociedade de Turismo e Diversões de Macau and designed by Hong Kong architects Dennis Lau and Ng Chun Man. Its casino and restaurants were opened on February 11, 2007, while the hotel was opened in December 2008. The casino offers 800 mass...

 Hotel and Casino in Macau, the Crown Casino

Crown Casino

Crown Casino and Entertainment Complex is a large casino and entertainment precinct located on the south bank of the Yarra River, in Melbourne, Australia. Crown Casino is a unit of Crown Limited....

 in Melbourne

Melbourne

Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

, the Star City Casino

Star City Casino

The Star Sydney Casino & Hotel in Pyrmont, Sydney, is the second largest casino in Australia after rival Melbourne's Crown Casino. Overlooking Darling Harbour, The Star Sydney Casino features two gaming floors, eight bars, seven restaurants, 351 hotel rooms and 130 serviced and privately owned...

 in Sydney

Sydney

Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

, and Resorts World Manila

Resorts World Manila

Resorts World Manila is a luxury casino resort, located in Newport City, across the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3, in Manila, Philippines. The resort is a joint venture between AGI and Genting Hong Kong...

. The magazine can be picked up at the poker rooms at any of these distribution venues upon request. In addition, Baller also began retailing in bookstores around the Philippines in July 2010.

Related Publications

In July 2010, an English and Chinese language bilingual magazine called The Tao of Winning was launched in Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and the People's Republic of China

People's Republic of China

China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

. The Tao of Winning is published by Crescendo Publishing Private Limited, the same company that publishes Baller.