The World Poker Tour are airing on the side of caution by cancelling their planned National Festival in South Korea after rising tensions between the host nation and China creates travel chaos.

If you ever wondered why the World Poker Tour (WPT) organised a National Festival on the South Korean island of Jeju then get a load of this. According to a report appearing in Bloomberg, more than 8 million Chinese visited the island in 2016 making up 85% of the tourist population, and we all know the Chinese like to have a bet.

The WPT would have been hoping for the Chinese to make up most of the field in the Korean event, and that’s not going to happen after rising tensions between South Korea and China resulted in tourism industries from both sides preventing movement between the two nations. The WPT reacted by cancelling the event.

The handbags at ten paces is a product of the South Korean multinational conglomerate Lotte’s decision to provide land to Donald Trump’s barmy army who plan to set up a missile defence system known as the Terminal High Altitude Area Defence System (THAAD).