July 2011 Archives

The PokerStars.net APPT Melbourne produced a field of 260 players for the AU$5,000 Main Event. After three days of flops, check-raises and bad beats, our field has been reduced to a final table of nine. It's a fantastic line up, with a few rookies, a little experience and several talented...more

9:00pm: Final table is set Our APPT Melbourne final table line up is now set! Here's how they will line up: Seat 1: Eddie Mascardi - 335,000 Seat 2: Van Marcus - 346,000 Seat 3: Will Jones - 730,000 Seat 4: Phil Willcocks - 2,317,000 Seat 5: Michael Frydman -...more

5:45pm: Level up, blinds 5,000-10,000, ante 1,000 Live updates for the new level can be found on a new page. 5:40pm: Parshenkov perishes After being dented in the previous hand, Anatoly Parshenkov moved all in for his last 132,500 following an opening raise to 17,000 by Phil Willcocks. "Sold!" said...more

2:50pm: Level up, blinds 3,000-6,000 ante 500 Coverage of the new level will commence on a new page. 2:50pm: Double for Russia Anatoly Parshenkov may be the lone Russian remaining in our field but he's flying the flag very high right now after a big double up that has left...more

The sun is shining brightly over the wonderful city of Melbourne as another beautiful Winter's day is upon us. It's Sunday morning. For many, that spells a sore head and an empty wallet after a serious night on party town (Chaise Lounge anyone?). However regardless of the damage done the...more

8:30pm: Time to wrap it up! With the clock paused with just over six minutes remaining, the tournament director instructed the dealers to deal three more hands before calling it a night. All the tables played their hands out with no incident, and just like that, we are now bagging...more

5:55pm: Level up, blinds 1,200-2,400 (ante 300) 5:40pm: Moneymaker broke We've lost Team PokerStars Pro Chris Moneymaker from the APPT Melbourne Main Event.  And once again the man responsible for the demise of Team PokerStars was New Zealand's Phil Willcocks. Chris Moneymaker - eliminated Earlier in the day Willcocks eliminated...more

Table 28 Seat 1: Mitchell Carle (Australia) 172300 Seat 2: Julius Colman (Australia) 315400 Seat 3: Luke Edwards (Australia) PokerStars Qualifier 356100 Seat 4: Amir Minagar (Australia) 56100 Seat 5: Antonis Kambouroglou (Australia) 272200 Seat 6: Steven Calder (Australia) PokerStars Qualifier 182900 Seat 7: Seat 8: Table 29 Seat...more

Australians love an underdog. It doesn't matter who or where, but we love punching above our weight, especially on the world stage. There's one other neighbouring country that loves nothing more than doing the same thing. Aussies always look upon New Zealand as our little brother. We punch them in...more

Level up, blinds 800-1,600 (ante 200) 2:55pm: Gorr no more As APPT President Danny McDonagh made the rounds, announcing the feature players and current chip counts on the mike, he came across David Gorr on table 32. "Our current Aussie Millions champion, he's on ... oh wait, it looks like...more

As a Melbourne boy born and bred, it fills me with great pride when a major poker event like the Asia Pacific Poker Tour rolls into town. It's a great opportunity to show our visitors from all across the world a city that is full of life, colour and culture,...more

Table 17 Seat 1: Steve Hunter (Australia) (PokerStars Qualifier) - 36925 Seat 2: Stewart Scott (Australia) - 32100 Seat 3: Leo Boxell (Australia) - 23800 Seat 4: Tam Truong (Australia) - 32700 Seat 5: George Moussa (Australia) - 38750 Seat 6: Reza Vakili (Australia) - 53400 Seat 7: Con Kamaras...more

The chips have been bagged and tagged, the players have signed off for the night and with the clock having just ticked over 8pm local time, the PokerStars Blog team are already wrapping things up here in the Crown Casino Poker Room! Only eight hours ago, 2003 WSOP Main Event...more

7:45pm: That's a wrap The final few hands have come and gone without further incident as approximately 155 players survived the carnage to return tomorrow for Day 2. Leading the way will be Mitch Carle who started a little sleepy but surged late to amass 187,900 for the end-of-day chip...more

6:35pm: Ten-minute break 6:30pm: Huge laydowns leave Anunu in shock We usually get a little worried when players rush to our reporting desk and tell us, "You have to blog this hand!" It's often not as exciting as they might think, but in this particular case, we have to admit...more

4:25pm: Ten-minute break 4:20pm: Greer gobbles up Chua's chips Australian PokerStars Qualifier Charles Chua has hit the rail with minutes to go until the break, taken out at the hands of fellow Aussie Norah Greer. Four players, including Chua and Greer, limped in to see a flop of Q-7-4 before...more

2:15pm: Ten-minute break 2:10pm: Hachem happy to be home Tony Hachem has already been able to bring up some of his run-good from the 2011 WSOP Main Event to increase his stack to more than 55,000 in chips. As Hachem recalled to us, an opponent limped in from early position...more

The city of Melbourne is no stranger to hosting big sporting events. The Melbourne Cup, the AFL Grand Final, the Australia Open tennis and the Formula One Grand Prix, just to name a few. And now for the very first time, it also lays claim to hosting the largest and...more

The PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour is moving even further Down Under for Season Five, gracing the felt of Australia's biggest and most luxurious casino. Crown Melbourne is the gold-class venue for poker in Australia, with more than 70 tables filling out an exclusive poker room, surrounded by some of...more

Chegou a hora! Hoje o Brasil Poker Tour vai fazer sua estreia com o BPT São Paulo. À partir das 18h00, os jogadores inscritos para o dia 1A do evento principal vão receber suas primeiras cartas. Esse vai ser um momento histórico para o poker brasileiro, que passa a...more

После четырех турнирных дней девять участников Главного События Russian Poker Series Украинская Лига вышли за финальный стол в борьбе за главный приз турнира размером более $50 000: Ярослав Барвенко Олег Радочинский Сергей Топчий Чулпан Гараев Альберт Михайлюта Владислав Тонких Дмитрий Жегулов Виктор Левченко Самвел Мкртчан. После нескольких напряженных часов игры,...more

It took four days of high-intensity action, but the final nine players of the Russian Poker Series even in Kiev finally faced off for a first prize worth more than $35,000. Vladislav Tonkih had been atop the leaderboard for most of the tournament, so it was no surprise when he...more

381 участник зарегистрировался в Главном Событии Russian Poker Series Киев - Украинская Лига, таким образом, суммарный призовой фонд составляет $203 263, 50. В призах окажутся 36 участников, а победитель заберет домой $51 853,50. Первые два стартовых дня преодолели 107 участников. А в третий день соревнования был разыгран баббл и определен...more

184 участника зарегистрировались в первом дне (день 1А) Главного События Russian Poker Series Киев Украинская Лига с бай-ином $600. Впереди второй отборочный день соревнования - день 1B, в котором, благодаря новой структуре турнира, могут принять участие как игроки, не выходившие на старт дня 1А, так и участники, которые вылетели в...more

Столица Украины Киев снова открывает двери любителям покера со всех стран СНГ и ближнего зарубежья. На сей раз этап RPS носит гордое название «Украинская Лига». На этом этапе Российской Покерной Серии смогут попробовать свои силы за реальным покерным столом даже новички и онлайн-игроки, ни разу не выступавшие на живых турнирах....more