Australia New Zealand Poker Tour
ANZPT6 Melbourne Day 1b: Huang on the hunt
Registration has now closed and the numbers are in for the 2014 ANZPT Melbourne Main Event. Day 1b produced a total of 274 entrants, which boosted our overall entrants to a whopping 516. That means our prize pool has come in at $1,032,000 which is a record for the Australia New Zealand Poker Tour.Th...more
ANZPT6 Melbourne Day 1b: The gift of giving
The Day 1b field of the ANZPT Melbourne Main Event is full of former champions of Australian poker. Previous ANZPT champions Michael Kanaan, Martin Kozlov, Pete Matusik, Dave Allan and Jono Bredin are all in the field as is former ANZ Player of the Year winners Danny Chevalier and Mishel Anunu. We h...more
ANZPT6 Melbourne Day 1b: The life of Jesse
It's official. We've topped the 500 player mark and reached the elusive million dollar prize pool! The 2014 ANZPT Melbourne Main Event is officially the largest ANZPT event in history, and registration is not even closed yet!It's a tremendous result for Crown and the ANZPT team who have put a lot of...more
ANZPT6 Melbourne Day 1b: Sunny skies in Melbourne
There were high expectations yesterday for Day 1a of the ANZPT Melbourne Main Event, and no one went home disappointed. A field of 242 runners for Day 1a sets us well on the way to a million dollar prize pool and a new record for the ANZPT.So it's with even greater expectations that we arrive in the...more
ANZPT6 Melbourne: Getting a "Legg" up on Day 1a
After a five-month break between events, the Australia New Zealand Poker Tour made an emphatic return today with Day 1a of the ANZPT Melbourne Main Event filling the floors of the Crown Poker Room. There was a buzz in the air as the field of 242 players set us well on the way towards a record field ...more
ANZPT6 Melbourne Day 1a: Roy's challenges
There are many big names playing here on Day 1a of the ANZPT Main Event. Among our field of 242 we find a wealth of notable names who would gather plenty of attention at any poker table in the world. We have Australian Poker Hall of Famers, Aussie Millions champions and even a few WSOP bracelet winn...more
ANZPT6 Melbourne Day 1a: Phones down
Playing Day 1 of a Main Event can, at times, be an arduous affair. The limits are small, the stacks are deep, and the levels are long. The pathway to survive eight levels of play can look a little murky as you get dealt rags after rags after rags, folding patiently, waiting for the right moment to s...more
ANZPT6 Melbourne Day 1a: Australia's Home of Poker
There's a buzz in the Crown Poker Room. The tables are clattering with chips and the players are chattering away as they settle in for Day 1a of the ANZPT Melbourne Main Event.It looks like a very healthy field and with over 200 registrations today, and the same expected tomorrow for what will be on...more
ANZPT6 Melbourne: Shooting for seven figures of glory
$1,000,000.One million dollars.No matter how you look at it, it's an impressive number. And it's a number often associated with wealth. Hundreds are handy, thousands are grand but a million bucks is what dreams are made of.Poker and millions go hand-in-hand. Dating back to when the World Poker Tour ...more
ANZPT6 Sydney: Josh Redhouse wins it for the home game
The final hand of the ANZPT Sydney Main Event has been dealt and your champion is Josh Redhouse! He's defeated Peco Stojanovski heads-up to claim the trophy, a giant novelty cheque and $133,360 in prize money.However before these two duked it out, they first disposed of Steven Zhou who was a major t...more
ANZPT6 Sydney Final Table: Jazz plays final song
Jazz Mathers has provided some of the more memorable moments in this ANZPT Sydney Main Event. Even from as early as day one, when he made a remarkable call down for most of his chips with ace-high against Billy "The Croc" Argyros, Mathers has been in the thick of the action.From that moment, Mathers...more
ANZPT6 Sydney Final Table: Keeping it friendly
Plenty of intriguing moments continue to arise here at the ANZPT Sydney Main Event. The first involved the elimination of youngster Rory Young.Young was a pretty confident, chatty player at the table, despite being just 18 years of age and playing on the biggest stage of his poker career. He wore hi...more
ANZPT6 Sydney Final Table: Capitao Conquered
No doubt that Oliver Gill is a polarizing figure in the Australian poker community. He's outspoken about most topics and likes to tell people the way he sees it. Even if those people aren't actually listening. Some like his honest approach, but for some, it rubs them the wrong way. Gill knows that a...more
ANZPT6 Sydney Final Table: Nine, Eight, Seven
It didn't take long for us to lose our first player from today's ANZPT Sydney final table. In fact, it would take just two hands to see Brent Taunton eliminated as the final table got off to a rocketing start.Milan Gurung raised to 50,000 from under the gun with Taunton and Peco Stojanovski making t...more
ANZPT6 Sydney: The final table awaits
The stage has been set for a thrilling finale as the ANZPT Sydney Main Event reaches a conclusion this afternoon. Three days ago 458 players walked into The Star with dreams of becoming Australia's next poker champion, and today, just one of our remaining nine will achieve that very feat.Entering th...more
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