By Landon Blackhall After a relatively sedate day at Treasury Casino in Brisbane, all hell broke loose in the final minutes of day 1B of the PokerStars.net ANZT Queensland Main Event. After 68 players had taken the order to shuffle up and deal just over eight hours earlier, less than 40 remained when it seemed a silent alarm went off the players' heads. Amongst the casualties were highly rated Western Australian Michael Pedley (who was busted by ANZPT Queenstown 'bubble boy' Tim Clarke) and to everyone's surprise, Aleks Lackovic, who was eliminated after he got his money in the
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ANZPT Queensland: Day 2 seat draws
Seat draw, PokerStars.net ANZPT Queensland day 2 (Jupiters, Gold Coast) Table 2 Seat 1: Julius Colman (Australia) 23,850 Seat 2: Yvonne Grant (Australia) 26,600 Seat 3: Rajesh Patel (Australia) PokerStars Qualifier 24,625 Seat 4: Celina Lin (Australia) PokerStars Team Australia 33,275 Seat 5: Craig Matthews (Australia) 12,175 Seat 6:...more
ANZPT Queensland: Duffy's big day out at Jupiters
The future of casino-based tournament poker in Queensland has received a massive boost with a field of 249 players creating a prizepool of AUD $622,500 in the first PokerStars.net ANZPT Queensland Main Event. The number of entrants makes this the second biggest event on the first season of the...more
ANZPT Queensland: Local qualifiers livin' the dream
As we click down to the end of day 1B in the battle for the first PokerStars.net ANZPT Queensland title, excitement is starting to build as players - those who've already qualified from yesterday's day 1A flights and those with big stacks heading into the final level of today....more
ANZPT Queensland: Jupiters' chip lead sweet for Honeybone
Observations from the floor of Jupiters Casino ... in lieu of much action to report (we're still at 56 players midway through level five on day 1B of the PokerStars.net ANZPT Queensland Main Event. In Las Vegas, you get accustomed to seeing senior citizens in casinos. That's certainly the...more
ANZPT Queensland: Don't trip(s) over your set
By Landon Blackhall The Queensland contingent have come out in force to represent their state and are proud as punch to have a major poker tournament like the PokerStars.net ANZPT in their casinos after many years of waiting. Not only are Queenslanders quickly adapting to the ins and outs...more
ANZPT Queensland: Canuck soaks up some Aussie culture
"Any idea of where you can party on a Wednesday night around here?" asked PokerStars qualifier Jon Weitzel while watching the latter stages of day 1A in the PokerStars.net ANZPT Queensland Main Event at Jupiters. "Sorry Jon, bloggers are sworn off alcohol during events, they're the rules ... nah,...more
ANZPT Queensland: Full house signs set to be posted
The brekky bars in Broadbeach and Brisbane have been working overtime this morning as players fuel up for day 1B of the PokerStars.net ANZPT Queensland Main Event, the final event in the first year of the tour. Yesterday, 60 players qualified for day two - 27 in Brisbane and...more
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