The title of Australian poker capital has been shipped around numerous cities over the past 30 years. It started at Australia's first casino in Hobart, Tasmania, then settled in Adelaide during the late 1980s and 1990s, briefly adopted Canberra before setting up shop in Melbourne. However, a new challenger...more

We're down to the final two in the PokerStars.net ANZPT Sydney Main Event, with Lisa Walsh narrowly trailing Paren Arzoomanian for the title. Chris Kittos busted in fourth spot after he came out on the wrong end of a race against Walsh. It was 3♣ 3♥ against A♥ K♠...more

Players have just returned from a 10-minute break (with the exception of Paren "Puzz" Arzoomanian, who obviously needed 15) for the final sprint to the PokerStars.net ANZPT Sydney Main Event. That extra rest just proved beneficial as he just doubled through Lisa Walsh to reignite his failing challenge. It...more

By Landon Blackhall Sharing is very much the theme for the PokerStars.net ANZPT Queensland event. Conrad Treasury Casino in Brisbane and Conrad Jupiters Casino on the Gold Coast are sharing the state's first major poker tournament. They are also sharing with the players, as there is no rake or...more

The concept of poker tourism will never be the same after the first PokerStars.net ANZPT Queenstown. It's safe to say that not a single visitor to this stunning alpine town, nestled deep in the Southern Alps of New Zealand's South Island, has failed to sample at least one of the...more

John Guthrie is the chip leader heading into the final day of the PokerStars.net ANZPT Queenstown Main Event after a dramatic end to day two at SKYCITY Casino. The local winery owner and property developer holds more than 20 per cent of the chips in play (more than 650,000 with...more

Many talked about it, but it wasn't until the first hand was dealt on a sweltering Adelaide afternoon back in February that Australia and New Zealand finally had a poker tour to call their own. The first season of the PokerStars.net Australia New Zealand Poker Tour has been run...more

By Landon Blackhall The heads-up duel has been decided for the PokerStars.net ANZPT Queensland Main Event, with the great trans-Tasman rivalry set to be reignited by the battle between PokerStars Qualifiers Phillip Willcocks from New Zealand and Aussie Scott Kerr. This is the first time that the two nations...more

The PokerStars.net ANZPT Queensland Main Event has been turned on its head with a new chip leader and two quick eliminations leaving just four players chasing the first prize of AUD $168,075. New Zealand's Phillip Willcocks has nosed ahead of Joel Dodds in the chip count, not that the...more

The history of Aussie poker is intrinsically linked with Crown Casino. The nation's largest gaming property has been the backdrop for some of the pivotal moments in local poker folklore. From the first Australasian Championships back in 1998 (played as a $1000 buy-in Limit Hold'em event) to the first...more

Level 22: 12,000/24,000 (ante 3000): Like a heavyweight title fight, there have been plenty of body shots and just one KO blow during the final level before the dinner break on the final table of the PokerStars.net ANZPT Melbourne at Crown. Heath Chick made a significant move when he...more

Level 21: 10,000/20,000 (ante 2000): Chris Levick seems firmly saddled on a horse called destiny after taking his stack back above one million thanks to two pivotal hands at the PokerStars.net ANZPT Melbourne final table. Shortly after the first break of the day, Levick found himself in a big...more

Karl Krautschneider Inaugral winner ANZPT Adelaide Karl Krautschneider has taken the inaugural PokerStars.net ANZPT title at the SKYCITY Casino in Adelaide. Krautschnieder, from Melbourne, rarely let the lead slip during the final table, eliminating most of the other finalists himself. His reward for outlasting them and the 214 others...more

His hand made a flush, and now Aussie Karl Krautschneider is flush with cash after winning the first ANZPT event in Adelaide. The seven of clubs, a card he will remember for a long time, made his flush on the river to bust Tony Dunst. Dunst, an American who lives...more

Down to the final two Karl Krautschneider has been eliminating players from this final table all day and has command of the majority of chips. Tony Dunst managed to close that gap slightly by busting Daniel Noja, making the chip counts look like this... Karl Krautschneider, Aus, PokerStars qualifier, 2,454,000...more