After almost eight hours of play on our final table, we have crowned the ANZPT Perth Main Event champion as Mat "Skillz" Carlsson joins the likes of Tony Hachem and Grant Levy, but also becomes the first local to keep the ANZPT Perth title on home soil. Carlsson brought the right mix of aggression, solid play and some big cards to navigate his way through a strong final table lineup to capture the trophy and $78,275 in prize money. Earlier in the day it was John Shin racing out of the blocks as he assumed the role of table captain.
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ANZPT Perth: Carlsson shows the "skillz"
Sydney
ANZPT Sydney: Huntly claims mighty win for Scotland
It didn't take long following the break for a one-two blow to finish off the ANZPT Sydney Main Event and crown Scotland's Gordon Huntly as our newest poker champion! Three-handed, it took a bit of a cooler to finish off the determined Anthony Aston. Liam O'Rourke opened with a raise...more
ANZPT Sydney: Nothing is still something
"What do you write about when there's nothing to write about?" was the question asked by PokerStars.tv hostess Lynn Gilmartin to us a short while ago. It's a great question. Sometimes it's hard to make nothing sound exciting, but like it or not, nothing is still something. The last two...more
ANZPT Sydney: O'Rourke, O'Brien, Oh my!
As the players take the next scheduled break, and the evening slowly draws towards midnight, we find ourselves four-handed after a fascinating session of play. It was dominated by Liam O'Rourke in many respects. He played nearly every pot, won plenty of them and was responsible for the elimination of...more
Perth
ANZPT Perth: Carlsson shows the "skillz"
After almost eight hours of play on our final table, we have crowned the ANZPT Perth Main Event champion as Mat "Skillz" Carlsson joins the likes of Tony Hachem and Grant Levy, but also becomes the first local to keep the ANZPT Perth title on home soil. Carlsson brought the...more
ANZPT Perth Final Table: Level 26 (blinds 30,000-60,000, ante 10,000)
9:50pm: Anthony Marenko eliminated in 2nd place; Mat Carlsson wins! It's all over as Mat Carlsson has been crowned the ANZPT Perth Main Event champion. It was a scramble to get to the table, but we believe that Anthony Marenko limped the button, Carlsson raised another 150,000 on top before...more
ANZPT Perth Final Table: Levels 24-25 (blinds 25,000-50,000, ante 5,000)
9:05pm: Ten-minute break 8:50pm: The choir is finding some voice In a limped pot, Anthony Marenko checked the flop of 8♠7♠3♣ over to Mat Carlsson who tossed out 80,000. Marenko responded with a check-raise to 250,000 but Carlsson came back with a re-raise of his own to 680,000. After a...more
