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Jack Drake wins ANZPT Darwin Main Event After four days of intense poker action in the "Top End" it was Queenslander Jack Drake who handled the heat the best in the PokerStars.net ANZPT Darwin Main Event. Drake led the field for the past two days and carried that advantage all...more

7:00pm: 45-minute dinner break The players are now taking a 45-minute dinner break. Play will recommence at around 7:45pm local time. Here are the approximate chip counts at the break: Brett Dannevig - 380,000 Mark Taylor - 350,000 Jack Drake - 260,000 Fotios Manolakos - 180,000 6:55pm: Dannevig takes momentum...more

4:50pm: Ten-minute break 4:35pm: Jamie Hill eliminated in 6th place Jack Drake opened to 14,000 from late position before Jamie Hill moved all in for another 30,000 from the blinds. Drake threw his arms in the air and made a gambling call. Hill: A♦4♥ Drake: J♦5♥ With Octavian Voegele and...more

The accomplishment of winning Player of the Year on any tour is an achievement that should be a source of pride for anyone. When you're a Team PokerStars Pro (and have a target on your chest at all times) it's even more special to do it on your home turf....more

It was September 19th when we were in Auckland and writing in awe about the achievements of a New Zealand celebrity fondly referred to simply as "Brotha D". He'd won a celebrity poker event to qualify into the PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour Main Event and had gone on to...more

10:28pm: Luke Edwards eliminated in 2nd place; Brotha D Wins ANZPT Darwin! After Brotha D had three-bet preflop a few hands earlier, Luke Edwards decided this time to make a stand. Edwards opened to 60,000 on the button and Brotha D again popped it to 160,000. Rather than folding this...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