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His hand made a flush, and now Aussie Karl Krautschneider - who got here for just $33 in a PokerStars qualifier - 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...more

Down to the final two Karl Krautschneider has been eliminating most of the players from this final table and has therefore commanded the majority of the chips. Tony managed to close that gap slightly by busting Daniel. Here's where they stood at that point: Karl Krautschneider, Aus, PokerStars qualifier, 2,454,000...more

3:30pm - Daniel builds, then... Three-way action and Daniel comes out of the blocks racing. He makes some great hands against Tony and then takes chips from Karl. He passes Tony for the second in chips position. Then one of those classic match-up hands. Daniel has top pair on the...more

Sit down, shake hands, get introduced by David the poker room manager, high card for the button, first hand, let Bruno Potaro raise the blinds, check your hand, see A-K, raise yourself, see Bruno contemplate then go all-in with 7-7, call, see the board come 3-J-J-8-T. Shake hands again, get...more

The final table will begin shortly here at the PokerStars ANZPT event in Adelaide. Blinds will be wound back one level to 6,000-12,000 Here are the triumphant nine hoping to take the $170,000 first prize: Seat 1: Bruno Potaro, Melbourne, Australia, 552,000 This is the great survival story of the...more

We're down to the final table of the ANZPT Adelaide event - and the nine players will be back tomorrow to slug it out for the bumper $170,215 that comes with first place. Spare a thought for Tian Shou, the day's early chip leader, who went out in tenth, one...more

Into level 17 and the bubble boy has just been eliminated - step forward Emad Tahtouh, the PokerStars sponsored player who finished 19th and just one play out from the money. The remaining players are guaranteed to get $5,870, which is the payout for all those finishing from 14th to...more

The dreaded bubble approaches! We've got 21 players left, and only 18 of them will get paid. You do the math: it means three of them will go home empty-handed. None of that should concern Bruno Potaro, who has moved into the lead with 430,000 in chips. James Broom has...more

Just in front of where we sit is Table 1, one of two tables that will not be broken today. Even now, at this early stage, the chips there make it look like a final table: Seat 1 Tian Shou 383,000 Seat 3 Nobbi Tanaka 140,000 Seat 5 Julius Colman...more

Obviously you know it can get fairly hot in Australia, but right now we're sweltering in a 43-degree heatwave that has even the most hardy of locals in a sweat. Outiside everyone is keeping to the shade, trying to stay out of the hot spots. It is the same inside...more

At the end of level 12 (the third level of today) we are down to 43 runners with an average of about 100,000 chips. There have been many moves up the list, as James Obst takes the lead on table one with over 245,000. On the same table is Julius...more

It's early in day two at the ANZPT Adelaide tournament and the numbers are already dwindling. Of the 77 who started, there are now just 56 left shortly before the end of the day's second level. Those we have loved and lost include Diego Walsh, Steven Downing, Andrew Demetriou, Joel...more

The survivors of Day 1B will now combine with those who came through Day 1A to form a new field for Day 2. That means 77 come back to fight on for the ANZPT Adelaide crown. Click here to see the latest counts....more

The key word for the second of two Day 1 flights of the ANZPT event in Adelaide was calm. Day 1A had a field that included many satellite winners from the casino, and they were not shy in pushing there chips around, often ending in disaster (ie elimination!). Today, however,...more

It has recently been announced that the 215 players have contributed to a SKYCITY Adelaide casino record poker prize pool of $586,950.00. The ultimate survivor will collect $170,215.00 and the last man/woman to be knocked out will take home $111,520.00. The payouts go down to 18th with 14th-18th collecting $5,870.00....more