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 and won, with PokerStars Qualifier Scott Kerr taking out the ANZPT Queensland title and the first prize of AUD $168,075. PokerStars.net ANZPT Queensland winner Scott Kerr The 21-year-old from Newcastle in New South Wales deals poker games at Star City Casino in Sydney, and showed he knows a thing or
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ANZPT Queensland: Wick lit on latest trans-Tasman showdown
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
ANZPT Queensland: Kiwi comes from the clouds
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
ANZPT Queensland: Sun sets on Sunshine State's last hope
By Landon Blackhall Level 21: It took most of the level for the next elimination with the hopes of a local player winning the first PokerStars.net ANZPT Queensland title ending. Danny Joukhadar kept his hopes of a top-three finish in the overall points title alive when he took out...more
ANZPT Queensland: Fraser felled in eighth
By Landon Blackhall Level 20: It's strongplay all the way in the early going with Joel Dodds extending his lead at the head of the chip count in the PokerStars.net ANZPT Queensland final table. More and more people are joining the rail as the afternoon ticks by, from where...more
ANZPT Queensland: Dodds dents Shoshiro's short stack
By Landon Blackhall Though we are in the in the heart of the Conrad Jupiters Casino on the Gold Coast, with the whizzing and clunking and trickling of gaming machines and table games operating around the poker area, the PokerStars.net ANZPT Queensland final table began in more subdued fashion....more
ANZPT Queensland: Scene set for season one finale
The final day has dawned on the first season of the PokerStars.net Australia New Zealand Poker Tour, with the final eight players starting to arrive for the final table in the PokerStars.net ANZPT Queensland Main Event. There are one or two sore heads in the room after last night's...more
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