When news broke that Perth had been added to the schedule for season two of the PokerStars.net ANZPT, players rejoiced on either side of the country. For the first time, Western Australia's best would be able to test themselves against the best of the best from the eastern seaboard. For the visitors who'd found it difficult to squeeze WA's annual Western Classic into their annual schedule, ANZPT Perth provided the opportunity to experience the jewel of Australia's west. The rare opportunity to combine a trip to Perth with a quality poker tournament helped create the biggest prizepool ever assembled
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ANZPT Perth: Another chapter written in the Hachem history
Day 4
ANZPT Perth: Final table, level 24-25 updates
7.15pm: Tony Hachem wins ANZPT Perth; Aleks Lackovic eliminated in second place One of the most remarkable runs in Australian poker history continues with the crowning of PokerStars.net Team Australia Pro Tony Hachem as the first PokerStars.net ANZPT Perth champion, winning AUD $132,750. Just as we'd settled in for...more
ANZPT Perth: Final table, level 22-23 updates
5pm: Hachem snares the lead Players took an extended break to talk about a deal, but there was no decision and the trio are back at the table. Three-handed, pretty tight, pick your marks, right? Uh-uh. Tony Hachem has taken off the gloves and is the new chip leader...more
ANZPT Perth: Final table, level 20-21 updates
2.40pm: Jimmy Wong eliminated in sixth place, $26,800 Crowd favourite Jimmy Wong completed an impressive ANZPT Perth carnival with victory in the Pot Limit Omaha event and sixth in the Main Event. The end came for the ultra-popular restaurateur when he shoved all-in with Q♣ J♦, with the call...more
Day 3
ANZPT Perth: It's WA all the way
Seven Western Australians will take on a PokerStars.net Team Australia Pro and a plucky Irishman at tomorrow's PokerStars.net ANZPT Perth Main Event final table. Local mining engineer Zaffer Soemya leads the field with nine players remaining, and will be joined by fellow Perth players Aleks Lackovic, Tu Le, Dale...more
ANZPT Perth: Final table profiles
Seat 1: Jimmy Wong (Perth, Western Australia), 253,000 in chips: This gregarious and ultra-popular local has been playing poker for most of his life, starting with seven-card stud and Omaha before picking up on Hold'em. A restaurant owner and father of four, he cashed in the 2008 APPT Grand...more
ANZPT Perth: Day 3, level 19-21 updates
8pm: Level 21 (8000/16,000, ante 2000) Three short stacks - Ray Ellis, Eoin Kennedy and Wade Beavis - hung on grimly, with Ellis the most aggressive of the trio. Ellis' latest shove was met with a call from chip leader Zaffer Soemya for a pot worth approximately 300,000 (Aleks...more
Day 2
ANZPT Perth: Day 3 seat draw
Seating draw for day 3 of the PokerStars.net ANZPT Perth Main Event at Burswood Casino, Perth, Western Australia Table 15 Seat 1: Paul Sharbanee (Australia) 76,900 Seat 3: John Corr (Australia) 124,800 Seat 4: Vesko Zmukic (Australia) 108,000 Seat 5: Jimmy Wong (Australia) 188,200 Seat 6: Sean O'Reilly (Australia)...more
ANZPT Perth: Roman rules, but here comes Hachem
The money is close enough to smell with just 30 players aiming for the top 24 and a slice of the AUD $510,600 prize pool after day two of the PokerStars.net ANZPT Perth Main Event. Against the African beat of a massive party poolside at Burswood tonight, the day's...more
ANZPT Perth: Day 2, level 12-13 updates
7pm: Bresland bows out Jason Bresland is the 38th placed player in the PokerStars.net ANZPT Perth Main Event. His elimination came as we tick into the final 15 minutes of level 13. There'll be one more 10-minute break before the final hour of the day. Just 37 players remain...more
Day 1B
ANZPT Perth: Day 2, level 14 updates
8pm: Levy left in the lurch Grant Levy's gallant run in the ANZPT Perth Main Event has come to an end. The stack of the PokerStars.net Team Australia Pro had steadily dwindled throughout the afternoon, and the end came when he was all-in with A-7 against the pocket 10s...more
ANZPT Perth: Day 2 seat draw
Seating draw for day 2 of the PokerStars.net ANZPT Perth Main Event at Burswood Casino, Perth, Western Australia Table 1 Seat 1: William Dunn (Australia) PokerStars Qualifier 46,250 Seat 2: Eoin Kennedy (Australia) 61,725 Seat 3: Adrienne Whareorere (Australia) PokerStars Qualifier 16,150 Seat 5: Aaron Benton (Australia) PokerStars Qualifier...more
ANZPT Perth: Andy shows he's more than handy
A record-breaking prizepool for a Western Australian poker tournament has been established in the first PokerStars.net ANZPT Perth Main Event at Burswood Casino. After yesterday's modest entry list of 83, the main event field bumped up to 222 thanks to today's 1B field of 139. A total of 112...more
Day 1A
ANZPT Perth: Nik nails 'em on day 1A
An historic day of poker has concluded at Burswood Casino with 46 players progressing to day two in the first PokerStars.net ANZPT event ever played in Perth, Western Australia. Appropriately, it was a local player, Nik Lackovic, who finished atop the chip count with 104,625. He leads Melbourne's Kelvin...more
ANZPT Perth: Day 1A, level 7 (blinds 300-600, ante 75)
8pm: Seven to go The announcement has just been made that there'll be another seven hands to end day 1A of the PokerStars.net ANZPT Perth Main Event. As the clock ticks past 8pm local time and the fiddler keeps a fiddlin', 48 of the 83 starters are hoping to...more
ANZPT Perth: Day 1A, level 6 (blinds 200-400, ante 50)
6.50pm: Oh really, O'Reilly? It was Andrew Hinrichsen versus Sean O'Reilly once again on table 16, and the sight of Hinrichsen smoking the rubber on his way out of the tournament area suggests it didn't end well for the 2009 ANZPT Queenstown second-place finisher. The hand was pretty straightforward...more
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