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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

We thought it was going to be smooth sailing today. The equation was simple enough. Start with eighteen and reduce to nine. Unfortunately poker tournaments are rarely simple, and math is supposedly idiotic. However within four levels, the damage was done and when the smoke cleared our final nine were...more

ANZPT Darwin Final Table is set! That brings an end to today's play with Jack Drake ending with a bang to maintain his overnight chip lead. Players will return at 12:30pm (GMT+9:30) tomorrow to play it out until a champion is crowned! Seat 1: Jonathan Dangio (PokerStars Qualifier) - 232,300...more

2:45pm: Ten-minute break 2:40pm: McKay derailed "And that's not how you play a tournament," sighed Ryan McKay as he wandered from the International Room following his elimination from the ANZPT Darwin Main Event. McKay moved his last 40,000-or-so chips in preflop with K♠Q♣ but found himself dominated as Jack Drake...more

With the sun beaming down on another beautiful Darwin day, it was a perfect afternoon for a spot of fishing, lazing by the pool or adventuring into the Australian outback. Or how about a little poker? The SKYCITY Darwin Casino once again opened its door as 47 players returned to...more

5:40pm: An early minute With ten minutes remaining on the clock, tournament staff have wisely called a halt to proceedings rather than worry about redrawing for the final two tables. So that's it, we're done for today! It appears that Jack Drake will be our chip leader with around 120,000...more

4:40pm: Ten-minute break 4:30pm: They're dropping like flies as Rubie, Pampliega and McKenzie join the rail Online star Brendon Rubie has hit the rail after he pushed his last chips in preflop with pocket sixes, but Aaron Benton made the call with pocket jacks. Rubie couldn't find a lucky six...more

Today saw 30 players enter the SKYCITY Darwin Casino for Day 1b of the ANZPT Darwin Main Event, and despite the modest numbers, the field was loaded with well-known pros. Liam O'Rourke, John Apostolidis, Mario Ljubicic, Ryan McKay and Tim English were among the starters as well as ANZ Player...more

6:00pm: That's a wrap from Darwin We've ended today's five levels of play with 21 players remaining and they'll be back to join the 26 survivors from yesterday for Day 2 of play tomorrow. Leading the way today is Aaron Benton who bagged up 58,075 chips while Liam O'Rourke (45,825),...more

4:45pm: Ten-minute break 4:25pm: Benton blasts past the rockets Another on the move is 2009 APPT Sydney champ Aaron Benton as we've had another casualty from the ANZPT Darwin Main Event. We didn't catch the action but the cards were on their backs on the turn with Benton flopping a...more

This is poker territory. That's the marketing slogan of the Poker Zone here at the SKYCITY Darwin, and it couldn't have been more true today as the PokerStars.net ANZPT made its way to the Northern Territory for just the second time. It was a short and breezy day here in...more

6:00pm: That's all she wrote A short day has come to an end here in Darwin with 26 players surviving to reach day two on Thursday. It looks like Roy Hills will bag up the chip lead with 61,850 with Tony Kanochkin (56,650) and Brendon Rubie (51,575) likely to be...more

4:40pm: Ten-minute break 4:35pm: Finally some good news for Occy Licking his wounds after the recent hits to his stack, Voegele threw his final 1,350 into the middle the next hand from under the gun. Action folded around to Brendon Rubie who made the call with K♦5♠ to find himself...more