We have a new PokerStars.net APPT Grand Final champion: Martin Rowe, from Sydney Australia. Rowe becomes poker’s newest millionaire. It was all one-way traffic for the new champion who systematically knocked out his challengers one by one at the final table. In the last hand of the tournament Jason Gray limped in on the button and Rowe immediately raised it to 250,000. Jason quickly announced all-in and Martin just as quickly called and tabled A-Q. Jason sighed and turned over 9-5. The crowd was taken by surprise as the battle had been tight for many hours. The flop came
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Australia has a strong Italian influence thanks to the massive influx of migrants after World War II. That influence has flowed over into today’s final table, as three of the participants recently discovered. Three of the player’s heritages lie in the Calabria region in the south of Italy. Antonio...more
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