Last week I had the pleasure of traveling to Queenstown, New Zealand, to cover the 2012 APPT Snowfest. I had heard all great things about this particular stop, however no words could have described just how beautiful it really was. As my plane landed amongst picturesque mountains, I knew I...more

It took a long heads-up battle but we've finally crowned a Queenstown Snowfest champion with Dave Allan overcoming illness and a tough heads-up opponent in Ken Demlakian to claim the title. Close to two hours ago, Demlakian looked across the table at Allan and chirped, "You're not enjoying this are...more

Jordan Westmorland has been a dominant force on this final table, responsible for the elimination of several opponents along the way, but it's come unstuck in 3rd place after a big clash with Ken Demlakian. It always proved tricky for Westmorland to have the unpredictable Demlakian sitting to his left....more

The PokerStars.net APPT Melbourne Main Event, which was also the ANZPT Grand Final, just wrapped up at my second-home, Crown Casino. An impressive 257 players entered the $5,000 buy-in tournament, and after an entertaining four days of poker, we were left with a headlining final table sitting some of Australia...more

The APPT Melbourne Main Event has been run and won with the trophy set to head to the motherland for the very first time as Britain's Sam Razavi has overcome local hope Keith Walker in a quick heads-up battle to grab the win and $326,125 in prize money. It only...more

For large period of today, and yesterday, Tom Grigg was in total control of this tournament. With a big stack in hand, he's one of the most dangerous players going around, and we felt like this was his tournament to win...or lose. The small ball tactics worked for Grigg when...more

It's been an incredible two weeks of poker here in Macau, the final days of which have been highlighted by the $100,000 (HKD) buy-in Asia Championship of Poker Main Event. And the ending -- with Xing Zhou of China defeating Hong Kong's Ying Kit Chan heads-up in final hand in...more

It was past 2:30 a.m. here in Macau, about 12-and-a-half hours after the final table had begun, and more than six hours since Xing Zhou and Ying Kit Chan had started their heads-up battle. Here's what they looked like way back when the duel had started. Bright-eyed, determined, ready... It...more

A half-hour into Level 26 (15,000/30,000/4,000), China's Xing Zhou continued to enjoy the chip lead he'd had over Hong Kong's Ying Kit Chan since the start of heads-up play way back in Level 24. Minus the dinner break, that was three hours' worth of poker. Chan had closed the gap....more