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World Series Of Poker Asia - Crown Casino To Host WSOP APAC 2013
Written by Rob Huxley | Tuesday, 01 May 2012 11:24
Crown Casino have announced an exciting partnership with the worlds largest poker brand, the World Series Of Poker. Set to take place at Crown Casino in Melbourne from April 4-15 2013, the World Series of poker Asia-Pacific (WSOP APAC) is a natural extension in the worlds largest gaming market. WSOP Executive Director Ty Stewart said, “Our goal is to establish the worldwide grand slam of poker and use our platform to elevate the game through a series of major championships,” “With WSOP Las Vegas growing annually and WSOP Europe poised for long-term success after five years, the time is right to turn our attention to the dynamic poker scene in Asia and Australia. Given Crown’s success with the ‘Aussie Millions Poker Championship’, we couldn’t ask for a better partner than Crown to establish the Asia-Pacific’s definitive poker festival.” Crown Casino in Melbourne already plays host to the worlds largest tournament…
The National Poker League (NPL) Quarterly Final was wrapped up this weekend at the Parramatta Leagues Club in Sydney with local player Lagi Leota Tupua being crowned the eventual champion. Lagi takes home $21,500 along with a ticket into the NPL 500 event which is set to take place in August this year at The Star Casino. In addition to the cash and ticket, Lagi earned herself a massive 20,000 points towards the National Poker Leagues Player Of The Year race. The NPL Quarterly Final featured 291(282 + 9 NPL Masters Team Members) players and a $550 buy-in creating a massive prize pool of $141,000. Action began on Saturday morning with all players taking their seats in the Parramatta Leagues Club Ball room. The action began at 11am and play ended at 11:30pm with 63 players remaining in the field. Sunday was day 2 and Lagi held a massive chip…
The Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) have just announced some exciting news for poker enthusiasts in the Asia Pacific region. The most popular stop on the season, the APPT Cebu will return once again in 2012 at the incredible Waterfront Hotel and Casino in Cebu. While things in Macau may be coming to a close for poker, the rest of the Asia Pacific region is certainly heating up. Season 5 of the APPT promises to be one of the biggest and best to date, with 5 scheduled stops including Melbourne's Crown casino, Queenstown, Soul, Macau and now Cebu. The APPT Cebu event is scheduled to take place from April 25-30 and features a Main Event with a PHP 100,000 (Approximately $2,200 AUD) as well as a series of other events for those unlucky enough out in the main. DATE - TIME AUD $ PHP $ EVENT Tue, Apr 24, 4:00…
Oliver Speidel Wins Aussie Millions Main Event - $1.6 Million PayDay
Written by Rob Huxley | Monday, 30 January 2012 18:15
After almost a week of poker action, Melbourne local Oliver Speidel has won the most prestigious poker tournament in the Southern Hemisphere, the 2012 $10,600 Buy-In Aussie Millions Main Event. Speidel has had an incredible Aussie Millions series and yesterday's win is the icing on the cake that all poker players dream of. Last year was the first time the event was won by a local player, and Speidel will certainly be partying over the coming days in celebration of his monumental victory. This year's Aussie MIllions saw 659 players stump up the $10,600 buy-in needed to take your seat creating a massive $6,590,000 prize pool, the largest for any sporting event in the country. As if winning the Aussie Millions wasn't cool enough, Speidel did it in the ultimate fashion when his final winning hand was nothing other than two black aces, A♣ A♠. Oliver even managed to fulfil…
Phil Ivey Wins $250,000 Super High Roller Event 20 Aussie Millions
Written by Rob Huxley | Monday, 30 January 2012 17:56
In what can only be described as surgical poker, Phil Ivey has once again put the poker world on notice cementing his title as the greatest poker player of the modern era after winning the largest buy-in poker tournament in the world, the $250,000 Buy-in Super High Roller Event at Crown Casino, event 20 of the Aussie Millions. Last year was the first time the $250K Challenge was ran, and the event drew an incredible 20 players to the table creating history for Crown Casino and the Aussie Millions. Crown's Executive Manager of Table Games Sean McCreery is credited with the concept of the $250K challenge and said that the idea for the super high-stakes game is part of a plan by the casino to make Australia one the foremost destinations for poker players in the world. "If you think about it, some of these players have to fly 40…
2012 Aussie Millions Main Event - Phil Ivey Looming
Written by Rob Huxley | Friday, 27 January 2012 11:37
The 2012 Aussie Millions Main Event is set to start Day 4's play with just 26 players left vying for the title of 2012 Aussie Millions Main Event Champion and the $1,600,000 payday that sits up top. Without doubt all eyes will be set on the worlds number one player, American Phil Ivey. Ivey is currently 6th in chips with 1,107,000 with the average stack at 760,385. Ivey is no stranger to final tables in big tournaments and he will certainly be the player to beat heading into play today. Alongside Ivey there are a few local hopefuls looking to cement their name into poker folklore, one such local is Sydney poker player and school teacher Grant 'Grunter' Levy. Levy burst onto the poker scene in late 2007 after he won the APPT Main Event collecting $1,000,000 AUD. Over the past few year's few players have been as…
Aussie Millions Seat Draw & Chip Counts Main Event
Written by Rob Huxley | Wednesday, 25 January 2012 08:57
The 2012 Aussie Millions Main Event is well and truly underway, with the total number of players sitting at 654 for the three day 1 flights. This number is set to increase thank's to a Crown incentive program that they have introduced for this year's event at the last minute. Crown are allowing anyone who played in the main event to sit down today with 40% of the average stack for a further $10,600. This will certainly increase the number of players in the field to somewhere in the realm of 700+, and the move was made on the basis that Chinese New Year has hampered the travel plans of many of the top Asian pro players - Kung Hei Fat Choi! Moving forward into day 2 are some big names, but none bigger than the cupcake destroying man himself, Phil Ivey. Ivey managed to bag up 184,000 in chips…
The 2012 Aussie Millions Main Event is the number one poker tournament on the Australasian calendar, featuring a $10,600 buy-in and an estimated 1st place payout of $2,000,000. Everyone who is everyone always makes the journey down to the Crown Casino in Melbourne every January to take part in the world class event. Today marks the start of Day 1c of the $10,600 buy-in Main Event and the numbers this year are slightly lower than last year's, but by no stretch are they that much lower. So far, there are 655 registered players creating a massive $6,550,000 prize pool with the $2M first place payout all but guaranteed, you can be sure that there will be plenty of tension in the room over the coming days play. This years numbers are slightly lower for the Aussie Millions and this could be attributed to Full Tilt Poker who were…
