Poker News
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…
Michael Pedley Wins AM Event 6 $1,100 NLH- Rebuys
Written by Rob Huxley | Sunday, 22 January 2012 10:03
Perth native Michael Pedley has won Event 6 the $1,100 NLH-Rebuys at the 2012 Aussie Millions. Pedley has enjoyed moderate success over the years as a recreational poker player, but his greatest successes have come here in Melbourne at the Aussie Millions. In 2008, Pedley won the same event for his first major title securing $168,320. Yesterday however, he would have to be content with only $122,670 for the same title. The final table of event 6 was easily the most talked about Championship event of the series featuring some of the biggest and best names in modern day poker. The table featured the likes of Tyron Krost (2010 Aussie Millions Main Event Champion), Jonathan Karamalikis, Dan Kelly, Marvin Rettenmaier and Michael Benvenuti. During the play of the final table, former Main Event Champion Krost was facing an interesting dilemma. He managed to make it down to 4 handed play…
Tom Middleton Wins AM Event 5 $1,100 NLH 6 Max
Written by Rob Huxley | Saturday, 21 January 2012 08:21
English poker pro Tom Middleton has won Event 5 at this year's Aussie Millions, the $1,100 NLH 6-Max event taking home $84,200 for his 1st place finish. Middleton is no stranger to final tables having a total career earnings of over $500,000 since 2008. 2011 was the breakout year for Middleton which saw him cash for $355,402, however if he continues his metaphoric rise to the top of the leader boards, this year could certainly eclipse that in earnings. Middleton's victory came at the expense of Sydney local pro Joel Dodds who had to be content with 2nd place and a $58,135 pay day. Dodds was looming to take down the title and the Gold Championship ring, however the Englishmans performance was nothing short of extraordinary. At the final 6 handed table, Middleton eliminated four of the 5 players he was facing, a truly epic steamroller effort. Payouts Aussie Millions…
