Carlsson collects the Cash at the ANZPT Perth

ANZPT Perth 2012 Champion Mathew Carlsson

The ANZPT Perth 2012 has been decided and for the first time the trophy will be staying in Perth.Mathew Carlsson outlasted 309 players to become the 2012 ANZPT Champion winning$78,275. Mathew let out a huge cheer when he realised he was champion. The 22 year old plays regularly here at Burswood and had a strong contingent supporting him throughout today’s play. In fact with five of the nine players from Perth, the rail was packed and every hand was met with raucous reactions from a very partisan crowd. The final hand of the tournament took place after over an hour of heads up play between Carlsson and Anthony Marenko, another Perth local. The lead had gone back and forth between the two players but Carlsson had begun to dominate, having a four to one chip lead before the last hand. It was Carlsson’s pair of sevens against Marenko’s king two offsuit and the board was no help to Marenko. Carlsson with his sevens took down his first major tournament title.

The ANZ Player of Year saw some movement at the top of the table. A great result for Canberra’sAnthony Aston has seen him take a big lead at the top of the table. This is Aston’s second 3rd place finish, this time he takes home $27,590. Anthony’s room mate for the trip has also moved up the standings, Didier Guerin has moved into third place. A cash in ANZPT Sydney has been follwed here in Perth with a sixth place finish for $13,950. The winner of the ANZ Player of the Year receives sponsorship to the APPT. For more details click here The next event where players can earn points is the ANZPT POY Winter Poker Tournament fromJune 9-11 with a $1,100 buy-in at Casino Canberra. The top ten players will receive points toward theANZ Player of the Year. The ANZPT Perth 2012 has been a great week of poker with more players taking part than ever before. The 310 players built a prize pool of $310,000 with some big names making the trip to take part. There was Team PokerStars PRO Bryan Huang, Australian Poker Hall of Fame member Leo Boxell, ANZPT Sydney Champion Gordon Huntly and Aaron Benton. Head to the PokerStars Blog for the all the details of the tournament. For the ANZPT Perth 2012 Payouts download here For the ANZ Player of the Year table download here