The three day event attracted 218 entrants (not bad given day one started on Monday night – perhaps this will be addressed in Season 2 and can only be put down to Crown Casino “squeezing” it into their already packed Melbourne Champs schedule) who all paid the AUD$2,700 entry to create a AUD$545,000 prizepool.
After some [...]

After an intense tournament at the superb Crown Casino, it was  Xiao Cui who took out event 7 of the $230 No Limit Hold Em 100k Guarantee.
PokerNZ’s own ‘downtrou’ was in the race and looking good early on when he busted out Paul Taylor with his QsQh against Taylors AsQd. The 3d5d7s flop didn’t help [...]

With just one month to go and 2 weeks of action packed poker, the Melbourne Champs promises to draw the crowds once again to the home of Australasian Poker, Crown Casino.
One exciting new addition to the already packed 2009 schedule is the third leg of the ANZPT (as covered in the article above).
Last year’s Main [...]

Unfortunately the final table had to shift into a TV studio, so the general public was unable to witness the final table in the flesh, but those who did get to view it certainly got their fair share of poker excitement.
Heading in to the final day it didn’t take long for the first player (Barney [...]

When I first came into the poker room, I don’t know what it was, but something about this kid just shone out to me.
His crew were supportive and humble, hes a solid player and it’s going to make a great story! Zach Gruneberg, the youngest in the field that’s left and he goes out tonight [...]

It was about 4pm and the cash games were filling up around me as the mood changed in the poker room at Crown Casino.
The cameras were flying around the room as everyone waited for the bubble to burst.
For those that don’t know, the ‘bubble bursting’ is where the last player who is NOT in the [...]