It is a heat wave here in Adelaide today with the temperature soaring to 43ËšC, walking outside the casino everyone is keeping to the shade trying to stay out of the hot spots. It is the same inside the casino with the tension mounting as the short stacks try and stay out of the way of the chip leaders. As play began players were praying they … [Read more...]
ANZPT Adelaide: Early Day 2
February 5, 2009 By
Early on Day 2 at the ANZPT Adelaide tournament the numbers are slowly dwindling. 77 started the day and there are 56 left just before the end of level 11, our second level for today. This takes the average chip stack value to just over 76,000. Included amongst those to be eliminated were Diego Walsh, Steven Downing, Andrew Demetriou, Joel Dodds, Ray … [Read more...]
ANZPT Adelaide: Prize pool announced – Adelaide record
February 5, 2009 By
It has recently been announced that the 215 players have contributed to a SKYCITY Adelaide casino record poker prize pool of $586,950.00. The ultimate survivor will collect $170,215.00 and the last man/woman to be knocked out will take home $111,520.00. The payouts go down to 18th with 14th-18th collecting $5,870.00. A full payout table is available … [Read more...]
ANZPT Adelaide: Words from the felt
February 5, 2009 By
PokerStars qualifier and Australian online poker phenomenon Tony 'Bond21' Dunst has been doing some sterling work while playing today. On a table that includes PokerStars sponsored Tony Hachem and well known Sydney player Joel Dodds, Tony decided he wanted to give us his thoughts. He took the pad and began to write: "I sit in the corner of the SkyCity … [Read more...]
ANZPT Adelaide: Chip count
February 5, 2009 By
As the day proceeds eventually some of the players have to give up their seats so we can get on with finding a winner. With 37 minutes to go in the 6th level we are down to 85 out of the days 111 entrants. The average stack is 26,100 A fairly full chip count can be found here. … [Read more...]
ANZPT Adelaide: Poker players from two different backgrounds pull ahead
February 5, 2009 By
Just a quick aside local identity Paul "The Virus" Ravesi has finally graced the tournament with his presence well into level 3. He joins an already spirited Table 1 including Sam Khouiss and Mike "Timex" McDonald. Paul sat down, naturally his blinds had been removed from the stack but he quickly noted that he seemed to be in a much better position … [Read more...]
ANZPT Adelaide: Day 1 Flight 2 nearly full
February 4, 2009 By
Day 1 Flight 2 of Adelaide's ANZPT Main Event has started in a very quiet way. It is as if today's players are the contemplative type as opposed to yesterday's field dominated by local casino satellite qualifiers, 60 in total out of the 104 field. Scanning the room I can see Tony G, WSOP Bracelet winner Mel Judah, WSOP main event final table player … [Read more...]
ANZPT Adelaide: At the bell there are still 37 in the ring
February 4, 2009 By
The first day of PokerStars sponsored ANZPT Main Event began at the SKYCITY casino in Adelaide, with 104 players sitting down for the 12:15pm "shuffle up and deal" announcement performed by Team PokerStars Pro and WSOP 2005 Champion Joe Hachem. The Adelaide casino poker room has 12 poker tables, all of which were initially in use. Players either paid … [Read more...]
ANZPT Adelaide: Broom starts to clear a space
February 4, 2009 By
In the last few levels of the tournament here in Adelaide, James Broom has started to stamp his mark on the leader board and begin to thin the field in his wake. Springing from relative obscurity, James started to produce some money results in 2006 and 2007 at CROWN casino. It was at the Melbourne championships in May 2008 that he kicked the big goal … [Read more...]
ANZPT Adelaide: Chip count at dinner
February 4, 2009 By
We started with 104 players at 12:20pm today, but the structure is very player friendly and each level is played for one hour. At the dinner break, some 60 minutes, we have completed six levels of play and the remainig entrants number 67. The next level requires a 75 ante and the blinds are 300-600. The average chip count sits just above 31,000. To … [Read more...]