2013 PokerStars.net ANZPT Season 5 Perth

Main Event
Day: 1a
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Event Info

2013 PokerStars.net ANZPT Season 5 Perth

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j♦j♣
Prize
114,000 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
2,000 AUD
Entries
219
Level Info
Level
21
Blinds
8,000 / 16,000
Ante
2,000

Woodworth Leads Day 1a of ANZPT Perth

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Peter Woodworth - Day 1a chip leader
Peter Woodworth - Day 1a chip leader

After a couple of months on hiatus, Season 5 of the Australia New Zealand Poker Tour continued on Wednesday evening. This week it was time for ANZPT Perth to take centre stage, with players from all around the Australia, and the world, taking to the felt of Crown Perth.

The ANZPT Perth Main Event has a rich history, with the likes of Tony Hachem and Grant Levy a few of the alumni to lift the trophy. This year saw 67 players begin the first of two Day 1 flights with the hopes of beginning their journey towards joining Hachem and Levy as an ANZPT Perth champion.

Kicking off at 7.00pm local time, the Day 1a schedule would see players only needing to last six 60-minute levels to make it through the night.

Unfortunately it’s not always a happy ending in the world of poker and so some of the players who would be licking their wounds after early departures include Tom Grigg, Kristian Lunardi, WSOP Europe Gold Bracelet winner Andrew Hinrichsen and the UK’s Rupert Elder.

Some of the players who prospered through various stages of the day and made it through the night include Australian Poker Hall of Fame member Gary Benson, local hero Dale Marsland and Aussie poker favourites Ricky Kroesen and Andrew Jeffreys.

One of the large pots that went Marsland’s way saw him call a huge bet on the river of a {6-Spades}{2-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{a-Spades} board. Marsland didn’t look too confident when he made the call, but that changed quickly when his opponent turned over {k-Diamonds}{j-Spades} for a pair of jacks – not strong enough for Marsland’s {q-Spades}{q-Clubs}.

Despite Marsland's best efforts to finish up as the chip leader, it was Peter Woodworth who bagged the largest chip stack. By the time it was all over, Woodworth's 84,0215 in chips was a fair margin in front of Marsland's 70,625. The full end-of-day 1a chip counts will be posted as soon as they are made available.

In the end there were 38 players who bagged up some chips and will return to the felt on Friday to fight it out for a spot on Day 3 of the ANZPT Perth Main Event. For now though, these players must relax and watch on as a new batch of players begin their journey on tomorrow's Day 1b. The action is set to kick off at 12.30 pm local time, so be sure to join us then!

For now, we will leave you with Lynn Gilmartin's tour of this beautiful city:

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The Quest to Crown an ANZPT Perth Champion Begins

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Season 3 ANZPT Perth champion, Grant Levy
Season 3 ANZPT Perth champion, Grant Levy

Welcome to Crown Perth in Western Australia for the next stop on Season 5 of the Australia New Zealand Poker Tour! Tonight we begin our quest to crown the champion of the fourth installment of ANZPT Perth. This event has a rich history and we look forward to adding to that this week.

The first ANZPT Perth was back on Season 2 of the tour in 2010 and it was a very familiar face who lifted the trophy when he defeated a field of 222 players to claim the $132,750 first-place prize. That player went by the name of Tony Hachem and the victory ensured Hachem would win his second ANZ Player of the Year.

Cut to a year later and one of Australia’s most successful players in Grant Levy would be claiming the Season 3 ANZPT Perth title. Levy’s victory was over a field of 220 players and saw Levy take home $131,500.

In Season 4 of the ANZPT, just last year, the ANZPT Perth Main Event dropped its buy-in down to $1,100 and 310 players took to the felt of the poker room here at Crown Perth. In the end it was Matthew Carlsson who joined the alumni of ANZPT Perth champions.

This year’s event has seen the buy-in move to $2,200 and by all accounts we are going to see a sizable field take to the tables. Who will become the next ANZPT Perth champion? Only time will tell, so make sure to join PokerNews as we bring you all the action on the way to crowning a victor. The first of two Day 1 flights begins shortly at 7.00pm local time!