2026 Victorian Poker Championship

$2,500 Victorian Champs Main Event
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Event Info
2026 Victorian Poker Championship
Event Info
Buy-in
2,500 AUD
Prize Pool
1,573,000 AUD
Total Entries
715
Places Paid
89
Players Left
9
Average Chip Stack
4,766,667
Total Chips
42,900,000
Next Payout
Place 9
30,500 AUD
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
120,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
340
Players Left
43
Players Left 9 / 715
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Huge Double for Foster Against Hassan

Christian Zetzsche
Christian Zetzsche
Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Dylan Foster
Dylan Foster

Dylan Foster min-raised to 24,000 from under the gun and then called a three-bet to 80,000 by Idris Hassan in the big blind. On a flop of J♦6♣5♦, Hassan continued for 65,000 to receive a call and fired a second barrel for 225,000 on the 9♣ turn. Foster jammed for 717,000 and Hassan called with a near identical stack.

Dylan Foster: J♠J♣ All in
Idris Hassan: A♥A♠

Up until now, Hassan had been cruising near the top of the leaderboard for an extended period. But now, he needed an ace to avoid a huge blow to his stack and it never came on the 7♥ river. The dagger was for nearly his entire stack and he had Foster covered by fewer than three blinds two spots away from the money.

Tags: Dylan FosterIdris Hassan

Kokkinos Eliminated by Hachem

Christian Zetzsche
Christian Zetzsche
Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Joe Hachem
Joe Hachem

There were groans coming from table 25 when Chris Kokkinos was all-in and dominated by Joe Hachem in which turned out to be a roller coaster runout.

Chris Kokkinos: 9♥9♦ All in
Joe Hachem: 10♥10♠

The 9♠7♠7♣ flop had propelled Kokkinos into the lead with nines full and Hachem needed running sevens or one of the two remaining tens. Sure enough, the 10♦ followed on the turn and the 6♠ river knocked out Kokkinos.

Tags: Chris KokkinosJoe Hachem

Hilakari Busts Barba

Josh Noy
Josh Noy
Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Jyrki Hilakari
Jyrki Hilakari

Jyrki Hilakari limped from under the gun, and Patrick Barba raised to 92,000 while leaving just 4,000 behind. Action folded back to Hilakari, who announced all in. Barba stuck in his final chips, and the hands were revealed.

Patrick Barba: K♥K♦ All in
Jyrki Hilakari: 8♠8♥

Barba remained in front through the A♠10♦2♣ flop, but Hilakari hit the 8♣ turn to make a set. The 2♠ river saw Hilakari improve to a full house, sending Barba out before the money.

Tags: Jyrki HilakariPatrick Barba

Sitzoukis Eliminated by Castles

Christian Zetzsche
Christian Zetzsche
Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Paris Sitzoukis
Paris Sitzoukis

Paris Sitzoukis got his stack into the middle before the flop and had a classic flip against Vajra Castles.

Paris Sitzoukis: 7♥7♦ All in
Vajra Castles: A♥K♠

The ace came in the window of the A♣10♥9♦ flop, the 3♦ turn and 9♠ river sent Sitzoukis to the rail before the money.

Tags: Paris SitzoukisVajra Castles

Wang Eliminated by Tschirsch

Christian Zetzsche
Christian Zetzsche
Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Fred Tschirsch
Fred Tschirsch

Dean Blatt opened to 20,000 in late position and Sailong Wang three-bet to 145,000 with just over a big blind behind in the hijack. Fred Tschirsch then jammed out of the cutoff and everyone else folded.

"How many outs do I have?" Wang grimaced when he called all-in.

Sailong Wang: A♣Q♠ All in
Fred Tschirsch: K♥K♠

The K♦7♥6♦ flop was devastating for Wang as Tschirsch made the top set. "No more outs," Wang concluded, which was then the case on the ]4h] turn to make the 3♥ river a formality.

Tags: Dean BlattFred TschirschSailong Wang

Morritt Quadruples Up

Josh Noy
Josh Noy
Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Lucas Morritt
Lucas Morritt

Wadih Barbara opened to 25,000 from under the gun before Tom McMahon slid out a three-bet to 90,000 in middle position. Lucas Morritt then moved all in on the button for 161,000, and Pranav Bhatt shoved his stack of 141,000 in the small blind.

Both Barbara and McMahon called, and the 7♣J♠6♣ flop was fanned out. Barbara led out for 50,000, and McMahon called to the 3♥ turn. Both players checked, with action repeating to showdown on the 4♦ river.

Pranav Bhatt: Q♦Q♣ All in
Lucas Morritt: A♣A♥ All in
Wadih Barbara: 9♠9♥
Tom McMahon: A♠K♦

Morritt proudly revealed his pocket aces, taking down both all-in pots while sending Bhatt out. Barbara's pocket nines were good against McMahon, claiming the small side pot.

Tags: Lucas MorrittPranav BhattTom McMahonWadih Barbara

Two Huge Clashes in a Row on Table 27

Christian Zetzsche
Christian Zetzsche
Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Nektarios Dimitrakis
Nektarios Dimitrakis

A preflop raising war got all of the chips into the middle over on table 27 with Darryl Gassali aiming to knock out Nektarios Dimitrakis and Jiapeng Yang, who both held near identical stacks.

Nektarios Dimitrakis: A♥A♠ All in
Jiapeng Yang: K♣K♠ All in
Darryl Gassali: A♣K♦

The board ran out 9♣7♠4♦Q♠8♠ and that left Yang with only 4,000, as Dimitrakis tripled up for 210,000.

Shortly after, Jai Painter tried to raise but limped instead and that brought in Yang, Bobby Zhang in the small blind and Vajra Castles in the big blind. The flop came 6♦5♦4♥ and the action checked to Painter who bet 18,000. Zhang check-raised to 46,000 which Castles called before Painter used a time bank and jammed for 306,000.

Zhang flat-called and Castles folded.

Jiapeng Yang: 10♠8♠ All in
Jai Painter: 5♠5♣ All in
Bobby Zhang: 8♥7♣

The 3♣ turn changed nothing nor did the K♠ river and Zhang sent two players to the rail.

Tags: Bobby ZhangDarryl GassaliJai PainterNektarios DimitrakisVajra Castles

Payouts Confirmed

Josh Noy
Josh Noy
Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Victorian Poker Championship Trophy
Victorian Poker Championship Trophy

The AUD 2,500 Victorian Champs Main Event collected a total of 715 entries, generating a massive prize pool of AUD 1,573,000.

The top 89 players will earn at least AUD 4,500, while this week's winner will take home AUD 350,000 and the Victorian Poker Championship Trophy.

$2,500 Victorian Champs Main Event Payouts

PlacePrizePlacePrize
1$350,00012-13$17,500
2$210,00014-15$14,000
3$135,00016-17$11,500
4$90,00018-20$10,000
5$72,50021-23$9,000
6$58,00024-26$8,000
7$47,50027-35$7,000
8$38,00036-44$6,000
9$30,50045-62$5,000
10-11$23,00063-89$4,500

Zappia Sends Klinger Packing

Christian Zetzsche
Christian Zetzsche
Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Domenico Zappia
Domenico Zappia

In the last hand before the break, Domenico Zappia and Daniel Klinger clashed in a three-bet pot that resulted in the all-in and call on a J♣7♥5♥ flop.

Daniel Klinger: K♠K♦ All in
Domenico Zappia: J♥J♦

The 8♠ turn changed nothing nor did the J♠ river, which brought the case jack to send Klinger home busting to quads jacks. Zappia appears to be one of the largest stacks in the field.

Tags: Daniel KlingerDomenico Zappia

Avrutis Making a Move

Josh Noy
Josh Noy
Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Amin Riyazati
Amin Riyazati

Simon Avrutis had his stack of 235,000 in the middle from under the gun, and Amin Riyazati was all in for less in the hijack. Sam Higgs made the call on the button, and all three hands were revealed.

Amin Riyazati: A♠10♥ All in
Simon Avrutis: Q♥Q♦ All in
Sam Higgs: A♣Q♣

Avrutis cruised through the 2♠7♥K♠5♥Q♠ runout, making a set on the river to take down both pots and send Riyazati out.

Tags: Amin RiyazatiSam HiggsSimon Avrutis

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