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Crown Poker Series - Mon 7th to Sun 13th October
australianpokerschedule.com.au/event/crown-poker-series-vic-3/
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Any start stack/ blind levels etc???
Crown throwing out start stacks like it’s 2012 again
no mention if they're rebuys or other.
Great value for players in and around Brisbane today!
It's APTLive's shout with 2x free $15 drinks vouchers at the venue for registering all events excluding satellites and TLPT. That's $30 instant rake back 🙌
voco Brisbane City Centre, an IHG Hotel
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Wide Bay ChampionChips is 10 events across 4 days ¨C October 4th till 7th of October.
With a $70,000 GTD Series, this event will be hosted at The Hervey Bay RSL Players can win their entries into all events at all NPL Wide Bay games.
With Events from Normal No Limit Hold ¡®em, Pot Limit Omaha, Teams Event and the all time favorite mixed Game of H.O.P (hold ¡®em, Omaha, Pineapple) This is the event not to be missed!
Comfort Inn on Main Hervey Bay is Accommodation Close to the RSL - Mention you¡¯re playing the poker event for a discounted rate for the weekend. Who will be Crowned the Champions for 2024?
The Hervey Bay RSL: 1 Torquay Rd, Hervey Bay QLD 4655 Phone: (07) 4197 7444 Comfort Inn on Main Hervey Bay Address: 68 Main St, Pialba QLD 4655 Phone: (07) 4128 3666 to make a booking.
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Congratulations to Australia's Yita Choong on taking down the Single Day High Roller at the 2024 APT Taipei Poker Classic.
#45 Single Day High Roller | Buy in: TWD 100,000 (~AUD $4,540)
Entries: 85
🏆1st - TWD 2,019,000 (~AUD$ 91,740)
Let's Go!
Results and photo courtesy of Asian Poker Tour
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Ignition: Kahle Burns puts on a masterclass to win TLPT Opening Event - Poker Media
Ignition: Kahle Burns puts on a masterclass to win TLPT Opening Event - Poker Media
www.pokermedia.com.au
One of Australia’s poker superstars, Kahle Burns – who sits second on Australia’s All Time Money List – clearly hasn’t lost his touch. His career-to-date includes two WSOPE bracelets in 2019...0 CommentsComment on Facebook
Episode 2 - State of Origin Special - Premieres 6:30pm AEST
Special guest, NSW Captain, Didier Guérun
Exclusive to our YouTube channel youtu.be/P3lYsuQxdGQ
Added to all of your favourite streaming services the following day.
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Congratulations to Australia's William Jia , with yet another win in Vietnam, this is off the back of his Main Event win at Vietnam International Poker Tour in Hanoi, during April this year.
Super High Roller | Buy in: VN₫ 88,000,000 (~AUD$ 5,300)
Entries: 137 (83 unique)
🏆1st - VN₫ 2,101,014,000 (~AUD$ 125,768)
Let's Go!
Results courtesy of Somuchpoker - News & Event Coverage and U Series of PokerCongratulations to WILLIAM JIA for winning the “Event #39-Super High Roller” champion at USOP-Hai Phong! 🏆🔥 Your incredible performance has truly set the bar high.
You've shown what it means to “Unleash Your Inner Champion” by conquering the felt with skill, strategy, and determination. Here's to celebrating your victory and inspiring others to do the same! ♠️💪
#useriesofpoker #USOP #dreamdragonresort #crownpokerclub #unleashyourinnerchampion #usophaiphong
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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗢𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝗯𝗮𝘁𝗲: 𝗟𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴? 𝗤𝗟𝗗 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗲? 𝗡𝗭 𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀?
Ever since Australian Poker Tour announced the return of the State of Origin 2 days ago, the poker world has been buzzing, both on and around the tables. It will be held at their upcoming Brisbane Super Series after an 11 year hiatus, and also triggered much debate social media. So what's all the hype, huffing, and head scratching all about?
𝗟𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗟𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴?
The first thing to unpack is the comments, thoughts and opinions of much loved and one of many passionate ladies on the poker scene, recently self appointed shenanigan ambassador Gina V (Cheshire Cat). After the first few teams were released for this years return of the State of Origin, Gina just identified the lack of women selected (since then NZ have revealed Sosia Jiang had made their team). Gina then correctly revised her post to clarify her intent was not accuse any one of sexism, but just to state she feels this is a missed opportunity, and she "believed that mandating female representation in this invite-only event would have had a positive trickle-down effect on the larger playing group. Instead of a 6 player team, why not 7?" I can see the good intentions here, wanting to represent women in poker is something most agree on, and it's courageous to speak up on this stuff when it's possible there could be some backlash. Team selection in anything, whether is is Rugby League Origin teams, or a local under 16's state squad, or even the Australian Olympic team will always bring about healthy passionate debate, but specifically when it comes to the APT State of Origin there is another point that hasn't really been mentioned.
The State of Origin Poker has a $21K buy-in, 6 players are putting up $3.5K each of their own money, including the captain/head selector, and then trying to win a share of $168K prize pool rather than losing it, so the captain is incentivised to pick a team to win the money, as well as handling the pressure and experience of bigger buy-in. If you look at the teams announced so far, most all regularly play 10Ks, and even higher, (maybe with the exception of one or two) Mandating a female player for representation reasons would mostly likely be a problem, but if there is a female player that is at the elite 10K+ level which there will be at some stage in the future, they wouldn't be overlooked. Another idea I heard floated around was a Women's team to enter as their own team, I think this is a great idea, but once again, having a team of 6 ladies willing to put up 3.5K each wouldn't be easy.
𝗤𝗟𝗗 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗲? It's been the QLD way in rugby league for 20 years, picking their team of superstars from whatever town or country they like, Greg Inglis (Bowraville, NSW); Billy Moore (Tenterfield, NSW); Israel Folau (Minto, NSW); Lote Tuqiri (Fiji); Brad Thorn (NZ). Refer to the following QLD recruitment clip. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbgShiaal6E - QLD captain the Alex Lynskey have already recruited the experienced high stakes players Gary Lin (SA & CHN) and Romain Morvan (Frenchman that has called QLD home for a few years) in 2024, and if QLD could find a shred of Queensland heritage on Kristen Foxen, she would snap be in the team in 2025. We will give them a pass this year, great young players, and notable absentees due to prior commitments Naj Ajez, Josh McCully or Adrian Attenborough may get a call next year too. QLD is now a breeding ground for pros, so picking that team would be an incredibly tough job.
𝗡𝗭 𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀? The State of Origin team make up includes the player known as the "ICON". I haven't been able to fully clarify the icon rules, but looking at NSW and QLD teams, they have elected to go with successful and much loved businessmen and poker enthusiasts, Robert Spano and Martin Ward, very successful players in their own right. New Zealand captain Hamish Crawshaw has gone all out with his icon, securing the services of Sosia Jiang (SJ) who is a regular in the Triton Super High Roller stakes, having cashed in multiple $200K+ buy-ins, that will be a tough battle for not just the other icons with that pick, meanwhile Victoria have named their icon as former NBA superstar Andrew Bogut.
Overall State of Origin team selection is a simple concept that will always create debate which is fine and creates more hype. It's the best of the best, the captain tries to pick the top 5 players in the state pending availability, plus the "icon" who I think can be any high profile player as far as I'm aware, but possibly must not be a pro. Follow along the results, get behind your state whether you were born there or you are adopted to it, it's a great concept!
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Yep now that you have brought up the buyin, I agree with your comment that mandatory female selection at 3.5k entry could be a problem, especially in some states. I still love the fact that we are discussing female representation in poker and that Georgina Vuksanovic has initiated this conversation ❤️
I am personally all for more women being in the State of origin. I think mandating it is an option we should contemplate as it helps people start to think about who is able to compete and hold their own at that level. If there was then a lack of females competing at that level (which I don’t think there is and I don’t think the 3.5k buy in is holding anyone back. We had multiple women buying into the 5k at APL millions) but the worst case scenario is we start to get people coaching and helping women to develop for next year knowing they need them on the team. We have a lot of very strong female players within the Australian circuit and continued growth on that is going to be benefit us all.
I think it’s also important to consider that we don’t know whether any captains have had conversations with some women in poker about being on the team either. I mean even Angel Guillén hasn’t selected Lynn, our very own poker hall of famer, for his team (what a hilarious psychological play he missed out on….to have one of our poker hall of famers playing for the international team!) I don’t think mandatory women representation is the way to go in a sport that has no physical edge to whether you are a man or woman. I also love that inclusiveness is being talked about. And it’s easy to overlook women especially when it’s a team being built, so maybe next year a female could be a captain of one of the states. Or maybe one of the captains will remember this post and be reminded what an edge it is to have a woman on your team and choose a woman or women next year. I can think of at least 5 women who have outstanding results who would have no issue with the $3.5k entry or playing in larger buy-ins. And many other women in the community that could get backing for the $3.5k in a nanosecond.
For those heading to WPT Australia, don't forget to check out this useful preview with a few tips and notes, all tournaments rated by structure points so you know what to expect. Good Luck!Australian Poker Schedule Previews the upcoming WPT Australia - The most Comprehensive Schedule and Structure Analysis as well as useful tips for players and visitors.
𝐖𝐏𝐓 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝟮𝟯 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟒 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬
𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟮𝐭𝐡 – 𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟱𝐭𝐡 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿 𝗚𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗮𝘀𝘁
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Congratulations to Australia's Anton Lu, with yet another win in Vietnam, this is off the back of 2 High Roller victories in Hanoi, in March this year.
Mini High Roller | Buy in: VN₫ 22,000,000 (~AUD$ 1,340)
Entries: 31 (27 unique)
🏆1st VN₫ 274,100,000 (~AUD$ 16,699)
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Results courtesy of Somuchpoker - News & Event Coverage and U Series of PokerCongratulations to Anton Lu for winning the Day 2 'Mini High-Roller' event at USOP-Hai Phong! 🏆✨
You’ve truly 'Unleashed Your Inner Champion.'
#useriesofpoker #USOP #dreamdragonresort #crownpokerclub #unleashyourinnerchampion #usophaiphong
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Congrats Anton 😎
Poker Pulse released Episode #1 -Pilot - Tonight.
A few camera and mic upgrades are on the way, but overall we are very happy with it, and just couldn't wait to get it out to preview WPT Australia and shout out to the upcoming events in Australia.
Great work from Craig, Troy and Catherine!
Check it out. Leave some comments, and send any feedback via DMs to our Instagram or our Facebook page.
Thanks for tuning in!
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Go hard, Craig 👊🏼👏🏼
