6/05/2013 - Pro starts at Paddy Malone's tonight, Monday 6th May! -

Don't forget about the Pro League starting at Paddy's in Alexander Heights tonight! Get down to enjoy the great food, poker and atmosphere! Registration from 6pm, tournament starts 7pm.

Gaming Function by Permit issued under section 47 of the Act for Poker for Charity Association.

3/05/2013 - Poker & Racing moves from Ascot to Belmont! -

From this Saturday until August 31st, we're back to Belmont Racecourse for Poker at the Races!

Join us from 1pm at Belmont for our regular $5/$5 cash game.

Gaming Function by Permit issued under Section 47 of the Act for Perth Racing

25/04/2013 - ANZAC Day Thursday - Events on as usual -

For those who are wondering, our regular events are still on this Thursday 25th April, on ANZAC Day.

Have a great day!

Your WAPL Team

22/04/2013 - Paddy Malone's Alexander Heights starts this Monday with Cash and Free! -

The newest venue to join WAPL in the Northern Suburbs is Paddy Malone's in Alexander Heights. Located in the Shopping Centre carpark at 200 Mirrabooka Ave, this great Irish themed venue starts with Cash Tables and Free league on Monday 22nd & 29th April, with Pro starting in May!

Hope to see you there!

12/04/2013 - WAPL Players progress @ WSOP APAC -

Well it was a hard day at the tables for some and a good day for others at Crown Melbourne yesterday. Unfortunately, Garry Goss ran deep in his M/E Satellite in the morning but was eliminated just short of a seat. Bad Luck Garry. Then the Main Event Flt3 kicked off, and late in the day Pat Healey busted having fought back from as low as 4000 to get up to 30,000 just to not make it through to today's Day 2. Bad Luck Pat. With 262 starters today, several WAPL and other Friends of the WAPL are still in contention, and I am sure many players will gain greatly from playing against players like Daniel Negreanu(136K), Phil Ivey(123K) and Antonio Esfandiari(45K) amongst many World Class players in the big field. One WAPL Member still in the running is Jeffery Field(11,300) and we wish Jeffery all the best over the next few days. Other players that many WAPL Players have built up friendships with over the many team trips to Macau are also doing well: Bryan Hauang(12,425) David Steicke(19,900) Celina Lin(23,800) Yuri Ishida(28,100) Tony Hachem(37,300) Errolyn Strang(46,250)and WA's Aaron Lim(22,575). Finally, congratulations to Aaron Lim from Perth on winning Event 4 and bringing the WSOP Bracelet home, along with the $233,800 in Cash. Well done Aaron.

1/04/2013 - No Rosemount on Monday 1st -

Our next event back after the Easter long weekend is Tuesday 2nd April at Beaumaris Sports Association.

Hope you've had a great long weekend!

23/03/2013 - Poker for Charity Challenge Sunday 24th March! -

Don't forget, tomorrow, Sunday 24th March, is the next Poker for Charity Challenge! $100 buy-in with a single $100 re-buy or top-up!

11am registration, 12 midday start, upstairs at the Albion Hotel in Cottesloe.

Good luck to those playing to win cash and the great $4000 Team WAPL Macau Package!

Plus we have a great side event starting at about 1pm tomorrow - 2 Player Teams Event with a $50 buy-in should be an event worth playing. Choose your partner and get on down to The Albion.

Gaming Function by Permit issued under Section 47 of the Act for Poker for Charity Association

23/03/2013 - ANZPT Sydney update -

News from ANZPT Sydney - David Evans unfortunately busted early, Patrick Healy busted today, and Colin Wilford has just been knocked out! He made a small cash, congratulations Colin!

21/03/2013 - WAPL Players @ ANZPT Sydney -

Good luck to all the WAPL Players taking to the felt in Sydney for the ANZPT at Star Casino. The players we know about are Patrick Healy, David Evans and Colin Wilford, any others over there we will pick up and add to our reporting list. Watch out here and on the WAPL Facebook for regular updates when our players re in the action. Patrick andf Dave both feature on the top ten list for the ANZPT Player of the Year Ladder. GOOD LUCK COLIN, DAVE AND PAT.

18/03/2013 - Win your $100 PoCA Challenge Ticket for this Sunday at Beaumaris or Woodvale, 6pm! -

Following the successfull $10 re-buy for PoCA Challenge $100 tickets held at the WSOP Final event on Sunday, we will be running the same event starting at 6pm at both the Beaumaris on Tuesday night and Woodvale Tavern on Thursday night!

Win your $100 ticket to Sunday's Poker for Charity Challenge, and your chance to head to Macau with Team WAPL in 2013!

Please don't be late, these events must start at 6pm. Limited to 2 tables of players. Late entries permitted up to the end of the re-buy/top-up period.

Best of luck!

Gaming Function by Permit issued under section 47 of the Act for Beaumaris Sports Assn and Poker for Charity Association.

16/03/2013 - Your last 2 chances to qualify for WSOP AU! -

Last 2 days for WSOP AU Qualifications! The WSOP AU $400 major qualifier is this Sunday, and if you don't want to front up the $400 to buy straight in, your last chance to win your $400 seat is Saturday at the Woodbridge! Sunday's Registration time is 11am to 11:45am, with us seating at midday to start. Please don't be late, or call ahead to be put in and blinded out of you want to play and can't make it on time. With a 12,000 deep stack, 30 minute blind levels, and a great prize pool already, we are hoping to make a $12,500+ prize pool to enable a player to make it to Melbourne to play in the first WSOP Main Event to be held in Australia! Should we miss out on the $12,500 package, the prize pool shall be split into $2,500 packages, each giving the top ranked players the option to head to Melbourne either early for the Major WSOP Event 1, the $1,100 Bracelet Event, OR to head over later in the series to play in a major satellite qualifier to win their $10,000 entry to the Main Event! Both packages include Flights and Accommodation for the time you're there. Congratulations to the 13 players who have already won their $400 seats to this event outright! WSOP Qualifying Final Details - Sunday 17th March, 2013 Albion Hotel, Stirling Hwy, Cottesloe 11am registration, 12 midday start. $400 buy-in (No re-buys or top-ups) 12k start stack, 30 minute blinds. See you Sunday, or Saturday to win your $400 seat! Win your $400 WSOP Final seat at the Woodbridge, 16th March! For those players wanting to win their $400 seat in Sunday's WSOPAU Final qualifier, your last chance is this Saturday at the Woodbridge Hotel in Guildford! Woodbridge $50 Qualifier Details - Saturday 16th March, 2013 Woodbridge Hotel, Guildford 12pm registration, 1pm start. $50 buy-in (Single $50 re-buy OR top-up) 4k start stack, 20 minute blinds. Top ranked players win $400 WSOP AU Seats for Sunday 17th March @ Albion Hotel Join Team WAPL Macau at the Poker for Charity Challenge! Your next chance to win your way to Macau with Team WAPL is at the first Poker for Charity Challenge for 2013, upstairs at the Albion Hotel in Cottesloe on Sunday 24th March. 11am registration, 11:45am seating. $100 buy-in with a single $100 re-buy or top-up, the PoCA Challenge event is your best and only chance to win your way to Macau, SE Asia's Las Vegas, to compete in some of the highest quality poker events in the world, in events like the Pokerstars Red Dragon and Macau Poker Cup Championship! Poker for Charity Association - Proudly supported Telethon with a $30,000 donation in 2012 and a $35,000 donation to Princess Margaret Hospital in 2011. Thanks for your contributions towards these great causes. Win your $100 PoCA Challenge Seat at the WSOP AU Final! We will also be running a fun $10 re-buy event at the Albion on Sunday 17th March for players wanting to win their $100 Poker for Charity Challenge ticket to play in the following weekend, Sunday 24th March! This event registration will open at 12pm, and start at 1pm or when numbers permit.

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13/03/2013 - Season 21 Grand Final Results and MORE! -

Sunday saw the members of the WAPL play off the 21st Pro Grand Final and the Free League Final at the Albion Hotel Pro League worked down to a Final Table of 7 with a good mix of players present, with a WSOP Qualifier creating some extra excitement for all who came down. The final table played out like this: 7th - John Psaila 6th - Terresa Teale 5th - Jill Maley 4th - Gary Goss 3rd - Julian McEntee 2nd - Terry Loftus Congratulations to the Pro League G/F Winner - Luke Dick The Free League was equally competitive with the Final Table comprising some of the best players in Free League. 8th - Doug Burt 7th - Neil Browning 6th - Tom Scott 5th - Terry Smith 4th - Steve Lyttle 3rd - Alan Tomaselli 2nd - Devon Cooke and the S21 Grand Final Champion - Larry Gane The WSOP Main Event (Buy In $400) is on this Sunday @ the Albion(12noon) Last chance to Satellite into this Great Event will be Sat @ Woodbridge. Subject to the Prize Pool, winner of this event will be off to Crown Melbourne to compete in the first ever WSOP Events in Australia. PoCA Challenge $10 Re-Buy Satellite will be held on Sunday alongside the WSOP Main Event with a starting time of approx 1pm, so come on down.

9/03/2013 - Don't forget the final two $50 qualifiers for WSOP Melbourne... -

Saturdays 9th and 16th of March are both $50 buy-in (single $50 re-buy optional) events to win your $400 entry to the WSOP AU Final qualifier to be held on 17th March.

Make your way down to the Woodbridge hotel to compete in these! 12pm registration, 1pm start.

5/03/2013 - WAPL Grand Finals this Sunday 10th March at the Albion Hotel! -

Grand Finals this Sunday 10th March! The WAPL Grand Finals for Season 21 are on this coming Sunday 10th March, upstairs at the Albion Hotel, Stirling Hwy, Cottesloe! Registration time is 10:30am to 11:45am, with us seating at midday to start. Please don't be late, or call ahead to be put in and blinded out of you want to play and can't make it on time. The Pro and Free Grand Finals are open only to those players finishing in the Top 100 of their respective ladders. The Pro buy-in is $200, and the Free is free. Congratulations to the Top 5 Pro players for Season 21, you have won your $200 Grand Final entry fee to play on the day! 1st - Pete Lehtonen (Congratulations Pro League Season Champ!) 2nd - Terry Loftus 3rd - Tony Hawker 4th - Danny Poolman 5th - Luke Dick Congratulations to the Top 10 Free players for Season 21, you have won a free re-buy (not top-up) in the Free League Grand Final if you bust before the break! 1st - Deb Lyttle (Congratulations Free League Season Champ!) 2nd - Terry Smith 3rd - Paul Lord 4th - Ben Breuseker 5th - Alan Tomaselli 6th - Tanja Ogden 7th - Steve Lyttle 8th - Frank Maley 9th - Jan Burke 10th - Larry Gane Congratulations Tournament of Champions Qualifiers! For those members who won their venues in Pro and Free League, you've gained a stop in the Tournament of Champions! In Pro League, congratulations to - Beaumaris Colin Wilford - $100 ToC Entry Danny Poolman - May buy-in to ToC for $100 Market City Tavern Mick Heaton - $100 ToC Entry Mehmet Erok - May buy-in to ToC for $100 Rosemount Hotel Luke Dick - $100 ToC Entry Darren Rudrum - May buy-in to ToC for $100 Woodvale Tavern Tony Hawker - $100 ToC Entry Pete Lehtonen - May buy-in to ToC for $100 In Free League, congratulations to - Beaumaris Alan Tomaselli - Free ToC Entry Paul Lord - Free ToC Entry Market City Tavern John Turner - Free ToC Entry Grant Charnley - Free ToC Entry Rosemount Hotel Ben Breuseker - Free ToC Entry Ian Clark - Free ToC Entry Woodvale Tavern Deb Lyttle - Free ToC Entry Doug Burt - Free ToC Entry The date for the ToC will be confirmed with ToC winners via direct email if we have your email address, on the website, and on Grand Final day. Join Team WAPL Macau at the Poker for Charity Challenge! Team WAPL Macau had another successful trip at the start of 2013! Thanks to those of you who followed the team's progress through our Facebook page -www.facebook.com/WAPokerLeague Your next chance to win your way to Macau with Team WAPL is at the first Poker for Charity Challenge for 2013, upstairs at the Albion Hotel in Cottesloe on Sunday 24th March. 11am registration, 11:45am seating. $100 buy-in with a single $100 re-buy or top-up, the PoCA Challenge event is your best and only chance to win your way to Macau, SE Asia's Las Vegas, to compete in some of the highest quality poker events in the world, in events like the Pokerstars Red Dragon and Macau Poker Cup Championship! Poker for Charity Association - Proudly supported Telethon with a $30,000 donation in 2012 and a $35,000 donation to Princess Margaret Hospital in 2011. Thanks for your contributions towards these great causes. Haven't qualified for the finals? Come down anyway! Even if you aren't qualified to play in either final, there's still lots to do on Sunday! We have a WSOP Qualifier tournament where you play to win a $400 seat in the major final which is on the following Sunday 17th. There should be a lot of players in this event trying to secure their $400 seat! Also, we have Cash Tables and Sit'n'Goes available from 12pm-6pm.

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19/02/2013 - WAPL Grand Finals, WSOP AU, and Team WAPL Macau. All coming up over 3 big poker weekends! -

It's all happening! There's a lot going on at WAPL this March with our WAPL Grand Final for Season 21, your chance to win a package to Melbourne to compete in the first ever World Series of Poker event in Australia, and the first Poker for Charity Challenge for 2013 to join Team WAPL in Macau! Please note : There was a mistake regarding the wording in the WSOP AU Qualifier Prizes in the email we sent out on 18th Feb. It was meant to state "If a prize pool of $12,500 is not reached" but we accidentally missed the 'not' from the email. Sorry! - WAPL Win your way to WSOP AU! We've been holding qualifiers for the World Series of Poker's first ever Australian event! It's not too late for you to get involved! The upcoming qualification events leading to our big 17th March $400 freezeout final qualifier are on these dates - February Thu 21st - Woodvale Tav $10 re-buy. 6pm start Sat 23rd - Woodbridge $50 re-buy. 1pm start March Thu 7th - Woodvale Tav $10 re-buy. 6pm start Sat 9th - Woodbridge $50 re-buy. 1pm start Tue 12th - Beaumaris SA $10 re-buy. 6pm start Sat 16th - Woodbridge $50 re-buy. 1pm start The $400  WSOP AU Final Sun 17th March, upstairs at the Albion Hotel in Cottesloe. Registration 11am, for 11:45am seating. This is a $400 buy-in, freezeout event, where a prize pool in excess of $12,500 qualifies the winner for a $12,500 package to the WSOP Main event in Melbourne, including Tournament Entry, Flights and Accommodation! If a prize pool of $12,500 is not reached, the top placed players will each win $2,500 packages to the $1,000 Main event, one of the most loved and biggest WSOP Bracelet events! Qualify for your $400 seat, or buy straight in! Good luck! We look forward to finding our WSOP AU champion(s) on March 17th!   Join Team WAPL Macau at the Poker for Charity Challenge!   Team WAPL Macau had another successful trip at the start of 2013! Thanks to those of you who followed the team's progress through our Facebook page -www.facebook.com/WAPokerLeague Your next chance to win your way to Macau with Team WAPL is at the first Poker for Charity Challenge for 2013, upstairs at the Albion Hotel in Cottesloe on Sunday 24th March. 11am registration, 11:45am seating. $100 buy-in with a single $100 re-buy or top-up, the PoCA Challenge event is your best and only chance to win your way to Macau, SE Asia's Las Vegas, to compete in some of the highest quality poker events in the world, in events like the Pokerstars Red Dragon and Macau Poker Cup Championship!   Poker for Charity Association - Proudly supported Telethon with a $30,000 donation in 2012 and a $35,000 donation to Princess Margaret Hospital in 2011. Thanks for your contributions towards these great causes. Season 21 Grand Finals - 10th March! It's nearly that time again! For our regular League players, put the date in your diary now! Sunday 10th March upstairs at the Albion Hotel, Cottesloe! 10:30am Registration with seating at 11:45am.

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7/02/2013 - $10 WSOP APAC 6pm TONIGHT @ WOODVALE -

WSOP (Melb) Events set for Feb/March:

February WSOP APAC Satelites:

Thurs 7th 6-00pm - $10 Re-buy @ Woodvale

Sat 9th 12-30pm - $50 +1 R/B or T/U @ Woodbridge

Tues 12th 6-00pm - $10 Re-buy @ Beaumaris

Sat 16th 12-30pm - $10 Re-buy @ Woodbridge

Thurs 21st 6-00pm - $10 Re-buy @ Woodvale

Sat 23rd 12-30pm - $50 +1 R/B or T/U @ Woodbridge

March WSOP APAC Satelites:

Thurs 7th 6-00pm - $10 Re-buy @ Woodvale

Sat 9th 12-30pm - $50 +1 R/B or T/U @ Woodbridge

Tues 12th 6-00pm - $10 Re-buy @ Beaumaris

Sat 16th 12-30pm - $50 +1 R/B or T/U @ Woodbridge

March is BIG EVENTS Month @ WAPL:

Sun 10th 12noon - Season 21 G/Finals @ Albion

Sun 17th 12noon - WSOP APAC $400 Final @ Albion

Sun 24th 12noon - PoCA Charity Challenge @ Albion

Plus Cash Table action. See you there!

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31/01/2013 - Next WSOP $10 Sat this Saturday @ Woody -

WSOP (Melb) Events set for February:

Sat 2nd 12-30pm - $10 Re-buy @ Woodbridge

Thurs 7th 6-00pm - $10 Re-buy @ Woodvale

Sat 9th 12-30pm - $50 +1 R/B or T/U @ Woodbridge

Tues 12th 6-00pm - $10 Re-buy @ Beaumaris

Sat 16th 12-30pm - $10 Re-buy @ Woodbridge

Thurs 21st 6-00pm - $10 Re-buy @ Woodvale

Sat 23rd 12-30pm - $50 +1 R/B or T/U @ Woodbridge

Plus Cash Table action. See you there!

Gaming Functions by Permit issued under Section 47 of the Act for the Poker for Charity Associationor the Beaumaris Sports Association.Western Australian Poker League Pty. Ltd promotes and conducts responsible gaming.If you believe you have a gambling problem, please call the Gambling Helpline on 1800 858 858or visit http://gamblinghelpline.org.au

28/01/2013 - No Rosemount on Monday public holiday -

Please be aware that the Rosemount poker event won't be on today due to it being a public holiday.

We hope you have had a fun and safe Australia Day Weekend!

23/01/2013 - WAPL WSOP Satellites - Thur & Sat -

Win $400 WSOP Sat Seats Thurs & Sat

Woodvale 6pm Thursday - $10 Re-buy

Woodbridge 12noon Saturday - $50 +1 R/B or T/U 

Enjoy an Australia Day Lunch and Poker fix.

WSOP (Melb) Events set for February:

Sat 2nd 12-30pm - $10 Re-buy @ Woodbridge

Thurs 7th 6-00pm - $10 Re-buy @ Woodvale

Sat 9th 12-30pm - $50 +1 R/B or T/U @ Woodbridge

Tues 12th 6-00pm - $10 Re-buy @ Beaumaris

Sat 16th 12-30pm - $10 Re-buy @ Woodbridge

Thurs 21st 6-00pm - $10 Re-buy @ Woodvale

Sat 23rd 12-30pm - $50 +1 R/B or T/U @ Woodbridge

Plus Cash Table action. See you there!

Gaming Functions by Permit issued under Section 47 of the Act for the Poker for Charity Associationor the Beaumaris Sports Association.Western Australian Poker League Pty. Ltd promotes and conducts responsible gaming.If you believe you have a gambling problem, please call the Gambling Helpline on 1800 858 858or visit http://gamblinghelpline.org.au

18/01/2013 - Team WAPL Macau Days 2-3 -

The guys spent the last couple of days chilling out, wandering around the various historical sites in Macau and visiting Hong Kong in the lead up to their Main Event Day 1b, which starts today!

Unfortunately, Jill has bubbled in two Main Event qualifiers, and Jason has bubbled one, so they are trying their luck in another today before Day 1b starts at 8pm.

We wish our MPC Main event players all the best for the big tournament!

Another final table perhaps?

15/01/2013 - Macau Poker Cup 2013 - Day 1 -

Team WAPL Macau started our campaign at MPC in the $2000 Deepstack on our first day, and it was a promising start for WAPL!

With a total of 199 runners, top 22 being paid, and over $80,000 to 1st place, it was a good first event for us to jump into.

Frank copped the bad luck early on, with his Aces running in to Kings which had hit a set. We saw Frank hit the rail 40 minutes into the tournament after this unfortunate hand went down.

During this time, Jill, Bede and Adrian had managed to build their 10k starting stacks up to ~15-25k. Jason was struggling a little at under starting stack after having Kings beaten by a turned straight.

Bede had Quads and more help him to a healthy lead, when Jill got unlucky against one of the Japanese girls, Jill's A9 book beaten by a higher AK book.

Well into the tournament, our team was still going strong! Less than 50 players remained...

When Jill then got her pocket 10s in against AK, unfortunately getting busted in about 45th!

Both Bede and Adrian were still doing well, Adrian having hit a couple of sets and building a lot of table respect.

At this point, things were looking dire for Jason. 6500 in chips left, with 2000 of that in the big blind, and having not had 2 cards over 9 in 2.5 hours, two players before him both shove all-in, and he looks down at A6 offsuit. Reluctantly, and knowing he must be behind, in go the chips, and of course he grimaces when one opponent shows 10s, and the other, A8 suited!

When the 8 comes on the flop, it's basically all over. Jason gets up, jokes about needing runner runner straight, and starts to walk. When a 7 of clubs comes, it adds a slimmer of hope. "Great, now I just need a 5, and not one of clubs". As he's walking to congratulate the other players, out comes a 5 to make his runner runner straight. A bit of a laugh, and "Well, guess that was my 'one time!'", and he's back in the race, with 20,000!

Bede busted a little after this after having his A8 hit trip 6s caught by a blind and checked to his all-in bet. He finished in about 35th position, a solid start!

Jason's table was broken shortly after, with him being moved to Adrian's table, where the blinds were really starting to hurt, and Adrian's stack was looking a little sick. Jason got Aces UTG and doubled up again vs AJ, getting to over 40k.

Adrian and another player then pushed all in, with Jason having to go all in also with Kings. Adrian's Ace 6, and the other player's Ace King were all but drawing dead once a King hit the flop and one of the other players announced he'd folded an Ace. Another big hand for Jason, leading him to 89,000 in chips, but unfortunately knocking Adrian out in the process. Adrian finished in about 25-30th.

Another table break, and with 6000/12000 blinds, and we were on the race to the money. Jason got through the blinds, down to 68,000, when the bubble burst and we hit the cash, and then end of play!

Day 2 of the Deepstack starts 4pm Tuesday, along with some Main event qualifiers.

Now it's a matter of getting as deep as possible. With a little under average stack, but a good position and a great deal of table image, who knows what could happen?

We'll keep you posted, and don't forget to keep refreshing our Facebook page for new updates from on and around the tables!!!

www.facebook.com/wapokerleague

2/01/2013 - Welcome to WAPL 2013! -

Welcome to 2013! We hope you had a fun holiday period, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year celebrations! All the best for 2013. WAPL Venue restart dates! Our venues are restarting on the following dates -  3rd Jan - Woodvale Tavern Free/Pro 5th Jan - Ascot Races Cash Table  7th Jan - Rosemount Hotel Free/Pro  8th Jan - Beaumaris Sport Assoc Free/Pro  10th Jan - Elephant & Wheelbarrow Cash Table  11th Jan - Albion Hotel Cash Table  16th Jan - Market City Tavern Free/Pro    Good Luck to Team WAPL Macau!   Our next Team WAPL Macau flies out on January 13th and returns on Jan 21st. Best of luck to PoCA Challenge winners Adrian, Bede, and the rest of the team! We will be sending updates from Macau so keep an eye on our Facebook page - www.facebook.com/WAPokerLeague      Poker for Charity Association - Proudly supported Telethon with a $30,000 donation in 2012. Thanks for your contributions towards this great cause, and congratulations to Telethon for raising another record breaking amount of money to help sick children! Qualify for WSOP AU! We are holding WSOP AU $10 and $50 re-buy structure events to win your way to the $400 freezeout WSOP AU Qualifying Final to be held early in the new year! Don't miss out! The next is Saturday 12th ($10) Jan and 26th ($50) Jan at Woodbridge Hotel! 12pm registration, 1pm start.

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1/01/2013 - Happy New Year for 2013 -

The Staff and Management of the WA Poker League

wish all Members a Prosperous and Happy Year ahead.

Poker for 2013 kicks off at the Woodvale this Thursday 3rd

WSOP (Aust) $10 Satellite Starts at 6pm

Cash Table available from 6pm

Pro and Free League Tournaments at 7pm

Join the fun at The Woodvale for the first Tourny for 2013

Other Weekly Venue Starting Details:

Sat 5th Jan -- Ascot Racecourse (Cash Table)

Mon 7th Jan -- Rosemount Hotel, Nth Perth

Tue 8th Jan -- Beaumaris Sports, Iluka

Thu 10th Jan -- Elephant & W/Barrow (Cash Table)

Fri 11th Jan -- Albion Hotel, Cottesloe (Cash Table)

Sat 12th Jan -- Woodbridge Hotel, Sth Guildford

Wed 16th Jan -- Market City Tav, Canningvale

We look forward to seeing you all at a tourny soon.

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8/12/2012 - WSOP Events @ Woodbridge for December -

Don't forget the $10 and $50 WSOP AU Final qualifier events at the Woodbridge Hotel this December! Sat 8th Dec is the $10 re-buy (3 max) and Sat 15th Dec is the $50 re-buy (1 max).

Registration is from 12pm and we start at 1pm! Good luck!

1/12/2012 - Season 20 Grand Finals this Sunday 2nd Dec! -

The Season 20 Grand Finals will be held upstairs at the Albion Hotel, in Cottesloe on Sunday 2nd December.

Registration opens at 10:30am, with a 12pm start.

The Pro League Grand Final has a contributed $2502 from the Season events (after Seasonal prizes), and so the prize pool for the event on Sunday will be buy-in prize pool + the $2502 contribution, a great value event for all participants!

Buy-in for qualified players (Top 100 overall or Top 10 at a 5+ game Pro venue) is $200, with a 10,000 starting stack and 30 minute blinds for this freezeout event!

Free League can enjoy their Top 100 grand final, and the Top 10 get a free re-buy if they get knocked out before the break, in recognition of their great season performance!

Best of luck to you all on Sunday, we look forward to a great day of poker!

Don't forget the Tournament of Champions!

This event, for players winning their venue (5+ games at venue) for Season 20, is at the Rosemount Hotel on Monday 3rd December, at 7pm.

The Top of each Pro venue has won a $100 entry to this event, and the second placed player has an option to buy-in to the event (for $100) to try to win this acclaimed title!

Free League venue winners also have their Free Tournament of Champions!

Congratulations for a great season, and good luck to the following players on Monday!

Pro Venue Winners - Paul Turner (G), Danny Poolman, Mehmet Erok, Luke Dick

Pro Venue runner-ups - Sarah Browne, Matthew Moller, Gavin Rushton, Penny Wells

Free Venue Winners - Barry McGee, Mark Ogden, John Turner, Frank Maley

Your WAPL Team

26/11/2012 - Welcome to Season 21! -

The first game for Season 21 is the Rosemount Hotel on Monday 26th November! A perfect time to start getting your points to qualify to the Season 21 Grand Final!

Congratulations to the Top 5 players in Season 20 Pro League! These members get free entry to the Grand Final on 2nd Dec -

1st - Danny Poolman

2nd - Luke Dick

3rd - Darren Rudrum

4th - Paul White

5th - Jill Maley

Congratulations to the Top 5 players in Free League!

1st - Mark Ogden

2nd - Paul Lord

3rd - Deb Lyttle

4th - Terry Smith

5th - Tanja Ogden

25/11/2012 - Pat Healy Makes ANZPT Final Table -

Patrick Healy is in familiar territory, another Final Table.

ANZPT Auckland Sunday 25th

Congratulations Pat and Good Luck Tomorrow

from all you freinds at the WA Poker League

Members can follow Pat's push to take down his first

Major Tournament Win via the PokerStars Blog

http://www.pokerstarsblog.net/

Check out the Final Table Players Profiles

http://www.pokerstarsblog.net/anzpt/season_5_2/2012/anzpt-auckland-final-table-player-profil-124552.html

ANZPT Auckland Final Table Draw
Seat 1: Geoff Smith - 347,000
Seat 2: Patrick Healy - 255,000
Seat 5: Slav Sheynin - 510,000
Seat 4: Sebastian Martineau - 454,000
Seat 5: Pravin Harji - 597,000
Seat 6: Jamie Mulligan - 987,000
Seat 7: Xiaodong Xia - 169,000
Seat 8: Monica Eastick - 458,000
Seat 9: Graeme Putt - 130,000

"G O   P A T R I C K"

23/11/2012 - New Season, Grand Final, and upcoming WSOP AU qualifiers! -

Congratulations on a great Season! The new season starts on Monday 26th Nov: Get off to a great start for season 21 at the Rosemount Hotel this coming Monday! Season 20 Grand Final 2nd Dec! The Season 20 Grand Final is coming up soon! Don't miss out, Sunday 2nd December is the day! If you're qualified or not, come on down for a great day of poker. Pro & Free League Finals Albion Hotel, Cottesloe 10:30am registration, 12pm start Pro Buy-in is $200, free for top 5 of ladder! Players MUST be Top 100 or Top 10 at a Pro Venue which has had 5+ games during the Season. Cash Tables and Sit'n'Goes will be run throughout the day. GOOD LUCK! Poker for Charity Association - Proudly supported Telethon with a $30,000 donation in 2012. The cheque presentation was made on the Saturday night of Telethon just before midnight. Thanks for your contributions towards this great cause, and congratulations to Telethon for raising another record breaking amount of money to help sick children! Qualify for WSOP AU! We are holding WSOP AU $10 and $50 re-buy structure events to win your way to the $400 freezeout WSOP AU Qualifying Final to be held early in the new year! Don't miss out! The next is Saturday 24th Nov at Woodbridge Hotel! 12pm registration, 1pm start. Another $10 re-buy will be held starting at 6pm at the Woodvale Tavern next Thursday 29th Nov!

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17/11/2012 - WSOP Au $50 Satellite SAT @ 12noon -

WIN YOUR CHANCE TO

TAKE ON THE WORLD

CROWN MELB WSOP

Woodbridge Saturday 17th

Rego Noon -- Start 1pm

$50 Buy-in with 1 $50 R/B or T/U

Plus Cash Table action. See you there!

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29/10/2012 - Last Claremont tonight, Rosemount starts next Monday! -

Rosemount Hotel from Monday 5th Nov Pro and Free League starts at the Rosemount Hotel next Monday 5th November: The Rosemount Hotel returns with Pro and Free League on Monday nights from November! With an awesome room, great food and drinks, this is a great venue for your Monday night poker! Thanks to the crew at the Claremont Hotel for hosting our Monday games while Rosemount finished getting licensing in place! Come down to the final week of Claremont Hotel tonight (29th Oct) for a fun night of Pro and Free League Poker!

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24/10/2012 - WAPL News - Australia's first WSOP! Win your package with WAPL! -

Join Team WAPL at WSOP Australia! April 4-15, 2013 Make it to the first Australian World Series of Poker with Team WAPL: In addition to our popular Team WAPL Macau packages, with the announcement of the first WSOP Australia to be held in Melbourne between April 4th to 15th, 2013, we are now giving our members the chance to win a Team WAPL package to Melbourne to play in a prestigious WSOP Bracelet event! The goal? A $12,500 package to the WSOP AU, including flights, accommodation, WSOP Main Event entry, Team party, Team dinner, Team uniform, etc! The usual great Team WAPL experience! We are running two satellite structures leading to a major $400 buy-in final qualifier event. The details are - $10 re-buy qualifier (Max 3 re-buys/top-ups anytime). $10 buy-in (1500 chips), with up to 3 re-buys or top-ups taken at any point up until the end of the break. You may buy-in for $40 for a 6000 stack if you wish. For every $400 in the prize pool, top ranked player(s) will win a $400 WSOP Qualifier Final Seat. For a remaining prize pool greater than $50, next ranked players will win seats in the $50 qualifier. Any extra prize pool will be paid out in cash to the bubble who misses out on a seat. $50 re-buy qualifier (Max 1 re-buy/top-up). $50 buy-in (4000 chips), with maximum 1 re-buy taken if knocked out before the break, or 1 top-up taken after the break for players not using a re-buy. For every $400 in the prize pool, top ranked player(s) will win a $400 WSOP Qualifier Final Seat. Any extra prize pool will be paid out in cash to the bubble who misses out on a seat. $400 WSOP Qualifier Final (Freezeout, no re-buys). $400 buy-in (15,000 chips) with no re-buys. For every $12,500 in the prize pool, top ranked player(s) will win $12,500 Team WAPL WSOP AU Main Event Packages. If a $12,500 prize pool is not reached, top ranked player(s) will win $2,500 Team WAPL WSOP AU Packages, including entry to the major $1000(or $1100) WSOP Bracelet event. Good luck striving to make the first WSOP AU! WSOP AU Qualifier Dates - $10 qual - 3rd Nov - Woodbridge Hotel, (12pm-1pm rego) $50 qual - 17 Nov - Woodbridge Hotel, (12pm-1pm rego) $50 qual - 24th Nov - Woodbridge Hotel, (12pm-1pm rego) PoCA Challenge Update Winning the $4000 package plus over $1,800 cash, Bede Gilbert took out the PoCA Challenge on the 14th October! Congratulations Bede, we look forward to you joining Team WAPL for the trip early in 2013! With a $4,000 poker trip of a lifetime up for grabs to the winner, in addition to cash payouts to the top 10% of players, we are looking forward to the PoCA Challenge on Telethon Weekend, Sunday 11th November! $100 buy-in, with a single optional $100 re-buy or top-up Albion Hotel, Cottesloe 11am registration, 12pm start Poker for Charity Association - Proudly supporting Telethon with a $30,000 donation in 2012 Rosemount Hotel starts Monday 5th November! The Rosemount Hotel begins Pro and Free League Monday nights from this Monday November 5th! Pro $25 buy-in with single $20 re-buy or top-up, or Free League free for members. Entrance off Fitzgerald Street! See you there!

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11/10/2012 - PoCA Challenge Sunday 14 Oct, PoCA AGM 24 Oct, Rosemount returns! -

PoCA Challenge - 14 Oct The next Poker for Charity Challenge for Telethon 2012 is coming up this weekend, on Sunday 14th October!: Get involved and play for your chance at the awesome prize pool whilst helping this great cause! First place is guaranteed a $4000 poker trip away, plus cash! -  The details are:  Sunday 14th October - Albion Hotel, Stirling Hwy, Cottesloe. $100 buy-in, single $100 re-buy or top-up 11:am registration. 12pm seating. Good luck in this PoCA Challenge, and thanks for your support!  Luke Dick, winner of the last PoCA Challenge, with his 1st place prize of the $4000 package + over $2,200 cash! Can't make this PoCA Challenge? Make the next! The PoCA Challenge after the 14th Oct will be held on Telethon weekend, 11th November, at the Albion Hotel. This will be the last PoCA Challenge for the year, so don't miss your chance to join Team WAPL! PoCA Challenge - More Info With cash plus a guaranteed $4,000 poker trip of a lifetime up for grabs to the winner, in addition to cash payouts to the top 10% of players, we are looking forward to the PoCA Challenge on the 14th Oct! $100 buy-in, with a single optional $100 re-buy or top-up Albion Hotel, Cottesloe 11am registration, 12pm start Poker for Charity Association - Proudly supporting Telethon with a $30,000 donation in 2012 Poker for Charity AGM 24th October The next Poker for Charity Association AGM will be held at Market City Tavern on Wednesday 24th October, from 6pm. If you are a member of PoCA, or are keen to join up give your input to the charity's Board, please attend on the 24th. Rosemount Hotel starting in November! We are happy to announce that the Rosemount Hotel returns with Pro and Free League on Monday nights from November! Thanks for your support at the Claremont, and thanks to the Claremont management for hosting Monday night WAPL Poker while their approvals were sorted for Rosemount to take over! The Claremont Hotel is still running  poker right up to the end of October, with Rosemount starting first week Nov. See you there!

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1/10/2012 - No Claremont this Monday -

Due to the public holiday, Claremont Hotel won't be running Pro and Free poker on 1st October.

Enjoy your day off!

8/09/2012 - $50 deepstack, Sunday 9th @ SFFC -

With the completion of the Pro Grand Final right on time at Albion on Saturday, we've been able to schedule another event for our members this Sunday 9th!

So come down and enjoy a $50 deepstack event (as voted for by the grand final players on Saturday) run alongside the Free League Grand Final, Cash Tables and Sit'n'Goes.

11am registration with a 12:15pm start.

3/09/2012 - WAPL Grand Finals Next weekend! WAPL Season 20 starts this Monday! -

WAPL Season 19 Grand Finals The next Grand Final is coming up next weekend!: Join the other Pro qualifiers for your chance at the awesome prize pool whilst helping this great cause, or play in the Free League final if you're qualified! Make sure you're qualified here! - Pro Qualifiers must be in the Top 100 (or Top 10 of their venue) Free Qualifiers must be in the Top 100 (or Top 10 of their venue) The details are: Saturday 8th September - Albion Hotel, Stirling Hwy, Cottesloe. PRO : $200 buy-in 10,000 chip Freezeout. 10:30am-11:45pm registration. Sunday 9th September - South Fremantle FC, Fremantle. PRO Day 2 : 11:45am-12:15pm registration. FREE : 10:30am-11:45am registration. There is also the much loved $10 Mega Re-Buy events held on both days of the Grand Final! Don't miss them! $10 entry with max 3x $10 re-buys. Registration 12pm-1pm on Saturday and Sunday! Good luck in the grand finals, and thanks for your support! Upcoming Season 20 Changes! There's more positive changes coming to WAPL Season 20. We have spoken with many members, and had a great meeting to go over concerns and ideas for improvements! Thanks to all our members who have contributed towards this, we appreciate the time and effort you've made. We are happy to announce the following changes to Season 20: - The top 5 players through the season win their $200 buy-in to the Season Grand Final. The winner of the season wins the Pro Season Championship Trophy. 1st-3rd will no longer receive cash prizes, and this is returned to the Grand Final prize pool. - The Poker for Charity Challenge has got off to a great start, and can now stand on its own feet as a major poker fundraising event. The bonus for the PoCA Challenge will be removed, adding that back to the Season 19 Grand Final prize pool. - The Tournament of Champions will be returned to its former prize winning glory, with a new structure! Winner of each venue wins a $100 entry to the Tournament of Champions, with the 2nd place player given the option to enter the Tournament of Champions for a $100 buy-in. The Tournament of Champions Trophy will still be up for grabs to the winner! - Our regular event structures have been accepted widely and seem to be offering a great experience for most players, so they will be kept at a $25/$20 buy-in for Pro. In these changes, we are hoping to bring a more fun venue ladder rivalry back into the League structure, and put more emphasis on this in addition to the overall League Ladder, rather than forgetting it. We sincerely hope you enjoy the new changes, and hope to see you back from Monday 3rd September for the start of Season 20! PoCA Challenge - More Info With cash plus a guaranteed $4,000 poker trip of a lifetime up for grabs to the winner, in addition to cash payouts to the top 10% of players, we are looking forward to the PoCA Challenge on the 14th Oct! $100 buy-in, with a single optional $100 re-buy or top-up Albion Hotel, Cottesloe 11am registration, 12pm start Poker for Charity Association - Proudly supporting Telethon with a $30,000 donation in 2012 Poker for Charity Challenge The next PoCA Challenge for Telethon is coming up on Sunday 14th October, at the Albion Hotel, Cottesloe. It is a $100 buy-in with single $100 re-buy or top-up event, with awesome prizes! Patrick Healy chops Event 4 APPT Melbourne! Team WAPL Member Patrick Healy's poker form continues, with him chopping the 1st and 2nd place prizes for a great $8+k win at APPT Melbourne last week! After a tense heads up lasting over one hour, both Pat and his adversary decided to split the prize money. Congratulations Patrick!

2/09/2012 - Claremont hosts Mike Catalano Farewell Tourny -

Monday Night - New Venue

Claremont Hotel - Pro / Free / Cash Table

Mike Catalano Farewell Tournament

Come on down and play in this "Special Pro Event" to farewell

Mike "Big Cat" Catalano as he is heading home via Macau.

Bonus $150 Trophy & Cash

Standard $25/$20 format - 1st Event for Season 20

To launch Mondays @ The Claremont a special Tutorial Table

will run from 5-30pm for players to learn Texas Hold'em so

bring down any freinds that want to learn to play Poker.

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1/09/2012 - WAPL Members at APPT Melbourne -

Patrick Healy has been playing very solid poker, and getting the results!

He's been playing in the latest APPT series in Melbourne, and chopped at heads up in event 4 to take down a nice prize of over $8,000AUD!

Unfortunately he has been knocked out of the main event after flopping a straight vs a flopped two pairs which rivered a full house, but he's got a couple of events to go before APPT finishes!

Congratulations on continuing your solid run Pat.

David Evans played in the APPT main event, too, and did very well but busted out in the 80s. Solid effort from David. It's great to see our members doing so consistently well in these huge fields!

27/08/2012 - Upcoming Season 20 Changes - We want your input! -

There will be some more positive changes coming to the next WAPL Season, and we want to go over some plans and ideas with our members, as well as listening to feedback and suggestions from you all!

To this end, we are having a member meeting this Monday 27th August at 7pm, at the Claremont Hotel, which will be hosting Pro, Free & Cash Table poker from Monday 3rd September with the start of Season 20.

If you can make it to the meeting, we look forward to seeing you and receiving your input so we can continue to improve our Seasons to benefit both regular and casual members.

8/08/2012 - Join Team WAPL for MACAU -

M A C A U     A W A I T S

Join Team WAPL for the Macau Poker Cup

Championships -- September 2012

Join the Team and take on Asia's Best Players

Team Departs:  Mon 10th Sept   Returns: Mon 17th Sept

Costs:  Full Package for $4000

Use your F/F Points Only $2900

Full Package includes - Premium Airfare and Accomodation

MCPC Main Event Satellite Entry's

Team WAPL Welcome Party

PokerStars Players Party

Team WAPL Farewell Dinner

Team Uniform, Transfers and much much more!

Contact Frank NOW on 0411 869 888 for details.

29/07/2012 - David Evans runs deep in Queenstown -

EVANS CASHES AGAIN

Well done David Evans on coming 9th in the ANZPT Event in Queenstown, New Zealand today.

Evans played really well throughout the tournament according to Tournament Director Danny McDonnagh, and was unlucky to go out as he did. Daves all in after a 8s 2h 5h flop saw his Qh Qc against Ad Kc looking good for a much needed double up. the 10d was OK, but his luck ran out when the As dropped on the river.

That was Daves second final table this year, certainly confirming his place amoungst the top players in the Asia Pacific region for 2012. He brings home about A$10,000 & some great memories from Queenstown.

Hopefully Dave will be able to join Team WAPL for the upcoming tour to the Macau Poker Cup Championships in September.

WAPL freind and PokerStars Pro Bryan Huang also played in Queenstown, coming 6th after also having a good tournament according to McDonnagh. Check out PokerStarsBlog for full details. 

17/07/2012 - Cash at Beaumaris from tonight! (Tue 17th July) -

Cash Tables at Beaumaris Sports Assoc from tonight (Tue 17th)   Cash Poker in the Northern Suburbs on a Tuesday night!: We are happy to announce that licensing has finally gone through for Cash poker at Beaumaris Sports Association from tonight, Tuesday 17th July. Sorry for the late notice, but we had to wait for the licenses to arrive before we knew that we could run the event for money tonight. There will be cash tables at Beaumaris every Tuesday night, starting from 6pm and running til 12 midnight latest, and Pro League will start in September with the new WAPL Season!    $5/$5 blinds, $40-$300 buy-in, Comm 10%, $25 cap.   Thanks for your support, and we hope to see you at Beaumaris Sports Association soon for Cash Tables and Tournaments!

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15/07/2012 - Latest PoCA Challenge Results, and upcoming dates! -

PoCA Challenge Champion - Luke Dick   Congratulations to our latest PoCA Challenge Champion, Luke Dick!: In his second (of two!) Poker for Charity Challenge events, Luke Dick has again proven his tournament prowess, bringing his deep stack skills from his prior Team WAPL experiences to the table to take out the latest PoCA Challenge, including the 1st places prize of the $4000 Team WAPL package and over $2200 cash! Following up from a great 2nd place performance in the inaugural PoCA Challenge where he was beaten heads up by Rob Browne, Luke was determined to do one better this time around! Well done Luke, it'll be great to have you joining Team WAPL on another awesome poker trip soon! With a larger (59) participants in the most recent PoCA Challenge, we saw a bigger prize pool, a better structure, and even more fun this time around! We were lucky enough to be graced by TV celebrities Andrew and Emma, Telethon representatives from My Kitchen Rules! It was a true pleasure to meet them both, and we hope to see them again soon! Shortly after the event, we received a lovely note from the couple about the event that we wanted to share with our members - "Dear Jason and Frank, Andrew and I just wanted to thank you for yesterday. We had a great time, and I was really impressed with how well organised the whole event was. I was also surprised by how nice all our fellow poker players were - they were very kind and were also generous with helping me out with the rules and hints and tips (including how to look at my cards without showing everyone else!). I hope the day was a success for you too. Thank you again for letting us be involved. Kind regards Emma and Andrew" Thank you both for your support of this great event, and for your time spent supporting Telethon. We were happy to help you learn more about this great game, and it was awesome having you present! For results and more photos from this event, click here! The next PoCA Challenge dates have been announced: Sunday 14th October & Sunday 11th November - Venues TBA $100 buy-in with a single $100 re-buy or top-up. 11am-12pm registration. Good luck in the PoCA Challenge, and thanks for your support! PoCA Challenge - More Info With cash plus a guaranteed $4,000 poker trip of a lifetime up for grabs to the winner, in addition to cash payouts to the top 10% of players, we are looking forward to the next Poker for Charity Challenge! $100 buy-in, with a single optional $100 re-buy or top-up 11am registration, 12pm start Poker for Charity Association - Proudly supporting Telethon with a $30,000 donation in 2012 PoCA Donation 2011: Poker for Charity donated $35,000 to Princess Margaret Hospital in 2011 to complete their purchase of an eye surgery microscope to help treat eye problems in sick children. About Poker for Charity Association Poker for Charity Association raises funds through Permitted Gaming Functions. These funds are used to support various Western Australian community health and welfare needs. We are proud to be PoCA's official Poker Tournament Operators, and thank you for your support.

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27/06/2012 - PoCA Challenge this weekend! -

PoCA Challenge for       The next Poker for Charity Challenge is here!: Join the PoCA Challenge for Telethon for your chance at the awesome prize pool whilst helping this great cause! Meet with and play against Andrew & Emma from My Kitchen Rules, and dress to impress for the Telethon Camera Crew!   The details are:  Sunday 1st July - Albion Hotel, Stirling Hwy, Cottesloe. $100 buy-in with a single $100 re-buy or top-up. 11am-12pm registration. Good luck in the PoCA Challenge, and thanks for your support! PoCA Challenge - More Info With cash plus a guaranteed $4,000 poker trip of a lifetime up for grabs to the winner, in addition to cash payouts to the top 10% of players, we are looking forward to the PoCA Challenge on the 1st July! $100 buy-in, with a single optional $100 re-buy or top-up Albion Hotel, Cottesloe 11am registration, 12pm start Poker for Charity Association - Proudly supporting Telethon with a $30,000 donation in 2012 PoCA Donation 2011: Poker for Charity donated $35,000 to Princess Margaret Hospital in 2011 to complete their purchase of an eye surgery microscope to help treat eye problems in sick children. About Poker for Charity Association Poker for Charity Association raises funds through Permitted Gaming Functions. These funds are used to support various Western Australian community health and welfare needs. We are proud to be PoCA's official Poker Tournament Operators, and thank you for your support.

follow us on Twitter | friend us on Facebook Copyright © 2012 Western Australian Poker League Pty. Ltd., All rights reserved. Gaming Functions by Permit issued under Section 47 of the Act for various Not for Profit Organisations Western Australian Poker League Pty. Ltd promotes and conducts responsible gaming. If you believe you have a gambling problem, please call the Gambling Helpline on 1800 858 858 or visit http://gamblinghelpline.org.auIf you didn't received this news post through email and would like to, please send an email to info@wapokerleague.com.au with "Subscribe" in the subject along with your WAPL membership name, and we will add you. Thanks!

22/06/2012 - Season 18 Grand Final Results -

Congratulations to our winners of Pro League and Free League Grand Finals!

At the end of a slow paced, high quality event in the Pro league final, we saw the best final table performance yet, with some big ups and downs, (notably Cliff Davey getting down to a single 500 chip, then scraping up to over 20,000 before being knocked out by a chip leader) some massive hands between big stacks, and some great laydowns. At the end, we had Team WAPL Macau member Matthew Moller vs regular northern suburbs member Darren Hazeldine heads up, with previous WAPL Grand Final Champion Mark Wood getting knocked out in 3rd place.

After a great heads up, Matt managed to take out the event, winning him the Pro Final! He had one lucky hand that led him towards his big stack entry to final table earlier in the event, where his top paired Ace Jack ran into Sam Ingram's set of 9s on the flop (A9rag), and he managed to hit running jacks for a higher full house of JJJAA vs 999JJ to demolish Sam's hopes at Final Table. From that point on, Matt took control and had a great finish to his tournament.

Congratulations Matt!

Season 18 Pro League Grand Final Results

Long time members Terry Warby and Albert Garcia, both regular players around WAPL (especially Woodvale) ended a great Free League tournament heads up and looking over the felt at each other. A tense end to a tense tournament saw Terry coming out ahead, winning the Free League Championship!
Well done Terry.

Season 18 Free League Grand Final Results

18/06/2012 - Tournament of Champions 18th June @ Paddo! -

Congratulations on a great Grand Final weekend! For those of you who topped your venue ladders for Season 18, the Tournament of Champions for Pro and Free League is on at the Paddo, Monday 18th June!

Don't miss out on this fun event! In addition to both ToC winners getting their name on their respective ToC Trophies there will also be great sponsored prizes in the Leon Best Electrical Pro Tournament of Champions, including the winner's prize of a great beer/cider pack courtesy of FM Liquor, the Classic Beer Company!

See you down at the Paddo!

17/06/2012 - Pro League day 2, 24 players remain! -

24 players are through to Day 2 of the Pro League Grand Final for Season 18, at South Fremantle Football Club Sunday 17th June.

Our current chip leader is David Gurney, and we have several players who are short stacked and hoping for a good start of day 2.

Best of luck to the remaining players in Pro, and to all our Free League players for their Grand Final today!

14/06/2012 - WATCH EAGLES IN DRY TONIGHT -

EAGLES AFL & POKER DOUBLE HEADER

Tonight @ Woodvale Tavern

Eagles Game starts 5-30pm

WAPL Rego opens @ 6-00pm

Watch the Footy on the BIG SCREEN

while you relax in the warmth of the Woodvale

Play WAPL Poker on the Green Felt

if your running late please call to register - Frank 0411 869 888

Go Eagles!!

13/06/2012 - News : Season 18 Grand Finals -

WAPL Season 18 Grand Finals! The season just finished, here come the finals!: Don't forget, if you're in the top 100 overall, or the top 10 of your venue for your respective league, you have a spot in your grand final this coming weekend! The details are: Saturday 16th June - Albion Hotel, Stirling Hwy, Cottesloe. Pro League Day 1, $200 buy-in unless Top 5, 10:30am-11:45am registration. Special $10 re-buy event, 12pm-1pm registration. Sunday 17th June - South Fremantle Football Club, Fremantle Oval. Pro League Day 2, 11:45am-12:15pm registration. Free League, 10:30-11:45am registration. Special $10 re-buy event, 12pm-1pm registration. Not sure if you're qualified? Check Pro League Results, Free League Results, or search by membership name. Make sure you have Season 18 selected. Good luck in the finals and Season 19! PoCA Challenge - 1st July With cash plus a guaranteed $4,000 poker trip of a lifetime up for grabs to the winner, in addition to cash payouts to the top 10% of players, we are looking forward to the next PoCA Challenge on the 1st July! $100 buy-in, with a single optional $100 re-buy or top-up Albion Hotel, Cottesloe 11am registration, 12pm start Poker for Charity Association - Proudly supporting Telethon with a $30,000 donation in 2012 Season 19 is here! 9th June: Season 19 started at the Woodbridge last Saturday! Don't miss out on another great season of WAPL Poker! Check out our Upcoming Events and come play! See you soon. Adam Garcia wins Season 18 Pro, Paul Lord wins Free! Adam Garcia has won the Season 18 Pro League Season : After what can only be described as a nailbiting finish for a great season, Adam Garcia has just pipped Grand Champion Mark Wood as the Pro League Season champion for WAPL Season 18. Paul Lord had a great Free League Season, ending up clear of the field by over 2500 points! Congratulations to both our Season Champions!

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13/06/2012 - Clansman hiatus, 3 weeks of Cash Table! -

Now that Season 18 has finished, and due to not being able to complete Season 19, the Clansman will have 3 weeks of cash table from Wednesday 13th June. From July Clansman will be on hold until a return in October!

Have fun for the last few weeks of cash table, and we'll see you back at the Clansman in October!

7/06/2012 - Final points event for season - Start of Season 19 this Saturday! -

The final event for Season 18 is tonight at the Woodvale Tavern! If you're at risk of dropping out of the Top 100, or trying to get those last few points, don't miss it!

Season 19 starts on Saturday 9th at the Woodbridge Hotel , join Frank and the team for the start of the new season.

The Season 18 Grand Finals are the weekend after, on the 16th and 17th June.

As advised, due to the change to $5/Pro player from $10/Pro player, the contribution shown on the website is double the actual amount. The seasonal contribution from Season 18 Pro players is $6165. This feature will be adjusted in time for the the next season finals.

Check out our finals info page here for more info 

29/05/2012 - Join the Poker for Charity Challenge -

Poker for Charity Challenge
for Telethon 2012

Date - Sunday 1st July, 2012
Location - Upstairs, Albion Hotel Cottesloe
Time - 11am registration, 12pm start.
Cost - $100 buy-in, single optional $100 re-buy or top-up

• CASH PRIZES: Top 10% of players win great cash prizes
• GUARANTEED: Challenge winner also receives a $4000 package to play in the Red Dragon international poker tournament in Macau. Includes Flights, Accom, Main Event entry, team party & dinner events, team uniform and much more!
• BONUS: $2000 added to total prize pool

Poker for Charity Association (PoCA) will donate $30,000 to Telethon in 2012. By participating in the Poker for Charity Challenge events in 2012, you are helping children in need through Telethon 2012.

In 2011 PoCA donated $35,000 to Princess Margaret Hospital.

To register for this event, please arrive during the registration period. Seats are limited so get in early if possible to avoid disappointment.

Click here to visit pokerforcharity.com.au for more information about PoCA

Click here for more information about the $4000 Team WAPL Macau trip of a lifetime!

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14/05/2012 - WAPL 6th BIRTHDAY TONIGHT -

JOIN THE PARTY TONIGHT

Paddington Alehouse 6pm Rego

Pro & Free Leagues plus Cash Tables

Our Birthday gift to all Members attending:

Free New Membership for your mates tonight

or

Birthday Voucher for 1 years membership.

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Use the voucher to invite a freind during the year or

use the voucher when your membership falls due.

Come down tonight and join in the fun.

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Congratulations to Patrick Healy

for continuing his great recent form with a 13th place in this weekends Melbourne Poker Championships, picking up another $5000 cash and proving his 5th in the Aussie Millions was well deserved.

Well Done Pat!

8/05/2012 - BEAUMARIS STARTS TONIGHT -

Beaumaris Sports Club

Free League starts Tonight

Every Tuesday @ 7pm

Rego from 6pm

Cash Table & Pro League Coming Soon

For info call Jason on 0413 155 193

16/04/2012 - First Poker for Charity Challenge for Telethon a great success! -

The Poker for Charity Challenge for Telethon 2012 series has got off to a flying start, with an impressive 57 player first Challenge seeing a great prize pool in excess of $10,000!

With a guaranteed $4,000 Macau poker trip of a lifetime up for grabs to the winner, in addition to cash payouts to the top 10% of players, we expect the PoCA Challenge Series to grow very quickly, which will see even bigger prizes to our winners!

Of the 57 starters, the top 6 were paid cash prizes. Congratulations to the following prize winners in the first Poker for Charity Challenge, and thank you for helping support such a great cause as Telethon 2012 through Poker for Charity Association! -

1st - Robert Browne - $2,128! (+$4000 Macau Trip!)

2nd - Luke Dick - $1,520

3rd - Alan Tomaselli - $912

4th - Aaron Taylor - $608

5th - Colin Wilford - $486.40

6th - Sarah Browne - $425.60

Robert Browne & Luke Dick, 1st & 2nd

Robert Browne

Robert Browne

We were graced by the presence of Patrick Healy (Team WAPL Macau member, Team WAPL Vegas '10 member, Aussie Millions 2012 - 5th place $300,000 winner) who took part in the Challenge, making it to the final couple of tables. Here is a shot of Pat sitting at the table next to the PoCA Challenge's eventual winner!

Robert Browne & Patrick Healy

Thanks to all who came down to support this event through the tournament and the cash tables. Please spread the word for the next Poker for Charity Challenge for Telethon 2012 to all your poker playing friends!

The next PoCA Challenge is planned for 1st July, 2012

$100 buy-in, with a single optional $100 re-buy or topup

Albion Hotel, Cottesloe

11am registration, 12pm start

PoCA - Proudly supporting Telethon with a $30,000 donation in 2012

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25/03/2012 - Join the first Poker for Charity Challenge for Telethon! 15th April 2012! -

Poker for Charity Challenge

for Telethon 2012!

Next PoCA Challenge Sunday 15th April, 2012

Upstairs @ Albion Hotel, Cottesloe

11am registration, 12pm start

$100 buy-in, single optional $100 re-buy or top-up

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Don't miss your chance to win great cash prizes, and a guaranteed first place trip to one of Macau, China's biggest and best poker tournaments, the Pokerstars Red Dragon, worth $4000!

This event has a bonus $2000 prize pool, a guaranteed $4000 package to Macau (no matter the number of players!) to the winner, along with cash payouts to the top 10% of players. Not only that, you'll be helping Poker for Charity Association in their fundraising efforts, which supports major WA Community Health and Welfare needs.

Last year, PoCA donated $35,000 to Princess Margaret Hospital as the biggest contributor towards the purchase of an Surgery Microscope used to treat eye disorders in children.

This year, Poker for Charity Association has selected Telethon as the recipient for their next major donation of $30,000 for 2012! By supporting the Poker for Charity Challenge, you are directly supporting this great cause and helping children in need.

Click here for more infomation about Poker for Charity Association

Click here for more information about the PoCA Challenge

Click here for more information about the $4000 Team WAPL Macau trip of a lifetime!

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22/03/2012 - Season 17 Pro Grand Final Results -

In an amazing weekend where we saw pocket aces hold every time they seemed to be in a hand, it was only fitting that the final hand of the Season 17 Pro Grand Final was won with pocket aces flopping a set!

We started with 67 players on day 1 at South Fremantle Football Club, this number dwindling to 23 headed into day 2 at the Albion Hotel.

Of those final 23, the final table of 8 got in the money, and we saw for the first time at WAPL a chop on final table between the final 4 players. Colin Wilford, Ryan Dyson, Darren Mundy and Mathew Lyons (Team WAPL Macau x2) split to take $3000 each, and played it out for the remaining $718 1st place, which Darren won with his pocket aces!

Congratulations on another great Grand Final, and as always thanks to our dedicated staff for putting on another fun and professional event for our members!

You can check out the Season 17 Pro and Free Grand Final results here -

Season 17 Pro League Grand Final Results

Season 17 Free League Grand Final Results

18/03/2012 - Gareth Davies takes out Free League Grand Final, Pro League concludes today! -

The Season 17 Free League Grand Final, held on Saturday, was won by long term member Gareth Davies. In an event that saw many of the top Free League players making final table, including previous Grand Final winner Barry McGee, we saw heads up between Gareth and Grant Charnley lasting just one hand, with Grant flopping a pair of queens vs Gareth's flopped pair of aces, Grant's queens unable to improve, giving Gareth the title. Congratulations Gareth.

Pro League Chip Counts into Day2 are:

                 Ryan Dyson              69500

                 Sjorz Zanoli               68500

                 Matt Moller                 58000

                 Steve Burgess         38500

                 Aaron Adams           37800

                 Mark Wood               37500

                 Sarah Brown            37000

                 Aaron Taylor            36500

                 Darren Mundy          34000

                 Rob Brown               27500

                 Mat Lyons                 27200

                 David Evans             27000

                 Colin Wilford            24000

                 Kevin Kenny            21000

                 Rob Bain                   19000

                 Deanne Raath          19000

                 George Lawther      19000

                 Tony Hawker            19000

                 Charles Fredericks 16100

                 Ross Jenkins           14000

                 Greg Hall                   12500

                 Jill Maley                     8000

                 Paul Derrick               6400

Players need to be at the Albion Hotel by 11-30am today to check chips.

Tournament re-start is scheduled for 12noon.

2 Other great Events also avaolable today at the Albion Hotel:

                 Event 4 - HPO 3 Player Teams @ 1-00pm

                 Event 5 - $10 Mega Re-buy @ 2-30pm

16/03/2012 - WAPL Season 17 Grand Finals this weekend! -

This weekend, it's WAPL Grand Final time again! It's been a long season 17, and season 18 (which started this week) is already looking great! There is a great prize of a carton of premium import beer or cider up for grabs for the BEST St Paddy's Day Hat on show on Saturday! Dress to impress! For those of you who have been looking forward to the Season 17 Grand Final, here's the info:- Grand Finals Pro League Day 1 & Free League - Saturday 17th March, 2012. South Fremantle Football Club. Registration opens 10:30am for a 12 noon start. Pro League Day 2 - Sunday 18th March, 2012. Albion Hotel, Stirling Hwy, Cottesloe. Registration opens 11:45am for a 12:15pm start. Side events $10 mega re-buy (up to 3 re-buys) - Saturday 17th March, 2012. South Fremantle Football Club. Registration opens 12:30pm for a 1:30pm start. (Late registrations allowed) $40 HOP 3 player teams event - Sunday 18th March, 2012. Albion Hotel, Stirling Hwy, Cottesloe. Registration opens 12:30pm for a 1:30pm start. (Late registrations allowed) $10 mega re-buy (up to 3 re-buys) - Sunday 18th March, 2012. Albion Hotel, Stirling Hwy, Cottesloe. Registration opens 1:30pm for a 2:30pm start. (Late registrations allowed)  Checked whether you're qualified? If you haven't yet, you should! It's easy to check - Go to the season 17 League Ladders for Pro or Free Leagues, find your name in the list, and make sure you made the qualifications! Pro League S17 Ladder Free League S17 Ladder For Pro League, you must be ranked in the top 100 and have played 5+ Pro games during Season 17 for a $100 buy-in, OR have played 10+ Pro games during Season 17 and be outside the top 100 for a $200 buy-in. For Free league, you must be ranked in the top 100 and have played 5+ Free games during Season 17 to qualify, or have played 10+ Free games during Season 17 to play. Don't forget, there's a lot of additional poker on during both days of the Grand Finals, with Cash Tables, Sit'n'Goes and Special events on both days! It's a day for all WAPL members, so why not come down for a great poker experience! We'll see you there!

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13/03/2012 - Tournament of Champions Mon 19th @ Paddo -

As usual, the Tournament of Champions will be held on the

Monday after the Season 17 Grand Finals.

Venue Champions for Season 17

Congratulations to the following Venue Champions.

See you at the Paddington Alehouse on Monday 19th for the ToC Finals

Claremont F/Club:   Pro - Penny Wells   Free - Frank Maley

Elephant & W/Barrow:   Free - Alex Bettink

Friar Tucks:   Free - John Ambrock

Golden Ponds:   Free - Bas Snijder

Market City Tav:   Pro - Aaron Adams   Free - Jeremy Thomas

Paddington A/Hse:   Pro - Mike Catalano   Free - Ben Breuseker

Roundhouse Tav:   Pro - Gary Christie   Free - Ben Breuseker

Southerly's Dongara:   Free - Noel McVeigh

The Boat:   Pro - Tony Hawker   Free - Jan Burke

The Clansmen:   Pro - Rob Smith   Free - George Green

Woodbridge Hotel:   Pro - Julie Biffin   Free - Tony Keys

Woodvale Tavern:   Pro - Barry Stribling   Free - Karla Mitchell

Come on down to the Paddo on Monday after the Grand Final

Support your Venue Champ.

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8/03/2012 - SEASON 17 FINALS THIS WEEKEND -

Even though Season 18 has started

the BIG FINALS WEEKEND LOOMS

WAPL S17 Finals Tournament Schedule:

       SAT 17th @ South Fremantle F/Club, Cantonment St, Fremantle

  Event 1:   Pro League Grand Final $200 Buy-in for Qualifiers*  Sat 17/3 11-45am

  Event 2:   Free League Grand Final $0 Buy-in for Qualifiers      Sat 17/3 11-45am

  Event 3:   $10 Mega Re-Buy Event $10 Buy-in for all starters    Sat 17/3  1-30pm

       * Pro League Grand Final Buy-in for 101 plus is $200 - for Top 100 is $100     

               SUN 18th @ Albion Hotel, Stirling H'way, Cottesloe

       Pro League Grand Final Day 2 - play resumes at 12-30pm    Sun 18/3 12noon

  Event 4:   HOP Team Event $40 Buy-in for all starters**                Sun 18/3 1-30pm

  Event 5:   $10 Mega Re-Buy Event $10 Buy-in for all starters    Sun 18/3 2-30pm

      ** HOP Events comprise of 3 players doing Hold-em, Omaha and Pineapple

     Cash Tables and Sit n Go's available from 12noon to 6pm on both Sat & Sun

 MON 19th @ Paddington Alehouse, Scarb Bch Rd, Mt Hawthorn

  Event 6:   Pro - Tournament of Champions For Qualifiers     Mon 19/3  7pm

  Event 6:   Pro - Tournament of Champions For Qualifiers     Mon 19/3  7pm

  Event 7:   Free - Tournament of Champions For Qualifiers    Mon 19/3  7pm

Venue Champions for Season 17

Congratulations to the following Venue Champions.

See you at the Paddington Alehouse on Monday 19th for the ToC Finals

Claremont F/Club:   Pro - Penny Wells   Free - Frank Maley

Elephant & W/Barrow:   Free - Alex Bettink

Friar Tucks:   Free - John Ambrock

Golden Ponds:   Free - Bas Snijder

Market City Tav:   Pro - Aaron Adams   Free - Jeremy Thomas

Paddington A/Hse:   Pro - Mike Catalano   Free - Ben Breuseker

Roundhouse Tav:   Pro - Gary Christie   Free - Ben Breuseker

Southerly's Dongara:   Free - Noel McVeigh

The Boat:   Pro - Tony Hawker   Free - Jan Burke

The Clansmen:   Pro - Rob Smith   Free - George Green

Woodbridge Hotel:   Pro - Julie Biffin   Free - Tony Keys

Woodvale Tavern:   Pro - Barry Stribling   Free - Karla Mitchell

Come on down to the Paddo on Monday after the Grand Final

Support your Venue Champ.

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23/02/2012 - WAPL at the Red Dragon Feb 2012 -

Although not an official Team WAPL Macau tour, we are happy to announce that WAPL members joining Frank and Jill on the Pokerstars felt in Macau this Red Dragon include David Evans (just cashed in Cebu), Matt Seigman (Team Macau 2011), Pete and Deb Fisher (Vegas 2010), and Lee Burgess.

Reports are that Lee is cleaning up, with two tournament cashes and a great cash table run so far. Frank and Jill have both won their main event entries through satellite events, and David Evans arrived in today to play the main event.

Best of luck to all in Macau, we bet you're having a blast as always!

Here are some photos we've received thus far -

7/02/2012 - David Evans takes 6th place in Cebu -

After 3 days of great poker David Evans has finished in 6th place at the APT Cebu, collecting over $11,000AUD in winnings and the respect of all the Cebu APT Main Event Final Table.

Well done David, it's great to see another regular WAPL member succeeding on the world poker scene, especially so soon after Patrick Healy's big Aussie Millions 2012 cash!

We are looking forward to Macau!

7/02/2012 - David Evans - Final Tables! Cebu update -

UPDATE - David Evans is on the Final Table of APT Cebu! He is currently 8th in chip count of the 10 remaining players, and heads in to tomorrow's final table with 144,000 in chips. The chip leader has over a million, 2nd place at 800,000, with the rest of the field levelling out around the 2-400,000 range. Those who know David from his regular WAPL events will know that he stands a great chance of staging a great comeback tomorrow!

Congratulations on a great tournament so far David, and best of luck tomorrow!

Link to chip counts - http://www.pokerportal.asia/live-reporting/apt-asian-series-cebu-2012?d=54&view=chip-counts

Well done to WAPL member David Evans, making it into the money in APT Cebu!

From Poker Portal - http://www.pokerportal.asia/live-reporting/apt-asian-series-cebu-2012/evans-goes-from-zero-to-hero

Australia's David Evans has gone from a major short stack on the table to a stack of 270,000 in two hands, while knocking out Kim Min Soo and Abhishek Goindi in the process.

It started with an all in holding  against Goindi's Pocket Kings. In what is surely turning out to be Goindi's new least favourite hand (he also busted out of this week's Cebu Cup in 5th place with Kings versus Ace-rag), the board delivered  to double up Evans and cripple Goindi.

Two hands later, Goindi shoved with  and watched Soo follow him all in with . Next to act, Evans moves all in as well with  to have both his opponents at risk.

The board runs  to give a set to Evans and send another two players to the rail.

With almost double the average chip stack, and playing down to final table tonight, we wish David all the best as he continues his run in Cebu!

5/02/2012 - Warwick Spratling Cashes in Cebu -

Warrick Spratling played well to make the Final Table in the "Waterfront 15k Freezeout" event in Ceby Yesterday. Having made it thru to F/T Warrick used his poker skills to gain 5th and win almost A$ 1000. Great result Warrick!

2/02/2012 - Claremont Football Club poker this Friday! -

Claremont Footy Club restarts this Friday for February, with Pro, Free and Cash Table from 6pm!

Head down if you have Friday night free for some great poker!

30/01/2012 - PAT TAKES DOWN FIFTH -

Congratulations go to WAPL member Patrick Healy on coming 5th in the 2012 Aussie Millions today. Pat brings home a fantastic $300,000 prize and the experience of playing against many of the worlds best players. Well done Patrick!

26/01/2012 - Aussie Millions - Patrick Healy in the money again! -

LATEST NEWS

UPDATE:   Pat got his chips in with AhAc to find one of the bigger stacks holding AhKs and with a flop of Jh 6h 3h the pressure went sky high on the table. The turn was a Qs which added to Yann Dions outs being on both Flush and straight draws, but to Pats relief the river was the 9d and Pat won 1.7M and the chip lead.

G O   P A T R I C K !!!

UPDATE:  Day 5 has started with a bang, Phil Ivey eliminated by one of the big stacks (Dion) and in another hand the other Perth based player on F/T Mile Krstanoski takes a big chunk of Lee Nelsons chips to put Lee at the bottom of the Chip Count list with only 895k.(Mile 2.8M   Pat 1.6M)

Patrick is sitting at 5th out of 11 and waiting for the moment to take his chance we reakon.         Go Pat!!!!

UPDATE : At the end of Day 4 Patrick Healy is in the final 12 players in the Aussie Millions! He has lost his chip lead and is currently 7th in chips overall, butt the field is very tight! He has 1.58 million in chips, and the chip leader is on 2.67 million. It really is anyone's tournament! Good luck tomorrow Patrick!

UPDATE : After nearly 1 hour of Day 4 play with the blinds at 5k/10k Patrick is going well in second on the chip leader board, assisted when his pocket Aces held against fellow Australian David Steike's pocket Kings in one of the early hands of the day.

Keep it up Patrick!

We're happy to say that Team WAPL Member Patrick Healy is again doing impressively well in an international tournament! This time Patrick is right up there as chip leader in the Aussie Millions!!! With 35 players remaining, all in the money, Patrick has the top spot as of our last report.

Congratulations Patrick, we look forward to hearing more soon! Ship it!

UPDATE : As at end of Day 3, Patrick is 3rd chip leader, on over 1.3 million chips, only 23,000 short of Tim O'Shea in 2nd, and the chip leader, Matt Turk, has over 2.6 million. Best of luck in Day 4 Patrick. You are doing an incredible job!

4/01/2012 - Welcome to WAPL 2012! -

We hope you all had a fun, festive and safe holiday season!

Regular WAPL Tournaments start again from Wednesday 4th January, check our upcoming events page for more details!

Elephant & Wheelbarrow Thursday Nights - Cash Table!

Join us at the Elephant & Wheelbarrow from 6pm Thursdays for cash table poker! Those cashed in to start before 6:15pm receive 15 mins rake free!

$25 Pro buy-in!

Don't forget, the Pro League is now just a $25 buy-in! If you bust before the break, you can re-buy your 3000 chips one time for $20! Players who haven't re-bought by the break may top-up 3000 chips for $20. Good luck, and have fun!

Market City kicks off 18th Jan

Market City Tavern restarts poker on the 18th of January, so don't expect a game on the 4th or 11th at MCT!

Grand Finals are coming up - March!

The Season Grand Finals aren't far away... March 17-18th! Spread the word, and make sure your friends are qualified for this major event before it's too late!

Claremont Football Club 2012 restart - Feb!

Return to the home of the Tigers from Feb 3rd for Pro, Free & cash tables!

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16/12/2011 - HOLIDAY EVENT SCHEDULE -

WA POKER LEAGUE   –   HOLIDAY EVENT SCHEDULE

Fri, 16 Dec 2011      Gloucester Park – East Perth             Cash Table   6:30 PM

Sat, 17 Dec 2011     Ascot Racecourse - Perth Racing      Cash Table   1:00 PM

Sun, 18 Dec 2011    Golden Ponds - Mandurah                   Free League 12:00 PM

Mon, 19 Dec 2011    Paddington Alehouse – Mt Hawthorn   Free & Pro     6:00 PM

Tue, 20 Dec 2011     Roundhouse Tavern – Balcatta           Free & Pro     6:00 PM

Wed, 21 Dec 2011    The Boat – Mindarie                            Free & Pro     6:00 PM

Wed, 21 Dec 2011     Market City Tav – Canning Vale         Free & Pro     6:00 PM

Wed, 21 Dec 2011     The Clansman – Sth Yunderup          Free & Pro     6:00 PM

Fri, 23 Dec 2011         Gloucester Park – East Perth            Cash Table    6:30 PM

Sat, 24 Dec 2011        Ascot Racecourse - Perth Racing     Cash Table   1:00 PM

Wed, 28 Dec 2011      The Clansman – Sth Yunderup         Free & Pro     6:00 PM

Fri, 30 Dec 2011          Gloucester Park – East Perth           Cash Table   6:30 PM

Wed, 4 Jan 2012          The Boat – Mindarie                          Free & Pro     6:00 PM

Wed, 4 Jan 2012          The Clansman – Sth Yunderup        Free & Pro     6:00 PM

Thur, 5 Jan 2012          Woodvale Tavern                              Free & Pro     6:00 PM

Sat, 7 Jan 2012            Woodbridge Hotel                             Free & Pro   12:00 PM

Sat, 7 Jan 2012            Ascot Racecourse - Perth Racing   Cash Table   1:00 PM

Sun, 8 Jan 2012           Golden Ponds - Mandurah               Free League 12:00 PM

Mon, 9 Jan 2012         Paddington Alehouse – Mt Hawthorn Free & Pro     6:00 PM

Tue, 10 Jan 2012        Roundhouse Tavern – Balcatta         Free & Pro     6:00 PM

Wed, 11 Jan 2012       The Boat – Mindarie                           Free & Pro     6:00 PM

Wed, 11 Jan 2012       The Clansman – Sth Yunderup         Free & Pro     6:00 PM

Thur, 12 Jan 2012        Woodvale Tavern                              Free & Pro     6:00 PM

Sat, 14 Jan 2012          Woodbridge Hotel                              Free & Pro  12:00 PM

Sat, 14 Jan 2012          Ascot Racecourse - Perth Racing    Cash Table   1:00 PM

Sun, 15 Jan 2012        Golden Ponds - Mandurah                Free League 12:00 PM

Market City Tavern re-commences Weds 18^th Jan, 2012

Claremont Football Club re-commences Fri 3^rd Feb, 2012

Watch out for several New Venues starting early 2012

6/12/2011 - PMA: Preview edition of The Real Deal is now available -

Check out the WAPL mention on page 19!

PMA: Preview edition of The Real Deal is now available

The next step in a new era for poker media in Australia has been completed with the release of the first edition of The Real Deal. 

Featuring Australia’s newest WSOP bracelet winner Andrew Hinrichsen on the cover, The Real Deal is the latest addition to the stable of PokerMedia Australia properties. 

Editor-in-chief Sean Callander said The Real Deal presented the greatest challenge in the six years that the team behind Bluff Australasia and PokerNews Australasia & Pacific had faced. 

“In the wake of the events of Black Friday, virtually every poker media organisation on the planet has had to rethink their business models,” Callander said. 

“But through adversity comes opportunity and, for the first time since we started Bluff Australasia almost six years, we had a chance to step back from the coalface and reflect on the Australian poker industry and how we could best service our players and key stakeholders from a media perspective.” 

“First up, we launched the PokerMedia Australia website (www.pokermedia.com.au) and now we’re thrilled to be able to offer The Real Deal. Initially, the magazine will be available in digital form only and we hope to one day have the magazine in print form.” 

This special preview edition of The Real Deal aims to update everyone on the happenings of the past few months during the lull in local media coverage. It also provides a taste of what The Real Deal will offer – insightful commentary and features relating to poker plus substantial lifestyle and sports sections. 

Highlights of the first edition include previews of the 2012 Aussie Millions and inaugural Star Poker Summer Series, coverage of both the WSOP November Nine and WSOP Europe along with an exclusive excerpt from the new book of Lee Nelson, Bertrand Grospellier and Tony Dunst – The Raiser’s Edge. 

To check out The Real Deal, simply go to www.pokermedia.com.au and click through to the magazine via the direct link. And best of all, The Real Deal is available free!

29/11/2011 - New WAPL Structure! More Major Events, More Cash, More Value! -

Over nearly 6 years, we've tried many different formats and ideas within WAPL. Some have worked well, others haven't, but we've learned from them all! As we've become more experienced poker players, there is a need for a structure that works better for everyone and shows more value for all current and potential WA Poker League members. We've been hard at work on a brand new structure that's aimed at meeting that need. Here it is, enjoy!

New Major event - Poker for Charity Challenge

Our first major event with a guaranteed prize, and an added bonus of $2000 to the prize pool! Play against the tournament champions of the WAPL season and play to win cash and the trip of a lifetime to a major international poker event!

This cash event is open to all members, with no qualification requirements.

Guaranteed cash + $4000 Team WAPL Macau Package to winner. Top 10% of players win great cash prizes.

$100 buy-in, with a single optional $100 re-buy or top-up. (4000 starting stack/re-buy/top-up) 20 minute blinds levels.

Pro League events with bigger prize pools will see the winner win cash + a $100 Poker for Charity Challenge ticket, to compete in this event for major cash prizes along with the chance to join the WAPL Team to Macau.

The Poker for Charity Challenge will be held 2-4 weeks after each Pro League Grand Final, and at least 1 $4000 Team WAPL Macau Package will be guaranteed at this event to the top ranked players.

Payout example - 80 players, 60 re-buys/top-ups

1st - $2300 cash + $4000 Team WAPL Macau Package

2nd - $1656, 3rd - $1104, 4th - $920, 5th - $828, 6th - $736, 7th - $644, 8th - $552, 9th - $460

Pro League - The best value WAPL Pro events ever!

We want the fun of WAPL poker to be accessible to every poker player, and with that in mind, we've lowered the entry level buy-in for our regular pro events, are giving you more value for your money, and a bigger percentage of your buy-ins paid out in cash on the night. This change starts from Monday 5th December 2011!

$25 buy-in, with single optional $20 re-buy or top-up. (3000 starting stack, 3000 re-buy/top-up)

The Grand Final contribution has been dropped from $10 to $5 per buy-in (no $5 from re-buy/top-up). Top 10% of players win cash under a revised payout structure for a better cash distribution throughout the top 10%. A single $100 Poker for Charity Challenge Ticket is awarded to the winner of an event with a $400+ prize pool, before cash prizes are calculated, giving the winner a seat to this major event and a chance to win awesome cash prizes and their place in Team WAPL Macau.

Season and Grand Final

The WAPL Season will now run for 12-13 weeks, shorter than ever before! Why? We know you want more major events, more competition, and less time to struggle through the ladder rankings! This also ensures that the WAPL Grand Finals, still major cash tournaments and the best value events in WA, spread the cash prizes to more of our member base. This change will be from the start of Season 18.

The Grand Final will still be held 1 week after the end of Season, at the end of week 1 of the new Season, to ensure that all qualifying players are aware of their qualification.

Grand Final is a $200 buy-in Freezeout (10,000 starting stack)

Qualification to the Grand Final is now through 2 means ONLY, you cannot play if you do not meet either of these criteria:

Top 100 Pro League rank, or Top 10 of a Pro League venue at end of Season.

There is no minimum game requirement, and no direct buy-in to the Grand Final for non qualifiers.

Cash prize payouts at the Grand Final are to the top 10% of players, worked out and announced during the event based on the contribution from the season and the Grand Final entries, re-buys and top-ups.

Regular Tournament Structure Changes -

We have moved the break back from the end of 300/600 to the end of 200/400. All re-buys for Pro and Free League must be done before leaving for break, and top-ups will be completed when returning to your seat from break.

Break will now run for 20 minutes only, starting from the time players complete their chip counts and leave their seats.

At 100/200 blinds, one player at each table will be required to 'buy' all available stacks of 4 green (25) chips off all other players at the table, to enable WAPL staff to quickly chip up the green chips from each table.

Cash Table Changes -

We want our cash table players able to come in and start playing by registration start, and not have to play in the tournament to guarantee they have a seat on the cash table for the night.

Cash tables will now run a maximum of 11 handed, and when there is 1 more player waiting, will be split to 2 tables of 6. First players to move to the new table is the waiting player and the 11th player to join the main table, then anyone who volunteers to move, non tournament players, free league players, and finally if we haven't reached the 6 needed, a low card deal by the dealer will select any other players needed to move. This ensures that we can cater for all players wanting to play cash table, in a fair manner.

Let your cash table playing friends know they can now play cash without needing to play tournament, with no fear of missing out!

What's been removed through these changes, and what about my CC?

Your remaining CC (Championship Currency) can still be used to buy-in to the new Poker for Charity Challenge and the Pro League Grand Final. Check your CC total with your TD at your next WAPL event. We will be emailing all members with CC outstanding to notify them of this, too.

Macau Championship Event had no cash component - gone!

CC was pointless to players who didn't want to go to Macau - gone!

Steps Sit'n'Goes had no cash component - gone!

Overall Top 3 Season Rank payouts were too big a percentage of the Season Grand Final Contribution, which wasn't available to members who can't play all the time - reduced!

Long breaks with no idea when they're going to end - gone!

Super long season which has a Grand Final that's so far away no one even thinks about it - gone!

Poker for Charity Challenge Sit'n'Goes -

Haven't won your $100 Poker for Charity Challenge Ticket at a Pro event, but really want to make it there? Want to win cash too, or just the ticket? Here's your two options for Poker for Charity Challenge Ticket Sit'n'Goes:

$40 buy-in, 8 players (3000 starting stack, 15 minute blinds)

1st place - $100 cash plus $100 Poker for Charity Challenge Ticket

2nd place - $80 cash

$20 buy-in, 8 players (1500 starting stack, 12 minute blinds)

1st place - $100 Poker for Charity Challenge Ticket

2nd place - $20 cash

22/11/2011 - Now play poker at Gloucester Park every Friday night! -

Now you can play poker at Gloucester Park, every Friday night from 25th Nov!

WAPL Members receive free entry to Gloucester Park! Bring your Membership Card for entry (no exceptions).

Win on the cash table this Friday 25th November, whilst enjoying a fabulous special event at the Park - Blokes Night Out!

See you at the Park this Friday Night from 6:30pm.

Gaming Function by Permit issued under Section 47 of the Act for Gloucester Park

16/11/2011 - Ascot Poker not on Sat 19th -

WAPL Poker won't be at Ascot this coming Saturday 19th Nov, due to Railway Stakes Day.

Sorry for any inconvenience.

8/11/2011 - Poker Media Australia launches "The Real Deal" poker magazine -

Media release

PMA announces Australia’s newest poker magazine

The Real Deal is Australia’s newest poker/lifestyle publication, marking the next step in the evolution of the Poker Media Australia organisation and our website pokermedia.com.au 

Brought to you by the team behind magazines including Bluff Australasia and PokerNews Australasia & Pacific, The Real Deal marks the next step in Australian poker publishing via the latest in digital technology and cutting edge design.

The Real Deal will offer informal yet authoritative commentary to both recreational and serious poker players through a mix of news, features, interviews and expert strategy. And utilising a unique series of brand alignments, The Real Deal will also provide sport, sports betting, racing, lifestyle and finance content.

Publisher Sean Callander said The Real Deal showed that despite a difficult period for poker publications globally, there was still a future for such products in this region. “The game has certainly changed in the wake of ‘Black Friday’. We’ve worked tirelessly in recent months to devise a sustainable publishing model and feel we’ve ticked all the boxes with The Real Deal,” Callander said.

“In combination with our website pokermedia.com.au, The Real Deal marks the next logical step in establishing a complete poker publishing platform that already comprises the latest news, renowned writers and bloggers and tournament reporting.

“And importantly, The Real Deal will support all facets of our poker industry – from our largest events and casino poker rooms to our nation’s myriad pub poker providers, which represent the real poker heartland of Australia.”

The launch edition of The Real Deal will be available in digital format free to all PokerMedia Australia subscribers by the end of November. Edition two (and future editions) will be available in print format. Watch www.pokermedia.com.au for more information on Australia’s newest poker magazine.

27/10/2011 - PoCA Donates $35,000 to Princess Margaret Hospital! -

On September 9th, 2011, Poker for Charity (PoCA) Chairman David Nixon presented a cheque for $35,000 to Ian de Nazareth from Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) to finish their fundraising for the purchase of a surgery microscope to be used to treat eye problems in children, before going to the surgery to meet PMH Surgeon Kate, who explained what the new microscope would be used for in more depth.

Visit the Poker for Charity Website to see the video of the presentation, or directly from our Youtube channel!

http://pokerforcharity.com.au - PoCA Donating $35,000 to PMH

WAPL Youtube Channel - PoCA Donating $35,000 to PMH

Without the support of our players, PoCA and other organisations would not be able to raise funds through poker to contribute back into the Western Australian Community's Health and Welfare needs in ways such as this.

Every time you play for money with WAPL, or buy a $5 PoCA Cash Raffle for a chance to win the raffle at one of our events, you are helping raise money that gets spent on worthy causes such as this donation to Princess Margaret Hospital.

Thanks to all WAPL members for your contributions. We are very proud to be part of something that brings our members great entertainment, whilst also helping Poker for Charity Association supporting the community where it's most needed.

We can all be proud of ourselves for our efforts.

Your WAPL Team

22/10/2011 - Upcoming Event Cancellations -

The Roundhouse is still on Melbourne Cup Day!

19/11 - Super Saturday at Ascot - No Poker

Sorry for any inconvenience.

Your WAPL Team

15/10/2011 - Macau Day 3 Update - Team WAPL Round-up! -

Robert Browne has finished 29th in the Macau Poker Cup Championship, winning just under $40,000HKD! After a rollercoaster ride early in the tournament, Rob struggled back from under 10,000 in chips right up to over 100,000 in day 3! After an incredible hand with pocket kings vs pocket queens, Rob's kings flopped a set on the flop, with the queens flopping a club flush draw. The turn came a queen for set over set, but unfortunately for Rob the 3 of clubs on the river knocked him out!

Well done Rob, you've done WAPL proud and have proven just how far you've come with your poker skills!

Congratulations to the 11 total Team WAPL members who made it to the MPCC Main event, the biggest number yet to make the event - Rob, Luke, Darren, Jill, Frank, Matt S, Archie W, Amos, Jason, Damien, and Mat L!

Players who made it through to Day 2 were Rob, Jill, Luke, Matt S and Darren!

Congratulations also to Jill Maley, who cashed in 4th place overall in the Macau Poker Cup Championship Ladies event! This is her second cash in the ladies event in two years, and she was unlucky to run into pocket kings to be knocked out after a big comeback!

Team WAPL has their farewell dinner, with more drinks and partying tonight, and a couple more days before their return to Perth.

We all look forward to catching up with the other members back home and telling you many of our stories!

14/10/2011 - Macau Day 2 Update -

Rob Browne is the last WAPL member still in Day 2 of the Macau Poker Cup Championship Main Event! He took a big hit early on in Day 2 with AK vs Pocket 9s, but has played very well and is slowly rebuilding his stack. Average stack is currently 90,000, with Rob sitting on a little over 20,000.

He has done an incredible job so far, and we hope his great run continues through! There are many of the other WAPL members on the rail supporting him, and fortunately his table is directly at the rail at the front of the poker room.

Half of the current field will make the cash, good luck Rob and well done on your great effort so far!

13/10/2011 - UPDATE FROM MACAU -

Well after 3 days of Poker and Parties it is down to the serious stuff from today with all the WAPL Team Members playing in the Main Event going at it in Day 1B

Congratulations to Sarah Browne, Damien Cox and Jason Maley for winning their Main Event seats in the WAPL Team Satellite last night, joining Archie in Day1B

With several members set to buy in to the Main Event, we hope to have between 7 and 10 starters, so Good Luck to all in the BIG ONE

The WAPL Team Macau 2011

9/10/2011 - WAPL TEAM HITS MACAU -

The WAPL Team Macau 2011 is arriving into the Poker Hub of Asia on Sunday & Monday for their assault on the Macau Poker Cup Championships

         The 16 WAPL Macau Team 2011 Members are:

                                                    Jason Maley

                                                     Mat Moller

                                                   Mat Siegman

                                                    Amos Leong

                                                     Mat Lyons

                                               Archie Williamson

                                                 Darren Rudrum

                                                     Luke Dick

                                                  Richard Smith

                                                 Michelle Wells

                                                   Penny Wells

                                                   Damien Cox

                                                   Rob Browne

                                                  Sarah Browne

                                                     Jill Maley

                                                  Frank Maley

We anticipate at least 8 players from this team playing in the Main Event which is one of the highlights of the Asain Poker calender with a HK$4.5 million guarenteed prize pool. The winner of this years event will expect a cash winfall of over A$130,000. Last year the main event had 254 starters.

Watch this site and the WAPL Facebook or go to Pokerstars Macau for updates over the next week, the final table is on Sunday 16th @ 2pm

Some of the major poker action WAPL Team members will be playing:

        Event 3: HK$1,000 Charity Event + 2 Rebuys (HK$50,000 Added Prizes)

       Event 4:  HK$20,000 Buy-in Main Event (4 Days - HK$4.5 Mill Guarantee)

                                  Event 5: HK$2,500 Buy-in KO Bounty

                                       Event 6: HK$4,000 Buy-in NLH

                    Event 7: HK$3,000 Buy-in NLH (HK$300,000 Guarantee)

                          Event 8: HK$10,000 Buy-in 6-Handed (2-days)

                         Event 9: HK$6,000 NLH (HK$600,000 Guarantee)

                        Event 10: HK$50,000 Buy-in High Rollers (2-days)

                                       HK$1,000 Buy-in Ladies Event

                   Event 11: HK$1,000 NLH Rebuy (HK$150,000 Guarantee)

We wish all the Team members great success in Macau in both the Main Event plus the many other events over the coming week.

Your WAPL Team

30/09/2011 - Upcoming event changes -

This weekend, due to the AFL Grand Final, there are some event changes.

Woodbridge Hotel will not be on this Saturday 1st October

Belmont Races event has been moved to Sunday 2nd October. Cash Table starts at 1pm, Free League starts at 3pm!

Elephant & Wheelbarrow is still on this Sunday, but is not on Sunday 9th nor Sunday 23rd October.

Sorry for any inconvenience caused.

25/09/2011 - Sunday 25th September Events -

Macau '12 Championship Event

This is Championship Event 1, and your first chance to join Team WAPL to Macau in 2012! $100 buy-in with a single $80 re-buy or top-up! (5000 in chips per buy-in, re-buy or top-up)

Playing to win $4000 package(s) to Macau for our first trip in 2012.

Registration 12pm, starts 1pm, Elephant & Wheelbarrow, Northbridge.

Gaming Function by Permit issued under Section 47 of the Act for Poker for Charity Association.

Golden Ponds not on this Sunday

Due to a large private function, Golden Ponds is not on this Sunday. Sorry for any inconvenience.

19/09/2011 - Season 16 Grand Final Results -

The Season 16 Grand Finals were held over Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th September.

Saturday at South Fremantle saw the first day of the 2 day Pro Grand Final, and the Free League Grand Final!

From a field of 34 starters, we saw a fast actioned Free League ending with a final 3 who play regularly at different venues fighting it out!

Congratulations to our Season 16 Free League Champion, Barry McGee!

1. Barry McGee
2. Ian Murfitt
3. Margo Spencer

Full Free League Grand Final results are here 

With chip stacks ranging from 10,000 to 55,000 going into day 2, and blinds wound back to 500/1000, the final 23 set off!

We saw an amazing number of pocket aces on the final day, with at least 8 counted between the last 3 and final tables! In a day dominated by pocket pairs, we saw a lot of great poker, huge laydowns, massive river wins, and even a straight flush vs Ace high flush vs King high flush on the cash table!

When we hit final table of 8, the blinds were wound back once more, and the players (already in the money) sat down on the WAPL Grand Final Table to play for their share of the cash, ranging from $424 for 8th to an awesome $10,592 first prize!

Congratulations to the top 8 places in the Season 16 Pro League Grand Final -

1. Mark Wood - $10,592
2. Jarrod Soong - $4,327
3. George Rush - $2,118
4. Terresa Teale - $1,271
5. Adrian Shafran - $1,059
6. Mark Ridgwell - $847
7. Colin Wilford - $635
8. Todd Warner - $424

Full Pro League Grand Final Results are here

18/09/2011 - Pro League Day 2 - Chip Leaders -

Moving into Day 2 of the Pro League Grand Final, here are the current top 5 chip leaders -

Richard Smith - 55,500

Brian James - 48,000

Terresa Teale - 46,500

Ross Jenkins - 41,000

Todd Warner - 40,000

As you can see, the field is VERY close at the moment! The lowest chip stack heading into Day 2 is Pro League Season Champion Archie Williamson on 10,000, and there are 23 players remaining.

Best of luck to those who remain, a final table of 8 payouts awaits...

11/09/2011 - Season 16 Grand Finals -

Season 16 Grand Finals

Locations, Dates & Times

Pro League Day 1 & Free League - Sat 17th September

South Fremantle Football Club

Pro League Registration opens 10:30am.

Final Pro League registration 11:45am for a 12 noon start.

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Free League Registration opens 10:30am. 

Final Free League registration 11:45am for a 12 noon start.

Top 40 Re-buys up to the end of round 4.

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$10 Cheap as Chips Registration opens 12 noon. 

Cheap as Chips Tournament Starts at 1:00pm.

Max 3 Re-buys / Top-ups taken anytime up to the end of round 4.

1500 chips per each $10 Buy-in -- $9 to Prize Pool & $1 to SFFC

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Cash Tables & Sit n Go's available from 12noon

Pro Day 2 & HOP Team Event - Sun 18th September

Elephant & Wheelbarrow Pub, Northbridge

Pro League Day 2 registration 11:45am for 12:15pm start.

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3 Player Team HOP (Hold'em, Omaha, Pineapple), $30 per team member. Registration opens 12:30pm. 3 Player Team HOP Starts at 1:30pm.

Each team member plays in their specific tournament, and we combine to a final table of Hold'em to finish the event. The top scoring team points wise wins!   So find your team, register as early as you can on Grand Final Day 1 or Day 2 to ensure your seats in this limited event, and have a great day!
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Cash Tables & Sit n Go's available from 12noon

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We wish you all the very best at the Grand Finals, and would like to congratulate you all on another great season of poker with the WA Poker League!

See you at the Paddo Monday 19th September for the Tournament of Champions!

 All gaming functions by permit issued under Section 47 of the Act for various not for profit organisations.

Western Australian Poker League promotes and conducts responsible gaming. If you feel you may have a problem gaming issue, we encourage you to call the Gambling Helpline on 1800 858 858 and also see www.gamblinghelpline.org.au

11/09/2011 - Tournament of Champions Qualifiers - Wednesday to Sunday Venues -

Congratulations to the winner of each venue for Wednesday to Sunday at the end of Season 16! You have won your Tournament of Champions Seat outright!

The Pro Top 8 battle it out at their regular venue event starting from Saturday 10th to Friday 16th to secure their seat in the Tournament of Champions, held at Paddington Alehouse on Monday 19th!

Good luck for the qualifiers, and congratulations on a great season!

Market City Tavern

Pro League Ladder

1	Jay Poa	4388
2	Trevor Rozario	3581
3	Jarrod Soong	2899
4	Michael Lynes	2873
5	Mehmet Erok	2854
6	Jackie Bailey	2471
7	Giuseppe Messina	1845
8	Christopher D'Souza	1534

Free League Ladder

1	John Turner	5633
2	Gareth Davies	4390
3	Caitlin Cashman	4255
4	Michael Reinsma	4125
5	Jeremy Thomas [W]	3888
6	Mark Kelly	3704
7	Adam Bache	3438
8	Ian Murfitt	2752

The Boat

Pro League Ladder

1	Tony Hawker	5758
2	Kris Busby	5108
3	Warrick Spratling	5028
4	Archie Williamson	4877
5	David Evans [G]	4227
6	Jay Zanoli	4152
7	Colin Wilford	4122
8	Romeo Kojic	4084

Free League Ladder

1	Terry Smith	8468
2	Larry Gane	7038
3	Bruce Cohen	6324
4	Jim Heywood	5878
5	Andrew Sebastian [Mark]	5499
6	Mark Fautley	5249
7	Karla Mitchell	5130
8	Jan Burke	5110

The Clansman

Pro League Ladder

1	Mathew Andrews	598
2	Rob Smith	375
3	Helen Baldock	374
4	Gary Noble	372
5	Clint Nix	280
6	Shane Kerr	262
7	Randolph Watson	178
8	Russel Baldock	162

Free League Ladder

1	Renee Becker	1085
2	Michael Leishman	949
3	Luke Swan	608
4	Bartram Jones	320
5	Neil Evans	212
6	Shane Kerr	186
7	Ian Clark	171
8	Rory McLeod	168

Woodvale Tavern

Pro League Ladder

1	Darren Mundy	5857
2	Romeo Kojic	5690
3	Jill Maley	4796
4	Tony Hawker	4507
5	Darren Rudrum	4485
6	Matthew Moller	3886
7	Archie Williamson	3799
8	Shane Capelli	3737

Free League Ladder

1	Jason Hart	8564
2	Terry Smith	8236
3	Barry McGee	7772
4	Paul Lord	7066
5	Adam Pustol	6848
6	Debbie Cochrane	6303
7	Luke Chantler	6035
8	Alan Tomaselli	5977

Atrium Hotel

Pro League Ladder

1	Rob Smith	3136
2	Milan Nerad	3055
3	Brian James	2979
4	Jack Ferrari	2571
5	Jackie Bailey	2512
6	Michael Healy	1654
7	Phill Greatrex	1165
8	Peter Fisher	1056

Free League Ladder

1	Lynette Chalmers	4118
2	David Durrant	3685
3	Renee Becker	3614
4	Pam Baker	3037
5	Adam Dollery	2568
6	James Jovanovich	2009
7	Roger Kiely	1974
8	Gary Noble	1695

Claremont Football Club

Pro League Ladder

1	Mark Ridgwell	1700
2	Penny Wells	1503
3	Jill Maley	1458
4	Darren Rudrum	1456
5	Archie Williamson	1388
6	Bruce Norris	1288
7	Michele Wells	1154
8	Stephen King	996

Free League Ladder

1	Frank Maley	2503
2	Steven McCarthy	1271
3	Grant Charnley	794
4	Gregory Payne	700
5	Cliff Davey	600
6	Damien Cox	553
7	Jackie McKay	541
8	David Charnley	480

Woodbridge Hotel

Pro League Ladder

1	David Evans [G]	2952
2	Robert Ray	2266
3	Bob Streatfeild	2166
4	Mark Wood	2022
5	Jill Maley	1945
6	Archie Williamson	1564
7	Alison Clark	1550
8	Charles Fredericks	1353

Free League Ladder

1	Frank Maley	3382
2	Sam Fogarty	3249
3	Alan Tomaselli	1608
4	Warren Stewart	1462
5	Julie Biffin	1026
6	Gregory Payne	958
7	Chris Quin	924
8	Jennifer Gladwell	887

South Fremantle Football Club

Pro League Ladder

1	Jim Gow	890
2	Darren Rudrum	792
3	Graeme Posnett	282
4	Carmen Ruggier	114
5	Jack Ferrari	108
6	Keith Strahan	96
7	Mitch Kerber	95
8	Bas Snijder	90

Free League Ladder

1	Jeremy Thomas [W]	1404
2	Gregory Payne	1182
3	Padminee Raja	689
4	Steven McCarthy	676
5	Lee Mattfield	586
6	Howard Keane	507
7	Frank Maley	380
8	Shaun Docherty	360

Elephant & Wheelbarrow

Pro League Ladder

1	Ryan Dyson	1215
2	Matt Siegman	970
3	Archie Williamson	872
4	Jim Gow	830
5	Luke Dick	579
6	Jill Maley	496
7	Darren Rudrum	462
8	Keith Best	380

Free League Ladder

1	Steven McCarthy	3255
2	Kent Ngo	2789
3	Joel Wong	2322
4	Frank Maley	1663
5	Gregory Payne	1503
6	Chantal Dillon	1286
7	Margo Spencer	1230
8	Tegan Barber	1156

7/09/2011 - Tournament of Champions Qualifiers - Monday & Tuesday Venues -

Congratulations to the winner of each venue for Monday and Tuesday at the end of Season 16! You have won your Tournament of Champions Seat outright!

The top 8 battle it out at their regular venue event starting from Saturday 10th to Friday 16th to secure their seat in the Tournament of Champions, held at Paddington Alehouse on Monday 19th!

Good luck for the qualifiers, and congratulations on a great season!

Claremont Hotel

Pro League Ladder

1	Amos Leong	1044
2	Damien Cox	601
3	Peter Quinn	360
4	Nicholas Slawomirski	294
5	Gabe Parkin	221
6	Jim Gow	216
7	Anthony Calvin	144
8	John Conneely	120

Free League Ladder

1	Howard Keane	2451
2	Trent Vivian	2006
3	John Ballantyne [Robert]	1906
4	Sally Smith	1501
5	Matthew Mascarenhas	1061
6	Curt Hesse	1053
7	Amos Leong	970
8	Timothy Kinnear	926

Paddington Alehouse

Pro League Ladder

1	Archie Williamson	6005
2	Aaron Taylor	5254
3	Luke Dick	4983
4	Jill Maley	4743
5	Greg Hall	4226
6	Daniel Ireland	4074
7	Romeo Kojic	3699
8	Richard Smith	3446

Free League Ladder

1	Ben Breuseker	4044
2	Frank Maley	3131
3	Cliff Davey	2821
4	Emma Schlink	2663
5	Margo Spencer	2373
6	Danielle Stevenson	1967
7	Dain Kirwan	1855
8	Steve Horne	1690

Roundhouse Tavern

Pro League Ladder

1	Gary Christie	3588
2	Darren Rudrum	3182
3	Jill Maley	3045
4	Luke Dick	2851
5	Archie Williamson	2353
6	Todd Warner	1585
7	Sathya Kanagasingam	1436
8	John Farcich	1356

Free League Ladder

1	Lubos Safranek	6161
2	Terry Smith	6090
3	Larry Gane	5794
4	Melissa Hodgson	5339
5	Dusan Komada	5253
6	Doug Burt	5235
7	Ben Breuseker	4469
8	Frank Maley	4445

31/08/2011 - Season 16 Grand Finals, and moving to Season 17! -

With the end of Season 16 fast approaching, along with the Pro League and Free League Grand Finals, many players are working their way into the top 100, or getting their final few games in to guarantee their seats.

Here are some very important dates regarding the seasons, tournament of champions, and grand finals!

• Season 16 ends on Friday 9th September.
• Season 17 begins the next day on Saturday 10th September.
• Tournament of Champions Qualifiers (for the top 8 players at the venue ladders at end of season) are held at each event starting on the 10th Sept through to the 16th Sept, alongside the 1st week of Pro events.
• The Grand Final for Pro Day 1 and Free is Sat 17th Sept, and Pro Day 2 along with our 3 player teams HOP event is on Sunday 18th Sept.
• The Tournament of Champions for venue ladder winners and ToC qualifiers is on 19th September.

Click here for information on the Grand Finals, at our Finals page

In brief -

2 day Grand Final!

Massive $20,000-$50,000 Prize Pool!

2 quality venues

10,000 Deep Stack

30 min blinds day 1

40 min blinds day 2

Day 2 Special Event for all members

Cash Tables over 2 days

Sit N Goes over 2 days

More Details -

Locations, Dates & Times

Pro League Day 1 & Free League - Sat 17th September - South Fremantle Football Club

Pro League Registration opens 10:30am.
Final Pro League registration 11:45am for a 12 noon start.

Free League Registration opens 10:30am.
Final Free League registration 11:45am for a 12 noon start.

Pro Day 2 - Sun 18th September - Elephant and Wheelbarrow

• 2nd Day Pro League registration 11:45am for 12:15pm start.

• 3 Player Team HOP (Hold'em, Omaha, Pineapple), $30 per team member. Registration opens 12:30pm.
  Final Team HOP registration 1:30pm.

We wish you all the very best at the Grand Finals, and would like to congratulate you all for another great season of poker with WAPL!

Gaming Functions by Permit issued under Section 47 of the Act for various not for profit organisations.

22/08/2011 - Your last chance to join Team WAPL Macau is 28/8! -

YOUR LAST CHANCE TO WIN YOUR PLACE IN

TEAM WAPL MACAU 2011

Sun 28th August - Elephant & Wheelbarrow @ 12pm 

$100 Buy-In/$80 re-buys (Max 3)

For lots more information on the Team WAPL Macau Package, including testimonials, visit our Macau page

Top placed player(s) win the $4000 Team WAPL Macau Package for every $4000 in the prize pool from this event. Should the prize pool not exceed $4000, and for any extra in the prize pool, $700 or $200 in Championship Currency will be awarded to the next highest ranked players depending on the amount remaining, unless adjusted otherwise on the day.

Gaming Function by Permit issued under Section 47 of the Act for Poker for Charity Association

19/08/2011 - Claremont FC not on 19/8 -

Due to their annual Club Auction fundraiser, Claremont Football Club won't be running poker on Friday 19th August.

Please spread the word to those you know who play regularly at Claremont Football Club to avoid disappointment.

Our apologies for the inconvenience.

12/08/2011 - Welcome to our new Saturday Venues - Belmont & Ascot Racecourses! -

We are proud to announce that WAPL is joining forces with Perth Racing to bring poker to Belmont and Ascot Racecourses!

Belmont Racecourse starts with Cash Tables this Saturday 13th August, with Free League and Cash Tables from 20th August, and Pro planned to start in September. After the last Race Day on 8th October, we'll be moving to Ascot to continue the fun for the Summer Racing Season!

Thanks to Perth Racing, entry to the races is FREE for WAPL Members coming to play poker. You must show your WAPL Membership card to gain entry. If you do not have your membership card, you will need to pay to enter (no exceptions). If you need a new card sent out, give your tournament director your current address or email your name and address to info@wapokerleague.com.au along with your request.

Spread the word, and don't miss the thrill of playing poker at the races from this Saturday!

Belmont Racecourse

Belmont Park Racecourse is conveniently located on the Graham Farmer Freeway. 

The 8 race program offers the thrill of thoroughbred racing in a Club environment. 

Belmont Park features bars, restaurants and food outlets and free parking for guests.

Location
Victoria Park Drive
Belmont   WA   

Parking
Free car parking

Primary Events
Pro League, Free League, Special Events

Trading Hours
Every Wednesday and Saturday thoroughbred racing is hosted at this course between May and October. 

Contact Details
Ph: 9277 0777

Email perthracing@perthracing.org.au

Website www.perthracing.com.au

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Ascot Racecourse

Ascot Racecourse is a picturesque venue, hosting thoroughbred racing every Saturday from October to May. 

First class racing entertainment is complimented with special events; and a range of bars and restaurants for race day patrons. 

The Festival of Perth Racing in November is a premier event showcasing the talent of Australia's best thoroughbreds.

Location
Grandstand Rd
Ascot   WA   

Parking
Free parking

Primary Events
Pro League, Free League, Special Events

Trading Hours
Every Saturday from October to May.

Contact Details
Ph: 9277 0777

Email perthracing@perthracing.org.au

Website http://www.perthracing.com.au

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Gaming functions by permit issued under Section 47 of the Act for Perth Racing.

Western Australian Poker League promotes and conducts responsible gaming. If you feel you may have a problem gaming issue, we encourage you to call the Gambling Helpline on 1800 858 858 and also see www.gamblinghelpline.org.au

30/07/2011 - Team WAPL Macau Championship Event Sunday 28th August -

Spread the word! $4000 Team WAPL Macau packages up for grabs Sunday 28th August at Elephant & Wheelbarrow!

This is your LAST chance to qualify for Macau this October!!!

Midday rego, 1pm start. $100 buy-in, with $80 re-buys or top-up (max 3).

5000 starting stack, 5000 re-buys/top-up!

This is a great chance to use some Championship Currency to buy-in to this event, too! (CC or Cash or a combination of both permitted)

Good luck to all the players who play to win the package(s) to Macau!

More info on Macau is here!

Gaming Function by Permit issued under Section 47 of the Act for Poker for Charity Association

4/07/2011 - Claremont Hotel Mondays! -

The Claremont Hotel is now hosting WAPL Poker every Monday!

There are both Free League and Cash Tables available for the remaining Mondays in July, with Pro League proposed to begin in August.

We hope to see you at The Claremont Hotel this Monday night!

Gaming Function by Permit issued under Section 47 of the Act for Poker for Charity Association

27/06/2011 - Win a tournament for you and your mates by playing Pro now! -

Thanks to our sponsors FM Liquor, the Classic Beer Company, you now have a chance to win MORE when you play Pro League events at WA Poker League.

1 tournament pack per week to give away!

Every time you play in a Pro event during a week, you get an entry in the draw, with the prize of a great 8 player tournament for you and 7 mates, plus a Beer and Cider pack to take home and celebrate afterwards! Your mates won't need WAPL membership to play in your tournament, and with options of Friday nights at Claremont FC and some Saturdays at South Fremantle FC, you have lots of options for you and your mates to arrange this event!

We will attempt to contact the winner of this tournament based on your WAPL Member information. If this needs updating please email your new contact details along with your name to info@wapokerleague.com.au

Winners will also be announced on our Facebook page, http://www.facebook.com/WAPokerLeague/ and via Twitter, http://www.twitter.com/wapokerleague/

Best of luck! We look forward to hosting a tournament for you and your mates soon!

25/06/2011 - More reasons to play at Claremont FC on Fridays! -

AP&FX has brought some added sponsorship to the Claremont Football Club Friday night events! From next week (Friday 1st July), you're also up for a chance at the following:

AP&FX "Second Chance"

This freeroll sit'n'go event has a single $40cc prize!

The first 8 players out of the regular Claremont events have a seat in the AP&FX Second Chance event.

AP&FX Bar Card Prize Draws

All players at the Claremont Football Club events on a Friday night will have a chance to win one of two randomly drawn $30 Bar Vouchers for use at Claremont Football Club. The first will be drawn at 8:30pm, the second drawn at 9:30pm. You must be in attendance in order to win.

Our sincere thanks goes to AP&FX and WAPL member Stephen King for your support of the League and of Claremont Football Club.

Conditions of entry to Second Chance event:

This Second Chance event is for the first 8 "players" knocked out of the Pro and Free events. Participants must play seriously and be knocked out fairly to be eligible. If there is doubt and the Tournament Director suspects a player is playing in order to get knocked out quickly to play in the Second Chance event, this will not be permitted. Don't ruin the Pro/Free League experience in favour of trying to get into the Second Chance event.

All-in players must expose their cards to show a losing hand at showdown. You may not fold a winning hand to eliminate yourself in order to enter the Second Chance event.

Gaming Function by Permit issued under Section 47 of the Act for Claremont Football Club

22/06/2011 - Don't forget, $20/$15 cc Builder at Elephant & Wheelbarrow this Sunday! -

For those who like variety and are chasing Pro League points, Free League, or Championship Currency (cc), we have it all for you from this Sunday 26th June and every Sunday up to 24th July, before the next major $100/$80 Championship Event on the 31st July.

The structure for this $20/$15 is as follows:

• $20 buy-in, with max 3 $15 re-buys & top-up option

• 2500 starting chips, 2500 for each re-buy/top-up

• $15 from buy-in & entire $15 re-buy and top-up to prize pool

• You can buy-in, re-buy or top-up with cash or cc (Championship Currency)

• 1 in 13.3 entries, re-buys & top-ups wins $200cc

• This will ensure lots of people have the chance to earn Championship Currency towards Steps, Championship Events, or purchasing their Team WAPL Macau Package outright!

Registration for Pro, Free & Special cc Builder events begins at 12 midday, with all tournaments starting at 1pm. Players will be allowed late entry to the cc Builder up until the 1st break, which will also allow Pro & Free players who get knocked out early from their tournaments late entry.

Best of luck on Sunday!

14/06/2011 - Elephant & Wheelbarrow cc re-buys! -

With the major Championship Events now held on the last Sunday of every Month (from July, the June one is still Sunday 19th), we want to bring on board a fun and low cost option for you to build your Championship Currency, whether it be for Championship Events, Step Sit'n'Goes, or a big discount off buying your Team WAPL Macau Package outright!

Introducing the cc Builder $20/$15 re-buy! (Use your Championship Currency to buy-in and re-buy!)

With a buy-in of $20 or 20cc, with max 3 re-buys or top-up option for $15 or 15cc, you are playing for 200cc prizes to the top placed players, that's 1 in 14 entries/re-buys/top-ups winning 200cc, which is enough to buy-in to the next Championship Event, re-buy or top-up, and still have cc left over for the next cc re-buy event buy-in!

Pro League and Free League will run as usual on these days. Players out before 1st break will be allowed late entry to the cc Builder event. Steps Sit'n'Goes and Cash Table(s) will also be available.

Gaming Functions by Permit issued under Section 47 of the Act for Poker for Charity Association

14/06/2011 - Team WAPL Macau Championship Event Schedule -

From July, major Championship events to win your $4000 Team WAPL Macau package will be run on the last Sunday of the month at 12pm at Elephant & Wheelbarrow, Northbridge.

$100 buy-in, with single $80 re-buy or top-up option

based on prize pool, the top player(s) win a

$4000 Team WAPL Macau Package

Places missing out on the Team WAPL Macau Package are awarded Championship Currency (cc) towards your package, Steps, Championship Events or Pro League Grand Final buy-in!

4 or 8 player Steps Sit'n'Goes will run on demand.

For more information on Steps and how to get more Championship Currency towards your Team WAPL Macau Package, visit our Steps page

For more information about the Team WAPL Macau Package, including testimonials, visit our Macau page

Top placed player(s) win the $4000 Team WAPL Macau Package for every $4000 in the prize pool from this event. 1 in 50 entries/re-buys/top-ups is 1 package. Should the prize pool not exceed $4000, or for any extra in the prize pool after packages are awarded, $700, $200, or $60 in Championship Currency will be awarded to the next highest ranked players depending on the amount remaining. A vote may be taken by all players at final table or those in the money for the winner to 'top up' to a $4000 package if there is not enough in the prize pool for this, but this must be agreed to by 100% of the remaining players to occur.

Gaming Function by Permit issued under Section 47 of the Act for Poker for Charity Association

10/06/2011 - Claremont FC on Fridays from 17/6 -

For our regular Claremont Football Club poker fans, the Club is restarting poker events from Friday 17th June. There's some great incentives to come down, with passport prizes (2 bar vouchers up for grabs!), Free League, Cash Tables open from 17th, with Pro restarting in July.

Get the word out amongst your Friday night crew, and see you down at Claremont from the 17th for some more great poker!

Gaming Function by Permit issued under Section 47 of the Act for Claremont Football Club PPOA.

24/05/2011 - Jeff Fenech Tournament a Knockout Night! -

As the excited punters got down to the serious business of poker, Jeff Fenech made a grand entrance to great applause at the Paddington Alehouse. After wishing everyone well and magnaminously highlighting the efforts of his boxing protege's, Mr Fenech took his place at the tables and went on to show that he can fight pound for pound at the poker table just as much as in a ring.

From nearly 40 runners, Mr Fenech made final table with 7 others including WAPL regulars, international poker players and Perth celebrities. Spectators were able to watch the action, including the players' hands, live from a private room, with commentary from the table. Despite having a bounty placed on his head, Jeff managed to last until 5th place, whereupon Matthew Holmes took him out with A-K offsuit vs Jeff's K-Q of Hearts. Both hit their King on the flop, but the Ace high held to send Fenech to the ropes. Knocking Jeff Fenech out with one hand secured Matt 2 silver class tickets to the upcoming Wild West Boxing Series.

Matt went on to dominate the remaining 3 players, taking down Greg Hulshoff with pocket 8's vs Greg's A-10, then delivering Tezza Finger a haymaker with 7-2 offsuit. The final two consisted of Matthew and business heavyweight champ Tony Sage.

Dealer Jason Maley dealt a nailbiting and almost tragically painful final hand with Mr Sage all in with pocket Aces (Spade and Heart), being called by Matt with Q-7 of Spades. The flop showed 8-9-10 of spades, flopping Matt the flush with an open ended straight flush draw, and giving Tony the nut flush draw. The final blow was delivered with a Jack of spades on the turn, giving Tony the nut flush and Matt the unbeatable Straight Flush!

WA Poker League is very proud to have been given the opportunity to host this special event for Jeff Fenech. The WAPL Team was delighted to see that all participants walked away with not only an autographed glove, but a memorable night of poker and fun!

Be sure to check out our Facebook album for more photos from this great event!

21/05/2011 - Special Event Monday 23/5! Knock out Jeff Fenech with one hand! -

Jeff "Marrickville Mauler" Fenech, Australian Sporting Hero, 3 times World Champion Boxer and winner of the 2008 Shane Warne Celebrity Poker Tournament at Crown Casino is joining us at the Paddington Alehouse for a special event which ups the stakes and puts some awesome prizes on the table!

We are hosting this event along with our regular Paddington Alehouse Pro and Free League events this Monday 23rd May.

Registration opens 6pm, with all tournaments starting 7pm

There are two options for the Jeff Fenech event:

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Player (max 50) - $250 entry

Play in the poker event with Jeff Fenech

Each player receives limited edition boxing gloves signed by Jeff

The player who knocks Jeff out of the event wins 2x Silver Tickets to an upcoming boxing bout (worth $500!)

Event winner will win over $1000 in cash and prizes, including a once in a lifetime opportunity to attend a training session with Jeff to watch him train his WA Team, along with 2 VIP tickets to a big upcoming boxing bout, including 3 course meal, drinks, and an invitation to the after party with Jeff Fenech!

The final 8 players battle it out in "the ring", on a camera in-laid poker table up on the big stage at Paddo, with their progress captured live to the Spectator's Private Function Room! This has never been done before in Western Australia!

Players also receive all Spectator benefits!

You can ensure your seat is available for this event:

PRE-BOOK by calling Elle with your details - 0402 755 190

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Spectator - $75 entry

Spectators gain access to the Private Function Room at the Paddo

Meet Jeff Fenech during and after the event in the Special Function

Get a signature from and/or photo with the Marrickville Mauler himself

Enjoy the live action from the Jeff Fenech Poker Tournament Final Table, being able to see all player's cards live, the table itself and live action camera of the players as they make their decisions! All this with live commentary straight from the dealer!

Enjoy the tasty treats available during the function

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Cash Tables will be available from 6pm until 12 midnight as usual for the Paddo event on Monday. Steps Sit'n'Goes will run from 9pm.

Gaming function by Permit issued under Section 47 of the Act for Poker for Charity Association