Place | Name | Points |
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1 | Jill Maley(Life Member) | 2272 |
2 | Frank Maley | 2045 |
3 | Jim Erwin | 1492 |
4 | William Jahn | 1337 |
5 | Dean Calvo | 1336 |
6 | Scott Walker [D] | 1225 |
7 | Marty Whitelaw | 1158 |
8 | Paul Huber | 1110 |
9 | Brian McAllister | 966 |
10 | David Reagan | 896 |
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3/04/2022 - New Venue Launch, End of Season, Grand Finals! -
South Perth Bowling Club poker starts this Wednesday
Welcome to our newest venue, South Perth Bowling Club!
Running both Cash Tables from 6pm and Tournament from 7pm, we'd love to see you!
South Perth Bowling Club details -
- $50 freeze-out Pro League Tournament, 6pm registration, 7pm start ($42 to prizes, no re-buys or add-ons)
- $2/$5 Cash Table available from 6pm. Please DM us through Facebook or email info@wapokerleague.com.au to ensure one of the 10 cash table seats is held for you.
- Super central, close to freeway
- Free parking from 6pm
Scarborough Bowling Club Sundays
Our regular Sunday game at Scarborough will not be on Easter Sunday. Enjoy your day off :)
We will be back the week after (24th) for the first game of the new season @ Scarborough Sports & Community Club
Scarborough Bowling Club details -
- $50 freeze-out Pro League Tournament, 1pm registration, 2pm start ($42 to prizes, no re-buys or add-ons)
- $2/$5 Cash Table available from 1pm. Please DM us through Facebook or email info@wapokerleague.com.au to ensure one of the 10 cash table seats is held for you.
- Free parking at the venue
Events this week
Monday - We run a licensed fundraiser cash game only, in the CBD, on a Monday, starting 4:30pm, until 10:30pm. Occasionally a seat comes up in the game. If you would like to be notified if there's a spot, please email jason@wapokerleague.com.au or message us through Facebook.
Sunday - Scarborough Sports & Community Club - 1pm registration + cash table, 2pm tournament start, $50 buy-in ($42 to prize, no re-buys/add-ons)
Wednesday - South Perth Bowling Club - 6pm registration + cash table, 7pm tournament start, $50 buy-in ($42 to prize, no re-buys/add-ons)
This is the last week of Season, Grand Final is next Sunday, 10th April!
Thank you for your support during this season. It's been another fun, action packed season!
Good luck for the last Pro game this Sunday, and on the following Sunday at the Grand Final! Here's the details -
End of Season Grand Final Event
Great Prize Pool!
Quality event, quality venue
20,000 Pro starting stack FREEZEOUT
30 min blinds
Cash Tables
More Details -
Locations, Dates & Times
Pro Grand Final - Sun 10th April, 2022 - Scarborough Sports & Community Club
$100 Pro event. Registration opens 12pm noon.
Final Pro event registration 12:45pm for a 1pm start.
Pro Grand Final
Top 10% of the players win cash prizes!
There will also be Cash Tables running for players who wish to play more poker during the events!
we encourage you to call the Gambling Helpline on 1800 858 858 and also see www.gamblinghelpline.org.
6/01/2022 - WAPL Poker resumes this week @ Scarborough Sports & Community Club -
24/12/2021 - Congratulations to our S46 champion, Mitchell Benson! -


15/12/2021 - Season 46 is over! Grand Final this Sunday 19th December! -
It's Finals Time!
We have the Grand Finals coming up on Sunday 19th December at Scarborough Sports and Community Club!
Registration opens @ 12pm midday, with seating @ 1pm. The buy-in is $100 and is open to all members. It is strictly limited to 5 tables, 40 seats, and first in first served for seats. Be sure to get in as soon after 12pm as you can to ensure you get your spot!
More info regarding the Grand Finals can be found at -
http://wapokerleague.com.au/content.aspx?ContentID=final
Season 47 starts January 9th, 2022!
Season 47 starts on Sunday 9th January at Scarborough Sports and Community Centre.
Congratulations to our Season 46 Top 10, especially to our Season Champion, Paul Huber! Another Season comes right down to the wire, with only 11 points separating 1st and 2nd!
1 | Paul Huber | 3141 |
2 | Frank Maley | 3130 |
3 | Tony Hester | 2892 |
4 | Jim Erwin | 2784 |
5 | Jill Maley(Life Member) | 2751 |
6 | Barrie Hosgood | 2168 |
7 | Tony Tassone | 1962 |
8 | Luke Dick (Life Member) | 1775 |
9 | Darren Rudrum (Life Member) | 1624 |
10 | Yvonne Vea | 1365 |
Enjoy the Grand Finals, have a safe and fun holiday period, and thank you for your continued support.
Your WAPL Team
Gaming function by Permit issued under Section 47 of the Act for Scarborough Bowling Club
22/08/2021 - Congratulations to our S45 champ, Mat Novatsis! -


11/08/2021 - Season 45 is over! Grand Final this Sunday 15th August! -
It's Finals Time!
We have the Grand Finals coming up on Sunday 15th August at Scarborough Sports and Community Club!
Registration opens @ 12pm midday, with seating @ 1pm. The buy-in is $100 and is open to all members. It is strictly limited to 5 tables, 40 seats, and first in first served for seats. Be sure to get in as soon after 12pm as you can to ensure you get your spot!
More info regarding the Grand Finals can be found at -
http://wapokerleague.com.au/content.aspx?ContentID=final
Season 46 starts the week after the GF!
Season 46 starts on Sunday 22nd August at Scarborough Sports and Community Centre.
Congratulations to our Season 45 Top 10, especially to our Season Champion, Frank Maley!
1 | Frank Maley | 3054 |
2 | Jill Maley(Life Member) | 2813 |
3 | Jim Erwin | 2441 |
4 | Barrie Hosgood | 2100 |
5 | Chirag Doshi | 1973 |
6 | Darren Rudrum (Life Member) | 1908 |
7 | Tony Hester | 1742 |
8 | Yvonne Vea | 1708 |
9 | Luke Dick (Life Member) | 1658 |
10 | Carl Evans | 1544 |
Enjoy the Grand Finals, and thank you for your continued support.
Your WAPL Team
Gaming function by Permit issued under Section 47 of the Act for Scarborough Bowling Club
14/04/2021 - Congratulations to Season 44 Grand Final Champion - Roger Kemp! -


3/04/2021 - Season 44 is done! No poker over Easter, Grand Final Sunday 11th April! -
It's Finals Time!
We have the Grand Finals coming up on Sunday 11th April at Scarborough Sports and Community Club!
Registration opens @ 12pm midday, with seating @ 1pm. The buy-in is $100 and is open to all members. It is strictly limited to 5 tables, 40 seats, and first in first served for seats. Be sure to get in as soon after 12pm as you can to ensure you get your spot!
More info regarding the Grand Finals can be found at -
http://wapokerleague.com.au/content.aspx?ContentID=final
Season 45 starts the week after the GF!
Season 45 starts on Sunday 18th April at Scarborough Sports and Community Centre.
Congratulations to our Season 44 Top 10, especially to our Season Champion, Jill Maley!
1 | Jill Maley(Life Member) | 2937 |
2 | Frank Maley | 2646 |
3 | Jim Erwin | 2547 |
4 | Chirag Doshi | 2462 |
5 | Yvonne Vea | 1943 |
6 | Parviz Zare | 1830 |
7 | Michael Stewart | 1659 |
8 | Barrie Hosgood | 1655 |
9 | Ash Graham | 1315 |
10 | Tony Hester | 1312 |
Enjoy the Grand Finals, and thank you for your continued support.
Your WAPL Team
7/12/2020 - Season 43 Grand Final is this weekend Sun 13th Dec! -
It's Finals Time!
We have the Grand Finals coming up this Sunday, 13th December, at Scarborough Sports and Community Club!
Registration opens for Pro League @ 12pm midday, with seating @ 1pm. The Pro buy-in is $100 and open to all members. It is strictly limited to 5 tables, 40 seats, and first in first served for seats. Be sure to get in as soon after 12pm as you can to ensure you get your spot!
More info regarding the Grand Finals can be found at -
http://wapokerleague.com.au/content.aspx?ContentID=final
Season 44 starts next week!
Season 44 starts the following Sunday (20th December) at Scarborough Sports and Community Centre.
Congratulations to our Season 43 Top 10, especially to our Season Champion, Frank Maley!
End of 2020 details, and 2021 begins! 20th December is our final event for the year. Our tournaments return from 10th January, 2021.
For those we miss over the next couple of weeks, we would like to wish you a safe and fun festive period, and look forward to welcoming you back in 2021.
Best of luck this weekend if you're playing in the Grand Final!
Your WAPL Team
13/08/2020 - Congratulations Greg Nicolson, S42 Grand Champion! -


6/08/2020 - Season 42 Grand Final is this weekend Sun 9th Aug! -
It's Finals Time!
We have the Grand Finals coming up this Sunday, 9th August, at Scarborough Sports and Community Club!
Registration opens for Pro and Free Leagues @ 12pm midday, with seating @ 1pm. The Pro buy-in is $100 and open to all members. It is strictly limited to 5 tables, 40 seats, and first in first served for seats. Be sure to get in as soon after 12pm as you can to ensure you get your spot!
More info regarding the Grand Finals can be found at -
http://wapokerleague.com.au/content.aspx?ContentID=final
Season 43 starts next week!
Season 43 starts next Sunday (16th August) at Scarborough Sports and Community Centre.
Congratulations to our Season 42 Top 10, especially to our Season Champion, Chris Elliott!
1 | Chris Elliott | - 6804 |
2 | Parviz Zare |
- 5984 |
3 | Jill Maley(Life Member) | - 5197 |
4 | Frank Maley | - 4828 |
5 | Chirag Doshi | - 4760 |
6 | Luke Dick (Life Member) | - 4445 |
7 | Tony Hester | - 4226 |
8 | Michael Zare | - 3754 |
9 | Paul Huber | - 3713 |
10 | Yvonne Vea | - 3495 |
Thank you for your continued support.
Your WAPL Team
1/07/2020 - WAPL Poker resumes this Sunday @ Scarborough Sports! -
17/03/2020 - Be safe - Coronavirus Warning -
5/01/2020 - Welcome to WAPL 2020! -
2/12/2019 - Season 41 finishes this week, Season 41 Grand Final is this weekend 8th Dec! -
It's Finals Time!
We have the Grand Finals coming up this Sunday, 8th December, at Joondalup Sports Association!
Registration opens for Pro and Free Leagues @ 12pm midday, with seating @ 1pm. The Pro buy-in is $100 and open to all members. It is strictly limited to 5 tables, 40 seats, and first in first served for seats. Be sure to get in as soon after 12pm as you can to ensure you get your spot!
More info regarding the Grand Finals can be found at -
http://wapokerleague.com.au/content.aspx?ContentID=final
Season 42 starts next week!
Season 42 starts next Tuesday (10th December) at Joondalup Sports Association.
Thank you for your continued support.
Your WAPL Team
5/11/2019 - No JSA tonight due to Melbourne Cup Day Event @ JSA -
1/10/2019 - K.I.D.S. Donated $6925 to Perth Children's Hospital Foundation! -
K.I.D.S Donates $6925 to
Perth Children's Hospital
from The Whale & Ale events!
We caught up with K.I.D.S. Charity Chairman Paul Lord recently, to donate
The worthy recipients of this great, $6925 donation was Perth Children's
Hospital Foundation, with the funds being spent directly on making sick
childrens' lives better at times when they are needing to attend the hospital.
We were given a tour of the hospital, and were amazed at how friendly,
colourful and not foreboding the hospital is. We can see how it would be a lot
less frightening for children who need to go there, compared to other hospitals.
A note from Sarah, Community Fundraising Manager at PCHF -
"We are excited to direct the funds towards an area that will be most impactful. The funds have been received and we look forward to sharing this with you and Paul. Many thanks again for your wonderful support."
Thanks to all our players who have helped us raise this great amount for Perth Children's Hospital Foundation

13/08/2019 - Congratulations to our Season 40 Grand Final Champion! -

8/08/2019 - Western Australian Poker League - More Value, Every Event! -
At WAPL, you get more back to your nightly cash prize than anywhere else.
From your standard $50 buy-in, $42 goes back to the prize on the night, so, for the number of players, you win considerably more when you cash in our events!
We fear that most players don't take this into account when looking at where to play, though we've noticed that this is starting to change!
We'd like like to urge you to get informed, for your own good. Check how much money comes out of your buy-in at every event you play at. Every operator is legally required to put the buy-in breakdown for each tournament at the registration desk, so ask to see if it if isn't present...
Once you know how much money goes to the actual prize pool you're playing for, you can make a knowledgeable decision as to where the most value is for you to play.
For example, let's take a 20 player event. Compare $35 to our $42 to the prize from each player, and the difference is stark.
$35 to prize with 20 players = $700 prize pool, $315 1st, $210 2nd, $175 3rd
$42 to prize with 20 players = $840 prize pool, $378 1st, $252 2nd, $210 3rd
With more players, the difference in payouts just increases...
Value is an important part of poker, especially when you play tournament poker regularly, and this is definitely worth considering!
See you soon :)
8/08/2019 - Welcome to Season 41! Season 40 Grand Finals this weekend! -
Congratulations to our two League Champions for Season 40!
The Pro League Season was won by Frank Maley!
The Free League Season was won by Terry Smith!
Pro League Results!
1 |
11899 | |
2 |
11647 | |
3 |
9234 | |
4 |
5637 | |
5 |
5389 | |
6 |
5299 | |
7 |
4822 | |
8 |
4662 | |
9 |
4612 | |
10 |
4087 |
Free League Results!
1 | Terry Smith(Life Member) | 1580 |
2 | Paul Lord (Life Member) | 1192 |
3 | Mathew Scott | 554 |
4 | Ryan Halliday | 237 |
5 | Frazer Burton | 234 |
6 | Indi Swan | 165 |
7 | Michael Derek Owen | 80 |
8 | Nathan Stephenson | 54 |
It's Finals Time for Season 40!
We have the Grand Finals coming up this Sunday, 11th August, at Joondalup Sports Association!
Registration opens for Pro and Free Leagues @ 12pm midday, with seating @ 1pm. The Pro buy-in is $100 and open to all members. It is strictly limited to 5 tables, 40 seats, and first in first served for seats. Be sure to get in as soon after 12pm as you can to ensure you get your spot!
More info regarding the Grand Finals can be found at -
http://wapokerleague.com.au/content.aspx?ContentID=final
Season 41 started this week!
Season 41 started this Tuesday (6th August) at Joondalup Sports Association. The Season will run until the 8th December.
Thank you for your support during this Season.
Your WAPL Team
5/04/2019 - Welcome to Season 40! Season 39 Grand Finals this weekend! -
Congratulations to our two League Champions for Season 39!
The Pro League Season was won by Paul Huber!
The Free League Season was won by Paul Lord!
Pro League Results!
1 | Paul Huber | 7326 |
2 | Jill Maley(Life Member) | 6941 |
3 | Frank Maley | 6539 |
4 | Pat Bentivoglio | 6280 |
5 | Penny Wells(Life Member) | 5124 |
6 | Kevin Kenny (Life Member) | 4637 |
7 | Yvonne Vea | 4424 |
8 | Luke Dick (Life Member) | 4373 |
9 | Michele Wells | 3852 |
10 | Tony Hester | 3743 |
Free League Results!
1 | Paul Lord (Life Member) | 5167 |
2 | Mathew Scott | 3557 |
3 | Terry Smith(Life Member) | 2607 |
4 | Craig Thomson | 1609 |
5 | Frazer Burton | 1511 |
6 | Ryan Halliday | 1510 |
7 | Andrew Sebastian [Mark] (Life Member) | 1384 |
8 | Joshua Quaide | 1310 |
9 | Deb Lyttle (Life Member) | 1255 |
10 | Una Van Den Berg | 1040 |
We have the Grand Finals coming up this Sunday, 14th April, at Joondalup Sports Association!
Registration opens for Pro and Free Leagues @ 12pm midday, with seating @ 1pm (Note:This is an hour later than previous GFs due to player suggestion). The Pro buy-in is $100 and open to all members. It is strictly limited to 5 tables, 40 seats, and first in first served for seats. Be sure to get in as soon after 12pm as you can to ensure you get your spot!
More info regarding the Grand Finals can be found at -
http://wapokerleague.com.au/content.aspx?ContentID=final
Season 40 starts this week!
Season 40 starts this Tuesday (9th April) at Joondalup Sports Association. The Season will run until the 4th August.
Thank you for your support during this Season, and we look forward to bringing you more quality venues shortly (Stay Tuned!)
Your WAPL Team
4/03/2019 - No Poker this Monday + Innaloo Sportsmen's Club starts this Wed! -
Reminder : Due to the public holiday, there will be no poker at the Whale and Ale this Monday night!
And to some good news -

Our newest venue starts this Wednesday night!
You're welcome to join us at the Innaloo Sportsmen's Club, Inc. opening night on Wed 6th March for Pro League ($50 Freeze-out, $42 back to cash prizes!), Free League, and Cash Tables!
6pm registration, 7pm start.
Bringing you the best value, great fun, and professionally run poker in WA for over 13 years :)
ps. if you're brand new, join us at 6:30pm on the opening night for a Free Tutorial, to get the flow of the game before you jump into the tournament!
Gaming Functions by Permit issued under Section 47 of the Act for Innaloo Sportsmen's Club (Inc.)
19/02/2019 - WAPL in Kalgoorlie 22-23 February -
It's that time again! Friday 22nd and Saturday 23rd February we'll be back in Kal running Poker, and the WAPL Live Table, for your enjoyment!
Friday - Kalgoorlie Country Club
Saturday - The Grand Hotel Boulder
Please register for the tournaments with Malcolm at the Kal Country Club, and message me to reserve your seat on the WAPL Live Table for a 6pm start both Friday and Saturday nights! (10 seats only)
The tournament rego starts 6pm, with a 7pm start, and is a $50 buy-in, freeze-out.
Looking forward to another fun filled weekend of poker with you all :)
Gaming Functions by Permit issued under Section 47 of the Act for Kalgoorlie Country Club
11/02/2019 - Want to learn to play Poker? Free tutorial from 6:30pm @ any WAPL event! -

- Poker basics explained
- How a hand is dealt and played out
- Hand rankings
4/02/2019 - This Friday! Carbon Big Poker supporting The Fathering Project! -

Big Poker Annual Event
Supporting the Fathering Project

Big Poker Annual Event
Supporting the Fathering Project
We are teaming up with Carbon Group to run Big Poker again, this time raising money for The Fathering Project, whose mission is to inspire and equip fathers and father-figures to engage more effectively with their Kids.
Held at the Rise in Maylands, this Friday 8th Feb, 6pm registration, 7pm start.
$50 buy-in ($40 to cash prizes), up to 3x re-buys before break.
9/12/2018 - Welcome to Season 39! Season 38 Grand Finals this weekend! -
Thanks for your support during Season 38!
Congratulations to our Season Champions! We saw close finishes in both leagues! Congratulations to our two League Champions for Season 38!
The Pro League Season was won by Frank Maley!
The Free League Season was won by Craig Thomson!
Pro League Results!
1 | Frank Maley | 11294 |
2 | Jill Maley(Life Member) | 10119 |
3 | Brodie Dowen | 8225 |
4 | Freddy Crompton | 7314 |
5 | Tony Hester | 6604 |
6 | Chris Elliott | 6275 |
7 | Greg Wilder | 6076 |
8 | Graeme Johnson | 5207 |
9 | Paul Urquhart | 5129 |
10 | Pat Bentivoglio | 5104 |
Free League Results!
1 | Craig Thomson | 6405 |
2 | Andrew Sebastian [Mark] (Life Member) | 6185 |
3 | Paul Lord (Life Member) | 5680 |
4 | Jan Burke(Life Member) | 3355 |
5 | Mark Ogden (Life member) | 3337 |
6 | Deb Lyttle (Life Member) | 3232 |
7 | Terry Smith(Life Member) | 3113 |
8 | Tanja Ogden (Life member) | 3045 |
9 | Una Van Den Berg | 2388 |
10 | Shane Sloper | 1991 |
We have the Grand Finals coming up this Sunday, 16th December, at Joondalup Sports Association! Registration opens for Pro and Free Leagues @ 11am, with seating @ 12 midday. The Pro buy-in is $100 and open to all members. It is strictly limited to 5 tables, 40 seats, and first in first served for seats. Be sure to get in as soon after 11am as you can to ensure you get your spot! More info regarding the Grand Finals can be found at - http://wapokerleague.com.au/content.aspx?ContentID=final Season 39 starts this week! Season 38 starts this Monday (10th December) at the Whale and Ale. The Season will run until the 7th April before Season 40 starts and we have the Season 39 Grand Finals. We will be off for the holiday season after Friday 21st December at Mt Lawley Bowling Club, and back in the new year from Monday 7th January at Whale & Ale!
Thank you for your support during this Season, and we look forward to bringing you more quality venues shortly (Stay Tuned!) Your WAPL Team
11/10/2018 - This Friday, our new, most central venue starts! Mt Lawley Bowling Club! -
STARTING THIS FRIDAY 12TH OCTOBER
MOUNT LAWLEY BOWLING CLUB
Nestled right in the bustling suburb just north of CBD is this picturesque venue,
where we're now bringing you great Friday night poker from 12th October!
$50 Pro League - 6pm registration, 7pm start
$42 to the cash prize on the night, the BEST value in town!
No re-buys, no add-ons, & a great structure for your enjoyment
Free League - 6pm registration, 7pm start
Cash Tables ($2/$5 standard, $25-$500 buy-in)
WAPL Live Table available upon pre-registration (before 2pm)
Address - Cnr Storthes & Rookwood St, Mount Lawley WA 6050
This is the closest we've been to the CBD for years, so if it's been a while since you played WAPL, come back this Friday for the opening night @ Mt Lawley Bowling Club! Returning members & New members get FREE WAPL MEMBERSHIP for the opening night!
1/10/2018 - Whale & Ale is back this week, plus Food @ JSA & our new venue starts soon! -
Whale & Ale is back on this week, with a $604+ 1st place Guaranteed MINWIN!
After a great Tuesday last week, we're looking forward to the $510+
MINWIN Guarantee @ Joondalup Sports Association on Tuesday, too!

Starting from FRIDAY 12th October, 6pm-Midnight
Mt Lawley Bowling Club
$50 Pro League Freeze-out
Free League
Cash Tables
WAPL Live Cash Table (by seat reservation)
All the usual fun and friendliness you
have come to expect from WAPL Events!
FOOD is back at JSA!
After a change of kitchen staff, we're happy to
announce that food is back from this week!

We look forward to seeing you at an event soon :)
Gaming Functions by Permit issued under Section 47 of the Act for various not for profits
24/09/2018 - WAPL This Week - NO Event Monday due to Public Holiday | NEW VENUE SOON! -
Whale & Ale event will not be on this week!

In better news, the FOLLOWING Monday
1st October will return with our $604+ 1st
Place MINWIN Guarantee @ Whale & Ale!
Join us @ Joondalup Sports Association on
Tuesday night to get your WAPL Poker fix :)

or Thursday night @ Scarborough Sportsmens Club!
Stay tuned, we will be announcing our NEW, CENTRAL
Friday Night Venue shortly, for more WAPL action!a
30/07/2018 - Welcome to Season 38! Season 37 Grand Finals this weekend! -
Thanks for your support during Season 37!
Congratulations
to our Season Champions! Pro League was a close finish, but we saw a blowout in the Free League this season! Congratulations to our two League Champions for Season 37!
The Pro League Season was won by Frank Maley!
The Free League Season was won by Paul Lord!
Pro League Results!
1 | Frank Maley | 6487 |
2 | Freddy Crompton | 6105 |
3 | Jill Maley(Life Member) | 5933 |
4 | Barry McGee | 4705 |
5 | Greg Wilder | 4559 |
6 | Tony Hester | 4541 |
7 | Yvonne Vea | 4454 |
8 | Kevin Kenny | 4302 |
9 | Paul Huber | 3366 |
10 | Thess Cumins | 3359 |
Free League Results!
1
Paul Lord (Life Member)
6406
2
Craig Thomson
4181
3
Deb Lyttle (Life Member)
3487
4
Jan Burke(Life Member)
3179
5
Shane Sloper
2972
6
Tanja Ogden (Life member)
2737
7
Andrew Sebastian [Mark] (Life Member)
2607
8
Kay Muir
2528
9
Una Van Den Berg
2285
10
Mark Ogden (Life member)
2230
We have the Grand Finals coming up this Sunday, 5th August, at Joondalup Sports Association!
Registration opens for Pro and Free Leagues @ 11am, with seating @ 12 midday. The Pro buy-in is $100 and open to all members. It is strictly limited to 5 tables, 40 seats, and first in first served for seats. Be sure to get in as soon after 11am as you can to ensure you get your spot!
More info regarding the Grand Finals can be found at -
http://wapokerleague.com.au/content.aspx?ContentID=final
Season 38 starts this week!
Season 38 starts this Monday (30th July) at the Whale and Ale. The Season will run until the 9th December before Season 39 starts and we have the Season 38 Grand Finals.
Thank you for your support during this Season, and we look forward to bringing you more quality venues shortly (Stay Tuned!)
Your WAPL Team
9/07/2018 - This Week @ WAPL - 9-12 July 2018 -
Join us at a WAPL Venue this week, for the best value for your money, and lots of fun!

$42 from your $50 buy-in at all our Pro events goes back to the cash prize on the night, the best bang for your buck in town!
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Monday $50 Pro & Free @ Whale and Ale - Great food, great drinks, great atmosphere! $2/$5 Cash Tables available from 6pm!
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Tuesday $50 Pro & Free @ Joondalup Sports Association - Great Club priced drinks! $2/$5 Cash Tables available from 6pm!
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Wednesday sees the return of our 2 Player Teams Special Event @ Sorrento Football Club, which is always lots of fun!
$50 per player ($100 per Team)

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Thursday $50 Pro & Free @ Scarborough Sportsmens Club - Gold Rush Satellite - $140 to win a $700 Gold Rush Main Event Seat (1 in 6 wins!)
Great food, great drinks, great atmosphere, downstairs in the Bistro
area! $2/$5 Cash Tables available from 6pm, & Live Table available
to pre-registrations (PM us through FB)

Gaming Functions by Permit issued under Section 47 of the Act for various not for profit organisations
2/07/2018 - This Week @ WAPL - 2-8 July 2018 -



Gaming Functions by Permit issued under Section 47 of the Act for various Not for Profit Organisations
27/06/2018 - Wed 27th June - 2 Player Teams @ Sorrento FC -

Join in the FUN at our $50 2 Player Teams Event as it returns to Sorrento Football Club!
(Rego 6pm, start 7pm)
20 minute levels, players swap each level. Cash running for players in off-time, and no break!
Cash Table available from 6pm to Midnight - $2/$5 blinds NLH, $25-$500 buy-in.
8/06/2018 - Gold Rush Day 1 - Final Table reached! -
Richard Balkau - 131,300
3/06/2018 - Gold Rush #2 is this Thursday 7th June! Book now! -
Gold Rush #2 is here! Book now by emailing info@wapokerleague.com.au or Messaging us through Facebook.com/wapokerleague
Day 1 - Thursday 7th June, Scarborough Sportsmen's Club
6:00pm registration, 6:45pm seating, 7pm latest start!
Day 2 - Tuesday 12th June, Joondalup Sports Association
6:45pm seating, 7pm latest start!
Welcome to Gold Rush #2
The Gold Rush is a regularly run, dealer dealt Main Event, hosted over 2 days, with a tournament structure which ensures a result that is not rushed, allowing for great poker to be played right to the last hand!

You can buy-in directly, or qualify for your $700 Gold Rush seat for as little as $5 via our Flip Rush, which are available at our regular events! These are 4 player, all-in pre-flop "Flips" where the winner gets through!

The Gold Rush
$700 buy-in
25,000 starting stack
40 minute blind levels
Prize Pool - $20,000 (Based on 32 max players)
1st - $10,000
2nd - $5,000
3rd - $3,000
4th - $2,000

Flip Rush
$5 | $15 | $50 | $185 Flips
4 players only! 1 winner!
All-in pre-flop flip!
Prizes
$5 flip wins a $15 Flip Rush
$15 flip wins a $50 Flip Rush
$50 flip wins a $185 Flip Rush
$185 flip wins a $700 Gold Rush Seat!
All Gaming Functions by Permit issued under Section 47 of the Act for various not for profit organisations.
We promote and conduct 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
29/05/2018 - 2 Player Teams @ Sorrento FC -

It's Teams Event time!
Wednesday 30th May
Sorrento Football Club
6pm Registration, 7pm Start
$50 buy-in per player ($100 per team)
2 Player Teams
20,000 Start Stack (10k per player)
20 minute blinds
Team members play alternate blind levels
LIMITED SEATS, REGISTER EARLY VIA FACEBOOK PM ( facebook.com/WAPokerLeague )OR EMAILING info@wapokerleague.com.au !
If you can't find a teammate in time, come down anyway and we'll match you up with someone! :)
First team member starts @ 25/50 with 10,000 chips. Second team member replaces first @ 50/100 and brings an additional 10,000 chips to stack. From then on team members alternate every blind change.
Here's some help to find the venue -

28/05/2018 - WAPL MIN WIN GUARANTEE! -

21/05/2018 - The Return of the King of the Hill! -
WA Poker League Presents

Date - Wednesday 23rd May, 2018
Time - Registration & Cash Tables from 6pm
Tournament Start 7:00pm
Cost - $50 buy-in
Location - Sorrento Football Club, Beddi Rd, Duncraig
Get down early! There is a limit of 40 seats
Details - This is a tournament variation we designed ourselves over a decade ago and called King of the Hill. We know you'll enjoy it! Spread the word and join in on the fun!
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Each player starts the tournament with 8,000 chips, and a "Crown". If you lose your chips, you lose your crown but have a "life" re-entry to continue in the tournament. (Note: This re-entry does not cost money, it is part of the tournament variation)
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If a crowned player knocks out another crowned player, the losing players crown is removed from the tournament.
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If an uncrowned player knocks out a crowned player, they get the crown and therefore have another "life" re-entry should they get knocked out again.
The winners are the Top 10% of players with crowns removed from the tournament (by being knocked out by remaining crowned players, and the overall winner (last crowned player remaining) will be crowned "King of the Hill"!
Yes, this means that the tournament may finish whilst other players without crowns are still actively trying to win their crown back to make the money...
Payouts are based on our Payout Structure ($42 entry to prize, $8 to Sorrento FC costs & fundraising.)
There will be Cash Tables and Gold Rush Flips available, so this is definitely an event not to miss!
Other important tournament notes -- The "re-entry" for losing a crown is either 4000 in chips OR 2x the current big blind, whichever is greater. (Big blind is based on the hand in which the player was knocked out)
- If a crowned player is knocked out in a hand with more than one uncrowned player splitting the pot, the uncrowned player with MORE chips takes the crown. If they had identical stacks, the crown goes to the player left of button (worst position relative to the dealer)
- If a crowned player is taken out in a hand with one uncrowned player splitting the pot with another crowned player, the uncrowned player takes the crown
- If a shorter stacked uncrowned player is all-in in a hand vs multiple other players, which sees a higher stacked crowned player get knocked out by another player (either crowned or uncrowned), even if the short stacked uncrowned player wins their all-in, if they didn't have the crowned players chips covered, they cannot claim the crown
- To be eligible for a Crown re-entry, when getting knocked out you MUST immediately raise your hand with the Crown and call over a staff member. If you try to hold off for the next blind change or any other delaying tactic, you will be disqualified from the tournament.
Unless altered above, all WAPL Pro League Rules apply to this tournament.
We look forward to seeing you at the King of the Hill event, and anticipate another great night of poker!
Have you been with us long enough to remember this?
Gaming Function by Permit issued under Section 47 of the Act for Sorrento Football Club
15/05/2018 - 2 Player Teams Event this Wednesday @ Sorrento FC! -

It's Teams Event time!
Wednesday 16th May
Sorrento Football Club
6pm Registration, 7pm Start
$50 buy-in per player ($100 per team)
2 Player Teams
20,000 Start Stack (10k per player)
20 minute blinds
Team members play alternate blind levels
LIMITED SEATS, REGISTER EARLY VIA FACEBOOK PM ( facebook.com/WAPokerLeague )OR EMAILING info@wapokerleague.com.au !
If you can't find a teammate in time, come down anyway and we'll match you up with someone! :)
First team member starts @ 25/50 with 10,000 chips. Second team member replaces first @ 50/100 and brings an additional 10,000 chips to stack. From then on team members alternate every blind change.
Here's some help to find the venue -

6/05/2018 - New Venue starts this Monday! Whale + Ale Clarkson! -
Come join us for our first night at the Whale + Ale in Clarkson this Monday night 7th May!
Registration 6pm, Starts 7pm!

2/05/2018 - Gold Rush #1 - What a great start! -
The first Gold Rush is over, and what an event it was!
A huge congratulations to the winner of the inaugural Gold Rush, Daniel Murphy!

After the hard fought 2 day event, Daniel managed to best his 31 opponents to take top spot! He picked up the lion's share of the $20,000 Prize Pool, $10,000, for his efforts!
Top 4 were paid, and we saw WAPL regular and long time player Matt King take down 2nd place, for $5,000.

The well known, feared, and respected player Dale Marsland came in 3rd place, winning $3,000. He played a great tournament, and was our most aggressive player on Final Table.
We saw Stefen Chitra, who entered Day 2 as our massive chip leader (over 1/4 of the chips in the tournament!) take out 4th place, taking $2,000 for his great effort!
We are so glad to hear such great feedback from the event. Needless to say, we will make a few minor tweaks, but will be back with Gold Rush #2 soon!
Make sure you qualify for one of the next 32 $700 Main Event seats quickly, or pre-register and buy straight in to secure your spot!
You can Qualify at any of our events through our 4 player FLIP RUSH, or via our $100 Gold Rush Satellites (1 in 8 win a Main Event Seat!) Your next $100 Satellite opportunity is This Thursday 3rd May @ Scarborough Sportsmen's Club!
Thanks to all who had enough faith in us and our new Main Event structure to jump in and give it a go. We're overjoyed at how things went, and glad that the event met (and largely exceeded) your expectations.
Having the final table streamed on our WAPL Live Table allowed many viewers from around the world to experience the fun of our Gold Rush Final Table.
Last but not least, thank you to Paul W for giving up his Tuesday night to be our amazing commentator for the stream, it is incredible having his great personality at the head of our commentary team, and an honour to have him host the first Gold Rush stream with us :)
Looking forward to the next one, PM us to secure your seat before they all run out!
Enjoy the photos from the event, and congratulations again to our winners.
Your WAPL Team
1/05/2018 - This week @ WAPL! -
This Week @ WAPL

Tuesday - @ Joondalup Sports Association - The Live Streamed FINAL TABLE of the Gold Rush Main Event! 10 players remain, battling it out for a $20,000 Prize Pool, with $10,000 to first! Come watch at the venue from 7pm, or online as we stream it to http://twitch.tv/wapokerleague from the WAPL Live Table! $50 Pro & Free Leagues, Cash Tables & Gold Rush Flips available!

Wednesday - NEW VENUE @ Sorrento Football Club! Join our opening night with the 'Gulls'! $50 Pro & Free Leagues, Cash Tables, $2/$5 Live Table, & Gold Rush Flips available! 6pm Registration. Percy Doyle Reserve, Beddi Road, Duncraig.

Thursday - @ Scarborough Sportsmens Club - By POPULAR DEMAND, $100 Gold Rush Satellite Freeze-out! 1 in 8 through to the next Gold Rush! ALSO, $5/$5 Live Table action & $50 Pro & Free League fun! Cash Tables & Gold Rush Flips available! 6pm Registration. Great food available downstairs in the bistro from 5pm! (Poker is Upstairs!)
Gaming Functions by Permit issued under Section 47 of the Act for Various Not for Profits
27/04/2018 - Gold Rush Day 1 is a wrap! Day 2 Tuesday! -

Gold Rush #1 Day 1! What a great day!
After an amazing first day of play, we are through to Final Table!
Congratulations to ALL 32 of our players who filled our first Gold Rush for such a great start to our new flagship Main Event.
We are so happy to be hearing so much praise from you all regarding the structure and running of the event. We always strive to bring all of our players the most professional, fun, fair, and most value events possible, all of the time!
Congratulations especially to our FINAL TABLE! You will enjoy the current blind level wound back to the beginning of 1000/2000 for the start of Day 2 on Tuesday May 1st @ Joondalup Sports Association.
The following players will be returning Tuesday night to battle it out for $20,000! ($10k 1st, $5k 2nd, $3k 3rd, $2k 4th!)
Stefen C - 262,000
Daniel M - 135,500
Dale M - 107,200
Leo K - 71,800
Brenton S - 60,800
Imran - 51,100
Aaron W - 40,600
Travis E - 37000
Matt K - 22,600
Romeo K - 11,400
Top 4 in the money! Good luck to our Final 10!
Play will resume on the WAPL Live Table, seating @ 6:45pm. Day 2 commences shortly after.
Please consider joining us from 6pm at Joondalup Sports Association on Tuesday 1st May if you'd like to rail and support your friends, or if you'd like to play in our Pro or Free League events, $5+ Flips for $700 seats in the next Gold Rush, or Cash Tables while the big final table plays!
If you can't make it on the day, WATCH the action streamed from the WAPL Live Table - http://twitch.tv/wapokerleague
Please spread the word, we look forward to hosting you :)
Your WAPL Team
Gold Rush Day 2 is a Gaming Function by Permit issued under Section 47 of the Act for Joondalup Sports Association
19/04/2018 - The First Gold Rush is here! -

Gold Rush #1 is finally upon us!
8/04/2018 - Welcome to Season 37! Season 36 Grand Finals this weekend! -
Thanks for your support during Season 36!
Congratulations
to our Season Champions! Both leagues were close finishes as usual
(only 93 points in the Free League!), and two new Season Champions
crowned, congratulations!
The Pro League Season was won by Ray Krstilevic!
The Free League Season was won by Deb Lyttle!
We would also like to welcome long time players Mark & Tanja Ogden to our WAPL Life Members list! Congratulations and than you for all your support!
Pro League Results!
1 | Ray Krstilevic | 6473 |
2 | Robert Weall | 5999 |
3 | Matthew Green [David] | 5780 |
4 | Matt King | 5398 |
5 | Matthew Moller | 4174 |
6 | Freddy Crompton | 4128 |
7 | Darren Rudrum | 3912 |
8 | Danny Poolman | 3855 |
9 | Andy Dark | 3820 |
10 | Tony Tassone | 3756 |
Free League Results!
1 | Deb Lyttle (Life Member) | 8240 |
2 | Paul Lord (Life Member) | 8147 |
3 | Andrew Sebastian [Mark] (Life Member) | 8112 |
4 | Mark Ogden (Life member) | 7797 |
5 | Tanja Ogden (Life member) | 7335 |
6 | Terry Smith(Life Member) | 6858 |
7 | Craig Thomson | 6326 |
8 | Jan Burke(Life Member) | 6026 |
9 | Ritchie Cunningham | 5315 |
10 | Sarah Gane | 4726 |
It's Finals Time for Season 34!
We have the Grand Finals coming up this Sunday, 15th April, at the Joondalup Sports Association!
Registration opens for Pro and Free Leagues @ 11am, with seating @ 12 midday. The Pro buy-in is $100 and open to all members. It is strictly limited to 5 tables, 40 seats, and first in first served for seats. Be sure to get in as soon after 11am as you can to ensure you get your spot!
More info regarding the Grand Finals can be found at -
http://wapokerleague.com.au/content.aspx?ContentID=final
Season 37 starts this week!
Season 37 starts this Tuesday (10th April) at Joondalup Sports Association (Beaumaris) and 12th April at Scarborough Sportsmen's Club. The Season will run until the 29th July before Season 38 starts and we have the Season 37 Grand Finals.
Thank you for your support during this Season, and we look forward to bringing you two more amazing venues come May (Stay Tuned!)
Your WAPL Team
24/03/2018 - "Trust everyone, but always cut the cards." - Benny Binion -
There is one more night of great poker at Woodvale Tavern this coming Thursday 29th of March, and we are happy to announce that our new venue, Scarborough Sportsmen's Club, starts the Thursday after on April 5th!
On our opening night, all poker players will be greeted with a complimentary beer, wine, sparkling, or soft drink to help celebrate our great new location!
Scarborough Sportsmen's Club is located at 75 Deanmore Road, Scarborough, it's more central, a little south of Woodvale, and we will be in an amazing function room with a bar, a great view, much cheaper food and drink options, and a full bistro menu!
We already have at least 1 additional new venue confirmed and starting in May, with potentially up to 2 more, all quality establishments as you're accustomed to for your WAPL events.
You can expect the usual great WAPL Live Table and Cash Table action, the BEST prize payouts for your buy-in ($42 to the cash prize for a $50 buy-in in our regular Pro games), and the fairest and best tournament structure in WA.
We're looking to expand back to 5-7 events per week again within another couple of months, and we will be running more fun Special events again too!
The date for the first Gold Rush (which we had planned to run at the Woodvale) will be announced shortly, once we confirm dates.
I truly appreciate your support and loyalty, especially in wake of this news, and hope to see most of you moving forward as we expand to bigger and better venues.
Regards,
Jason (WAPL)
***RANT***
I strongly believe that the vast majority of players who have played at a WAPL operated by me know me as a trustworthy, honourable, and fair person and friend who prides himself on doing the right thing by all members, venues, and the many not-for-profits we raise funds for.
Many concerned members had spoken with me regarding rumours that an individual had approached our 10.5 year long-standing Thursday night venue, Woodvale Tavern, with the intent of using a connection within the venue to undermine our event in order to 'steal' it and move it to another league for their own benefit. (Boo!)
I approached the venue owner regarding these rumours, had a meeting, and we mutually agreed to continue running our regular Thursday nights and put an end to these rumours. Hands were shaken, a confirmation email sent, and we were locked in for another 6 months minimum moving forward. (Yay!)
That Thursday I announced the news to our much-relieved members, and all seemed to be business as usual. (Yay!?)
It then came as a shock to me 2 weeks later when I received a call from the venue owner, cancelling us at the end of March. He said that he was approached again after our agreement was made, and "offered a deal he could not refuse" in order to unceremoniously ditch us, agreement notwithstanding, leaving us with 1 day to find a replacement venue for April (which, fear not, we did!) (WTF?)
Apparently, he felt it was OK to cancel our agreement, with his excuse being that he was "not allowed to make such an agreement without his business partner (wife) also agreeing" (Not that she had ever had any involvement in any of our past meetings/agreements). (Poor form! Boo!)
I find it (insert one of many fitting words here) that someone would stoop so low as to make backdoor deals in this manner, along with approaching and attempting to (even now) poach my staff. (ps. please stop trying to call them, 5 times in a day is rather excessive...) (Grr!)
I always consider the moral and ethical choices to be the best ones in business and in life, and hopefully Karma will sort out the rest.
These questionable events have made me decide that it's time to push back and expand our events, venues, and presence in the community once more. (Yay!)
Moving forward, I'd like to thank the *many* of you who have shown your loyal support to me after this treatment, and I hope that you will support us as we expand, starting with our replacement Thursday night venue which will directly replace the Woodvale event, starting 5th April! ( <3 )
/RANT
22/01/2018 - Gold Rush #1 is coming up! Win your seat now! -
Here's your chance to win your way directly into the Gold Rush Main Event in 2018!
You want one of these 32 seats!

$50 Gold Rush Prospector - 16,000 start stack, standard blind levels.
$100 Gold Rush Prospector - 16,000 start stack, standard blind levels.
Every $700 in the prize pool at these events is a Gold Rush Main Event Seat for the top ranked players! ($50 entry 1 in 17, $100 entry 1 in 8!)
The Main Event Qualifier pays out $700 Gold Rush Main Event seats to the top ranked players, and stops when all available seats have been won.
This is the best way to get into the Gold Rush Main Event, where the top 4 places (from just a 32 player tournament) win their share of the massive $20,000 cash prize pool!
1st - $10,000
2nd - $5,000
3rd - $3,000
4th - $2,000
Gaming Function by Permit issued under Section 47 of the Act for Not for Profit / Charity Organisations
11/12/2017 - Welcome to Season 36! Season 35 Grand Finals this weekend! -
Thanks for your support during Season 35!
Congratulations to our Season Champions! Both leagues saw VERY close finishes again (only 95 points in the Pro League!), and two new Season Champions crowned, congratulations!
The Pro League Season was won by Kevin Kenny!
The Free League Season was won by Andrew Sebastian!
Pro League Results!
1 | Kevin Kenny | 8696 |
2 | Robert Weall | 8601 |
3 | Freddy Crompton | 7700 |
4 | Wade McCarroll | 6104 |
5 | Bryce Kenny | 6073 |
6 | Ray Krstilevic | 5956 |
7 | Miller Crompton | 5580 |
8 | Matthew Green [David] | 5380 |
9 | Darren Rudrum | 5127 |
10 | Tony Hawker | 4849 |
Free League Results!
1 | Andrew Sebastian [Mark] (Life Member) | 10820 |
2 | Deb Lyttle (Life Member) | 10600 |
3 | Mark Ogden | 10036 |
4 | Craig Thomson | 9965 |
5 | Jan Burke(Life Member) | 9022 |
6 | Paul Lord (Life Member) | 8885 |
7 | Tanja Ogden | 8817 |
8 | Terry Smith(Life Member) | 8435 |
9 | Ritchie Cunningham | 7796 |
10 | Kay Muir | 6694 |
We have the Grand Finals coming up this Sunday, 17th December, at the Joondalup Sports Association!
Registration opens for Pro and Free Leagues @ 11am, with seating @ 12 midday. The Pro buy-in is $100 and open to all members. It is strictly limited to 5 tables, 40 seats, and first in first served for seats. Be sure to get in as soon after 11am as you can to ensure you get your spot!
More info regarding the Grand Finals can be found at -
http://wapokerleague.com.au/content.aspx?ContentID=final
Season 36 starts this week!
Yes, season 36 starts this Tuesday (12th December) at Joondalup Sports Association (Beaumaris) and 14th December at Woodvale Tavern. Our last game for the year is at Woodvale on 21st December, then we're back from the 4th January (also at the Woodvale). The Season will run until the 8th April before Season 37 starts and we have the Season 36 Grand Finals.
Thank you for your support during 2017!
We wish you all a fun, festive, and save holiday period, and look forward to the last couple of weeks of poker for the 2017!
Your WAPL Team
15/11/2017 - Gold Rush Main Event #1 Postponed to early 2018! -
It's with deep sadness that we must announce that the first Gold Rush Main Event will be postponed until early 2018.
We have had an unexpected death in the family, and need to spend some time coming to terms with it, so unfortunately we need to focus on ourselves for the time being, over the stress of preparing final numbers and arrangements for the Gold Rush.
Many of our Sydney WSOP playing crew will no doubt be happy at us rescheduling this event, as the first dates clashed with many travel arrangements for what looks to be a massive Australian poker tournament, and we wish those who are heading east for it all the very best.
With Christmas so close by, we decided to push Gold Rush #1 into early 2018 instead of trying to squeeze it in around our Grand Final next month.
We've listened to many of your great suggestions, and will continue to run satellites to the Gold Rush for you all to qualify for what will be a great event. One of the main questions we've been asked is "Will the Gold Rush be Dealer Dealt?" - Yes, yes it will! :)
Our apologies for changing the date, but given the circumstances we feel that we would be better able to host the event for you once we get through this difficult time and are back on track. Our list of main event participants will be contacted with further information shortly.
Please email info@wapokerleague.com.au if you have any specific questions and I'll endeavor to get back to you as soon as possible.
Thanks for your understanding,
Jason
8/11/2017 - WAPL Live Table PLO - Tuesday 14th November -
PLO on the WAPL Live Table!
Tuesday 14th November, 6pm start, til midnight. 5:45pm to get chipped in!
Don't miss out on this opportunity, get in touch with us now to secure your seat!
It is highly recommended that you reserve your seat well in advance to avoid disappointment.
Changing it up now, as per requests from our PLO playing members -
$1/$2/$5 Blinds, $200-$1000 Buy-in.
Gaming Function by Permit issued under Section 47 of the Act for Joondalup Sports Association
25/08/2017 - The Gold Rush - Main Event Info & Flip Rush Qualifiers! -

Gold Rush Main Event Series!
Day 1 - Thursday 7th June, Scarborough Sportsmen's Club
6:00pm registration, 6:45pm seating, 7pm latest start!
Day 2 - Tuesday 12th June, Joondalup Sports Association
6:45pm seating, 7pm latest start!
Welcome to the Gold Rush - Here's all the information you need to make your fame and fortune!
The Gold Rush is a regularly run, dealer dealt Main Event, hosted over 2 days, with a tournament structure which ensures a result that is not rushed, allowing for great poker to be played right to the last hand!

You can buy-in directly, or qualify for your $700 Gold Rush seat for as little as $5 via our Flip Rush, which are available at our regular events! These are 4 player, all-in pre-flop "Flips" where the winner gets through!

Flip Rush
$5 | $15 | $50 | $185 Flips
4 players only! 1 winner!
All-in pre-flop flip!
Prizes
$5 flip wins a $15 Flip Rush
$15 flip wins a $50 Flip Rush
$50 flip wins a $185 Flip Rush
$185 flip wins a $700 Gold Rush Seat!

The Gold Rush
$700 buy-in
25,000 starting stack
40 minute blind levels
Prize Pool - $20,000 (Based on 32 max players)
1st - $10,000
2nd - $5,000
3rd - $3,000
4th - $2,000
The Super Gold Rush (Occasional Event)
$700 buy-in
25,000 starting stack
30 minute blind levels
Prize Pool - $45,000 (Based on 72 max players)
1st - $20,000
2nd - $7,500
3rd - $5,000
4th - $3,500
5th - $3,000
6th - $2,500
7th - $2,000
8th - $1,500
We are really looking forward to rolling this exciting new structure out to our existing and new venues and events, and hope that you enjoy taking part in it as much as we think you will! Please spread the word and help us make this a huge success!
Additional Important Information -
Flip Rush "flips" are individual satellite tournaments which are played all-in pre-flop by 4 players. If the hand is split, the players who split play another hand all-in pre-flop, until a winner is determined.
Each event you play, your prize winnings (Gold Rush $) will be recorded against your name and held securely. You can contribute to this running record via multiple Flip Rush wins, or top up with cash in order to build up a Gold Rush entrance amount of $700. For example, you may win 2x $50 flips, ($370 total for 2x $185 Flip Rush entries), then elect to use that value from your records, plus $330 cash, to play in the Gold Rush.
For players who love our Gold Rush structure, and build up Gold Rush Seats faster than we can run the events, players with 2+ Gold Rush Seats recorded ($1400+ value) may also use an extra Gold Rush Seat to buy direct in to our WAPL Live Table for $700, for the ultimate Cash Game experience, streamed online to the world!
Gold Rush Main Events (Not the Super Gold Rush Events) will be scheduled regularly, and the frequency with which we schedule to run them will vary with the speed at which Gold Rush Seats are won. We anticipate to announce an upcoming date for the following month once we have had 16 Gold Rush Seat winners, which gives us a $10,000 prize pool, and a month for the next 16 Seats to be won (or filled up by direct $700 buy-ins!)
Gold Rush Events and Super Gold Rush Events are run over 2 days. We may adjust what venues Day 1 and Day 2 are played on once we have tested and seen what works well for us and our players. We also plan to move the regular Gold Rush Events between our venues to allow the majority of players to attend different Gold Rush Events from different locations. (ie. not always North based venues for Gold Rush events, we will bring them Central and South too periodically.)
Super Gold Rush Events will be scheduled occasionally as demand builds at this stage, and these venues and dates will be advised well in advance.
In accordance with WAPL's strict adherence to RGL requirements, all funds collected and held for players as part of the Gold Rush Events will be held securely and by agreement between the Permit Holding Not for Profit/Charities and will be reconciled frequently by your WAPL Team and the Permit Holding Organisations. You can be informed of the current balance of your Gold Rush funds in person at our events or via another identifiable medium (WAPL Facebook Page Private Message, via an email address we have registered with your WAPL Membership sent to info@wapokerleague.com.au , etc.)
Gold Rush funds are non-refundable and non-transferable except in extenuating circumstances (if the player is permanently leaving the state/country, banned from the league, etc, they may request in writing to have their balance transferred to another player)
Upon such a time that we may decide to cease the Gold Rush Series of events, any outstanding moneys held by the Permit Holding Organisations will be returned to their confirmed winners.
All Gaming Functions by Permit issued under Section 47 of the Act for various not for profit organisations.
We promote and conduct 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
25/08/2017 - PLO on the WAPL Live Table -
Well, after 11.5 years, it's about time we held our first PLO game!
Where better to hold it than on our hugely popular WAPL Live Table?
THIS Tuesday 29th August!
So here it is! -
Don't miss out on this opportunity :) Get in touch with us now to secure your seat!
$2/$4 Blinds, $300-$1000 Buy-in.
Straddle live!
Gaming Function by Permit issued under Section 47 of the Act for Joondalup Sports Association
30/07/2017 - Welcome to WAPL Season 35! Season 34 GF this weekend! -
Thanks for your support during Season 34!
Congratulations to our Season Champions!
The Pro League Season was won by Freddy Crompton!
The Free League Season was won by Jarryd Buscall!
Pro League Results!
1 | Freddy Crompton | 8270 |
2 | Ross Jenkins | 7802 |
3 | Kevin Kenny | 6189 |
4 | Paul Turner [Gerard] | 6088 |
5 | Barry McGee | 5203 |
6 | Ray Krstilevic | 4988 |
7 | Danny Poolman | 4826 |
8 | Darren Rudrum | 4809 |
9 | Robert Weall | 4375 |
10 | Tony Hawker | 4155 |
Free League Results!
1 | Jarryd Buscall | 10362 |
2 | Paul Lord (Life Member) | 9689 |
3 | Deb Lyttle (Life Member) | 9516 |
4 | Jod Burke | 9012 |
5 | Jan Burke(Life Member) | 8994 |
6 | Kay Muir | 8950 |
7 | Tanja Ogden | 8462 |
8 | Terry Smith(Life Member) | 8045 |
9 | Lawrence Tufnell | 7887 |
10 | Craig Thomson | 7779 |
It's Finals Time for Season 34!
We have the Grand Finals coming up this Sunday, 6th August, at the Joondalup Sports Association!
Registration opens for Pro and Free Leagues @ 11am, with seating @ 12 midday. The Pro buy-in is $100 and open to all members. It is strictly limited to 5 tables, 40 seats, and first in first served for seats. Be sure to get in as soon after 11am as you can to ensure you get your spot!
More info regarding the Grand Finals can be found at -
http://wapokerleague.com.au/content.aspx?ContentID=final
The new season starts this week!
Yes, season 35 starts this Tuesday (1st August) at Joondalup Sports Association (Beaumaris) and 3rd August at Woodvale Tavern. This Season will run until the 7th December before Season 36 and this Season's Grand Final.
Your WAPL Team
10/07/2017 - A huge milestone for a great member! 1000 games! -
Jan Burke, one of the many long term, loyal, and wonderful friends we've been fortunate enough to have made through WAPL over the last 11+ years, has just last Thursday reached a great milestone for herself and our league.
1000 Free League Tournaments!
Just about everyone who has played at our northern venues, Free or Pro League, will know who Jan is, by sight if not name, but many will not know to what extent Jan has been a great supporter of WAPL over the last decade plus.
Jan has been the Permit Holder for our fundraising events at the Woodvale Tavern for almost as long as she's been playing poker with us, and as such, her dedication of her time, week in and week out, helps make it possible for every one of our Pro and Cash players to play poker with us.
Jan has been a life member of WAPL for many years now, thanks to the phenomenal support, great energy and wonderful attitude she brings to every event, and is also a Free League Grand Final Champion!
So, in congratulating Jan for this great achievement of 1000 Free League events (She's played a good deal of Pro events, too!), we'd also like to extend our undying gratitude to her for her great help over the years, and hopefully for many to come :)
It was absolutely fitting, and a great occasion, to see Jan manage to WIN the tournament on Thursday for her 1000th!
Here's a couple of shots of Jan, one from way back when, at her very first tournament win (which was at the Woodvale Tavern, no less!), and her 1000th tournament win!
Thanks Jan!
Jan's first win! 15th February, 2007
Jan wins her 1000th Free League game, 6th July, 2017, with her son Jod!
10/07/2017 - Approaching the end of Season 34! -
We are nearly at the end of Season 34! Our last event for the season is Thursday 27th July, with the Season 34 Grand Finals the following Sunday on the 6th August!
Season 35 begins the Tuesday before the Grand Finals, on 1st August.
Thanks for your support this season, and we look forward to another great Season for 35!
Here is the information for the end of season Grand Final events! The Pro event is a fun, higher buy-in event with a great cash payout to mark the end of the season!
Here is the information for the end of season Grand Final events! The Pro event is a fun, higher buy-in event with a great cash payout to mark the end of the season!
End of Season Grand Final Event
Great Prize Pool!
Quality event, quality venue
20,000 Pro starting stack FREEZEOUT
30 min blinds
Cash Tables
Sit N Goes
More Details -
Locations, Dates & Times
Pro & Free Events - Sun 6th August, 2017 - Joondalup Sports Association
$100 Pro event. Registration opens 11am.
Final Pro event registration 11:45am for a 12 noon start.
Free event. Registration opens 11am.
Final Free event registration 11:45am for a 12 noon start.
Pro Grand Final
Top 10% of the players win cash prizes!
Free Grand Final
Top 100 on Free League Ladder qualify.
Top 5 ranked players receive a FREE top-up to starting stack if they have less than the starting stack at the first break! (no re-buys!)
No buy-in
There will also be Cash Tables and Sit'n'Goes running for players who wish to play more poker during the events!
Gaming functions by Permit issued under Section 47 of the Act for Joondalup Sports Association
10/07/2017 - Introducing the WAPL Live Table - Watch us play! -
We have been running the WAPL Live Table since April 2017, recording and releasing footage (if you've missed it) to our YouTube channel (http://youtube.com/wapokerleague) and Facebook (http://facebook.com/wapokerleague)
Now we've expanded to live streaming the action from the table, with a 15 minute delay!
From May, we will (unless we experience issues) be streaming our WAPL Live Table games to our Twitch.tv channel, http://twitch.tv/wapokerleague
Make sure you head there and follow us, so you get notified when we go live!
Our live games are delayed by 15 minutes, to avoid the potential for viewers to influence hands in play, so that means that for a 6pm-midnight event, you should be able to watch us live from 6:15pm until the end of gaming.
Please get involved, hop into the live chat and give us your comments, suggestions, and any criticisms you might have for us to make the WAPL Live Table experience the best it can be for our viewers, members, and players, and help us spread the word around the local (and wider) poker communities.
If you want a seat on the WAPL Live Table, email us (info@wapokerleague.com.au) and we will find you a spot, but please be patient as seating is in high demand!
WAPL Events are conducted at Gaming Functions by Permit issued under Section 47 of the Act for various charity and not for profit organisations.
We promote and conduct 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 http://www.gamblinghelpline.org.au
16/05/2017 - It's WAPL's 11th Birthday this week! -
This week, we celebrate 11 years of Western Australia's first Poker League, WAPL!
It's been a fun ride so far, with its ups and downs, many players and prizes joining us along the way, and more bad beat stories than we could ever have a chance of remembering :)
We'd like to thank all our members, past and current, for helping us shape the league over the years. We're really happy with where we're at, with a great range of games for players from brand new learners to hardened veterans of the game.
Our tournaments are second to none in fun and payouts for what you pay to play, and our cash tables are professional, fair, and respectful.
We welcome you down this week to help us celebrate at the Woodvale Tavern on Thursday night from 6pm. There will be some extra special prizes, some goodies we've picked up over the years, which we are sure will make worthy trophies for your poker collection!
Spread the word, and we look forward to hosting you for another fun night with WAPL as usual!
Thanks again for your support!
Your WAPL Team
1/05/2017 - Introducing the WAPL Live Table! Watch us play! -
11 years ago, when we started WAPL, we (with the help of life member Buck Hetherington) designed and created the WAPL Grand Final Table, an 8 camera inlaid table which was used to record the hole cards of players who reached final table in our Grand Finals. The footage could then be used to create DVDs for our members, to help commemorate these special events.
Unfortunately, the process was painstakingly slow, manually calculating and inputting cards into the DVD creation process, for each big hand, was a nightmare. Not to mention that the table took 5 people to lift this masterpiece!
Skip forward nearly 11 years, and we are delighted to announce the creation of the WAPL Live Table, a completely custom, individual card detecting table, utilising custom cards and software to automatically identify and generate card graphics, hand win percentages, and everything you are used to seeing on television when you watch poker at the WSOP or WPT events!
We have been running the WAPL Live Table since April 2017, recording and releasing footage (if you've missed it) to our YouTube channel (http://youtube.com/wapokerleague) and Facebook (http://facebook.com/wapokerleague)
Now we've expanded to live streaming the action from the table, with a 15 minute delay!
From May, we will (unless we experience issues) be streaming our WAPL Live Table games to our Twitch.tv channel, http://twitch.tv/wapokerleague
Make sure you head there and follow us, so you get notified when we go live!
Our live games are delayed by 15 minutes, to avoid the potential for viewers to influence hands in play, so that means that for a 6pm-midnight event, you should be able to watch us live from 6:15pm until the end of gaming.
Please get involved, hop into the live chat and give us your comments, suggestions, and any criticisms you might have for us to make the WAPL Live Table experience the best it can be for our viewers, members, and players, and help us spread the word around the local (and wider) poker communities.
If you want a seat on the WAPL Live Table, email us (info@wapokerleague.com.au) and we will find you a spot, but please be patient as seating is in high demand!
WAPL Events are conducted at Gaming Functions by Permit issued under Section 47 of the Act for various charity and not for profit organisations.
We promote and conduct 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 http://www.gamblinghelpline.org.au
4/04/2017 - S33 Grand Finals, plus Sad news & Good news -
It's Finals time!
![]() We have the Grand Finals coming up this Sunday, 9th April, at the Joondalup Sports Association! Registration opens for Pro and Free Leagues @ 11am, with seating @ 12 midday. The Pro buy-in is $100 and open to all members. It is strictly limited to 5 tables, and first in first served for seats. Be sure to get in as soon after 11am as you can to ensure you get your spot! More info regarding the Grand Finals can be found at - http://wapokerleague.com.au/content.aspx?ContentID=final |
![]() ![]() We were shocked to hear just recently about the untimely passing of our great friend and Team WAPL member, Bob Streatfeild. Bob was a stalwart regular at our Woodbridge events, where he was highly regarded by all players and staff. We were lucky enough to have had Bob join us on one of our Team WAPL trips up to Macau, where he not only had a great time and partied hard with us all, he final tabled the main event, making dozens of great friends along the way! We were filled with great sadness to hear from a fellow member of Bob's bike accident in 2016, and will miss his smiling face, fun sense of humour, and great poker plays. :( On behalf of us and all our staff who had the absolute pleasure of knowing and hosting Bob at the many WAPL events he played in, and from those players who were great friends with him, RIP mate. |
![]() ![]() WAPL Re-makes WA Poker History This table is the whole package. Complete card identification, camera mounted, realtime card video output card display, including percentage chances to win and outs, high definition recording and live (or delayed) stream ready, it's the real deal, and it's about to launch! Also, just quietly, if you happened to read all the way to the end of this news, the table is having a soft trial launch today, Tuesday 4th April, at Joondalup Sports Association. Though it might be too late for you to get in on the action on the table itself, if you're interested, get in touch with Jason (jason@wapokerleague.com.au) for more info on playing at the launch party, or come down from 6pm-midnight to check out the table in action! |
Check out our website for more details - wapokerleague.com.au
31/01/2017 - Aussie Millions Results & Woodvale Thurs 2nd Feb is in the Sports Bar! -
Woodvale Thursday is in the sports bar!
This Thursday 2nd February, we are going to be in the Sports Bar for the week, due to a huge wake taking up both function rooms where we usually are! :(
Please ask a staff member at the Woodvale for directions to the Sports Bar if you can't find us (it's around the front side of the venue past the drive through bottle shop)
We were keenly following WAPL member Eddie Fowler's progress in the Aussie Millions this month, and although he unfortunately didn't have a good run in the Main Event, he had a great run in the other events he played! Eddie's main event Day 1 started slowly, but hurt as Eddie took a couple of nasty beats with superior hands such as AK vs K5, and AQ vs 53. He saw a nice pot come in with a short stacked double up from the small blind with pocket 6's, hitting a set. Things were looking like they were turning around when he looked down at pocket Kings vs a raise under the gun. After a nice re-raise, the original raiser shoves, showing AK vs Eddie's KK. The much needed double up failed him as the board ran out 5,6,7,8,9 for a split pot straight, leaving him with 7,500 in chips at 200/400/50 Ante. Devastating. He went card dead after the Kings, dwindling down to a point where he made a move with A4, running into Jacks, which held, ending Eddie's Main Event run late on Day 1. |
Sweet Revenge After his unfortunate run of cards from the Main Event, Eddie decided to hop into a Main Event satellite. Only after starting the event did he find out that he wasn't able to re-enter the Main Event the next day, but, determined to improve on his performance in the Main Event, he surged onward, dominating the tournament and getting the heads up with a commanding lead. With the number of entries, they had 1 Main Event seat ($10,000AUD) going to the winner, with 2nd place taking almost as much in cash, so Eddie was more than happy to relinquish his chip lead and take the big cash payout! |
A Bit on the Side Eddie's final event of his Aussie Millions experience saw him cash again in the $1,150 Tournament of Champions, against 202 other players! After a great 12 hours of poker, he ended the day in the top 18, and with a good chance to run deep into the cash. The next day saw Eddie run his 58,000 stack into AJ with his pocket 10s, and was looking good right to the river where an Ace dropped, ending his great run in 15th place, with another cash payout! Thanks for doing WAPL proud over there Eddie! |
23/01/2017 - No Poker on Australia Day! All the best to those in the Aussie Millions! -
To those who may have missed our announcements - With Australia Day falling on a Thursday this year, we have NO POKER on at the Woodvale Tavern this week!
Consider joining us all on Tuesday Night at the Joondalup Sports Association ( http://wapokerleague.com.au/venue.aspx?VenueID=84 ) instead - same time, same structure, lots of our regular Woodvale crowd, and the usual great fun! 6pm registration, 7pm start.
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For those of our members who are playing in the Aussie Millions in Melbourne, we wish you the best of luck! We will be following Eddie Fowler closely as he takes part in the main event today, in WAPL attire, represent! Good luck mate!
Keep an eye on our facebook page and we'll post any major updates from Eddie or other members there! - https://www.facebook.com/WAPokerLeague/
Gaming Functions by Permit issued under Section 47 of the Act for Joondalup Sports Association
26/12/2016 - Season 32 Grand Final Results, & Poker returns 3rd Jan 2017! -
The Season 32 Grand Finals were a blast, and here are the results!
In the Pro League, 28 players fought it out for cash prizes in the top 3 places, whilst 23 Free League players competed for the Grand Champion title.
It was a great day, many solid plays and bad beats were had!
Congratulations to our Pro League Season 32 Grand Champion, long time member Rosdy Nordin!
In the Free League final, we saw a heads up between Paul Lord and last Grand Final Champion Ritchie Cunningham. Paul ended up taking out the tournament, becoming our Season 32 Free League Grand Champion. Well done Paul!
You can check out the event results here -
Pro League Grand Final Results - http://wapokerleague.com.au/event_results.aspx?EventID=9740
Free League Grand Final Results - http://wapokerleague.com.au/event_results.aspx?EventID=9741
Thanks for supporting the Grand Finals, we are glad you all had such a fun day, and we look forward to seeing you back at the Joondalup Sports Association from the 3rd January and the Woodvale Tavern from the 5th Jan!
Have a safe holiday period, and all the best for 2017!
Your WAPL Team
12/12/2016 - Welcome to Season 33! Season 32 Grand Finals this weekend! -
Thanks for your support during Season 32!
Congratulations to our Season Champions!
The Pro League Season was won again by Danny Poolman, with Kevin Kenny in 2nd place!
The Free League Season was incredibly close this season, and was won by Una Van Den Berg, with just a very small point difference between her, Lawrence Tufnell, and Craig Thomson heading into the final event at Woodvale on Thursday!
It's Finals Time for Season 32!
We have the Grand Finals coming up this Sunday, 18th December, at the Joondalup Sports Association!
Registration opens for Pro and Free Leagues @ 11am, with seating @ 12 midday. The Pro buy-in is $100 and open to all members. It is strictly limited to 5 tables, and first in first served for seats. Be sure to get in as soon after 11am as you can to ensure you get your spot!
More info regarding the Grand Finals can be found at -
http://wapokerleague.com.au/content.aspx?ContentID=final
The new season starts this week!
Season 33 starts this Tuesday (13th December) at Joondalup Sports Association (Beaumaris). Our final tournament for the year is at Woodvale Tavern on the 22nd Dec, then we return from the 3rd January 2017 at Joondalup Sports Association, and Woodvale on the 5th.
We're still very happy with the prize and payout structure of the Pro League, and are confident that paying out more of your buy-ins on each nightly event is offering a great value event for our members.
In striving to continually improve, this season we are going to trial a change to the Pro starting stack to 16,000, which should result in an even better game for our members, without sacrificing our end game and causing 'shoot out' final tables, which no one likes.
As always, our members feedback is appreciated! Chat to Jason about your ideas and suggestions :)
Have a great season, and best of luck for the finals!
Your WAPL Team
8/12/2016 - Tonight at Woodvale is the final event for Season 32! S33 starts on Tuesday! -
This is the last week of Season 32, and tonight is the final event of the season at Woodvale! Season 33 starts next Tuesday (13th December), with the Season 32 Grand Finals the following Sunday on the 18th! We then have the 20th and the 22nd on at Joondalup Sports Association and Woodvale Tavern before breaking for Christmas and New Year. We will be back on at JSA on the 3rd January, and Woodvale on the 5th!
Thanks for your support this season, and we look forward to another great Season for 33!
Here is the information for the end of season Grand Final events! The Pro event is a fun, higher buy-in event with a great cash payout to mark the end of the season!
End of Season Grand Final Event
Great Prize Pool!
Quality event, quality venue
12,500 starting stack FREEZEOUT
30 min blinds
Cash Tables
Sit N Goes
More Details -
Locations, Dates & Times
Pro & Free Events - Sun 18th December, 2016 - Joondalup Sports Association (Beaumaris)
$100 Pro event Registration opens 11am.
Final Pro event registration 11:45am for a 12 noon start.
Free event Registration opens 11am.
Final Free event registration 11:45am for a 12 noon start.
Please don't be late, as it's critical we start the tournaments on time and we don't want to have to turn latecomers away.
End of Pro Final Event
Top 10% of the players win cash prizes!
Free Event
Top 100 on Free League Ladder qualify.
Top 5 ranked players receive a FREE top-up to starting stack if they have less than the starting stack at the first break! (no re-buys!)
No buy-in
There will also be Cash Tables and Sit'n'Goes running for players who wish to play more poker during the events!
Gaming functions by Permit issued under Section 47 of the Act for Joondalup Sports Association
18/08/2016 - Season 31 Grand Final Results -
The Season 31 Grand Finals were last Sunday, and here are the results!
In the Pro League, 28 players fought it out for cash prizes in the top 3 places, whilst 29 Free League players competed for the much coveted Grand Champion title.
Many of our members came down early for a great feed at the Joondalup Sports Association, and play commenced eagerly.
We saw many exciting hands in both events throughout the day, and as we lost players to the blinds and various bad beats, we were eventually left with our very well deserving winners!
Congratulations to our Pro League Season 31 Grand Champion, Jesse Way!
Jesse Way, Season 31 Pro League Grand Champion!
The top 3 Pro, in the money! Jesse Way (1st - $1044), Richard Hawes (3rd - $580), and Brian Greslow (2nd - $696)!
We saw another great Free League final, and eventually reached heads up between Jarryd Buscall and Ritchie Cunningham. Ritchie ended up taking out the tournament, becoming our Season 31 Free League Grand Champion. Well done Ritchie!
Season 31 Free League Grand Champion Ritchie Cunningham, and runner-up Jarryd Buscall
Congratulations goes to Jesse and Ritchie, the WAPL Season 31 Pro and Free League Grand Champions respectively!
You can check out the event results here -
Pro League Grand Final Results - http://wapokerleague.com.au/event_results.aspx?EventID=9738
Free League Grand Final Results - http://wapokerleague.com.au/event_results.aspx?EventID=9739
Thanks for supporting the Grand Finals, we are glad you all had such a fun day.
Your WAPL Team
9/08/2016 - Welcome to Season 32! Season 31 Grand Finals this weekend! -
Thanks for your support during Season 31!
Congratulations to our Season Champions!
The Pro League Season was won by Danny Poolman!
The Free League Season was won by Jod Burke!
Pro League Results!
1 | Danny Poolman | 9704 |
2 | Shannon Lowrie | 8741 |
3 | Freddy Crompton | 8040 |
4 | Steve Burgess | 6093 |
5 | Matthew Moller | 5766 |
6 | Robert Weall | 5627 |
7 | Peter Bles | 5314 |
8 | Jay Zanoli | 5307 |
9 | Kevin Kenny | 4562 |
10 | Miller Crompton | 4472 |
Free League Results!
1 | Jod Burke | 11132 |
2 | Craig Thomson | 10054 |
3 | Deb Lyttle | 9994 |
4 | Mark Ogden | 8906 |
5 | Jan Burke(Life Member) | 8484 |
6 | Lawrence Tufnell | 8378 |
7 | Terry Smith(Life Member) | 8089 |
8 | Tanja Ogden | 7857 |
9 | Andrew Sebastian [Mark] (Life Member) | 7344 |
10 | Paul Lord (Life Member) | 6340 |
It's Finals Time for Season 31!
We have the Grand Finals coming up this Sunday, 14th August, at the Joondalup Sports Association!
Registration opens for Pro and Free Leagues @ 11am, with seating @ 12 midday. The Pro buy-in is $100 and open to all members. It is strictly limited to 5 tables, 40 seats, and first in first served for seats. Be sure to get in as soon after 11am as you can to ensure you get your spot!
More info regarding the Grand Finals can be found at -
http://wapokerleague.com.au/content.aspx?ContentID=final
The new season starts this week!
Yes, season 32 starts this Tuesday (9th August) at Joondalup Sports Association (Beaumaris). This Season will run until the 8th December (our final tournament for the year is at Woodvale Tavern is the 22nd Dec.)
Your WAPL Team
2/08/2016 - Last week of Season 31! Grand Finals 14th August! -
This is the last week of Season 31! Season 32 starts next Tuesday (9th August), with the Season 31 Grand Finals the following Sunday on the 14th!
Thanks for your support this season, and we look forward to another great Season for 32!
Here is the information for the end of season Grand Final events! The Pro event is a fun, higher buy-in event with a great cash payout to mark the end of the season!
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End of Season Grand Final Event
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Great Prize Pool!
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Quality event, quality venue
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12,500 starting stack FREEZEOUT
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30 min blinds
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Cash Tables
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Sit N Goes
More Details -
Locations, Dates & Times
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Pro & Free Events - Sun 14th August, 2016 - Joondalup Sports Association (Beaumaris)
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$100 Pro event Registration opens 11am.
Final Pro event registration 11:45am for a 12 noon start. -
Free event Registration opens 11am.
Final Free event registration 11:45am for a 12 noon start.
Please don't be late, as it's critical we start the tournaments on time and we don't want to have to turn latecomers away.
End of Pro Final Event
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Top 10% of the players win cash prizes!
Free Event
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Top 100 on Free League Ladder qualify.
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Top 5 ranked players receive a FREE top-up to starting stack if they have less than the starting stack at the first break! (no re-buys!)
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No buy-in
There will also be Cash Tables and Sit'n'Goes running for players who wish to play more poker during the events!
Gaming functions by Permit issued under Section 47 of the Act for Joondalup Sports Association
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9/04/2016 - Welcome to Season 31. S30 Grand finals are Sunday 17th April! -
WAPL Season 30 Grand Final Events
Thanks for your support during Season 30!
It's been a pleasure hosting our members this season, and it was another close one! Invite your friends to join you at our events, so they don't miss out! Share the fun we all get out of our great poker community!
A big CONGRATULATIONS to our Season 30 Champions!
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Here is the information for the Season 30 end of season events
The Pro event is a fun, higher buy-in event with a great cash payout to mark the end of the season!
End of Season Grand Final Event
Great Prize Pool!
Quality event, quality venue
12,500 starting stack FREEZEOUT
30 min blinds
Cash Tables
Sit N Goes
More Details -
Locations, Dates & Times
Cash & Free Events - Sun 17th April, 2016 - Joondalup Sports Association (formerly known as Beaumaris Sports Association)
$100 Pro event Registration opens 11am.
Final Pro event registration 11:45am for a 12 noon start.
Free event Registration opens 11am.
Final Free event registration 11:45am for a 12 noon start.
Please don't be late, as it's critical we start the tournaments on time and we don't want to have to turn latecomers away.
End of Pro Final Event
Top 10% of the players win cash prizes!
Free Event
Top 5 ranked players receive a FREE top-up to starting stack if they have less than the starting stack at the first break! (no re-buys!)
No buy-in
There will also be Cash Tables and Sit'n'Goes running for players who wish to play more poker during the events!
Gaming functions by Permit issued under Section 47 of the Act for Joondalup Sports Association
4/01/2016 - Welcome to 2016! Great poker resumes Tuesday 5th! -
We'd like to wish you all the very best for 2016! Now we're through the holiday period, poker is back!
Starting at the Beaumaris on Tuesday 5th Jan, and the Woodvale on Thursday 7th Jan, Season 30 continues where we left off before Christmas.
It's hard to believe that we are up to Season 30 now, and that the Western Australian Poker League started nearly 10 years ago!
For those who've stuck with us since the beginning (and yes there's quite a few who are still regular players!), you've seen lots of changes along the way, but one thing that will never change is our commitment to ensure you have a great time when you join one of our events.
We look forward to seeing you in 2016, and best of luck!
Haven't played with us yet, or have a friend who might be keen? New or returning members for the first 2 events of the year will receive their annual membership or renewal for free! Merry Christmas. ;)
14/12/2015 - Season 29 Grand Final write-up! -
Season 29 officially ended on Sunday at the Grand Final, and what a day it was!
We saw a Royal Flush, a Straight Flush, and numerous set over set hands throughout the event, adding more excitement to an already supercharged by the huge UFC result!
In the Pro League, we saw a great field of 39 players whittle down to a final 7, where it took 1.5 hours before another player fell! With top 4 in the money, tensions were tight, as was the play all the way to the final hand, where Luke Dick got it all in pre-flop with K7 vs Alex Connell's K10. Dominated and facing elimination, his luck turned as his 7 hit the flop! Suddenly well behind and looking at doubling up Luke into the chip lead, Alex managed to hit one of the remaining 3 10s in the deck to secure the lead, and with the river blanking, the win and the $1285 first place prize money!
Alex Connell, Season 29 Pro League Grand Champion!
The top 4 Pro, in the money! Alex Connell, Luke Dick (2nd - $803), Alex Connell (1st - $1285), Steve Burgess (3rd - $642), and Andy Dark (4th - 482)
Over in the Free League, we saw a much improved structure and great Top 5 bonus change make the event even better than previous seasons! With a great field of 25, our contingent of free league members battled it out fiercely! Reaching heads up was Lawrence Tufnell and Bruce Cohen, and we saw Lawrence triumph as the Season 29 Free League Grand Champion.
Lawrence Tufnell, Season 29 Free League Grand Champion!
Congratulations goes to Alex and Lawrence, the WAPL Season 29 Pro and Free League Grand Champions respectively!
You can check out the event results here -
Pro League Grand Final Results - http://wapokerleague.com.au/event_results.aspx?EventID=9521
Free League Grand Final Results - http://wapokerleague.com.au/event_results.aspx?EventID=9522
Don't forget, this Tuesday and Thursday are our final events for 2015! We'll be back with more great poker for you from the 5th January!
Have a fun filled and safe holiday period, and we look forward to seeing you soon!
Your WAPL Team
5/12/2015 - Season 29 League Champions! Finals this weekend! -
Thanks for your support during Season 29, the final season for 2015!
Congratulations to our Season Champions! Both leagues were close on points, though we didn't have the nail-biting final tournament few point wins that we have seen historically. Both champions comfortably won their leagues, and are very deserving of their titles!
The Pro League Season was won by Freddy Crompton!
The Free League Season was won by Mark Ogden!
Pro League top 10 -
Place | Name | Points |
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1 | Freddy Crompton | 8370 |
2 | Matt King | 7938 |
3 | Danny Poolman | 7397 |
4 | Derek Kehoe | 5955 |
5 | Matthew Moller | 5731 |
6 | Jesse Way | 5385 |
7 | Sam Coles | 5379 |
8 | Shannon Lowrie | 5361 |
9 | Kevin Kenny | 5331 |
10 | Paul Ward [Woodvale] | 4975 |
Free League top 10 -
Place | Name | Points |
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1 | Mark Ogden | 13401 |
2 | Deb Lyttle | 10374 |
3 | Andrew Sebastian [Mark] | 10083 |
4 | Ritchie Cunningham | 8745 |
5 | Tanja Ogden | 8441 |
6 | Helen Haxby | 8263 |
7 | Paul Lord (Life Member) | 7846 |
8 | Steve Lyttle | 7737 |
9 | Jarryd Buscall | 7137 |
10 | Russell Lucken | 6915 |
It's Finals Time for Season 29!
We have the Grand Finals coming up on Sunday week, 13th December, at the Beaumaris Association!
Registration opens for Pro and Free Leagues @ 11am, with seating @ 12 midday. The Pro buy-in is $100 and open to all members. It is strictly limited to 5 tables, 40 seats, and first in first served for seats. Be sure to get in as soon after 11am as you can to ensure you get your spot!
More info regarding the Grand Finals can be found at -
http://wapokerleague.com.au/content.aspx?ContentID=final
The new season starts this week!
Yes, season 30 starts this Tuesday (8th December) at Beaumaris Sports Association. Our regular events will be running until the 17th December (our final tournament for the year at Woodvale Tavern), then we're off over Christmas until 5th January, when we start back up at the Beaumaris (with Woodvale starting on the 7th!)
Good luck for the finals, and have a very fun, safe and enjoyable Christmas and New Year!
Your WAPL Team
23/11/2015 - Season 29 Grand Finals approaching fast! -
WAPL Season 29 Grand Final Events
Thanks for your support during Season 29!
It's been another great season with more numbers, more prizes, and more fun had by all! Invite your friends to join us in 2016, so they can have fun, too!
Here is the information for the Season 29 end of season events! This event is a fun, higher buy-in event with a great cash payout to mark the end of the season!
-
End of Season Grand Final Event
-
Great Prize Pool!
-
Quality event, quality venue
-
12,500 starting stack FREEZEOUT
-
30 min blinds
-
Cash Tables
-
Sit N Goes
More Details -
Locations, Dates & Times
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Cash & Free Events - Sun 13th December, 2015 - Beaumaris Sports Association
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$100 Pro event Registration opens 11am.
Final Pro event registration 11:45am for a 12 noon start. -
Free event Registration opens 11am.
Final Free event registration 11:45am for a 12 noon start.
Please don't be late, as it's critical we start the tournaments on time and we don't want to have to turn latecomers away.
End of Pro Final Event
-
Top 10% of the players win cash prizes!
Free Event
-
Top 100 on Free League Ladder qualify.
-
Top 5 ranked players receive a FREE top-up to starting stack if they have less than the starting stack at the first break! (no re-buys!)
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No buy-in
There will also be Cash Tables and Sit'n'Goes running for players who wish to play more poker during the events!
Gaming functions by Permit issued under Section 47 of the Act for Beaumaris Sports Association
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30/07/2015 - Grand Finals for Season 28 -
WAPL Season 28 Grand Final Events
Here is the information for the Season 28 end of season events! This event is a fun, higher buy-in event with a great cash payout to mark the end of the season!
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End of Season Grand Final Event
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Great Prize Pool!
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Quality event, quality venue
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12,500 starting stack FREEZEOUT
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30 min blinds
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Cash Tables
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Sit N Goes
More Details -
Locations, Dates & Times
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Cash & Free Events - Sun 9th August, 2015 - Beaumaris Sports Association
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$100 Pro event Registration opens 11am.
Final Pro event registration 11:45am for a 12 noon start. -
Free event Registration opens 11am.
Final Free event registration 11:45am for a 12 noon start.
Please don't be late, as it's critical we start the tournaments on time and we don't want to have to turn latecomers away.
End of Pro Final Event
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Top 10% of the players win cash prizes!
Free Event
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Top 100 on Free League Ladder qualify.
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Top 5 ranked players receive a FREE rebuy if they get knocked out before the first break!
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No buy-in
There will also be Cash Tables and Sit'n'Goes running for players who wish to play more poker during the events!
Gaming functions by Permit issued under Section 47 of the Act for Beaumaris Sports Association
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30/07/2015 - Season 28 drawing to a close. Grand Finals Sunday week! -
Thanks for your support during Season 28!
We have the Grand Finals coming up on Sunday week, 9th August, at the Beaumaris Association. The venue will be putting some finger food on again this Grand Final, thanks to the great team at Beaumaris!
Registration opens for Pro and Free Leagues @ 11am, with seating @ 12 midday. The Pro buy-in is $100 and open to all members. It is strictly limited to 5 tables, 40 seats, and first in first served for seats. Be sure to get in as soon after 11am as you can to ensure you get your spot!
More info regarding the Grand Finals can be found at -
http://wapokerleague.com.au/content.aspx?ContentID=final
Bring a friend to first week of Season 29, starting on Tuesday 4th August!
If you have a friend who would like to join the league, bring them down during the first week of Season 29, and their membership is on us! (This also goes for a returning member who is due for renewal!)
We looking forward to kicking off Season 29 with a bang!
Good luck in the finals!
Gaming functions by Permit issued under Section 47 of the Act for Beaumaris Sports Association
24/05/2015 - Poker in the Cave 2015 - Coming soon! Sunday 31st May! -
Don't forget, it's the 2nd annual Poker in the Cave this coming Sunday, 31st May!
The first event was a blast, with 79 players, and we're hoping for just as much fun this time around! If you've not already secured and paid for your seat, get to it as we don't want you to miss out!
This time around, fundraising is going towards Yanchep Surf Life Saving Club. Get on board and support this great local cause.
Check the Poker in the Cave 2015 Facebook page here - http://www.facebook.com/PokerintheCave2015
Or call Terry directly on 0414 425 858 for details to pay for and secure your spot.
For those already registered, we look forward to hosting you for the 2nd Poker in the Cave event!
Gaming Function by Permit issued under section 47 of the Act for Yanchep Surf Life Saving Club Inc.
14/04/2015 - Season 27 Grand Final write-up! -
The Season 27 Grand Finals were both great events to finish a very close Season!
Terry Loftus was our overall Pro League Season Champion, beating Danny Poolman by a few hundred points overall.
The really close one was the Free League, with Paul Lord taking the Season out by only 29 points to Terry Smith! (8684 vs 8655 points!)
Congratulations to Terry and Paul for your great efforts during Season 27!
On to the Grand Final last Sunday, we saw 28 Pro players and 25 Free players fighting it out for the Grand Champion titles.
Congratulations to our winners at the Season 27 Grand Finals!
Chris Darling took down the Pro event, in a very close battle against last season's Grand Final Champion, and Season 27's Season Champion Terry Loftus, who nearly make it two final wins in a row! Chris picked up an impressive $920.25 for first, Terry $613.50 for 2nd, and Woodvale stalwart Peter Bles $511.25 for 3rd place!
Over in the Free League, we saw Marcus O'hara and Sarah Gane battle it out for first place, with Marcus eventually claiming victory and the title of Season 27 Free League Grand Champion!
Thanks for all the positive comments as to the structure of the day and the changes to the regular Pro events, we are very happy with how the new changes are working and it's good to see more players down at the regular events!
Don't forget, $42 out of a $50 buy-in is paid out in cash prizes in our regular Pro events! See you at Beaumaris on Tuesdays and Woodvale on Thursdays for these regular events!
The results and more photos from the finals can be found at these links -
Pro - http://wapokerleague.com.au/event_results.aspx?EventID=9377
Free - http://wapokerleague.com.au/event_results.aspx?EventID=9378
The next finals are scheduled for August 9th, put it in your diary so you don't miss out!
Thanks again for your support!
This Gaming Function conducted by Permit issued under section 47 of the Act for Beaumaris Sports Association
2/04/2015 - Season 27 Grand Finals, and big changes for Season 28 start next week! -
Thanks for your support during Season 27, the first of 3 seasons in 2015!
We have the Grand Finals coming up on Sunday week, 12th April, at the Beaumaris Association. The venue will be putting some finger food on again this Grand Final, thanks to the great team at Beaumaris!
Registration opens for Pro and Free Leagues @ 11am, with seating @ 12 midday. The Pro buy-in is $100 and open to all members. It is strictly limited to 5 tables, 40 seats, and first in first served for seats. Be sure to get in as soon after 11am as you can to ensure you get your spot!
More info regarding the Grand Finals can be found at -
http://wapokerleague.com.au/content.aspx?ContentID=final
New changes to Season 28, starting on Tuesday 7th April!
Thanks to all our members who have made suggestions, discussed possible changes and helped us decide on these following great changes for Season 28!
These changes will be trialled for the first month of Season 28, and may need to be adjusted based on viability for the club, and tournament length with the new structure. We are relying on you, our members, to spread the word of these changes and help grow player numbers, so please share the news!
Pro League changes -
$50 buy-in, ($42 to the cash prize!) freezeout, 12,500 starting stack.
Free League changes -
5000 starting stack, 5000 re-entry/top-up
Cash Table changes -
$2 / $3 blinds, commission capped @ $20 (previously $2 / $5 capped @ $25)
We hope you enjoy these changes and we're looking forward to kicking off Season 28 with a bang!
Good luck in the finals!
Gaming functions by Permit issued under Section 47 of the Act for Beaumaris Sports Association
8/12/2014 - Season 26 results & Season 27 starts Tue 9th Dec! -
Season 26 League results!
Another Season is complete! Congratulations to the following players for their great effort and results during Season 26 -
Pro
Free
It was a very tight race between all players this season, apart from Matthew Green, who dominated the Pro League season, having made the switch from Free to Pro at the start of the season!
Season 27 starts this week!
The first events for Season 27 are this week, starting at Beaumaris Sports Association on Tuesday 9th December and Woodvale Tavern on Thursday 11th December. Tuesday 16th December and Thursday 18th December will be the final two tournaments for the year, and we're back on Tuesday 6th & 8th January to continue Season 27!
Season 26 Grand Finals are this weekend, Sunday 14th December
Now's the time to make sure you've qualified for the finals events on the ladders!
Pro League (Top 100) - http://wapokerleague.com.au/league_ladder.aspx?League=pro&season=26
Free League (Top 100) - http://wapokerleague.com.au/league_ladder.aspx?League=free&season=26
Locations, Dates & Times
Pro & Free Events - Sun 14th December 2014 - Beaumaris Sports Association
$100 Pro event Registration opens 11am for a 12 noon start.
Free event Registration opens 11am for a 12 noon start.
$10 re-buy registration opens 12:00pm.
More info is here - http://wapokerleague.com.au/content.aspx?ContentID=final
Changes for Season 27
We're always trying to improve - Thanks to those who helped shape these changes to Season 27.
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3 Seasons per year instead of 2. Season 27 will end in April, Season 28 in August, and Season 29 in December.
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Pro Finals will be an open $100 buy-in event
Thanks for your support this season, we look forward to another exciting Season for Season 27!
Gaming functions by Permit issued under Section 47 of the Act for Beaumaris Sports Association
4/12/2014 - Season 26 Grand Finals - 14th December -
Here is the information for the Season 26 end of season events! After the change from Season 25, with no money being pooled towards a Grand Final prize pool, this event will be a fun, high buy-in event with a great cash payout to mark the end of the season!
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End of Season Grand Final Event
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Great Prize Pool!
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Quality event, quality venue
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10,000 starting stack FREEZEOUT
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40 min blinds
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Cash Tables
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Sit N Goes
More Details -
Locations, Dates & Times
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Cash & Free Events - Sun 14th December 2014 - Beaumaris Sports Association
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$100 Pro event Registration opens 11am.
Final Pro event registration 11:45am for a 12 noon start. -
Free event Registration opens 11am.
Final Free event registration 11:45am for a 12 noon start. -
$10 re-buy registration opens 12:00pm.
Please don't be late, as it's critical we start the tournaments on time and we don't want to have to turn latecomers away.
End of Pro Final Event
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Top 10% of the players win cash prizes!
Free Event
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Top 100 on Free League Ladder qualify.
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Top 5 ranked players receive a FREE rebuy if they get knocked out before the first break!
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No buy-in
There will also be Cash Tables and Sit'n'Goes running for players who wish to play more poker during the events!
Gaming functions by Permit issued under Section 47 of the Act for Beaumaris Sports Association
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16/09/2014 - The League loses a gentleman -
Unfortunately, we lost a life member of WAPL recently, much to all of our distress.
Larry Gane has been a regular Free League player for over 6 years, and his smiling face and great banter brightened many of our poker nights. He was a Free League Grand Final Champion (Season 21), and everyone respected and admired him.
Furthermore, Larry was Permit Holder for many years, taking responsibility for and helping with the licensing side of our poker events. Without his effort and reliability, many of our Pro League events could not have run as efficiently.
Larry's unexpected passing is a great loss to us all, and on behalf of ourselves and all WAPL Members we would like to give his family (including his daughters Sarah and Elizabeth who are also regular players) our deepest condolences on the loss of a great family man, friend, and gentleman. The number of fellow poker friends who attended his funeral last week attest to how much respect we all had for him.
On Tuesday 16th September, we will be holding a special double stack Free League tournament in Larry's honour, and there will be some great bonus Passport Prizes available in addition to our regular prizes. Please join us to help celebrate Larry's life from 6pm (registration), starting 7pm, at the Beaumaris Sports Association.
Larry (right) at his Grand Final victory!
23/06/2014 - Season 25 Grand Finals this Sunday. Season 26 starts Tuesday 24th! -
WAPL Season 25 Grand Finals
Here is the information for the Season 25 Grand Final!
For those Pro players buying in, you CAN USE any remaining $100 PoCA Challenge Tickets to buy-in in part or in full to this Grand Final! Don't forget to bring your ticket(s) with you!
Pro League - Overall Season ranking prizes
1st - Season Champion Trophy & $500
2nd - $300
3rd - $200
The top player for each venue at the end of the season will also win a $200 cash prize for being the venue champion!
Only Pro League venues running for over 5 weeks during a season will be eligible for the winning prize payout.
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Pro League Grand Final
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Great Prize Pool!
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Quality event, quality venue
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10,000 starting stack FREEZEOUT
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30 min blinds
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Cash Tables
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Sit N Goes
More Details -
Locations, Dates & Times
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Pro & Free Leagues - Sun 29th June 2014 - Beaumaris Sports Association
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Pro League Registration and cash tables open 11am.
Final Pro League registration 11:45am for a 12 noon start. -
Free League Registration opens 11am.
Final Free League registration 11:45am for a 12 noon start. -
$10 re-buy registration opens 12:00pm.
Please don't be late, as it's critical we start the tournaments on time and we don't want to turn latecomers away.
Pro League Grand Final
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Top 100 on Pro League Ladder qualify.
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Top 10 on each Pro venue Ladder qualify.
Qualifiers - $200 buy-in less $5 per Pro game up to 30th April 2014 (Free for 40+ games played during season!)
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Top 10% of the players win cash prizes!
Free League Grand Final
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Top 100 on Free League Ladder qualify.
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Top 5 ranked players receive a FREE rebuy if they get knocked out before the first break!
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No buy-in
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Free League Championship Trophy Prize, nothing of monetary value, but you're playing for the fun and the fame of becoming the Free League Champ!
There will also be Cash Tables and Sit'n'Goes running for players who wish to play more poker during the events! Cash tables can start from 11am, and go til 7pm.
Gaming functions by Permit issued under Section 47 of the Act for Beaumaris Sports Association
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1/05/2014 - Pro Structure Change starts 1st May! -
We're happy to announce that the regular Pro events at the Beaumaris Sports Association on Tuesdays and Woodvale Tavern on Thursdays are changing from Thursday 1st May!
These changes have been discussed at length between us at the Beaumaris and the regular player base, and we're sure you will like them -
Pro League Structure
$30 buy-in Freezeout (no more re-buys!)
8000 chips.
$25 to the prize, $5 towards Club fundraising.
The currently pooled end of season prize pool will be paid out as usual at the end of the season grand final, but the new structure is live from today, Thursday 1st May.
Now you can win a lot more prize money on every night you play...
Spread the news, see you soon :)
Gaming Functions by Permit issued under Section 47 of the Act for Beaumaris Sports Association
31/03/2014 - Special $20 freezeout trial at Beaumaris -
We're trialing a little $20 freezeout structure cash event on Tuesday nights at the Beaumaris Sports Association, as a good chance for some of our Free League group to play for a little money!
Starting this Tuesday 1st April, timing is the usual 6pm registration, 7pm start.
If the response is positive towards it, we'll continue it on Tuesdays as a regular event.
Gaming Function by Permit issued under Section 47 of the Act for Beaumaris Sports Association
6/03/2014 - A great streak of results for Nicholas McIntyre! -
Special note needs to be made to Nicholas McIntyre, regular Free League player at the Beaumaris Sports Association.
As at the first 7 weeks of the season, Nicholas has won 3 times and come second 3 times, in fields of between 30 and 45 players.
We can't recall the last time (if any) during the league where a player has come close to this effort.
Congratulations Nicholas! Your consistent performance is impressive, and has skyrocketed you to a healthy 1400+ point lead in the Beaumaris Free League ladder!
18/01/2014 - Some news from Team WAPL Macau! -
News from the Team in Macau!
Penny and Luke are doing well through Day 1A, with Luke being ranked in the 50s with 21,000 chips at end of day. Penny is hanging in there on 8k, after having a bit of a rollercoaster day of ups and downs!
Darren has been quite ill unfortunately! Get well soon mate!
Best of luck to you all, we'll keep this post updated as we hear more!
4/01/2014 - A new year, a new WAPL Season, starting 7th January! -
Welcome to 2014! We trust you had a great Christmas and New Year period. This week signifies the start of WAPL Season 25, on Tuesday 7th January at the Beaumaris Sports Association.
We've been taking some great suggestions from our players and are making some changes to this season's structure, especially based around the Grand Final and desire for players to participate in it, bearing in mind players who only play a single event per week and want to strive to win their individual venue ladder.
The changes for Season 25 are as follows -
Back to a 6 month season, to get back to a bigger grand final prize pool.
$30 buy-in, $20 re-buy. The extra $5 buy-in now goes direct to the grand final prize pool, but all players at the Grand Final have their buy-in reduced by the number of Pro games they played during the season x $5 (up to their entire $200 grand final buy-in!) This enables you to not only play your fun regular weekly events, but to look forward to a great prize pool grand final with a discounted, or even free, entry! This change will hopefully achieve what we all want to see, and that is a bigger Grand Final with more players and a bigger prize pool.
There will be no more Tournament of Champions for top of venue players, instead the winner of each venue will win a $200 cash payout for their great efforts at becoming the champion of their venue!
In view of the top ranked ladder players getting a large discount off their grand final buy-in due to the number of games they will have played, we will also replace the $200 buy-in from the top 5 players, with a cash payout of $500, $300, and $200 for the top 3 season ladder results.
We are considering adding some regular (monthly) structure changes to some of the regular events, which we will be discussing with the member base at events come the start of the season.
We will continue to listen to your feedback and discuss new ideas with a mind to further improving our structure in a direction our members would like to see it head.
Thanks for all your suggestions and support through 2013, here's to a great 2014, all the best to you all!
Your WAPL Team
10/12/2013 - Tournament of Champions @ Beaumaris, 10th December -
Don't forget the Season 24 Tournament of Champions is on at the Beaumaris this Tuesday 10th December for the 1st and 2nd placed players at each venue ladder for last season.
Good luck!
29/11/2013 - Season Results are complete! Check your ranking! -
After the final game of the Season on Thursday night, the Season 24 rankings for Pro and Free are now correct.
Please go ahead and check the respective ladders to see if you are in the Top 100 to qualify for your grand final position on Sunday!
Congratulations to Pete Lehtonen and Deb Lyttle for a great season! They each took out the Pro and Free Season Championships, both secured at the final event of the season, which was very close all the way through!!!
Woodvale and Beaumaris will continue in the off-season for the first 3 weeks of December, before we break over the Christmas period!
Don't forget that GF registration starts at 11am, seating at midday, this Sunday 1st December, upstairs at Albion Hotel! Pro players with $100 PoCA Challenge Tickets must bring them along to be able to pay for your $200 buy-in in part or full.
See you there :)
27/11/2013 - Season 24 Grand Finals this weekend! Sunday 1st Dec! -
WAPL Season 24 Grand Finals
Here is the information for the Season 24 Grand Final!
For those Pro players buying in, you CAN USE any remaining $100 PoCA Challenge Tickets to buy-in in part or in full to this Grand Final! Don't forget to bring your ticket(s) with you!
Pro League - Overall Season ranking prizes
1st - Season Champion Trophy & $200 Grand Final Entry
2nd - $200 Grand Final Entry
3rd - $200 Grand Final Entry
4th - $200 Grand Final Entry
5th - $200 Grand Final Entry
In addition to the overall league rankings, the top player for each venue at the end of the season will also win a $100 qualification into the Tournament of Champions held at the end of the season! Second player from each venue has the option to buy-in to this great event for $100!
Only Pro League venues running for over 5 weeks during a season will be eligible for the winning qualification, and if a player has already gained qualification through another venue, it does not automatically qualify a lower ranked player for the prize.
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Single Day Grand Final!
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Great Prize Pool!
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Quality event, quality venue
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10,000 starting stack FREEZEOUT
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30 min blinds
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Mega Re-buy side event
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Cash Tables
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Sit N Goes
More Details -
Locations, Dates & Times
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Pro & Free Leagues - Sun 1st December 2013 - Albion Hotel
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Pro League Registration opens 11am.
Final Pro League registration 11:45am for a 12 noon start. -
Free League Registration opens 11am.
Final Free League registration 11:45am for a 12 noon start. -
$10 re-buy registration opens 12:00pm.
Final registration 1:00pm.
Please don't be late, as it's critical we start the tournaments on time and we don't want to turn latecomers away.
Pro League Grand Final
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Top 100 on Pro League Ladder qualify.
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Top 10 on each Pro venue Ladder qualify.
Qualifiers - $200 buy-in
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Top 10% of the players win cash prizes!
Free League Grand Final
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Top 100 on Free League Ladder qualify.
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Top 10 ranked players receive a FREE 2500 rebuy if they get knocked out before the first break!
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No buy-in
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Free League Championship Trophy Prize, nothing of monetary value, but you're playing for the fun and the fame of becoming the Free League Champ!
There will also be Cash Tables and Sit'n'Goes running for players who wish to play more poker during the events!
Gaming functions by Permit issued under Section 47 of the Act for Poker for Charity Association
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14/11/2013 - WAPL Warehouse Sale! Grab a 2nd hand table or other gear! -
We're relocating to smaller premises, and have a lot of surplus used poker tables and other equipment for sale that we don't want to have to move! Over this Sunday and next (17th and 24th Nov) from 2pm-6pm we will have a warehouse clearance where you can grab yourself some bargains.
Mostly used, but some items are new.
Prices start from $1 for some of the accessories! Tables depend on condition, pick and choose depending on your budget.
MANY used poker tables in varying quality, 8 or 10 seater (8 seaters with legs or sit on existing tabletops, 10 seaters all have legs)
Poker chips (new!)
Poker cards (old design we no longer use)
Poker accessories, clothing and miscellaneous goodies!
Some office furniture also to be sold -
Beautiful glass display cabinet with downlight
Large standing bar/front counter
Desks/Tables
Chairs
Specialty items -
3x surplus enclosed box trailers
Custom made camera inlaid poker 'final table' (Serious offers only, this was expensive but we don't use it at the grand finals anymore!)
Please make sure you have enough room to take purchased items with you, as we're moving at the end of the month!
These tables will not easily fit in most cars, so a ute/truck/roofrack and tiedowns highly recommended.
Details -
Sunday 17th and 24th November
2pm-6pm
11 Old Aberdeen Place, West Perth (off Cleaver Street, runs parallel to the Graham Farmer Freeway tunnel entrance from Loftus street)
Contact Jason@wapokerleague.com.au if you have any questions.
Spread the word, there's plenty for everyone!
31/10/2013 - Aussie Millions Event 1 Qualifier - Monday Nov 4th @ Paddy Malone's! -
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11/10/2013 - WAPL News - PoCA Challenge this Sunday 13th, and the date for next Season Finals! -
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23/09/2013 - Double Stack Pro Events! 6000 chip stacks, single 6000 chip re-buy or top-up! -
Double Stack Pro League
Mondays and Wednesdays!!
The Double Stack events start this week, so please spread the word.
Mondays
Paddy Malone's, Alexander Heights (Rego 6pm, Start 7pm)
Wednesdays
Market City Tavern, Canning Vale (Rego 6pm, Start 7pm)
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18/08/2013 - Team WAPL Macau - August 2013 News (with live updates!) -
We see 6 Team WAPL members head over to Macau for the Red Dragon in August, 2013, for what is sure to be another great trip for Team WAPL!
Headed up by WAPL's Frank and Jill Maley, we have past Team WAPL members Darren Rudrum and Murray Rhodes heading back for more fun, and PoCA Challenge newcomers Stephen King and David Irwin experiencing the amazing Macau for the first time!
The latest news is on WAPL's Facebook page - facebook.com/WAPokerLeague
Frank and Jill had a great start to the trip, both winning their main event entries through satellites!
Team WAPL all played Day 1a of the Main Event.
Day 1a
Awesome news! We had 4 of our 6 Team WAPL Members through to Day 2!
Dave and Jill both got unlucky to bust in Day 1a, but will be taking part in further events, so good luck with those!
Day 2
After a couple of days break for the completion of Day 1b and 1c, Team WAPL hits the felt again for Day 2 of the Pokerstars Macau Red Dragon!
Frank is doing very well, sitting at 25th overall in chip lead. Stephen is short stacked, with Darren and Murray about average chip stacks.
Stephen caught a few double ups to get right back in the thick of things, overtaking Frank to over 120,000 in chips at one point later in the day!
After hours of play, and a total of 645 players starting in the event, Stephen and Frank both made it to the Top 77, and are in the money in the main event! Congratulations!
With play set to finish at 11pm Saturday night, they still had a long way to go. Frank was still going strong, with Stephen dropping back to a short stack, folding away the places (and getting higher up the cash payouts!)
At exactly 50th place, Stephen got knocked out (over $22,000HKD cash, congratulations!), leaving Frank as our final Team WAPL member in the main event! Frank still hovering around the 200,000-300,000 mark, now about average stack.
In a very exciting Day 2, 11pm finally rolled around, and we saw Frank left with 328,000 in chips, with 21 players remaining! Best of luck tomorrow Frank! Ship it!
Day 3

In a tense start to Day 3, we immediately lost 2 players in the first few hands.
Early on in the day, Frank picked up a hand and chipped up a bit, then folded out of another he'd got involved in.
He's been playing tight, and very composed, as would be expected from a player of his international poker experience!
Around him players have been dropping throughout the day, with him hanging in there!
With just 12 players remaining in the event, Frank is now 2nd short stack with 200,000 in chips, and in a tough position with the blinds now up to 12,000-24,000, and the antes 4,000!
Another two players fall, leaving 10 players with Frank still in!
1 more player to Final Table.... Good luck Frank, bring home that Trophy (the $1.3 million HKD (~$200,000AUD) would be great too!)
Frank has made Final Table as short stack, with exactly 200,000 in chips!
Final Table

Frank hit final table of the Pokerstars Macau Red Dragon as the short stack with exactly 200,000 in chips, and in doing so has become the second Team WAPL member in as many years to make the Red Dragon Final Table since Bob Streatfeild cashed in 9th position in September 2012!
Frank will be hoping to see some good cards and not run into Aces, which ended Bob's run to 1st place last Sept. He's in a tough spot right now, with the blinds up to 15,000-30,000 and 5000 antes. It's time for the big pockets to come his way!
Great effort Frank, best of luck for Final Table!
Frank just doubled up on Final Table with Pocket Jacks vs Ace Queen! Flop came King 4 5, with a 6 on the turn and an 8 on the river!
He is now over 500,000 in chips! Just the bit of breathing space he needed! Keep it going Frank!
Frank the Tank, heading to the Bank!
Well, after a gruelling 3 days of play, Frank Maley has been knocked out in 7th place!
It went like this - Frank raised to 135,000 pre-flop with Ace Jack of Hearts, gets re-raised to 230,000, and calls to see a flop of 6, 6, 10.
His opponent is holding Pocket 10s and just hit a full house, yet Kiwi Thomas Ward proceeds to bet the flop with 200,000. Frank believed that he Thomas hadn't hit the flop, and flat called with his two overcards and a possible flush draw if the turn comes a heart.
The turn comes a Jack, giving Frank top pair top kicker. Ward bet 350,000, and Frank instantly shoves his stack. Ward calls with his full house, leaving Frank needing one of two remaining Jacks to win the hand.
The Jack didn't come, and Frank leaves the Pokerstars Macau Red Dragon Main Event in 7th place, winning $206,000HKD (~$29,000AUD) for his great performance!
Frank won his Main Event entry through a ~$180AUD satellite in Macau the day before the Main Event started.
Congratulations Frank, you've made us all proud!


The latest news is on WAPL's Facebook page - facebook.com/WAPokerLeague
14/08/2013 - Team WAPL Macau Update -
Well all the WAPL Team have arrived safely, avoiding the Typhoon that is ravaging the region. The possibility of being "Locked In" the City of Dreams seemed a good idea!! On the playing front Darren Rudrum has had more bad beats than he needs, Dave Irwin not far behind him, but Steve King and Murray Rhodes have both run deep in events so far. Success has been forthcoming in Macau again for Jill Maley with her cards starting to hold on Tuesday winning her Main Event seat in a HK$1200 Sat in the afternoon, then getting unlucky when in front with AK v QJ to double bubble the cash in Event #5 the 3K Turbo. Frank ran deep in the same event, going out a bit before Jill when his A10 ran into AA, but he has been running well after winning his M/E seat on Sunday and getting close in two later satellites for Main Event seats worth HK$11,000 each. Wednesday is Day 1A and all 6 WAPL Members will be playing with the numbers expected to exceed 600 for the 19th Red Dragon Poker Championship. Hopefully we can see our record of 1 Final Table appearance exceeded this time around, with a guaranteed prize pool of HK$5,000,000 the payouts will be fantastic. Good Luck to all 6 WAPL players today, and watch the WAPL Facebook for updates. Team WAPL Macau
2/08/2013 - Pat Healy going strong in ANZPT -
WAPL Member Pat Healy had an up and down day in Queenstown for the ANZPT Main Event yesterday. But a late double up saw Pat go into todays D2 with a descent stack of just over 30K Hopefully while back home the WAPL Elite are playing in the first Macau Monthly Special $50 event at the Albion, Pat is fighting out the Final Table in Queenstown. A deep run will place Pat in the Top 3 on the ANZPT Leaderboard for 2013. GOOD LUCK PAT
1/08/2013 - New monthly Sunday events, Macau Trip, and the next PoCA Challenge! -
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31/07/2013 - Monthly $50 PoCA event upstairs @ Albion Hotel -
Starting this Sunday 4th August, we'll be hosting a monthly Sunday event upstairs at the Albion Hotel (the same venue we've been hosting the Grand Final and Poker for Charity Challenge). This event will be another great opportunity for you to win both cash and entry to the PoCA Challenge, to make it to Macau with Team WAPL!
This structure will be a $50 buy-in 6000 start stack, with a single 6000 re-buy or top-up available for $50. Blind rounds will be 20 minutes throughout, so we have a quality tournament to look forward to!
Payouts are based on our standard payouts to top 10% players, with each player in the money receiving cash plus their $100 ticket to a PoCA Challenge! (Transferrable/Sellable if you don't want to go to Macau, many others will happily take it off your hands if you absolutely do not want it)
As a result of the regular weekend events being held at the Albion, we won't be holding odd cash table nights there on Friday nights until further notice.
$2/$5 Cash tables will be available at the special events, as always!
Gaming Function by Permit issued under Section 47 of the Act for Poker for Charity Association
9/07/2013 - Macau $10 Satellite Thurs @ Woodvale -
That's right, win your $100 Poker for Charity Challenge seat @ Woodvale this Thursday night at 6pm Don't be late, must be started by 6-15 or no go!! See you there, it could get you to Macau for the Red Dragon Championship next January. Pro and Free Leagues at 7pm as usual.
3/07/2013 - PoCA Donates $10,000 to Swan City Youth Service -
The official opening of the Swan City Youth Service's entertainment refit was held on the 2nd July, much to the delight of the many people whose lives will be enhanced by the changes!
SCYS, which has been operating for over 30 years, applied for part of the $65,000 in PoCA Donations made before the end of financial year, with their project being a much needed facelift for their entertainment room.
Previously inhabited by an old analogue television caged into the corner of the room, and some less than comfy sofas, the all new entertainment room now boasts an Xbox, Playstation 3, both with big wall mounted LCD tvs, a projector and screen for television, 2 new sofas, in addition to some great table games like Foosball, Pool, Table Tennis, and Air Hockey.
Not only this, but the room now boasts a lot of smiles from kids who need the support.
Thanks to all our members who contribute so generously to PoCA through playing Pro League and the Cash Raffle.
Here's some photos taken on the day, where PoCA Chairman and Board Member Kelvin Davies and Michelle Duryea attended the grand opening to officially cut the ribbon and allow entry to the room!
The sausage sizzle
Official opening announcement
PoCA receives a warm round of applause
SCYS's Chrystie Flint & PoCA's Kelvin Davies cutting the ribbon
The official ribbon cut
The new room, complete with newly spray painted wall art by the kids
Discussing the new area with a local reporter
Playing the table games. What a break!
Watching the gaming commence
Great to see so many smiling faces as everyone enjoys the new room!
2/07/2013 - Macau $10 Satellite TONIGHT -
That's right, win your $100 Poker for Charity Challenge seat @ Beaumaris tonight at 6pm Don't be late, must be started by 6-15 or no go!! See you there, it could get you to Macau for the Red Dragon Championship next January. Pro and Free Leagues at 7pm as usual.
18/06/2013 - More chances to win your $100 PoCA Challenge seat! -
We're running a series of quick $10 re-buy events in the coming months to enable our members to win $100 tickets to the Poker for Charity Challenge events!
For those with a dream to join Team WAPL and play in the awesome Pokerstars Red Dragon events in Macau, this is your chance to get there for as little as $10!
These events have a maximum of 3 re-buys/top-ups, which can be taken at any point up to the end of 200/400. Blind levels start at 25/50 and are 10 minutes, with starting stack, re-buys and top-ups 1500.
These events start at 6pm on the following dates at the Woodvale Tavern and Beaumaris Sports Clubs -
Tue 18 Jun Beaumaris S/Club @ 6-00pm
Thu 27 Jun Woodvale Tavern @ 6-00pm
Tue 2 July Beaumaris S/Club @ 6-00pm
Thu 11 July Woodvale Tavern @ 6-00pm
Tue 16 July Beaumaris S/Club @ 6-00pm
Thu 25 July Woodvale Tavern @ 6-00pm
Tue 30 July Beaumaris S/Club @ 6-00pm
Thu 8 Aug Woodvale Tavern @ 6-00pm
Tue 13 Aug Beaumaris S/Club @ 6-00pm
Thu 22 Aug Woodvale Tavern @ 6-00pm
Enjoy, and good luck winning your PoCA Challenge tickets!
10/06/2013 - Championship Poker Tonight @ Paddy Malones -
A Big night of Poker tonight @ Paddy Malone’s Tournament of Champions — Pro League Tournament of Champions — Free League Pro League Tournament Free league Tournament See you at Paddy Malone's Tonight 7pm start. Congratulation to the Champions from the Season 22 Grand Final Pro League - Trevor Rozario Free League - Barry Huggett See the full report and pic’s on the website soon.
3/06/2013 - Paddy Malone's is ON tonight for a Public Holiday start to Season 23! -
Come check out our newest venue Paddy Malone's, as we're still running for the Public Holiday!
See you there :)
2/06/2013 - WAPL Season 22 Grand Finals! -
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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! -
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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! -
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19/02/2013 - WAPL Grand Finals, WSOP AU, and Team WAPL Macau. All coming up over 3 big poker weekends! -
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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!
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!
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!
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!!!
2/01/2013 - Welcome to WAPL 2013! -
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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.
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
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! -
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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!
29/10/2012 - Last Claremont tonight, Rosemount starts next Monday! -
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24/10/2012 - WAPL News - Australia's first WSOP! Win your package with WAPL! -
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11/10/2012 - PoCA Challenge Sunday 14 Oct, PoCA AGM 24 Oct, Rosemount returns! -
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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! -
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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.
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) -
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15/07/2012 - Latest PoCA Challenge Results, and upcoming dates! -
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27/06/2012 - PoCA Challenge this weekend! -
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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.
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 -
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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.
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
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CASH PRIZES: Top 10% of players win great cash prizes
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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!
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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!
Gaming Functions by Permit issued under Section 47 of the Gaming and Wagering Commission Act 1987 for Poker for Charity Association.
Poker for Charity Association 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 visit www.gamblinghelpline.org.au
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
Gaming Functions by Permit issued under Section 47 of the Act for Poker for Charity Association
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
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!
Gaming functions by Permit issued under Section 47 of the Act for Poker for Charity Association
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 -
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! 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! |
Gaming functions by Permit issued under Section 47 of the Act for South Fremantle Football Club and Poker for Charity Association
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.
All Gaming by Permit issued under Section 47 of the Act for various not for profit organisations
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 7pmEvent 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.
All Gaming by Permit issued under Section 47 of the Act for various not for profit organisations
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.
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!
All Gaming by Permit issued under Section 47 of the Act for various not for profit organisations
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 18th Jan, 2012
Claremont Football Club re-commences Fri 3rd 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
Poker for Charity Association's Flagship event! 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.
$4000 Team WAPL Macau Package to winner (If prize pool permits). Top 10% of players win great cash prizes.
$100 buy-in, with a single optional $100 re-buy or top-up. (6000 starting stack/re-buy/top-up) 30 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.
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!
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Barry McGee
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Ian Murfitt
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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 -
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Mark Wood - $10,592
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Jarrod Soong - $4,327
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George Rush - $2,118
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Terresa Teale - $1,271
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Adrian Shafran - $1,059
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Mark Ridgwell - $847
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Colin Wilford - $635
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Todd Warner - $424
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!
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |