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!

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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

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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.

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Pro Grand Final

Top 10% of the players win cash prizes!

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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

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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!

Season 33 Grand Finals this Sunday! 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

The tragic loss of Team WAPL member and absolute gentleman, Bob Streatfeild 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 Back in 2006, when WAPL started the pub poker scene in Western Australia, we knew poker was going to be big. We didn't expect that now, nearly 11 years later, we would still be running great events for our (now many) members, and bringing new and exciting changes for our players. All the way back in Season 1, we had the help from life member Buck to put together a masterpiece, the WAPL Grand Final Table. Fully camera inlaid, this beast was used to record hole cards and was produced into Grand Final DVDs for our members to relive the experience! Fast forward 10 years, and we are pleased to announce the imminent arrival of our reincarnation of this piece of WAPL and WA Poker history, in our custom designed and built WAPL Live Table! 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! Stay tuned for the official launch event, we look forward to welcoming you to experience it for yourself...  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!

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Gaming Functions by Permit issued under Section 47 of the Act for Joondalup Sports Association



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)

Eddie @ the Aussie Millions - Main event 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!

       

• 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 14th August, 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

9/04/2016 - Welcome to Season 31. S30 Grand finals are Sunday 17th April! -

WAPL Season 30 Grand Final Events

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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!

Pro League Top 5

Free League Top 5

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
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
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

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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

• Cash & Free Events - Sun 13th December, 2015 - 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 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 Beaumaris Sports Association

30/07/2015 - Grand Finals for Season 28 -

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WAPL Season 28 Grand Final Events

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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!

       

• 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 9th August, 2015 - 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 100 on Free League Ladder qualify.
  • Top 5 ranked players receive a FREE rebuy if they get knocked out before the first break!
  • 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.

• 3 Seasons per year instead of 2. Season 27 will end in April, Season 28 in August, and Season 29 in December.
• 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!

       

• End of Season Grand Final Event
• Great Prize Pool!
• Quality event, quality venue
• 10,000 starting stack FREEZEOUT
• 40 min blinds
• Cash Tables
• Sit N Goes

  More Details -

  Locations, Dates & Times

• Cash & Free Events - Sun 14th December 2014 - 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.
• $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

• Top 10% of the players win cash prizes!

  Free Event

  • Top 100 on Free League Ladder qualify.
  • Top 5 ranked players receive a FREE rebuy if they get knocked out before the first break!
  • 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

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

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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.

• Pro League Grand Final
• Great Prize Pool!
• Quality event, quality venue
• 10,000 starting stack FREEZEOUT
• 30 min blinds
• Cash Tables
• Sit N Goes

  More Details -

  Locations, Dates & Times

• Pro & Free Leagues - Sun 29th June 2014 - Beaumaris Sports Association

• 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

• Top 100 on Pro League Ladder qualify.
• 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!)

• Top 10% of the players win cash prizes!

  Free League Grand Final

  • Top 100 on Free League Ladder qualify.
  • Top 5 ranked players receive a FREE rebuy if they get knocked out before the first break!
  • No buy-in
  • 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!

Pro League Ranks

Free League Ranks

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

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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.

• Single Day Grand Final!
• Great Prize Pool!
• Quality event, quality venue
• 10,000 starting stack FREEZEOUT
• 30 min blinds
• Mega Re-buy side event
• Cash Tables
• Sit N Goes

  More Details -

  Locations, Dates & Times

• Pro & Free Leagues - Sun 1st December 2013 - Albion Hotel

• 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

• Top 100 on Pro League Ladder qualify.
• Top 10 on each Pro venue Ladder qualify.

Qualifiers - $200 buy-in

• Top 10% of the players win cash prizes!

  Free League Grand Final

  • Top 100 on Free League Ladder qualify.
  • Top 10 ranked players receive a FREE 2500 rebuy if they get knocked out before the first break!
  • No buy-in
  • 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! -

Win a $2000 trip to Aussie Millions Event 1, this Monday 4th Nov! This Monday night, the 4th November, we will be holding an event to win a $2000 trip to Melbourne to head to the Aussie Millions, playing in Bracelet Event #1 (The $1100 event).  The prize includes the event entry, with $900 towards flights and accommodation in Melbourne. This event is being held at Paddy Malone's in Alexander Heights, with a $100 buy-in and optional $100 re-buy or top-up, 6000 in chips for each! (total 12,000 stack with your re-buy/top-up!) The next Grand Final - 1st Dec!   Don't forget the date of the next WAPL Grand Final. Sunday 4th December, upstairs at the Albion Hotel in Cottesloe! (11am Registration) Poker for Charity Association - Proudly supported Telethon with a $30,000 donation in 2012 and a $35,000 donation to Princess Margaret Hospital in 2011. Thanks for your contributions towards these great causes. Don't forget our weekly events! We have events nearly every day of the week! Mondays - Paddy Malone's Alexander Heights Tuesdays -  Beaumaris Sports Association Iluka Wednesdays- Market City Tavern Canning Vale Thursdays - Woodvale Tavern & Elephant & Wheelbarrow Northbridge Saturdays - Ascot Racecourse

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11/10/2013 - WAPL News - PoCA Challenge this Sunday 13th, and the date for next Season Finals! -

Poker for Charity Challenge, this Sunday! We know you've been waiting for it, the next PoCA Challenge is this Sunday 13th October! Upstairs at the Albion Hotel in Cottesloe. 11am registration, 12 midday start! The structure is as follows - $100 buy-in, with a single $100 re-buy or top-up 6000 chip starting stack, 6000 re-buy/top-up 30 minute blinds throughout Top 10% players in the prizes! First $4,500 in the prize pool goes to a Team WAPL Macau Package to first place. Remaining cash split to the remaining top 10% players. Good luck this Sunday, hope to see you there.   Place your deposit for Macau! Team WAPL heads back to Macau in January 2014, and we have already got a big team together! Don't miss your chance at success in Macau, place your deposit before the end of October to secure your spot! The deposit will be refunded in the event of you winning a PoCA Challenge Package. Put the next Grand Final in your diary! Sunday 1st December are the next WAPL Grand Finals. Don't miss this date! This season will lead all the way up to 30th November, with the Grand Final being that same weekend (as opposed to having a week of the next season before the GF, due to date clashes) Make sure you're qualified in the Top 100 for your seat! Poker for Charity Association - Proudly supported Telethon with a $30,000 donation in 2012 and a $35,000 donation to Princess Margaret Hospital in 2011. Thanks for your contributions towards these great causes. What's this PoCA Challenge? Poker for Charity Association (PoCA) is the major charity WAPL events raise money for! The PoCA Challenge is their flagship poker event, a great day of poker, where you're playing to win a $4500 trip to Macau, China as part of Team WAPL, along with cash to the remaining top 10% of players! Why should you bother going? Macau is a life changing experience. It is the biggest gambling hub in the world (yes, bigger than Vegas), and poker has grown significantly in this market over the last few years. Pokerstars Macau runs some of the most professional events in the entire SE Asia region. Even if you can't afford the time to go to Macau, if you play in and win this event, you can be sure there's a queue of people ready to buy the package off you if you don't want to take up the awesome opportunity yourself!

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4/10/2013 - Sunday Monthly this Sunday (6th), PoCA Challenge next Sunday! (13th) -

Sunday Monthly this Sunday, PoCA Challenge next Sunday! This weekend, on Sunday 6th October, is the next of our $50/$50 Sunday Monthly tournaments at Albion Hotel. The Poker for Charity Challenge is coming up the week after on Sunday 13th October, again upstairs at the Albion Hotel, Stirling Hwy, Cottesloe!

$50/50 Sunday Monthly! Win both great cash prizes, and secure your seat in a Poker for Charity Challenge event! The next Sunday Monthly is this Sunday 6th October! Registration time is 12pm, with seating at 1pm. Please don't be late, or call ahead to be put in and blinded out of you want to play and can't make it on time. The structure is as follows - $50 buy-in, with a single $50 re-buy or top-up 6000 chip starting stack, 6000 re-buy/top-up 20 minute blinds throughout Top 10% players in the money! Prizes are paid in cash along with a PoCA Challenge Seat worth $100 which can be used at any future PoCA Challenge event! Should you want to sell your PoCA Challenge seat, it will be easy to sell on the day, as these are in demand by all the members who are hoping to experience (or return to) the wonderful Team WAPL Macau Trip! Good luck this Sunday, hope to see you there.   Join Team WAPL Macau at the Poker for Charity Challenge!   Team WAPL Macau had another successful trip  for their second of 2013! Thanks to those of you who followed the team's progress through our Facebook page -www.facebook.com/WAPokerLeague Your next chance to win your way to Macau with Team WAPL is upstairs at the Albion Hotel in Cottesloe on Sunday 13th October. 11am registration, 11:45am seating. $100 buy-in with a single $100 re-buy or top-up, the PoCA Challenge event is your best and only chance to win your way to Macau, SE Asia's Las Vegas, to compete in some of the highest quality poker events in the world, in the Pokerstars Red Dragon! Poker for Charity Association - Proudly supported Telethon with a $30,000 donation in 2012 and a $35,000 donation to Princess Margaret Hospital in 2011. Thanks for your contributions towards these great causes.

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!!

15/09/2013 - Don't forget the Season 23 Grand Finals this weekend, Sunday 15th September! -

Grand Finals this Sunday 15th Sept! The WAPL Grand Finals for Season 23 are on this coming Sunday 15th September, upstairs at the Albion Hotel, Stirling Hwy, Cottesloe! Registration time is 11am to 11:45am, with us seating at midday to start. Please don't be late, or call ahead to be put in and blinded out of you want to play and can't make it on time. The Pro and Free Grand Finals are open only to those players finishing in the Top 100 of their respective ladders or Top 10 for their venue (minimum 5 games at the venue). The Pro Final buy-in is $200, and the Free Final is free. Congratulations to the Top 5 Pro players for Season 23, you have won your $200 Grand Final entry fee to play on the day! 1st - Danny Poolman (Congratulations Pro League Season Champ!) 2nd - Terry Loftus 3rd - Jill Maley 4th - Tony Hawker 5th - Kevin Kenny  Congratulations to the Top 10 Free players for Season 23, you have won a free re-buy (not top-up) in the Free League Grand Final if you bust before the break!  1st -  Deb Lyttle (Congratulations Free League Season Champ!) 2nd - Ben Breuseker 3rd - Larry Gane 4th - Una Van Den Berg 5th - Steve Lyttle 6th - Barry Huggett 7th - Paul Ward 8th - Tegan Page 9th - Jan Burke 10th -  Sam Hinchcliff Congratulations Tournament of Champions Qualifiers! For those members who won their venues in Pro and Free League, you've gained a spot in the Tournament of Champions! In Pro League, congratulations to - Beaumaris Danny Poolman - $100 ToC Entry Terry Loftus - May buy-in to ToC for $100 Market City Tavern Mehmet Erok - $100 ToC Entry Bob Howard - May buy-in to ToC for $100 Paddy Malone's Andre Hodi - $100 ToC Entry Peter Kennedy - May buy-in to ToC for $100 Woodvale Tavern Danny Poolman - Already won ToC entry Tony Hawker - May buy-in to ToC for $100 In Free League, congratulations to - Beaumaris Andrew Sebastian - Free ToC Entry Tegan Page - Free ToC Entry Market City Tavern Lee Mattfield - Free ToC Entry Gareth Davies - Free ToC Entry Paddy Malone's Una Van Den Berg - Free ToC Entry Ben Breuseker - Free ToC Entry Paddy Malone's Steve Lyttle - Free ToC Entry Deb Lyttle - Free ToC Entry Woodvale Tavern Ben Breuseker - Already won ToC Entry Deb Lyttle - Already won ToC Entry The date for the ToC is Monday 16th September, the day after the Grand Final, at Paddy Malone's in Alexander Heights.   Join Team WAPL Macau at the Poker for Charity Challenge! Team WAPL Macau had another successful trip in August 2013! Thanks to those of you who followed the team's progress through our Facebook page - www.facebook.com/WAPokerLeague Congratulations to Frank Maley, who finished 7th in the Red Dragon Main Event, winning $30,000AUD, along with taking the title of the Team WAPL Macau Member to have made the best position so far in a Macau Red Dragon Main Event! Your next chance to win your way to Macau with Team WAPL is upstairs at the Albion Hotel in Cottesloe on Sunday 13th October. 11am registration, 11:45am seating. $100 buy-in with a single $100 re-buy or top-up, the PoCA Challenge event is your best and only chance to win your way to Macau, SE Asia's Las Vegas, to compete in some of the highest quality poker events in the world, in the Pokerstars Red Dragon Main Event! Poker for Charity Association - Proudly supporting various child based health and welfare organisations in Western Australia. Your support has helped contribute over $125,000 to these charities over the last 2 years! Thanks for your contributions towards these great causes. Haven't qualified for the finals? Come down anyway! Even if you aren't qualified to play in either final, there's still lots to do on Sunday! We have a $10 re-buy event paying out cash, registration starts for this event at 1:30pm! Also, we have Cash Tables and Sit'n'Goes available from 12pm-6pm.

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6/09/2013 - Sunday Monthly $50/$50 this Sunday, Grand Finals next Sunday! -

Two big weekends of poker coming up! This weekend, on Sunday 8th September, is the next of our $50/$50 Sunday Monthly tournaments at Albion Hotel. The WAPL Grand Finals for Season 23 are coming up the week after on Sunday 15th September, upstairs at the Albion Hotel, Stirling Hwy, Cottesloe! Season 24 starts this coming Monday 9th September at Paddy Malone's. Get your season off to a good start there!

$50/50 Sunday Monthly! Win both great cash prizes, and secure your seat in the big Poker for Charity Challenge events! The next Sunday Monthly is this Sunday 8th September! Registration time is 12pm, with us seating at 1pm. Please don't be late, or call ahead to be put in and blinded out of you want to play and can't make it on time. The structure is as follows - $50 buy-in, with a single $50 re-buy or top-up 6000 chip starting stack, 6000 re-buy/top-up 20 minute blinds throughout Top 10% players in the money! Prizes are paid in cash along with a PoCA Challenge Seat worth $100 which can be used at any future PoCA Challenge event! Should you want to sell your PoCA Challenge seat, it will be easy to sell on the day, as these are in demand by all the members who are hoping to experience (or return to) the wonderful Team WAPL Macau Trip! Good luck this Sunday, hope to see you there.   Join Team WAPL Macau at the Poker for Charity Challenge!   Team WAPL Macau had another successful trip  for their second of 2013! Thanks to those of you who followed the team's progress through our Facebook page -www.facebook.com/WAPokerLeague Your next chance to win your way to Macau with Team WAPL is upstairs at the Albion Hotel in Cottesloe on Sunday 13th October. 11am registration, 11:45am seating. $100 buy-in with a single $100 re-buy or top-up, the PoCA Challenge event is your best and only chance to win your way to Macau, SE Asia's Las Vegas, to compete in some of the highest quality poker events in the world, in the Pokerstars Red Dragon! Poker for Charity Association - Proudly supported Telethon with a $30,000 donation in 2012 and a $35,000 donation to Princess Margaret Hospital in 2011. Thanks for your contributions towards these great causes.

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

Photos courtesy of Kenneth Lim Photography (first 5) and Seven Tarepanda (Dave)

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

Photo courtesy of Kenneth Lim Photography

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

Photo courtesy of Kenneth Lim Photography

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!

Photos courtesy of Kenneth Lim Photography

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! -

The Sunday Monthly! We are now starting to run a monthly Sunday event upstairs at the Albion Hotel for our members to win both great cash prizes, and to secure their seat in the big Poker for Charity Challenge events! The first Sunday Monthly is this Sunday 4th August! Registration time is 12pm, with us seating at 1pm. Please don't be late, or call ahead to be put in and blinded out of you want to play and can't make it on time. The structure is as follows - $50 buy-in, with a single $50 re-buy or top-up 6000 chip starting stack, 6000 re-buy/top-up 20 minute blinds throughout Top 10% players in the money! Prizes are paid in cash along with a PoCA Challenge Seat worth $100 which can be used at any future PoCA Challenge event! Should you want to sell your PoCA Challenge seat, it will be easy to sell on the day, as these are in demand by all the members who are hoping to experience (or return to) the wonderful Team WAPL Macau Trip! Good luck this Sunday, hope to see you there. Good Luck Team WAPL Macau! It's nearly time for Team WAPL to head to Macau again! With Frank and Jill leading the team, it's great to have both experienced Macau trip lovers joining the new blood! We know you will all have a blast, as always! Best of luck on the felt, at the parties and getting great deals in the markets in China! We will be looking forward to following your progress on our Facebook page - http://facebook.com/WAPokerLeague   Join Team WAPL Macau at the Poker for Charity Challenge!   Your next chance to win your way to Macau with Team WAPL is upstairs at the Albion Hotel in Cottesloe on Sunday 13th October. 11am registration, 11:45am seating. $100 buy-in with a single $100 re-buy or top-up, the PoCA Challenge event is your best and only chance to win your way to Macau with Team WAPL, to compete in some of the highest quality poker events in the world. Events like the Pokerstars Red Dragon and Macau Poker Cup Championship! Poker for Charity Association - Proudly supported Telethon with a $30,000 donation in 2012 and a $35,000 donation to Princess Margaret Hospital in 2011. Thanks for your contributions towards these great causes. What's this PoCA Challenge? Poker for Charity Association (PoCA) is the major charity WAPL events raise money for! The PoCA Challenge is their flagship poker event, a great day of poker, where you're playing to win a $4000 trip to Macau, China as part of Team WAPL, along with cash to the top 10% of players! Why should you bother going? Macau is a life changing experience. It is the biggest gambling hub in the world (yes, bigger than Vegas), and poker has grown significantly in this market over the last few years. Pokerstars Macau runs some of the most professional events in the entire SE Asia region. Even if you can't afford the time to go to Macau, if you play in and win this event, you can be sure there's a queue of people ready to buy the package off you if you don't want to take up the awesome opportunity yourself!

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

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! -

Grand Finals this Sunday 9th June! The WAPL Grand Finals for Season 22 are on this coming Sunday 9th June, upstairs at the Albion Hotel, Stirling Hwy, Cottesloe! Registration time is 11am to 11:45am, with us seating at midday to start. Please don't be late, or call ahead to be put in and blinded out of you want to play and can't make it on time.   The Pro and Free Grand Finals are open only to those players finishing in the Top 100 of their respective ladders or Top 10 for their venue (minimum 5 games at the venue). The Pro buy-in is $200, and the Free is free. Congratulations to the Top 5 Pro players for Season 22, you have won your $200 Grand Final entry fee to play on the day! 1st - Jill Maley (Congratulations Pro League Season Champ!) 2nd - Terry Loftus 3rd - Kevin Kenny 4th - Tony Hawker 5th - Matthew Moller  Congratulations to the Top 10 Free players for Season 21, you have won a free re-buy (not top-up) in the Free League Grand Final if you bust before the break!  1st -  Steve Lyttle (Congratulations Free League Season Champ!) 2nd - Paul Lord 3rd - Ben Breuseker 4th - Deb Lyttle 5th - Larry Gane 6th - Mark Ogden 7th - Tanja Ogden 8th - Paul Ward 9th - Una Van Den Berg 10th -  Alan Tomaselli   Congratulations Tournament of Champions Qualifiers! For those members who won their venues in Pro and Free League, you've gained a spot in the Tournament of Champions! In Pro League, congratulations to - Beaumaris Matt King - $100 ToC Entry Adrian Shafran - May buy-in to ToC for $100 Market City Tavern Trevor Rozario - $100 ToC Entry Mehmet Erok - May buy-in to ToC for $100 Rosemount Hotel Mason Shields - $100 ToC Entry Dean Newsome - May buy-in to ToC for $100 Woodvale Tavern Matthew Moller - $100 ToC Entry Graeme Johnson - May buy-in to ToC for $100 In Free League, congratulations to - Beaumaris Steve Lyttle - Free ToC Entry Paul Lord - Free ToC Entry Market City Tavern John Turner - Free ToC Entry Grant Charnley - Free ToC Entry Rosemount Hotel Ian Clark - Free ToC Entry Ben Breuseker - Free ToC Entry Paddy Malone's Steve Lyttle - Free ToC Entry Deb Lyttle - Free ToC Entry Woodvale Tavern Debbie Cochrane - Free ToC Entry Steve Lyttle - Free ToC Entry The date for the ToC will be Monday 10th June, the day after the Grand Final, at Paddy Malone's in Alexander Heights.   Join Team WAPL Macau at the Poker for Charity Challenge!   Team WAPL Macau had another successful trip at the start of 2013! Thanks to those of you who followed the team's progress through our Facebook page -www.facebook.com/WAPokerLeague Your next chance to win your way to Macau with Team WAPL is upstairs at the Albion Hotel in Cottesloe on Sunday 16th June. 11am registration, 11:45am seating. $100 buy-in with a single $100 re-buy or top-up, the PoCA Challenge event is your best and only chance to win your way to Macau, SE Asia's Las Vegas, to compete in some of the highest quality poker events in the world, in events like the Pokerstars Red Dragon and Macau Poker Cup Championship! Poker for Charity Association - Proudly supported Telethon with a $30,000 donation in 2012 and a $35,000 donation to Princess Margaret Hospital in 2011. Thanks for your contributions towards these great causes. Haven't qualified for the finals? Come down anyway! Even if you aren't qualified to play in either final, there's still lots to do on Sunday! We have a PoCA Challenge Qualifier where you play to win a $100 seat in the challenge which is on the following Sunday 16th, same venue, same time! Also, we have Cash Tables and Sit'n'Goes available from 12pm-6pm.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Have a great day!

Your WAPL Team

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

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

Hope to see you there!

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

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

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

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

Hope you've had a great long weekend!

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

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

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

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

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

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

23/03/2013 - ANZPT Sydney update -

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Best of luck!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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

WSOP (Melb) Events set for February:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Plus Cash Table action. See you there!

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

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

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

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

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

Win $400 WSOP Sat Seats Thurs & Sat

Woodvale 6pm Thursday - $10 Re-buy

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

Enjoy an Australia Day Lunch and Poker fix.

WSOP (Melb) Events set for February:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Plus Cash Table action. See you there!

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

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

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

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

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

Another final table perhaps?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Staff and Management of the WA Poker League

wish all Members a Prosperous and Happy Year ahead.

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

WSOP (Aust) $10 Satellite Starts at 6pm

Cash Table available from 6pm

Pro and Free League Tournaments at 7pm

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

Other Weekly Venue Starting Details:

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

Mon 7th Jan -- Rosemount Hotel, Nth Perth

Tue 8th Jan -- Beaumaris Sports, Iluka

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

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

Sat 12th Jan -- Woodbridge Hotel, Sth Guildford

Wed 16th Jan -- Market City Tav, Canningvale

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Don't forget the Tournament of Champions!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Your WAPL Team

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

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

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

1st - Danny Poolman

2nd - Luke Dick

3rd - Darren Rudrum

4th - Paul White

5th - Jill Maley

Congratulations to the Top 5 players in Free League!

1st - Mark Ogden

2nd - Paul Lord

3rd - Deb Lyttle

4th - Terry Smith

5th - Tanja Ogden

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

Patrick Healy is in familiar territory, another Final Table.

ANZPT Auckland Sunday 25th

Congratulations Pat and Good Luck Tomorrow

from all you freinds at the WA Poker League

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

Major Tournament Win via the PokerStars Blog

http://www.pokerstarsblog.net/

Check out the Final Table Players Profiles

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

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

"G O   P A T R I C K"

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

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

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

WIN YOUR CHANCE TO

TAKE ON THE WORLD

CROWN MELB WSOP

Woodbridge Saturday 17th

Rego Noon -- Start 1pm

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

Plus Cash Table action. See you there!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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1/10/2012 - No Claremont this Monday -

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

Enjoy your day off!

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

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

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

11am registration with a 12:15pm start.

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

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

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

Monday Night - New Venue

Claremont Hotel - Pro / Free / Cash Table

Mike Catalano Farewell Tournament

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

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

Bonus $150 Trophy & Cash

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

To launch Mondays @ The Claremont a special Tutorial Table

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

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

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

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

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

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

Congratulations on continuing your solid run Pat.

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

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

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

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

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

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

M A C A U     A W A I T S

Join Team WAPL for the Macau Poker Cup

Championships -- September 2012

Join the Team and take on Asia's Best Players

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

Costs:  Full Package for $4000

Use your F/F Points Only $2900

Full Package includes - Premium Airfare and Accomodation

MCPC Main Event Satellite Entry's

Team WAPL Welcome Party

PokerStars Players Party

Team WAPL Farewell Dinner

Team Uniform, Transfers and much much more!

Contact Frank NOW on 0411 869 888 for details.

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

EVANS CASHES AGAIN

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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.

Season 18 Free League Grand Final Results

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

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

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

See you down at the Paddo!

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

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

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

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

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

EAGLES AFL & POKER DOUBLE HEADER

Tonight @ Woodvale Tavern

Eagles Game starts 5-30pm

WAPL Rego opens @ 6-00pm

Watch the Footy on the BIG SCREEN

while you relax in the warmth of the Woodvale

Play WAPL Poker on the Green Felt

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

Go Eagles!!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Check out our finals info page here for more info 

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

Poker for Charity Challenge
for Telethon 2012

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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

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

Poker for Charity Challenge

for Telethon 2012!

Next PoCA Challenge Sunday 15th April, 2012

Upstairs @ Albion Hotel, Cottesloe

11am registration, 12pm start

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

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

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

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

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

Click here for more infomation about Poker for Charity Association

Click here for more information about the PoCA Challenge

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Season 17 Pro League Grand Final Results

Season 17 Free League Grand Final Results

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

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

Pro League Chip Counts into Day2 are:

                 Ryan Dyson              69500

                 Sjorz Zanoli               68500

                 Matt Moller                 58000

                 Steve Burgess         38500

                 Aaron Adams           37800

                 Mark Wood               37500

                 Sarah Brown            37000

                 Aaron Taylor            36500

                 Darren Mundy          34000

                 Rob Brown               27500

                 Mat Lyons                 27200

                 David Evans             27000

                 Colin Wilford            24000

                 Kevin Kenny            21000

                 Rob Bain                   19000

                 Deanne Raath          19000

                 George Lawther      19000

                 Tony Hawker            19000

                 Charles Fredericks 16100

                 Ross Jenkins           14000

                 Greg Hall                   12500

                 Jill Maley                     8000

                 Paul Derrick               6400

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

Tournament re-start is scheduled for 12noon.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Monday after the Season 17 Grand Finals.

Venue Champions for Season 17

Congratulations to the following Venue Champions.

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

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

Elephant & W/Barrow:   Free - Alex Bettink

Friar Tucks:   Free - John Ambrock

Golden Ponds:   Free - Bas Snijder

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

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

Roundhouse Tav:   Pro - Gary Christie   Free - Ben Breuseker

Southerly's Dongara:   Free - Noel McVeigh

The Boat:   Pro - Tony Hawker   Free - Jan Burke

The Clansmen:   Pro - Rob Smith   Free - George Green

Woodbridge Hotel:   Pro - Julie Biffin   Free - Tony Keys

Woodvale Tavern:   Pro - Barry Stribling   Free - Karla Mitchell

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

Support your Venue Champ.

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

Even though Season 18 has started

the BIG FINALS WEEKEND LOOMS

WAPL S17 Finals Tournament Schedule:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Venue Champions for Season 17

Congratulations to the following Venue Champions.

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

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

Elephant & W/Barrow:   Free - Alex Bettink

Friar Tucks:   Free - John Ambrock

Golden Ponds:   Free - Bas Snijder

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

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

Roundhouse Tav:   Pro - Gary Christie   Free - Ben Breuseker

Southerly's Dongara:   Free - Noel McVeigh

The Boat:   Pro - Tony Hawker   Free - Jan Burke

The Clansmen:   Pro - Rob Smith   Free - George Green

Woodbridge Hotel:   Pro - Julie Biffin   Free - Tony Keys

Woodvale Tavern:   Pro - Barry Stribling   Free - Karla Mitchell

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

Support your Venue Champ.

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