8/03/2010 - Slight adjustment to new Pro Structure - Enjoy! -

We have experienced some smaller than desired cash payouts at a couple of the smaller Pro events and recognised that the $400 minimum for a Championship event Seat to be granted to 1st place is too low to enable a reasonable cash payout to the 3rd place player.

Effective immediately (Monday 8th March) there will be a new minimum prize pool of $700 before there's a $200 Championship Event Seat awarded to the winner of the Tournament, to eliminate this problem.

Our sincere thanks to those members who have been constructive and helped us with worthwhile suggestions of the way to best tweak this system to greater benefit for the players at large.

As always, we really appreciate member feedback and ideas, especially when it's regarding tweaking new system changes, as we all understand that there's often room for improvement once we see our changes in action.

Please e-mail info@wapokerleague.com.au with your thoughts or suggestions.

23/02/2010 - Results for the Member Vote on Pro Structure Addition! -

After the trial of re-buy tournaments over the past 5 weeks, and the subsequent vote that determined with no doubt that the member base wanted to keep the re-buy system going, we have some great news for you!

In addition to the vote to continue with the re-buy, the majority of members also wanted us to work into our regular events MORE ways to win your way to our WAPL Team to compete in major international events. So as announced at tournaments last week, and effective this week, welcome to the new, awesome Pro payout structure that will enable us to further establish ourselves as the premium form of poker for all of our members!

Pro Payout Structure -

For events with under $700 prize pools - Standard Payout Structure, no Championship Event Seat

For events with $700+ prize pools - Championship Event Seat (Worth $200) to the winner, with remaining prize pool paid out using Standard Payout Structure.

Given the massive increase in nightly prize money generated by the re-buy structure change, this is enabling us to pay out substantially more money to our nightly payout places, PLUS the overall winner in almost EVERY Pro event will win a Championship Seat to the next Satellite, giving them their chance at securing a guaranteed package to join the WAPL Team at a major Poker Event!

These Seats (qualification AND major event) are fully transferrable and able to be sold to other WAPL Members, and if a winner of a qualification seat cannot make the next satellite, an application in writing to info@wapokerleague.com.au will enable them to postpone their qualification seat to the next event.

We are sure you will enjoy and really see the potential this structure has for the League and your own poker ambitions, and look forward to seeing you compete for even more at a WAPL event soon!

Spread the word, let your mates know that they have more chances to win more cash and entries to major events, and get them to events with you too!

As usual, Championship Satellite events can still be bought directly into for a $200 buy-in for those who don't win the seats in regular events or $30 Sit'n'Goes.

29/01/2010 - WAPL Championship Event - World Series of Poker Las Vegas! -

WAPL CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT - WSOP VEGAS

Our Current WSOP Package winners are -

Phill Greatrex

Bas Snidjer

Don't miss out, be the next on the list!

You can also join the 1 other members who have Confirmed their Seat by

paying the $600 deposit to ensure they are part of TEAM WAPL Vegas 2010

During the first half of 2010 you'll have plenty of opportunity at 3 Championship Events to win your way to the WORLD SERIES OF POKER 2010 in Las Vegas, joining the WA Poker League Team on our adventures at the biggest Poker event in the world!

We know we don't need to tell you much about the WSOP itself. Needless to say, it'll be a massive event and an incredible experience for all those who come with us.

The WAPL WSOP 2010 Packages to win are worth $6,000 AUD, and include:

• Flights to and from Las Vegas in July!
• Accommodation in fabulous Las Vegas**! 
• A seat in a final stage satelite for entry to the WSOP Main Event!

1 in 10 winners in this final stage tournament win the $10,000 USD seat to the Main Event, to play for their share in the massive World Series of Poker prize pool!

We want as many of our WAPL Members to join us in Vegas as possible for WSOP 2010!

Here's how to win your seat -

WSOP 2010 Qualifier Schedule

---

At any WAPL Pro event during Season 12 -

Pro League tournaments with total prize pools of $700+ will see the Pro Winner also get a $200 seat to the Championship event!

$30 Sit n Goes - Winner of 8 players wins a $200 Qualifier Finals Seat to the next Final.

---

Saturday 30th January 2010 - $200 Freezeout Championship Event for WAPL WSOP 2010 Packages - South Freo Footy Club, 12pm Rego, 1pm Start!

Sunday 28th March 2010 - $200 Re-buy Championship Event for WAPL WSOP 2010 Packages - Elephant & Wheelbarrow Pub, 2pm Rego, 3pm Start!

Sunday late May 2010* - $200 Freezeout Championship Event for WAPL WSOP 2010 Packages - VENUE TBA, 12pm Rego, 1pm Start!

$200 buy-in ($10 to non-profit organisation). Every package cost reached in the prize pool equals one WAPL WSOP 2010 Package to the top placed players. Any extra prize pool will be awarded in cash to the next ranked player missing out on a package.

---

At every WAPL WSOP 2010 Championship Event - Sit n Goes

If you get out of the WSOP Finals event early, you still have a chance at winning a WAPL WSOP 2010 Package on the day!

Sit n Goes -

8 Players, $800 Each - Winner of 8 players wins WAPL WSOP 2010 Package.

10 Players, $650 Each - Winner of 10 players wins WAPL WSOP 2010 Package.

---

* Dates are subject to change

** Venue is subject to change

All $200 buy-in event tickets are transferrable/sellable but are non-refundable unless the event is canceled.

The gambling age in Las Vegas is 21 years. Although 18-20 year old WAPL members may play in and win our WAPL WSOP seats, they are not permitted to compete in the World Series of Poker if they are under 21 and must sell/transfer their prize to another member.

8/01/2010 - Regular event additions or changes -

Our great venue for our Grand Finals, South Fremantle Football Club, is going to be hosting Pro and Free events on Saturdays now. Midday registration with 1pm start, beginning with this Saturday 9th January and Sat 16th January pre-season WSOP Final Qualifier events!

Don't miss out on supporting SFFC on Saturdays from this weekend!

Roundhouse Tavern will be moving days from Saturday nights to Tuesday nights beginning at the start of season 12. 6pm rego, 7pm start for Pro and Free Leagues.

See you at an event soon!

7/01/2010 - Welcome to Season 12! Click here for important changes! -

Welcome to WAPL Season 12!

This Season starts on the 18th January, but remember there's still pre-season WSOP Qualifier events before then!

We've got some more great changes to your league this season, to help benefit our members and make our events even more fun and worth playing in than ever!

Remember, top 5 overall for the Pro Season win cash prizes, starting at $3000 for 1st!

Pro League Re-buys - Everyone wants to win more cash! After consultation with our members and getting some great feedback, we're implementing a trial where all Pro events will be a $30/$20 re-buy structure. In keeping with our committment to bring great quality poker to you, the starting chip stacks and re-buy/add-on amounts will be deeper too! Starting chipstacks will be 3000, with 3000 re-buys and add-ons! We'll be seeking constructive feedback from our members regarding your thoughts on these changes a few weeks into the season.

This will ensure considerably more money to the nightly prize pool, and the option to get back in with a chance to win the tournament should you be unlucky enough to catch a bad beat early on! As usual for re-buy events, all players still in the tournament will have an option to add-on 3000 after the 1st break.

Also, the winner of every Pro Event with a prize pool of $700+ will also win a $200 Championship Event Seat for the next WAPL Championship Event, giving them a shot at massive prizes such as trips to play poker in various international destinations with the WAPL Team!

Grand Final Changes - We are always striving to bring you better events, and more high quality poker! This season, the Grand Final structure will make for an even more competitive, deep stack, slow structure tournament that will remove the time constraints we have faced in the past!

• Awesome 2 day Grand Final!
• Massive $50,000-$100,000 Prize Pool! (approx)
• 2 quality venues
• 10,000 Deep Stack
• 30 min blinds day 1
• 40 min blinds day 2
• Day 2 special event for all members
• Cash Tables over 2 days
• Sit N Goes over 2 days

No one will want to miss out on this Grand Final!

Spread the word and get involved this season!

Locations, Dates & Times

Day 1 - Sat 8th May, South Fremantle Football Club

Free League Registration opens 9am.
Final Free League registrations 10:45am.

Pro League Registration opens 10am.
Final Pro League registrations 11:45am.

Day 2 - Sun 9th May, VENUE TBA

Special Event Registration opens 19am.
Final Special Event registrations 10:45am.

2nd Day Pro League Registration opens 10am.
Final Pro League registrations 11:45am.

Grand Final Qualifications - We received some good feedback on our Tiered Qualification system for Grand Final buy-ins. Based on that, we have decided to expand this to cover more of the field, bringing some more fun competitiveness to the rankings! Here's the new Pro League Grand Final Buy-in Tier System.

Minimum Games Played	Ranking	Buy-In
5	1st to 10th 11th to 50th 51st to 100th 101st to 150th 151st to 200th	FREE! $50 $100 $150 $200
10	200+	$200
-	-	$1500

There have been some other changes to the qualification structure. The qualification numbers have been lowered to Top 200, and there is now a required minimum 5 Pro games played in the current season in order to qualify for a seat in the Grand Final (even if you are in the Top 200). The 10 Pro Game Reserves list is still in effect, so if you play 10+ Pro tournaments in the season and don't make the top 200, you can still get a seat in the Final.

Finally, if you haven't qualified for a seat in the Grand Final or as a Reserve, you have the option to buy-in directly as a non-qualifier. Non-qualifier seats are valued at $1500.

The Champion of Champions Tournament was a great success last season, so we'll be keeping that for future seasons! Make sure you top your Pro venue ranking this season to win your seat in the Champion of Champions, to play off for a huge prize pool!

5/01/2010 - Pre-Season 12 Events up! -

The WAPL Team hopes you all had a safe and fun Christmas and New Year!

Our pre-season events are now up on the website under upcoming events! All of these Pro events will be WSOP 2010 Las Vegas Qualifier Tournaments, where you can win your seat to the first of our three major WSOP Final Qualifiers to be held at 2 monthly intervals (end Jan, end Mar, end May).

Don't miss this opportunity of a lifetime to join the WAPL Team in Vegas and take on the best the world has to offer in World Series of Poker 2010!

Throughout the coming season you will be able to take part in WSOP Qualifier Sit n Goes to get your Finals seat at a fraction of the direct buy-in cost!

Keep an eye on the Upcoming Events for Season 12 events, which will be added shortly!

Some great new changes are coming for this season, so stay tuned to the news and make sure you are on our e-mail list by e-mailing info@wapokerleague.com.au with your name and current e-mail address with a request to be added!

Good luck in the WSOP Qualifiers, we'll see you at an event from this Thursday!

4/01/2010 - The WAPL Macau Adventure! -

Now that the triumphant WAPL Macau Poker Cup Championship '09 Team is safely back home,  we're ready to give you an overview of the adventure. The Macau Ferry Terminal set the scene for the team members to meet, some never having had a chance to play against each other at WAPL tournaments.

Despite jetlag and exhaustion, the team displayed great fortitude and partied together at the MGM's luxurious Lion Bar during their first night in Macau.

With poker being the mission, everyone headed off to rest up for the first WAPL attack on the Macau poker scene in the Phase 2 Red Dragon tournament the following day. Sadly, luck was against many of the team and we saw several fall with their pocket aces! However, Richard was triumphant and scored his entry into the Red Dragon Main Event on Saturday. Unfortunately, Matt narrowly missed out on also winning a seat. Patrick was to join Richard in the harrowing Main Event after a great run on the cash tables.

Around midday on Saturday, the entire team converged to show support for Patrick and Richard in the Main Event and to attack the cash tables. The unprecedented high buy-in and massive prize pool (over 3 million HK dollars) for the Red Dragon tournament drew a particularly competitive and intense field of players from all over Asia, Australia, Europe and America.

Richard and Patrick took their seats in the main event and settled into what turned into a very long day of poker. We were sorry to see Richard get knocked out but he eagerly cheered on Patrick as he managed to steadily assert himself as a dominant poker force. Patrick won the admiration of many fellow players on this day as he established himself amongst the chip leaders.

After a gruelling 13 hours of play, and 6 players away from the prize pool, Patrick was knocked out having held his own so well against what was considered the toughest table draw of the whole field. The PokerStars Asia Pro team members were impressed by the fine quality of the WAPL team play and are keen to meet more WAPL members in poker battle soon.

Earlier in the day, the ladies of the WAPL team sat down in a special Ladies Only tournament and went up against players from all over the world. To cap off a great Saturday of poker, the WAPL team went on to the View, an exclusive top floor club at the Sands Hotel to discuss their triumphs and bad beats and plan their assault on Sunday's Deep Stack tournament. Several drinking games later...

... it was time to retire for the night.

The WAPL team converged on the registration desk on Sunday to enter the Deep Stack tournament. Yet again, the team was up against a fiercely competitive and varied field. We're very happy to report that Jill blitzed the field and entered into a heads-up battle with much of the team cheering her on from the sidelines and the nearby cash tables.

She went all-in with a dominating hand but the cards did not fall in her favour and she was awarded a magnificent HK$18,000 for her impressive second placing.

Congratulations to Jill!

Here are some shots of the WAPL team in action:

Matt

Tristan

Richard

Patrick

Penny

Jason

Calvin

Michele

Sean

Adele

Frank

The WAPL team played a friendly Sit'N'Go to top off their Sunday whilst toasting the successful and fun adventure shared.

The only thing that could have made the adventure better may have been more of those pocket aces as Richard suggested!

A big thank you to Fred, Danny, and the PokerStars Team for hosting this great series of events. We look forward to taking more teams of WAPL members on more grand adventures to Macau and Las Vegas this year. Make sure you keep your eye out for more information about how to be a part of all the fun abroad!

9/12/2009 - TOURNAMENTS B4 CHRISTMAS -

Wednesday 9th

The Boat, Mindarie : WSOP Pro & Free - 7pm

Market City, Canning Vale : WSOP Pro & Free - 7pm

Thursday 10th

Woodvale Tavern : WSOP Pro & Free - 7pm

Brighton Hotel, Mandurah : WSOP Pro & Free - 7pm

Friday 11th

Atrium Hotel, Mandurah : WSOP Pro & Free - 7pm

Claremont FC is NOT ON THIS FRIDAY

Saturday 12th

Woodbridge Hotel, Guildford : WSOP Pro & Free - 1pm

Roundhouse Tavern, Balcatta : WSOP Pro & Free - 7pm

Monday 14th

Paddington Alehouse, Mt Hawthorn : WSOP Pro & Free - 7pm

Wednesday 16th

Market City, Canning Vale : WSOP Pro & Free - 7pm

Thursday 17th

Woodvale Tavern : WSOP Pro & Free - 7pm

New Years Eve

Cash Tables @ the Woodvale Tavern

3/12/2009 - WAPL News - Grand Final, Macau Update, plus join us in Vegas for WSOP 2010! -

Season 11 Grand Final - Sunday 6th December 2009
Make sure you don't miss it! The next Pro and Free League Grand Final is this coming Sunday 6th December!

WA Poker League Season Grand Finals (For Pro and Free Leagues) are awesome events, culminating in the best of the best in both leagues playing off to prove who is WAPL's Grand Champion for each League for that Season!

Location

South Fremantle Football Club. Fremantle Oval, Fremantle.

Date

SUNDAY 6th DECEMBER, 2009! Don't miss this great day of Poker!

Time

Free League Registration opens 9am. Final Free League registrations 10:45am. Pro League Registration opens 10am. Final Pro League registrations 11:45am. You can preregister for the Pro League Final at events leading up to the day, which will allow you to skip the (often long) registration line. 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.

Pro League Grand Final

• Top 240 qualifiers (240 seats, if they're not filled, they will be awarded to the reserve pro league players at the event, so come down even if you don't qualify but have played 10 Pro games this season to play!) You MUST be a Pro League Player to play, and qualifiers will always be given a seat in preference to a non-qualifying reserve Pro player.

• The qualification buy-in is based on a 2 tier ranking qualifier. For those players ranked 11th to 100th, the buy-in is $100. For those players ranked 101st to 240th, the buy-in is $200. (Still a small price to pay for what you have a chance to win!) with $10 going to the club/charity we are operating the event with, and the rest being pooled to the Grand Final Prize Pool! This ensures not only a great prize pool, but also a significant bonus to those higher ranked players for the season, as they win the $100 discount to their buy-in (or Free buy-in if they are top 10!)

• Up to the top 24 places paid out! (Top 10% of the players on the day!)

Free League Grand Final

• Top 240 qualifiers (160 seats, filled on a first come first entered basis. If they're not filled, they will be awarded to the next ranking reserve free league players at the event, so come down even if you don't qualify for a chance to play if you've played 10 Free League events this season!)

• Top 40 Free League players receive a FREE 1500 rebuy if they get knocked out before the 1st 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 tables running for players who get out of the Grand Finals, who wish to keep playing poker during the event! They will be supervised, and follow by our standard Sit 'N Go and Cash Table rules!

Important note on Reserves - Players who have played 10 or more games in one or the other Leagues this season, yet have not qualified for a seat, are on the Reserves List. They can take the place of non-attending Qualifiers, in order of Ranking.

Please remember, as a qualifier there is no need to have played 10 games, IF you are qualified. If you are outside the qualification, as a reserve you must have played 10 games. Reserve players are NOT guaranteed seats in the Finals, but will take the seats of qualifiers who don't show up on the day up to a total of 240 players for Pro and 160 players for Free.

---

Champion of Champions Event! 7th December @ Paddo
For those players who have won their venue for the season, the Champion of Champions Event will be held the day after the Grand Final, at the Paddo. 6pm Rego, 7pm Start. The Prize Pool for this event is $2800, and payouts will be top 3! Congratulations to our Venue winners - Jim Rawlinson, Jack Ferrari, Glenn Bailey, Chris Smith, Sarun Kunakool, David Webb, Matt Lawson, Mark Robinson, Adam Garcia, Sjors Zanoli, John Sullivan, Adrian Shafran, Mathew Lyons, and Robert Ray!
Top YOUR Venue next Season to make it to the Champion of Champions event!

Macau Trip Update!
Our team is finalised for Macau and we're ready to take on the best at the Macau Poker Cup Championship from 17-21st December! Our team of 10 players consists of Tristan Hewitt, Sean Fiddes, Calvin Nguyen, Michele Wells, Mathew Lyons, Richard Larkin, Patrick Healy, Penny Wells, Jill Maley, Frank Maley, and Jason Maley!
Best of luck to our Macau Team! We'll keep you updated as the tournaments progress!

Join us in Vegas for the World Series of Poker 2010!
Following up from our successful Macau events, we have made some slight adjustments to the Macau format and will be running a huge series leading our members to the WSOP 2010 in Vegas!
Join us at pre-season events for your chance to win Qualifier Final tickets, worth $200! More info to come, keep an eye on the website.

25/11/2009 - Your last opportunity to join the WAPL Team in Macau! -

Our team destined for Macau Poker Cup Championship from 17-21st December is now 10 strong! We have only 5 more seats available, and now these are open on a first come first serve basis to our members to purchase!

Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity! You will need to call Jason on 0413 155 193 as soon as possible (latest by the end of Thursday 25th November) to secure your spot in the team.

Enjoy VIP invites, a greeting package and the awesome opportunity to play in the MPCC as an official WAPL Team member and party with us too!

Details -

Macau Package Costs - $3500 AUD

Flights - Thurs 17th Dec & Mon 21st Dec

Accomodation - 4 nights at Lisboa Tower Superior Room (Right next to the Grand Lisboa Casino where the MPCC is held!)

Event - Friday 18th MPCC Phase 2 Event

Be quick, there's only 5 seats left for this awesome poker holiday!

25/11/2009 - FRIDAY "TEAM H O P" @ CLAREMONT -

The Very Popular HOP Tournament returns this Friday

to Claremont Football Club, with 3 player team competing

in Hold 'Em, Omaha and Pineapple Hold 'Em.

$40 buy in with Pro Points and Lots of Fun Guaranteed!

Registration from 6pm  -  Free League & HOP Events

17/11/2009 - THIS WEEKS SPECIAL EVENTS AT WAPL -

Tuesday Night @ The Albion, Cottesloe - Pro & Free Leagues

 Friday Night @ Claremont Footy Club - Re-buy Bounty Pro & Free League

Sunday @ Coronation Hotel - Pro & Free Leagues as normal.

MACAU CUP $160 SATELITE @ South Fremantle Footy Club.

12 noon Rego for 1pm Start. Open Cash Tables & Sit n Go's

9/11/2009 - What's on This Week @ Your Poker League -

Thursday Night  -  No Cambridge Free League due to Christmas Function

bookings at the Club. Set to return in 2010 with Free and Cash Poker

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Friday Night @ Claremont  -  First Re-buy Freeze Out Event ever!!!

Pro League $40 5000 Deep Stack event running alongside a $30/20 Re-buy

with 3500 starting chip stack and 2500 chip re-buys till the first break.

Both Tournaments will have $20 Top-ups for an extra 2500 chips after the break,

and then be merged into one tournament from after the first break.

Standard Payouts will appy, Pro points also apply.

Free League Tournament plus Cash Table & Sit n Go's

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Sunday Lunch @ The Coronation  -  Last Macau $15/10 Re-buy! 

This could be your last chance to Satelite into the $160 Freeze-Out on Nov 22nd for seats on the plane with Team WAPL to Macau for the AAPT Macau Cup.

Other poker options on Sunday @ The Coro:

Pro League $30/20 Re-buy.

Free League - Cash Table & Sit n Go's 

8/11/2009 - Week 10 Venue Top 10 Qualifiers! Rake Free Tournament Sunday 8/11 -

The Week 10 Rake Free Tournament for those players in the Top 10 at each Pro Venue is being held Sunday 8th November at Coronation Hotel. Congratulations to the following players who qualified! Buy-in is $50 (all to Prize Pool), Registration is midday and tournament start 1pm. Cash Tables and Sit N Goes will be held too!

Aaron Adams
Aaron Kay
Adam Garcia
Adrian Shafran
Adrian Twyman
Alan Heah
Alex Zhidkov
Andreas Tippner
Basil Giorgio
Ben Metcalf
Betty Ngatai
Blair Teika-Attewell
Brendon Teale
Brian James
Buck Hetherington
Calvin Nguyen
Charmaine Pitts
Chris Mitton
Chris Smith
Clint Brown
Colum Corless
Daniel Cazangiu
Daniel McCormack
Darren Mundy
David Evans [G]
David Webb
Dean Ratcliff
Deanne Raath
Deborah Fisher
Deborah Genovese
Diana Fit
Edward Judd
Ernesto Wong
Garry Goss
Gary Christie
George Laurence
Giuseppe Di Pietro
Glenn Bailey
Henry Wu
Jack Ferrari
James Te Wharau
Jarrod Soong
Jay Poa
Jill Maley
Jim Rawlinson
Joe Chan
Joe Darcy
John Ballantyne
John Sullivan
Jonathan Day
Justin Raath
Kai-Paul Kench
Karan Chopra
Karen Allegretta
Leigh Nash
Leo Peers
Les Brown
Leslea Ball
Leslie Stuart
Linley McGillvray
Luke Phillips
Malcolm Mills
Marcel Burger
Mark Giraldo
Mark Martin
Mark Pine
Mark Robinson
Mark Wood
Mathew Lyons
Matt Donovan
Matt Lawson
Michael Leishman
Michael Lynes
Mick Dawson [Brian]
Mike Catalano
Milan Nerad
Murray Boyne
Nathan Crisafi
Nelson Tapangco
Nghiem Nguyen
Paul Rush
Paul White
Paulina Ngatai
Penny Wells
Peter Fisher
Peter Lynch
Philip Pereira
Phillip Greatrex
Quinton Murphy
Rhys Rutherford
Rob Smith
Robert Browne
Robert Ray
Romeo Kojic
Sarah Browne
Sarun Kunakool
Shane Holloway
Simon West
Sjors Zanoli
Steven Fullerton
Steven McCarthy
Stuart Davie
Sue Cameron
Tuan Nguyen
Tyron Bird
Wayne Rigoll
Wayne Stones
Wilson Bao
Wilson Young

7/11/2009 - PRO TOP 10 RAKE FREE Event this Sunday -

$50 b/i "Rake Free" Tourny for all Venue Top 10 Players

CORONATION HOTEL @ 12noon

SUNDAY 8th

Catch a train to Queens Pk Station, Pub is at station.

Other Poker options also available:

Pro League (Re-buy) & Free League

Cash Table & Sit n Go's (Macau Satelite)

Join us for a great day of "Fun Poker"

6/11/2009 - KING of the HILL TONIGHT @ CFC -

7pm Start Tonight at Claremont Football Club for the

always popular King of the Hill series for Season 11.

$40 buy in with Pro Points so get on down.

Other Poker Tonight:

Free League Tournament

$60 Macau Sit n Go

Cash Table & $20 Sit n Go's

2/11/2009 - Important! Melbourne Cup Event News -

Due to the Melbourne Cup this Tuesday 3rd November, Murphy's Irish Pub, Lakers Tavern and Paddy Maguire's won't be holding their regular Poker events.

Albion Hotel will continue with Pro and Free League as usual! So if you want to play Poker on Tuesday night, come on down!

31/10/2009 - MACAU SATELITE SUNDAY @ CORO -

Win Macau Seats this Sunday

Coronation in Queens Park is where you can win your $160 Macau Poker Cup Satelite seat to join the WAPL team in Macau from 17-21st December!

$15 Buy In / $10 Re Buys - 1pm Start

Last Sunday was so successful the playes voted overwhelmingly to do it again this Sunday, where the winners get a $160 seat into the BIG $160 event set down for Nov 22nd, with the winners getting the $3500 Macau Packages!

A Cash Table will be open and running or you can play a Sit N Go Seat, and Free League will also be running as usual!

King of the Hill this Friday 6th @ Claremont

$40 Pro Event (Points Apply)

Last Sunday was so successful the playes voted overwhelmingly to do it again this Sunday, where the winners get a $160 seat into the BIG $160 event set down for Nov 22nd, with the winners getting the $3500 Macau Packages!

A Cash Table will be open and running or you can play a Sit N Go Seat, and Free League will also be running as usual!

King of the Hill this Friday 6th @ Claremont

$40 Pro Event (Points Apply)

29/10/2009 - Bonus Prizes at Pro this week! HB Lager Kegs! -

Thanks to HB German Lager and the Classic Beer Company, the winner of every Pro event this week will also take home an awesome 5L HB Lager Party Keg!

So for your chance to win more, play Pro this week!

23/10/2009 - CLAREMONT TONIGHT & UPCOMING -

Dont miss the last in the series of $15/$10 Macau Re-buy

Tournaments at Claremont Footy Club Tonight.

Macau becons, so join in the fun and qualify tonight for the

$160 Macau Satelite set for Sunday 22nd November @ 12noon.

NEXT FRIDAY 4 PLAYER TEAMS EVENT

at Claremont Footy Club Friday 30th, 6pm Rego 7pm start.

    Pro League $30 buy-in $20 re-buys G/F Points apply.

MAKE UP YOUR TEAM TODAY - GREAT FUN FOR ALL

6/10/2009 - New WAPL Venue - Herdsman Lake Tavern! Wednesday Nights! -

We have another great venue, starting with Free League and moving to Free and Pro Leagues! Please come down, check it out and show the Herdsman Tav some support from this Wednesday. It's sure to be a great poker venue!

Herdsman Lake Tavern -

33 Herdsman Parade Wembley
Wednesdays 6pm Rego, 7pm Start

3/10/2009 - 5th week - Rake Free Qualifiers -

Congratulations to those who were at the Top 10 in their Pro Venues at the end of week 5. You've qualified for the $50 Rake Free event @ Coronation on Sunday 4th October! Seats are strictly limited and on a first registered basis + waitlist if required, so make sure you're down early for lots of fun! As usual, cash table will be available too!

Week 5 Pro Venue Top 10 List of Qualifiers

Aaron Kay
Adam Garcia
Adrian Shafran
Adrian Twyman
Alan Heah
Alex Philp
Alex Zhidkov
Andreas Tippner
Basil Giorgio
Betty Ngatai
Bill Cho
Blair Teika-Attewell
Brendon Briggs
Brendon Teale
Buck Hetherington
Calvin Nguyen
Charmaine Pitts
Chris Mitton
Chris Smith
Christopher Gibbs
Colum Corless
Daniel Cazangiu
Daniel McCormack
Darren Mundy
Darren Rudrum
David Webb
Dean Ratcliff
Deanne Raath
Deborah Fisher
Deborah Genovese
Ernesto Wong
Garry Goss
Gary Christie
George Laurence
Giuseppe Di Pietro
Glenn Bailey
Henry Wu
Jack Ferrari
James Te Wharau
Jarrod Soong
Jeff Clarke
Jill Maley
Jim Rawlinson
John Ballantyne
John Dean
John Drennan
John Sabetta [Angelo]
John Sullivan
Justin Avins
Justin Raath
Keith Abbott
Lee Burgess
Leigh Nash
Leo Peers
Les Brown
Leslea Ball
Leslie Stuart
Luke Phillips
Malachi Welipeihana
Malcolm Mills
Mario Chiricosta
Mark Giraldo
Mark Martin
Mark Pine
Mark Robinson
Mark Wood
Mathew Lyons
Matt Donovan
Matt Lawson
Mehmet Erok
Michael Leishman
Michael Lynes
Mick Dawson [Brian]
Mike Catalano
Milan Nerad
Nathan Crisafi
Nelson Tapangco
Nghiem Nguyen
Paul Rush
Paulina Ngatai
Penny Wells
Peter Ede
Peter Fisher
Peter Lynch
Philip Pereira
Phillip Greatrex
Quinton Murphy
Rebecca Harvey
Rick Way
Rob Smith
Robert Browne
Robert Ray
Robert Wescombe
Sarun Kunakool
Scott Gorfin
Shane Capelli
Shane Holloway
Steven Fullerton
Sue Cameron
Timothy Intveld
Tom Farrell
Tuan Nguyen
Tyron Bird
Wayne Rigoll
Wayne Stones
Wilson Bao
Wilson Young

2/10/2009 - Friday Claremont Specials! -

Remember, this is the last Special Sit N Go event at Claremont! Come down tonight (Friday) for your chance to win a $450 sit n go seat or even join our team of members heading to Macau with us in December!

From next Friday, we'll be running a $15/$10 Macau Rebuy tournament @ Claremont, with every $160 in the prize pool going to Freezeout Qualifications! Head down for your chance to get a cheap seat in the huge Freezeout for November, where you can win your package to Macau! Remember, these seats are transferrable, so you can win more than one and spread/sell them around!

Should make for some more fun Fridays @ Claremont!

1/10/2009 - Deep Stack October for $40 Pro Events! -

Play at any WAPL $40 Pro event during October, and your starting stack will be doubled to 5000 in chips!

Spread the word to your friends and head down to your regular WAPL Pro events to take part in more fun, more action and more chips to win!

See you soon!

Your WAPL Team

26/09/2009 - Announcement : Wednesday Boat Pro changes to Rebuy tournament -

The Boat Pro League tournament from next Wednesday 30th September will be moving to a $30/$20 rebuy structure and standard Free League multi-table event. For your chance at more money in the prize pool in Pro League, and those important points towards qualifying for the Grand Final, don't miss it!

16/09/2009 - Macau Sit n Go Madness @ Claremont Fridays 18/9, 25/9, 2/10! -

The next 3 weeks at Claremont Footy Club will consist of lots of Sit N Goes to win your $3500 Macau Poker Cup Package to join the WAPL team in Macau from 17-21st December!

You'll be able to get involved in 8 player $60 Sit N Goes, where the winner gets a $450 Sit N Go seat, or buy straight into an 8 player $450 Sit N Go, with the winner getting the Macau Package!

A Cash Table will be open and running for while you wait for your Sit N Go Seats, and Free League will also be running as usual!

We already have 3x $450 SNG Seat winners, come on down to Claremont over the next 3 weeks and Sit N Go your way to Macau!

4/09/2009 - Claremont 4th Sept - Deepstack Rebuy! -

The event at Claremont Footy Club this week should be interesting! Deepstack (5000 in chips) rebuy tournament. $40 buy-in with $30 rebuys til end of 1st break!

Standard Pro rebuy payouts apply, and as usual for CFC Special events, Pro League points apply.

Come down and join the fun of the Pro, Free, or Cash Tables!

29/08/2009 - Welcome to WAPL Season 11 - Plus exciting changes! -

Welcome to WAPL Season 11!

With a great new venue, and more chances to play and win, we're looking forward to another great season!

Our new venue to check out is the Cambridge Bowling Club on Thursdays from 17th Sept! This awesome venue is sure to attract a crowd to its beautiful room and bar facility.

Get started on your point tally now, to guarantee your seat in the Pro or Free League Grand Finals, to be held in early December at the end of the season! Remember, Top 5 overall Pro players win cash prizes ($3000 to first!), with the Top 10 getting their Grand Final buy-in for free! Top 100 get $100 off their Pro Grand Final buy-in, and Top 240 qualify for a seat!

For our Free League players, top 40 overall get a free re-entry into the Grand Final if they bust out early, identical to the standard passport system! Top 240 Free League get a seat in the Free Grand Final.

Whichever League you play in, it's worth keeping an eye on your ranking throughout the season. Help add to the fun filled competition that is WA Poker League!

New Season Changes -

• After the 5th and 10th weeks of Season, the Top 10 from each Pro venue exclusively qualify to our Rake Free Tournaments, held at the end of each of those 5 week periods. These are $50 buy-in tournaments where the entire $50 goes to the cash prize pool for the day! For the first 5 weeks ending 27th September, the Rake Free Tournament will be held at Coronation Hotel on the 4th October, 12pm Rego, 1pm Start. For the second 5 weeks ending 1st November, the Rake Free Tournament will be held at Coronation Hotel on the 8th November, 12pm Rego, 1pm Start!Please be aware that there IS a seat limit at these events, and seats are on a first come first registered basis. Make sure you get in as soon after registration opens as possible to secure your seat!

• The Top Placed Venue Players no longer receive the $200 buy-in to the Grand Final for free. The majority of these players already made the top 10 overall OR at least the top 100, so instead, all of the $200 Top Venue prizes will be pooled together into a Venue Championship Pool, to be played for in a Venue Championship by just those Venue winners on the Monday after the Grand Final. This will be held at the Paddington Alehouse tournament on the 7th December, and will be a great opportunity for those who won each Pro Venue through the season to face-off and play for a great prize pool! No buy-in for the Championship Tournament, and the only qualifying players are those who win a Pro Venue for the Season!

26/08/2009 - FRIDAY H O P EVENT @ CLAREMONT -

This Friday Night is one Not to be missed!

3 Player Teams Event -  $30 Buy In (per player)

$15 to Prizes - $10 to Pro Final (points apply)

$5 to Claremont Football Club - Great Value Night

Player 1 - Texas Hold'Em         Player 2 - Omaha

Player 3 - Pineapple (version of Hold'Em)

Pre-register your team or just show up Friday @ 6pm

Cash Table  -  Macau $50 and $60 Sit n Go's

also a Free League Tournament - both start @ 7pm

See you down at Claremont for Friday Night Poker

15/08/2009 - MACAU NEWS - UPDATED! - Macau Poker Cup Championship Details! Click here... -

From the Season 10 Grand Final throughout Season 11, you'll have plenty of chances to win your way to Macau to join the WA Poker League Team on our assault on the Macau Poker Cup Championship from 17th Dec to 21st Dec!

The Macau Poker Cup's Main Event is the only regular high buy-in poker tournament in Asia (with a $20,000 HKD buy-in) and a deep-value slow structure running over two days, thus attracting top players from across Asia and the world to test their true poker skills against each other. The Main Event is also the richest regular poker tournament in Asia with a guaranteed prize pool of at least $2,000,000 HKD (approximately $280,000 AUD!). We are told that the prize pool will almost definitely be over 2 million HKD this year.

The WAPL Macau Poker Cup Packages to win are worth $3,500 AUD, and include:

• Flights to and from Perth, 17th Dec* and 21st Dec*
• 4 nights Accommodation in a Lisboa Tower Superior Room, Macau.
• Entry to Phase 2 Macau Poker Cup Main Event

1 in 10 winners in the Phase 2 tournament win the $20,000 HKD seat to the 2 day Main Event, to play for their share in the $2,000,000 HKD plus guaranteed prize pool!

We want as many of our WAPL Members to join us in Macau as possible!

Here's how to win your seat -

Macau Cup Qualifier Schedule - Updated

---

22nd November* - $160 Freezeout Qualifier for WAPL Macau Poker Cup Package - South Freo Footy Club 12pm Rego, 1pm Start!

$160 buy-in ($10 to non-profit organisation). Every $3,500 in the prize pool equals one WAPL Macau Poker Cup Package to the top placed players. Any extra prize pool will be awarded in cash to the next ranked player missing out on a package.

---

At 22nd Nov* WAPL Macau Poker Cup Event - Sit n Goes

If you get out of the main event early, you still have a chance at a WAPL Macau Poker Cup Package!

$60 Sit n Goes - Winner of 8 players wins $450 Sit n Go Seat.

$450 Sit n Goes - Winner of 8 players wins WAPL Macau Poker Cup Package.

---

* Dates may be subject to change

All $160 buy-in events are transferrable but non-refundable unless the event is canceled.

5/08/2009 - Season 10 Grand Final! 16th August! -

WAPL Season 10 Grand Finals!

---

WA Poker League Season Grand Finals (For Pro and Free Leagues) are awesome events, culminating in the best of the best in both leagues playing off to prove who is WAPL's Grand Champion for each League for that Season!

With WAPL's Pro League paying out over $1,200,000 since we started in May 2006, with Pro League Players competing for not only the Cash at our nightly events, but the overall Season Top 10 being awarded their Grand Final Buy-In, AND the ability to qualify for the Pro League Grand Final, it really is worth trying to play enough to qualify for a chance to win this awesome title! The overall Top 5 also win great cash prizes for doing so well during the season!

Pro Rank   |   Cash Prize

1st     |   $3000

2nd    |   $2000

3rd     |   $1000

4th    |    $600

5th    |    $400

In addition to the overall league rankings, the Top player for each venue at the end of the season will also gain automatic qualification into the Grand Final for that League! For Pro League events that includes the Grand Final Buy-In! So now there's even more reason to reach that top spot! Please note, if you already rank in the top 10 players in Pro League, you still receive your single Grand Final Buy-in even if you also take out a venue. Only Pro Leagues running for over 5 weeks during a season will be eligable for the winning qualifications, and if a player has already gained qualification through another means, it does not automatically qualify the 2nd player for the prize.

Of course, the overall Champion of the Pro League Grand Final will take home not only the huge cash payout, but the WA Poker League Grand Championship Medallion, worth over $5000, and engraved to signify the momentous event!

Get in there, get qualified, and be in with a chance to take out WA's BIGGEST and BEST Poker Tournament with the Western Australian Poker League!

More Details -

Location

South Fremantle Football Club. Fremantle Oval, Fremantle.

Date

SUNDAY 16th AUGUST, 2009! Don't miss this great day of Poker!

Time

Free League Registration opens 9am. Final Free League registrations 10:45am. Pro League Registration opens 10am. Final Pro League registrations 11:45am. You can preregister for the Pro League Final at events leading up to the day, which will allow you to skip the (often long) registration line. 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.

Pro League Grand Final

• Top 240 qualifiers (240 seats, if they're not filled, they will be awarded to the reserve pro league players at the event, so come down even if you don't qualify but have played 10 Pro games this season to play!) You MUST be a Pro League Player to play, and qualifiers will always be given a seat in preference to a non-qualifying reserve Pro player.

• The qualification buy-in is based on a 2 tier ranking qualifier. For those players ranked 11th to 100th, the buy-in is $100. For those players ranked 101st to 240th, the buy-in is $200. (Still a small price to pay for what you have a chance to win!) with $10 going to the club/charity we are operating the event with, and the rest being pooled to the Grand Final Prize Pool! This ensures not only a great prize pool, but also a significant bonus to those higher ranked players for the season, as they win the $100 discount to their buy-in (or Free buy-in if they are top 10 or top a venue!)

• Up to the top 24 places paid out! (Top 10% of the players on the day!)

Free League Grand Final

• Top 240 qualifiers (160 seats, filled on a first come first entered basis. If they're not filled, they will be awarded to the next ranking reserve free league players at the event, so come down even if you don't qualify for a chance to play if you've played 10 Free League events this season!)

• 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 tables running for players who get out of the Grand Finals, who wish to keep playing poker during the event! They will be supervised, and follow by our standard Sit 'N Go and Cash Table rules!

Important note on Reserves - Players who have played 10 or more games in one or the other Leagues this season, yet have not qualified for a seat, are on the Reserves List. They can take the place of non-attending Qualifiers, in order of Ranking.

Please remember, as a qualifier there is no need to have played 10 games, IF you are qualified. If you are outside the qualification, as a reserve you must have played 10 games. Reserve players are NOT guaranteed seats in the Finals, but will take the seats of qualifiers who don't show up on the day up to a total of 240 players for Pro and 160 players for Free.

---

5/08/2009 - Claremont Deep Stack - 7th and 14th August -

Head down to the Claremont Footy Club this Friday 7th August and 14th August for the next Claremont Special Events, Deep Stack!

$40 buy-in (Standard Pro Payouts with Pro points!)

5000 starting stack.

Registration starts 6pm, Tournament starts 7pm.

Cash Tables and Sit N Goes will be available for all members from 6pm.

See you at CFC!

29/07/2009 - King of the Hill - This Friday 31st July -

2009 King of the Hill #3 this Friday

WA Poker League Presents

Date - Friday 31st July, 2009.

Time - Registration 6-6:45pm, Cash Tables and Sit n Goes from 6pm

 Tournament Start 7pm

Cost - $40 buy-in (Standard Pro Payouts with Pro Ladder Points!)

Location - Claremont Football Club, Davies Rd, Claremont. Remember, the club is close to public transport, and has great club prices, but has NO food available!     If you're driving, there's lots of parking available too!

Get down early! There is a limit of 40 seats.

Details - This is a tournament variation we have designed and called King of the Hill. We hope you enjoy it!

• Each player starts the tournament with equal chips, and a "Crown". If you lose your chips, you lose your crown but have a "life" rebuy to continue in the tournament.
• If a player with a crown takes out another player with a crown, the losing player's crown is removed from the tournament.
• If a player without a crown takes out a player with a crown, they get the crown and therefore have another "life" should they get knocked out.

The winners are the last 3 players with crowns remaining in the tournament, and the overall winner will be crowned "King of the Hill"! The King of the Hill takes 50% of the prize pool, 2nd 30%, 3rd 20%! (75% entry total to Prize Pool, 25% to Club Fundraising).

 There will be Cash Tables and both small and big buy-in Sit n Go    tournaments running, so this is definitely a tournament not to miss!

This event is open to current WA Poker League members and/or members of Claremont Football Club. There is NO necessity to play in the event to take part in the Cash Tables and Sit n Goes.

Claremonts Free League Tournament is Still on - 7pm Start!

Other important tournament notes -

• The "rebuy" for losing a crown is either 1500 in chips OR 2x the current big blind, whichever is greater. (Big blind based on the hand in which they went out in)
• If a crowned player is taken out in a hand with more than one uncrowned player splitting the pot, the uncrowned player with MORE chips takes the crown. If they had identical stacks, the crown goes to the player left of button (worst position relative to the dealer)
• If a crowned player is taken out in a hand with one uncrowned player splitting the pot with another crowned player, the uncrowned player takes the crown.
• If a shorter stacked uncrowned player is all-in in a hand vs multiple other players, which sees a higher stacked crowned player get knocked out by another player (either crowned or uncrowned), even if the short stacked uncrowned player wins their all-in, if they didn't have the crowned player's chips covered, they cannot claim the crown.
• To be eligible for a Crown rebuy, when getting out you MUST immediately raise your hand with the Crown and call over a staff member. If you try to hold off for the next blind change, etc, you will be disqualified from the tournament.

Unless altered above, all WAPL Pro League Rules apply to this tournament.

We look forward to seeing you at the King of the Hill event, and anticipate another great night of poker!

15/07/2009 - $200 buy-in Freo Highroll this Thursday! -

The $200 buy-in Freo Highroll is this Thursday 16th July!

Don't miss your chance to play this event, sure to have a big prize payout!

If you missed out on your seat to the Highroll over the past 3 weeks of Freerolls, all is not lost!

The buy-in is $200 ($180 to Prize, $20 to SFFC)

Held at South Freo Footy Club, registration starts at 6pm, with the Tournament starting 7pm.

As this is a Special event, Sit n Goes and Cash Tables will be available to all members.

There will also be a Free event running (if numbers permit) so even if you aren't in the Highroll, there's still lots to do on the night!

Have a great night, and we'll see you Thursday!

15/07/2009 - Special Event for Claremont 17th July - Teams Challenge! -

The next Team event! Get a 4 player team together and come on down to Claremont Footy Club for the Team Challenge!

Run similarly to the other team events we've held, but also gaining you Pro League Season Points, the buy-in is $40/player (Standard Pro Buy-in Structure), with the top 3 teams AND the overall winner paid out! (40%, 30%, 20% of Prize Pool to 1st-3rd teams) (10% of Prize Pool to overall winner)

This event will be held Friday 17th July 2009, at Claremont Footy Club. There is heaps of parking and it's close to public transport. Also, Sit and Go / Cash Tables will be running from 6pm.

Registration opens 6pm, Tournament starts 7pm!

So get your teams together and have fun!

7/07/2009 - Claremont Special 10/7 - Heads Up Challenge -

The Claremont Special event for this week (10/7/09) is the Heads Up Challenge!

A fun filled night of pitting your wits, poker face and luck against each other in a knockout heads up challenge!

All entrants will be randomly drawn against each other, with the winner of each round proceeding through to the next round of the event, to be randomly drawn against another winner!

The buy-in for the event is $40, with standard Pro buy-in breakdown and the top 2 being paid out! (60% first, 40% second!)

You can pre-register for this event during the week.

The time for this event is 6pm registration, 7pm start, and there will be sit n goes and cash tables running throughout the event, too!

So get your friends together and head down to Claremont Footy Club this Friday for the Heads Up Challenge!

1/07/2009 - Claremont Special 3/7/09 - King of the Hill #2 -

2009 King of the Hill #2 this Friday

WA Poker League Presents

Date - Friday 3rd July, 2009.

Time - Registration 6-6:45pm, Cash Tables and Sit n Goes from 6pm

 Tournament Start 7pm

Cost - $40 buy-in (Standard Pro Payouts with Pro Ladder Points!)

Location - Claremont Football Club, Davies Rd, Claremont. Remember, the club is close to public transport, and has great club prices, but has NO food available!     If you're driving, there's lots of parking available too!

Pre-Event Ticket Sales - At events leading up to the King of the Hill, ask your Tournament Director to get pre-registered at your next event! Limited - 40 seats.

Please make a point of Pre-registering if you are coming to this event. After the huge response to our King of the Hill events, there's no knowing how many people will show up!

There will be a PRE-REGISTRATION prize draw on the night, where all pre-registrered players have a chance to win the prize, so now there's even more incentive to get pre-registered!

Details - This is a tournament variation we have designed and called King of the Hill. We hope you enjoy it!

• Each player starts the tournament with equal chips, and a "Crown". If you lose your chips, you lose your crown but have a "life" rebuy to continue in the tournament.
• If a player with a crown takes out another player with a crown, the losing player's crown is removed from the tournament.
• If a player without a crown takes out a player with a crown, they get the crown and therefore have another "life" should they get knocked out.

The winners are the last 3 players with crowns remaining in the tournament, and the overall winner will be crowned "King of the Hill"! The King of the Hill takes 50% of the prize pool, 2nd 30%, 3rd 20%! (75% entry total to Prize Pool, 25% to Club Fundraising).

 There will be Cash Tables and both small and big buy-in Sit n Go    tournaments running, so this is definitely a tournament not to miss!

This event is open to current WA Poker League members and/or members of Claremont Football Club. There is NO necessity to play in the event to take part in the Cash Tables and Sit n Goes.

Claremonts Free League Tournament is Still on - 7pm Start!

Heads Up Tournament! - Next Friday 10th July 

Other important tournament notes -

• The "rebuy" for losing a crown is either 1500 in chips OR 2x the current big blind, whichever is greater. (Big blind based on the hand in which they went out in)
• If a crowned player is taken out in a hand with more than one uncrowned player splitting the pot, the uncrowned player with MORE chips takes the crown. If they had identical stacks, the crown goes to the player left of button (worst position relative to the dealer)
• If a crowned player is taken out in a hand with one uncrowned player splitting the pot with another crowned player, the uncrowned player takes the crown.
• If a shorter stacked uncrowned player is all-in in a hand vs multiple other players, which sees a higher stacked crowned player get knocked out by another player (either crowned or uncrowned), even if the short stacked uncrowned player wins their all-in, if they didn't have the crowned player's chips covered, they cannot claim the crown.
• To be eligible for a Crown rebuy, when getting out you MUST immediately raise your hand with the Crown and call over a staff member. If you try to hold off for the next blind change, etc, you will be disqualified from the tournament.

Unless altered above, all WAPL Pro League Rules apply to this tournament.

We look forward to seeing you at the King of the Hill event, and anticipate another great night of poker!

16/06/2009 - Announcing - Freo Freeroll & Freo High Roll Series! -

In collaboration with South Freo Footy Club, we are proud to bring our members yet another exciting series of special events!

Freo Freerolls, culminating in the Freo High Roll Tournament!

The Dates -

Thursday 25th June - Freo Freeroll #1

Thursday 2nd July - Freo Freeroll #2

Thursday 9th July - Freo Freeroll #3

Thursday 16th July - Freo High Roll!

The Times -

Registration 6pm, Tournament start 7pm - All Events

How it works -

Freo Freerolls - These tournaments are Freeroll Rebuy Satellites with a MINIMUM 1 seat Guaranteed into the Freo High Roll! The initial buy-in to the Freeroll events is FREE for current WA Poker League and South Fremantle Footy Club members! The event is a rebuy structure until first break (final add-ons at the end of 1st break) with $25 rebuys/addons ($20 to Prizes, $5 to SFFC) and every 10 rebuys ($200) adds another High Roll Seat to the Prizes! Total Prize Seats to the High Roll Event will be announced after 1st break, with the top placed players winning those seats (any extra prize pool <$200 cash will be paid to the "seat bubble" player who just misses out on a prize seat)

Freo High Roll - This tournament is the big one! $200 buy-in ($180 to Prize, $20 to SFFC) with huge prizes! You can buy your way directly into this tournament, or WIN your seat through a Freo Freeroll!

Other info - Seats are STRICTLY LIMITED. To be sure you have a seat, pre-register at one of our tournaments before the next freeroll for $25 (redeemable at the event for rebuy/addons) or be down very early to register on the Thursday!

Cash Tables and Sit N Goes will be running all night, so for those who miss out on a seat (or prefer cash/sit n goes), come along!

We're sure you'll have a blast at the Freo Freerolls and High Roll!

16/06/2009 - Queens VS Kings this Friday @ Claremont! -

We've got a great special event coming up on Friday 19th June that everyone will want a part of!

Western Australian Poker League presents...

More details :

Queens vs Kings Tournament : $40 entry, with great prizes! Two tournaments (one guys', one girls') ending with the top 4 from each playing off on a final table spectacle! Yes, the final table players will start with the same chipstacks as each other and battle it out for the prizes! Come along for your chance to win great cash prizes on the night!

Registration 6pm, Tournament Starts 7pm!

This is an open event to all WAPL members! (Note: You DO get Pro League points from this Tournament, as buy-in breakdown is standard Pro)

Also available from 6pm are our standard Sit N Go tables and Cash Tables!

All in all, an awesome night! So spread the word, get your pre-registration tickets from our tournaments, as seats will be strictly limited! To keep your seat, DON'T BE LATE!

Let's get a great contingent of girls down to the event to prove that poker isn't just for the boys!

8/06/2009 - Claremont Special Event - Team Event Challenge this Friday 12th June! -

The next Team event! Get yourself and 3 of your friends and come on down to Claremont Footy Club for the Team Challenge!

Run similarly to the other team events we've held, but also gaining you Pro League Season Points, the buy-in is $40/player ($22 to Prize Pool, $10 to Grand Final Prize Pool, $8 to Claremont Footy Club), with the top 3 teams AND the overall winner paid out! (50%, 30%, 10% of Prize Pool to 1st-3rd teams) (10% of Prize Pool to overall winner)

Please make sure you pre-register your team at events this week, to help us efficiently manage numbers.

This event will be held Friday 12th June 2009, at Claremont Footy Club. There is heaps of parking and it's close to public transport. Also, Sit and Go / Cash Tables will be running from 6pm.

Registration opens 6pm, Tournament starts 7pm!

Get your teams together and have fun!

8/06/2009 - Pro starts at the Northwood Alehouse TONIGHT! -

For those who have played WAPL at the Northwood Alehouse/previously Mirrabooka Tavern, or for those interested in playing Pro at a new venue for Mondays...

The first Pro event is being held tonight! Alongside the Free League, you now have a choice to play Free or Pro for money! 6pm Registration, 7pm Start as usual.

We look forward to seeing you down there to play at the Northwood soon, if not tonight!

Your WA Poker League Team

30/05/2009 - Coronation Hotel Pro -

The Coronation Hotel Pro League is scheduled to start next Sunday 7th June. Our apologies for any confusion. Free League is on as usual this Sunday 31st!

29/05/2009 - New Pro Events and other news! -

We're happy to announce the opening of several new Pro League events! Starting next Sunday, Coronation Hotel will be Pro and Free League, Northwood Alehouse (Mirrabooka Tav) on Mondays will be Pro and Free League, and Albion Hotel on Tuesdays will be Pro and Free League! Please come down and support these great new venues and events, and get the word out so they grow in numbers fast!

In other news, The Boat Free League on this Monday public holiday will be ON. Please make sure all your regular Boat playing friends are aware of this, as usually they don't run on public holidays...

See you at a tournament soon!

Your WA Poker League Team.

5/05/2009 - Don't miss your WAPL News again! -

Accidentally missed the last Special event or Grand Final? Don't have time to keep checking our website? Want to know the important news at WA Poker League?

Send your current E-Mail address (along with your full name) to info@wapokerleague.com.au and we'll add it to our E-Mail database!

Also you can subscribe to our RSS2.0 or ATOM1.0 News feeds by clicking the links for them under this Current News section.

Never miss WA Poker League news again!

We take our News E-Mails and our Members seriously, and won't spam you with unnecessary junk every day. Expect the occasional informative E-Mail to help you keep up to date with important WAPL events and news like new venues in your area, upcoming special events and Grand Final info.

5/05/2009 - Welcome to WAPL Season 11! Some more exciting changes... -

Welcome to WAPL Season 11!

With a great new venue, and more chances to play and win, we're looking forward to another great season!

Our new venue to check out is the Cambridge Bowling Club on Thursdays from 17th Sept! This awesome venue is sure to attract a crowd to its beautiful room and bar facility.

Get started on your point tally now, to guarantee your seat in the Pro or Free League Grand Finals, to be held in early December at the end of the season! Remember, Top 5 overall Pro players win cash prizes ($3000 to first!), with the Top 10 getting their Grand Final buy-in for free! Top 100 get $100 off their Pro Grand Final buy-in, and Top 240 qualify for a seat!

For our Free League players, top 40 overall get a free re-entry into the Grand Final if they bust out early, identical to the standard passport system! Top 240 Free League get a seat in the Free Grand Final.

Whichever League you play in, it's worth keeping an eye on your ranking throughout the season. Help add to the fun filled competition that is WA Poker League!

Keep an eye on this newspost for the new Season changes, to be added shortly!

27/04/2009 - Grand Final Results & Pre-Season week! -

The Season 9 Pro League Grand Final was always going to be a great day! On this Anzac long weekend, we saw 126 Pro Leaguers sit down to play poker with the best WA has to offer!

With the top 13 being paid out starting at over $400, and all Final Table payouts starting at $1300, the top spot still held over $20,000 (plus $5000 WAPL medallion) for taking out the event!

In the quickest Final Table showdown in WA Poker League history, we quickly saw 3 players knocked out, followed shortly after by a 4th. Final 3 was upon us in no time, and Michael Lees, Ryan Kingston and Warrick Spratling faced off across the WAPL Final table.

After just a few minutes 3 handed, both Michael and Ryan were knocked out in the same hand by Warrick with pocket 3's, much to the delight of the Boat club supporters, who were looking down the barrell of a defeat at the hands of the Paddo club!

Michael won $3676 for 3rd place, with Ryan picking up $6151 for 2nd, congratulations guys!

Pro League Results

Warrick Spratling becomes our Grand Champion for Season 9, winning the $20,014 1st place prize, the $5000 WAPL Medallion and the esteem of being a WAPL Champion! Congratulations Warrick!

In Free League, we had a 54 player turnout, with Bas Snijder doing one better than last season's 2nd place, taking out the Free League Grand Final! Congratulations Bas, and Bryan Flanagan for your well deserved 2nd place!

Free League Results

Jan Burke took out the overall Free League Ladder, managing to fight Trevor Rozario off in the last week of tournaments with a great result at the Woodvale! Well done Jan!

We'd also like to congratulate our Top 10 Pro League players for the Season as well as the Pro Venue Winners, as they all had their Pro buy-in paid for as the prize for their results. Also, congratulations goes to the top 5 Pro players this season. Our Pro Season was very close, with Ian Slater ending up winning overall (taking $3000 for his win!) Jill Maley and Robin Sheedy were neck and neck at the end, with Jill overtaking Robin on the final day of tournaments to take 2nd (winning $2000), with Robin 3rd (winning $1000). They were followed closely by Joe Darcy ($600) and Robert Ray ($400).

After such a fun season with such close results, we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did! We look forward to welcoming you back for Season 10!

Please remember, we DO have some tournaments running in between seasons! Make sure you check our Upcoming Events page for those tournaments which are on as special events, and remember also that Pro Special events that are pre-season attract a bigger payout on the night (Bonus 50%!)

Paddington Alehouse has a Special Bounty Rebuy Monday 27th April, the day after the Grand Final! This will be a huge prize pool, with a $40 entry ($30 to prize pool!) with $30 rebuys up till the 1st break! You win a $5 bounty chip for every player you knock out! Good luck, see you there!

20/04/2009 - WAPL Season 9 Grand Final - This Sunday 26th Apr -

WAPL Season Grand 9 Finals

---

Free League Registration strictly 9am-10:45am
Pro League Registration strictly 10am-11:45am

WA Poker League Season Grand Finals (For Pro and Free Leagues) are awesome events, culminating in the best of the best in both leagues playing off to prove who is WAPL's Grand Champion for each League for that Season!

With WAPL's Pro League paying out over $1,100,000 since we started in May 2006, with Pro League Players competing for the ability to qualify for the Pro League Grand Final! The overall Top 5 also win great cash prizes for doing so well during the season!

Pro Rank   |   Cash Prize

1st     |   $3000

2nd    |   $2000

3rd     |   $1000

4th    |    $600

5th    |    $400

In addition to the overall league rankings, the Top player for each venue at the end of the season will also gain automatic qualification into the Grand Final for that League! For Pro League events that includes the Grand Final Buy-In! So now there's even more reason to reach that top spot! Please note, if you already rank in the top 10 players in Pro League, you still receive your single Grand Final Buy-in even if you also take out a venue. If a player has already gained qualification through another means, it does not automatically qualify the 2nd player for the prize.

Of course, the overall Champion of the Pro League Grand Final will take home not only the huge cash payout estimated at over $20,000, but the WA Poker League Grand Championship Medallion, worth over $5000, and engraved to signify the momentous event!

Get in there, get qualified, and be in with a chance to take out WA's BIGGEST and BEST Poker Tournament with the Western Australian Poker League!

More Details -

Location

South Fremantle Football Club. Fremantle Oval, Fremantle.

Date

SUNDAY 26th APRIL, 2009! Don't miss this great day of Poker!

Time

Free League Registration opens 9am. Final Free League registrations 10:45am. Pro League Registration opens 10am. Final Pro League registrations 11:45am. You can preregister for the Pro League Final at events leading up to the day, which will allow you to skip the (often long) registration line. 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.

Pro League Grand Final

• Top 240 qualifiers (240 seats, if they're not filled, they will be awarded to the reserve pro league players at the event, so come down even if you don't qualify but have played 10 Pro games this season to play!) You MUST be a Pro League Player to play, and qualifiers will always be given a seat in preference to a non-qualifying reserve Pro player.

• The qualification buy-in is based on a 2 tier ranking qualifier. For those players ranked 11th to 100th, the buy-in is $100. For those players ranked 101st to 240th, the buy-in is $200. (Still a small price to pay for what you have a chance to win!) with $10 going to the club/charity we are operating the event with, and the rest being pooled to the Grand Final Prize Pool! This ensures not only a great prize pool, but also a significant bonus to those higher ranked players for the season, as they win the $100 discount to their buy-in (or Free buy-in if they are top 10 or top a venue!)

• Up to the top 24 places paid out! (Top 10% of the players on the day!)

Free League Grand Final

• Top 240 qualifiers (160 seats, filled on a first come first entered basis. If they're not filled, they will be awarded to the next ranking reserve free league players at the event, so come down even if you don't qualify for a chance to play if you've played 10 Free League events this season!)
  The top 40 ranked Free League players at the end of season will also get a single reentry if they get out before the 1st break, similar to the Passport reentry used in our standard tournaments.

• 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 tables running for players who get out of the Grand Finals, who wish to keep playing poker during the event! They will be supervised, and follow by our standard Sit 'N Go and Cash Table rules!

Important note on Reserves - Players who have played 10 or more games in one or the other Leagues this season, yet have not qualified for a seat, are on the Reserves List. They can take the place of non-attending Qualifiers, in order of Ranking.

Please remember, as a qualifier there is no need to have played 10 games, IF you are qualified. If you are outside the qualification, as a reserve you must have played 10 games. Reserve players are NOT guaranteed seats in the Finals, but will take the seats of qualifiers who don't show up on the day up to a total of 240 players for Pro and 160 players for Free.

---

7/04/2009 - Easter Holiday Event Schedule -

With the Easter Holiday coming up, the following is a schedule of events :-

Thursday 9th April - Brighton Hotel Free/Pro OFF

Thursday 9th April - Woodvale Tavern Free/Pro OFF

Friday 10th April - Claremont Football Club Free/Pro OFF

Friday 10th April - Atrium Hotel Free/Pro OFF

Saturday 11th April - Woodbridge Hotel Free/Pro ON

Saturday 11th April - Northlands Roundhouse Free/Pro ON

Monday 13th April - Paddington Alehouse Free/Pro ON

Monday 13th April - The Boat Free OFF

Have a safe and happy Easter, we'll see you at an event soon!

Your WA Poker League Team

17/03/2009 - Atrium Hotel 1st Pro Event Offer - Play and Stay! -

Atrium Hotel Pro League kicks off this Friday 20th March! The Atrium has a special offer for our opening night for members interested in heading to Mandurah, playing Pro Poker and staying at the Atrium on Friday night!

Accomodation rates will be 50% off for Friday 20th March!

The rates for rooms can be found at Atrium's website - www.atriumhotel.com.au under the Rates section. Select the correct date for the rates, and then you can make your booking by calling them. Mention that you're a WA Poker League Member who is coming to stay for the night on Friday to confirm your 50% discount!

Every Friday Poker after our opening night the Atrium will still have a great discount for WAPL Members. 15% off Accomodation rates! Again make sure you mention when booking the fact that you are a WAPL Member coming to play and stay!

What a great reason to get out of the house this Friday night!

We hope to see you there to kick off the first Pro event at the Atrium.

See you soon,

Your WA Poker League Team

13/03/2009 - 2 new WAPL Venues! Lakers Tavern & Albion Hotel! -

We have two great new Venues starting up Tuesdays, both from 24th March! Lakers Tavern and the Albion Hotel will be starting Free League events, with Pro League starting soon after!

Get your friends together and come down to check out whichever of these great new venues is closer to you, and support these latest additions to your WA Poker League experience!

5/03/2009 - The Boat Poker Club AGM -

Notice is hereby given of the Annual General Meeting of The Boat Poker Club.

When - Wednesday 11th March

Time - Starting @ 6-15pm

All current and prospective members welcome. Get involved.

28/02/2009 - Another Great Re-buy Tournament @ Claremont -

Strong Heads Up play gave Dean McAskil little chance against Luke Bolton in the Claremont Football Club Re-buy Bounty Tournament on Friday night.

With a total prize pool of $1025 the 9 players not only had a ball, but Luke was extremely happy to collect $435 in first place, plus his bounty's to make him feel like a real winner on the night.

Dean collected $260 plus bountys and was also happy, given he could not get a decent card heads up, and Murray Boyne was pleased to have pipped Jason Bertone for third and the $175 that was up for grabs.

The event is very popular with all who have played to date, so come on down next Friday and join in the fun.

With $155 paid out in Bounty's, the prize pool was spread around, along with the laughs and fun during what has been called "Friday Poker Madness" at Claremont.

Tounament starts late at 7-30pm, with a Cash table available from 6pm

28/02/2009 - Northlands Roundhouse Tavern Pro Starts Sat 1st March! -

Saturday 1st March is the first Pro event at the Roundhouse! Just on the corner of Main and Amelia Streets Balcatta, rego starts 6pm, tournament starts 7pm. That gives those players who love the Saturday Double Tournaments enough time to get from the Woodbridge to the Roundhouse for your double dose of Free or Pro League Poker on Saturdays!

Have fun and good luck!

13/02/2009 - NEW LATER START FOR CLAREMONT -

To allow our members that extra time to make the exciting Re-buy Bounty Tournament every Friday night at Claremont Football Club the event start time has been re-scheduled for 7-30pm from February 13th.

Free League will also now start at 7-30pm. Registration for both tournaments will remain at 6pm.

See you at Claremont for "Friday Night Poker" soon.

9/02/2009 - WAPL Supports VIC BUSHFIRE APPEAL Final Total = $1744.40 -

Donations can be made at All WAPL Tournaments this week.

Cash Raffles and Members Donations will be forwarded to the

Commonwealth Bank for this most worthy of Appeals.

We extend our sympathy to all those effected by this disaster.

Tally Details - Monday $ 431.30 Tuesday $ 449.35 Wednesday $ 272.65

Thursday $ 199.80 Friday $ 159.70 Saturday $ 231.60

A big "Thank You" to all those who supported this worthy cause.

7/01/2009 - Season 9 Format Changes - Important! -

There's some exciting new changes coming to the next WA Poker League Season. In response to suggestions from and discussions with our members, we have put together some changes which should make your league even more fun to be a part of!

As always, we really appreciate feedback and encourage our members to give us their opinions as to what changes they think would better the league as a whole, and we'd like to thank those who have already helped us think through these changes. Of course, more input is welcome, and we look forward to adjusting or adding more changes to the league format in the future to make it even better!

Pro League Season Adjustments -

Many suggestions have been made regarding the Season and Grand Final Prize Payouts, the buy-in amounts and the lack of incentive for players to strive to achieve a higher Season ranking. We've taken all of these on board and have decided to make some Pro Season adjustments to qualifications and prizes to give everyone more incentive, more fun, and more chances to win!

Pro Season Top 5 Payouts!

We are adjusting the Top Ranked Player Payouts from Top 3 to Top 5, and significantly increasing the prize amounts! Previously, we paid out $1000 to 1st, $600 to 2nd, and $400 to 3rd place at the end of Season. This prize was small compared to the skill and dedication required to do so well in the WA Poker League Season. The new payouts will be Top 5, with the overall Season Champion winning $3000, $2000 for 2nd, $1000 for 3rd, $600 for 4th and $400 for 5th place. Now there's more reason to aim for the top spots!

As usual, the Top 10 overall and Top of Venues at the end of Season also win their Grand Final buy-in for Free as a prize for doing so well!

Pro Grand Final Qualifier Buy-Ins - Tiered System

There will be an adjustment to the buy-in structure for the Grand Final to $200, with a reward to those players who do better overall in the Season rankings. The buy-in will be $100 (50% discount) for players ranked 11th to 100th overall at the end of Season (the Top 10 still get their buy-in for free). For those players ranked 101st to 240th, the Grand Final buy-in will be $200. Not only does this add incentive and value to doing better in the Season rankings, it will also add more funds to the Seasonal Grand Final Prize Pool, allowing for more prize payouts to the member base! Even at a $200 buy-in, the Grand Final is well worth the buy-in, so we don't see this as a huge negative for the membership! We all know it isn't difficult for a regular player to make the top 100, but this will add some more excitement and incentive towards making a top 100 position!

Pro Grand Final Payouts

As mentioned last Grand Final, we will be aiming to share the Grand Final Prize Pool a further down the payout places, allowing bigger prizes to those making the money at the Grand Final. Obviously this always depends on the number of players throughout the season, as well as the buy-ins on the day of the Grand Final. Some of the changes made this Season will adjust the available pool, and as the League progresses and the prize pools increase, so will the winnings!

Pro League Grand Final Direct Buy-In

This has been an idea that's been thrown around and discussed for quite some time. That is, for a direct, non qualified buy-in to the Grand Final. This is NOT aimed towards our regular members, who find it very easy to qualify for the Final through their usual play. This is a chance for non qualifiers, travelers or newcomers to WA to play in this huge payout Poker Tournament for a large buy-in amount, which then adds a lot to the Grand Final Prize Pool, therefore adding more value to those qualifying members playing in the Final. The proposal is for a $2500 direct seat buy-in to the Grand Final. After the standard $10 fundraising for the Non Profit Club we are fundraising for at the Final, the remaining $2490 would be added to the Prize Pool, helping swell the Prizes substantially. We've deemed that the $2500 buy-in would be large enough to discourage those able to qualify through the season from doing it, and also large enough to add such a boost to the Prize Pool that it becomes a significant advantage to the Grand Final to have it as an option.

Free League Passport Re-entry and Bonus Points

As most of you would be aware, the reentry draw has been a great success in the Free League, however there needs to be a little more incentive to "stay in" past the 1st break. The Passport change we are implementing will mean that, if you get out before the 1st break and have you Passport stamps completed, you may choose to use that passport for the reentry draw, OR you may use it for your bonus points (+100) and not enter the redraw. This will add a little more incentive to stay in past the 1st break and get your bonus points, and perhaps a little strategy to the Passport system in Free League as players will have to decide whether they are likely to get more points if they go for a reentry compared to getting their bonus points. One important note, however, is that as you ARE permitted to fill multiple passports, you MAY complete 2 passports, use one for the reentry draw, and use the other for your bonus 100 points.

We want your feedback!

Obviously we can never perfectly guess how different changes will affect the Tournaments, Season and Prize Pools. We take on board suggestions from our members all the time, and strive to evolve the League into an even more fun, entertaining, and rewarding experience for all involved. Please give us your ideas, suggestions, and other feedback regarding these changes or anything in particular you think we could do to better the League in general. Always feel free to E-Mail info@wapokerleague.com.au with your comments, and we will endeavour to get back to you as soon as possible. Your thoughts and feedback is important to us, please let us hear them.

Wishing you an awesome Season 9, best of luck, and see you at the Finals!

Your WA Poker League Team.

6/01/2009 - Welcome to 2009! Pre-Season Tournaments! -

Well, 2009 is upon us! We sincerely hope you all had a fun and safe Christmas and New Year's Eve/Day, whatever you got up to, and wish you a great 2009!

For those of you who are itching to get back to your poker tournaments, we have some events running this week (5th-10th Jan) before Season 9 officially starts on Sunday 11th Jan.

It's important to remember that there is a bonus 50% prize payout at the Special Pro events pre-season as there is no grand final contribution, nor qualification points at pre-season events.

The dates are -

5th Jan - Paddington Alehouse Pro and Free Events

6th Jan - Murphy's Irish Pub (Mandurah) Pro and Free Events

6th Jan - Paddy Maguire's Free Event

7th Jan - Market City Tavern Pro and Free Events

8th Jan - Woodvale Tavern Pro and Free Events

10th Jan - Woodbridge Hotel Pro and Free Events

So make sure you get the word out to your mates, and make it down to the pre-season events to get some practice in before the season officially starts next week! Don't miss out, there's some great new changes coming this season, with more chances to win throughout the season!

8/12/2008 - Season 8 Grand Finals Wrap! -

The end of the Season 8 Pro League Grand Final signified a momentous event in WA Poker League history, with us passing the 1 million dollar mark in payouts! In another huge event enjoyed by all, we again saw a great field of 168 Pro League Qualifiers sit down to battle it out for over $50,000 in our Pro Final!

Cheers erupted when finally, after many hours of play, we hit the final 17 players. They were all in the money! The tension grew as we went to our final table break, and upon our return, you could see how nervous our Final 8 were as they returned to the table... After all, they were playing for their part of the prize pool, now between $1445 for 8th, or the massive $20,000 (plus $5000 WAPL medallion) for first!

The beginning of Final Table saw Gary Hall Jr take control over the tournament. Taking out the first 3 players, and with them gaining a massive chip lead, Gary was always going to be hard to beat.

When we hit Final 3, we had supporters from the Boat cheering loudly for George Lawther, our Mandurah players who had come up for the day right behind Jamie Andree, and those Market City regulars showing Gary Hall the support his huge stack deserved!

After some great action, George was eliminated in 3rd place, winning $3941 in the process! Congratulations George.

The Heads up battle between Gary and Jamie was great! We saw the chip lead move back and forth several times during the time, and our eventual winner was Jamie, beating Gary's Ace 7 with his Ace Queen!

Gary left the tournament $6888 richer, congratulations Gary.

The last player remaining, Jamie Andree, became our Grand Champion for Season 8, and with that wins the $20,000 1st place prize, along with the $5000 WAPL Medallion, and the esteem of being a WAPL Champion! Congratulations Jamie on such a great tournament!

In Free League, we had a strong 59 player turnout, which saw 2 of our well known Free League members meeting head to head at the end. Bas Snijder was eventually overwhelmed by Giuseppe Messina for top spot and Champion of Free League. In an amazing feat, Giuseppe has also proven that he truly is the Champion of Free League, being our first player ever to win BOTH the Season AND the Grand Final for his League! Congratulations Giuseppe on your awesome wins!

We'd also like to congratulate our Top 10 Pro League players for the Season, as they all had their Pro buy-in paid for as the prize for their ranking. Also, huge congratulations to the top 3 Pro players this season. Our Season winner was Colin Wilford (winning $1000), followed closely by Robert Ray ($600) and Paul Ivankovich ($400).

All in all it was a very fun Season, and we are yet again glad to be able to bring such a high quality of poker to our members. We hope you had an enjoyable season with us, and look forward to welcoming you back for Season 9 in the new year!

Please remember, we DO have some tournaments running in between seasons! Make sure you check our Upcoming Events page for those tournaments which are on as special events, and remember also that Pro Special events that are pre-season attract a bigger payout on the night (Bonus 50%!)

1/12/2008 - WAPL Season 8 Grand Finals! -

The Season 8 Grand Finals are this coming Sunday 7th December, 2008, at South Fremantle Football Club. Don't miss them! Even if you aren't qualified you can still come along, play some poker, and have an awesome day. We are fast approaching the end of another great season of WA Poker League Poker! With our 8th Grand Final coming up next Sunday 7th December, we have reached a huge milestone since starting the first Poker League in Western Australia back on May 2, 2006.

We are overjoyed to announce that the Prize Payouts in our coming Grand Final are going to signify a total payout figure of OVER $1,000,000 (that's right, over a million dollars!) paid out to WA Poker League Members since the League started!

We're obviously very proud of this achievement, and would like to thank our loyal members for helping make this dream a reality. We look forward to being able to pay out millions more to our members in the future.

Here's lots more info about the coming Grand Final. We hope to have you there to help us celebrate!

1/12/2008 - King of the Hill Series Round Up -

The King of the Hill Series 1 is over! With the King of the Hill Final next Friday 5th December, these are our Top 10 overall placed players for the Series! Congratulations to Ian Slater for winning the Series itself, for his great efforts he wins a carton of Hofbrauhaus Lager! For the rest of the top 10, each will receive a 6-pack of Hofbrauhaus Lager. All 10 will play off for the Series Championship, where the "King of the Hill" will have their name on the perpetual King of the Hill Trophy! Come down to Claremont Footy Club next Friday to take part in Free or Pro League Poker, and to show your support towards the King of the Hill Finalists!

Rank	Player	Score	Total Events Played
1	Ian Slater	183	4
2	Jason Bertone	163	3
3	Alex Philp	157	4
4	Scott Cooper	149	3
5	Eunice Slater	147	4
6	Darren Cover	142	3
6	Len Histon	142	4
8	Mathew Lyons	137	4
9	Garry Pegg	135	4
10	William Chin	130	3

28/11/2008 - KOTH Final - Friday 5th Dec -

The King of the Hill Final, sponsored by Hofbrauhaus Lager (Awesome German Import Lager), will be held next Friday 5th December! This is an event being held at the same time as the Claremont Pro and Free League events!

The qualifiers for the King of the Hill Final are the TOP 10 ranked players on the KOTH Leaderboard at the end of the 4th KOTH this Sunday.

The Current Rankings are Here!

The tournament style WILL be King of the Hill, and if there are ties for 10th position, these extra players WILL be part of the final. Each Final Qualifier playing on the night will receive a 6-pack of Hofbrauhaus Lager, with the overall winner winning a carton of Hofbrauhaus, and become the first King of the Hill Series Winner, getting their name on our KOTH Perpetual Trophy!

So make sure you come down on the Friday to play some Poker and support your qualified friends! There will be plenty to do, Free League, Pro League, Cash Tables and Sit n Goes till Midnight!

As usual, 6pm Rego, 7pm Start, @ Claremont Footy Club.

24/11/2008 - King of the Hill #4 - 30th November 2008 @ SFFC! -

The next King of the Hill event is this coming Sunday!

For those who have played in either of the previous 3 KOTH's, the current rankings can be found here -

Current King of the Hill Rankings

WA Poker League King of the Hill!

Date - Sunday 30th November, 2008.

Time - Registration 2-2:45pm, Cash Tables and Sit n Goes from 3pm, Tournament Start 3pm

Cost - $30 buy-in (80% to prizes, 20% to South Fremantle Football Club Fundraising)

Location - South Fremantle Football Club, Fremantle Oval. Remember, the club is close to public transport, and has great club prices, with food and drinks available! If you're driving, there's lots of parking available too!

Pre-Event Ticket Sales - At events leading up to the King of the Hill, ask your Tournament Director to get pre-registered at your next event!

Please make a point of Pre-registering if you are coming to this event. After the huge response to our King of the Hill events, there's no knowing how many people will show up! There will be a PRE-REGISTRATION prize draw on the night, where all pre-registrered players have a chance to win a great prize, so now there's even more incentive to get pre-registered!

Details - This is a tournament variation we have designed and called King of the Hill. We hope you enjoy it!

• Each player starts the tournament with equal chips, and a "Crown". If you lose your chips, you lose your crown but have a "life" rebuy to continue in the tournament.
• If a player with a crown takes out another player with a crown, the losing player's crown is removed from the tournament.
• If a player without a crown takes out a player with a crown, they get the crown and therefore have another "life" should they get knocked out.

The winners are the last 3 players with crowns remaining in the tournament, and the overall winner will be crowned "King of the Hill"! The King of the Hill takes 60% of the prize pool, 2nd 30%, 3rd 10%! (80% entry total to Prize Pool, 20% to Club Fundraising).

There will be Cash Tables and both small and big buy-in Sit n Go tournaments running, so this is definitely a tournament not to miss out on!

This event is open to current WA Poker League members and/or members of South Fremantle Football Club. There is NO necessity to play in the event to take part in the Cash Tables and Sit n Goes.

Other important tournament notes -

• The "rebuy" for losing a crown is either 1500 in chips OR 2x the current big blind, whichever is greater. (Big blind based on the hand in which they went out in)
• If a crowned player is taken out in a hand with more than one uncrowned player splitting the pot, the uncrowned player with MORE chips takes the crown. If they had identical stacks, the crown goes to the player left of button (worst position relative to the dealer)
• If a crowned player is taken out in a hand with one uncrowned player splitting the pot with another crowned player, the uncrowned player takes the crown.
• If a shorter stacked uncrowned player is all-in in a hand vs multiple other players, which sees a higher stacked crowned player get knocked out by another player (either crowned or uncrowned), even if the short stacked uncrowned player wins their all-in, if they didn't have the crowned player's chips covered, they cannot claim the crown.
• To be eligible for a Crown rebuy, when getting out you MUST immediately raise your hand with the Crown and call over a staff member. If you try to hold off for the next blind change, etc, you will be disqualified from the tournament.

Unless altered above, all WAPL Pro League Rules apply to this tournament.

We look forward to seeing you at the King of the Hill event, and anticipate another great night of poker!

24/11/2008 - Merriwa Tavern -

Merriwa Tavern is going to hold off hosting WAPL events for the rest of the season. With a change in management and thoughts of moving towards Pro League in the future, we will let you know if this changes!

We'd like to thank our members who supported Merriwa, and remind you that there's still lots of opportunities to play WAPL up North, including the Boat on Mondays and Wednesdays, and Woodvale Tav on Thursdays!

15/11/2008 - Deep Stack Tournament Results! -

The Deep Stack Tournament held on Friday 14th November was lots of fun! With a good field of 26 runners, and an 18 player Free League, the atmosphere was great.

Right on the 2nd break, all our power went out, which made for some interesting times, lots of torches and some great jokes (along with some bad, mainly involving people mentioning being the blind every hand...)

Everyone still had a great night through the semi-darkness, and when the lights came back on we found our winner was Irwan Budiarto! With the Top 3 players paid out on the night, Irwan won a total of $1105 for his great poker! Will Jeffery came 2nd, winning $663, and Barrie Hosgood 3rd place with $442! Congratulations guys!

Great to see you down there, and we'll see you at an event soon!

Your WA Poker League Team

7/11/2008 - 14th November - Deep Stack Challenge! -

Coming up on Friday 14th November is our first Deep Stack Challenge!

Location - Claremont Footy Club, Davies Road Claremont.

Time - Registration 6pm, LAST Rego 7pm, Tournament Starts 7pm.

Buy-in - $100 (Or Free League if you aren't interested in the Deep Stack Challenge)

It's a $100 buy-in event, with a standard Free League event for those players who don't want to play in the Deep Stack Challenge.

The tournament will run as per our usual guidelines, but all players will be starting with 5000 in chips! Blind times may be altered slightly to allow us to work timing correctly with the player numbers. The player allocation will be 40 players, however if we have more than 40 pre-sale tickets we will increase the number of seats to a maximum of 50.

There will be cash tables and sit n goes running as per usual for our special events!

We look forward to another great night of poker on Friday 14th!

29/10/2008 - Upcoming Event Changes - Updated 9/03/10 -

Due to other functions/public holidays, the following events will not be running! They will be back the following week!

13th March - No South Freo Footy Club Pro or Free League! (Dockers Match)

2nd April - No Claremont Footy Club Pro or Free League! (Good Friday)

3rd April - No South Fremantle Footy Club Pro or Free League! (Easter)

Thankyou for your understanding, we'll see you soon!

25/10/2008 - Daylight Savings Starts again this Sunday 26th Oct -

Please remember, Daylight Savings starts this Sunday, and you will have to wind your clocks forward 1 hour! As a result you will need to make sure you are down an hour earlier to the tournaments on Sunday (than you would be had we not had any Daylight Savings).

We will be sending out a reminder E-Mail regarding this and the King of the Hill shortly.

25/10/2008 - No Bar Orient this Sunday due to King of the Hill -

With the King of the Hill this Sunday, we won't be running Free League Poker at Bar Orient. It'll be back the Sunday after as usual!

We'll see you at the King of the Hill! 2pm rego, 3pm start. Don't be late!

20/10/2008 - Special Event - King of the Hill #3 This Sunday 26th Oct -

The next King of the Hill event is this coming Sunday!

PLEASE NOTE, DAYLIGHT SAVINGS COMES IN THIS SUNDAY! The tournament registration and start will be 1 hour earlier than the current time! Please remember to change your watch!

For those who have played in either of the previous 2 KOTH's, the current rankings can be found here -

Current King of the Hill Rankings

WA Poker League King of the Hill!

Date - Sunday 26th October, 2008.

Time - Registration 2-2:45pm, Cash Tables and Sit n Goes from 3pm, Tournament Start 3pm

Cost - $30 buy-in (80% to prizes, 20% to South Fremantle Football Club Fundraising)

Location - South Fremantle Football Club, Fremantle Oval. Remember, the club is close to public transport, and has great club prices, with food and drinks available! If you're driving, there's lots of parking available too!

Pre-Event Ticket Sales - At events leading up to the King of the Hill, ask your Tournament Director to get pre-registered at your next event!

Please make a point of Pre-registering if you are coming to this event. After the huge response to our King of the Hill events, there's no knowing how many people will show up! There will be a PRE-REGISTRATION prize draw on the night, where all pre-registrered players have a chance to win a $30 Poker Den Voucher, so now there's even more incentive to get pre-registered!

Details - This is a tournament variation we have designed and called King of the Hill. We hope you enjoy it!

• Each player starts the tournament with equal chips, and a "Crown". If you lose your chips, you lose your crown but have a "life" rebuy to continue in the tournament.
• If a player with a crown takes out another player with a crown, the losing player's crown is removed from the tournament.
• If a player without a crown takes out a player with a crown, they get the crown and therefore have another "life" should they get knocked out.

The winners are the last 3 players with crowns remaining in the tournament, and the overall winner will be crowned "King of the Hill"! The King of the Hill takes 60% of the prize pool, 2nd 30%, 3rd 10%! (80% entry total to Prize Pool, 20% to Club Fundraising).

There will be Cash Tables and both small and big buy-in Sit n Go tournaments running, so this is definitely a tournament not to miss out on!

This event is open to current WA Poker League members and/or members of South Fremantle Football Club. There is NO necessity to play in the event to take part in the Cash Tables and Sit n Goes.

Other important tournament notes -

• The "rebuy" for losing a crown is either 1500 in chips OR 2x the current big blind, whichever is greater. (Big blind based on the hand in which they went out in)
• If a crowned player is taken out in a hand with more than one uncrowned player splitting the pot, the uncrowned player with MORE chips takes the crown. If they had identical stacks, the crown goes to the player left of button (worst position relative to the dealer)
• If a crowned player is taken out in a hand with one uncrowned player splitting the pot with another crowned player, the uncrowned player takes the crown.
• If a shorter stacked uncrowned player is all-in in a hand vs multiple other players, which sees a higher stacked crowned player get knocked out by another player (either crowned or uncrowned), even if the short stacked uncrowned player wins their all-in, if they didn't have the crowned player's chips covered, they cannot claim the crown.
• To be eligible for a Crown rebuy, when getting out you MUST immediately raise your hand with the Crown and call over a staff member. If you try to hold off for the next blind change, etc, you will be disqualified from the tournament.

Unless altered above, all WAPL Pro League Rules apply to this tournament.

We look forward to seeing you at the King of the Hill event, and anticipate another great night of poker!

15/10/2008 - WAPL @ York Jazz and Soul Festival - Come play Free Poker! -

Your WAPL Team will be running Free Tutorials and a Free Tournament at the York Jazz and Soul Festival this Saturday 18th October!

If you're going to the festival drop in and see us at the town hall, and play some poker!

Tutorial Sessions are at 4pm, 5pm, and 6pm, with a Free Tournament starting at 7:15pm (Get there before 7pm to register).

For more information about the festival and how you can get involved, head over to http://www.yorkjazz.com.au !

Hope to see you there!

Your WAPL Team

10/10/2008 - Special Event - Venue Team Challenge! Friday 17th October! -

The next Team event! Get yourself and 3 of your friends from your favourite venue and come on down to Claremont Footy Club for the Venue Team Challenge!

Run similarly to the other team events we've held, the buy-in is $25/player ($20 to Prize Pool), with the top 3 teams paid out! (50%, 30%, 10% of Prize Pool) AND the overall Tournament winner taking a cash prize too! (10% of Prize Pool)

Please make sure you pre-register your team at events this week, to help us efficiently manage numbers.

This event will be held Friday 17th October, at Claremont Footy Club. There is heaps of parking and it's close to public transport. Also, Sit and Go / Cash Tables will be running from 6pm.

Registration opens 6pm, Tournament starts 7pm!

See you there...

3/10/2008 - Metro Hotel moves to Sundays from 12th Oct -

Metros will be moving to Sunday nights from 12th October! 5pm rego, 6pm start! Please come down and support Metro Hotel's Free League, and Sunday night poker!

23/09/2008 - King of the Hill #2 - This Sunday 28th Sept -

The next King of the Hill tournament is this Sunday 28th September!

Here's the info...

WA Poker League King of the Hill!

Date - Sunday 28th September, 2008.

Time - Registration 2-2:45pm, Cash Tables and Sit n Goes from 3pm, Tournament Start 3pm

Cost - $30 buy-in (80% to prizes, 20% to South Fremantle Football Club Fundraising)

Location - South Fremantle Football Club, Fremantle Oval. Remember, the club is close to public transport, and has great club prices, with food and drinks available! If you're driving, there's lots of parking available too!

Pre-Event Ticket Sales - At events leading up to the King of the Hill, ask your Tournament Director to get pre-registered at your next event!

Please make a point of Pre-registering if you are coming to this event. After the huge response to our King of the Hill events, there's no knowing how many people will show up! There will be a PRE-REGISTRATION prize draw on the night, where all pre-registrered players have a chance to win a $30 Poker Den Voucher, so now there's even more incentive to get pre-registered!

Details - This is a tournament variation we have designed and called King of the Hill. We hope you enjoy it!

• Each player starts the tournament with equal chips, and a "Crown". If you lose your chips, you lose your crown but have a "life" rebuy to continue in the tournament.
• If a player with a crown takes out another player with a crown, the losing player's crown is removed from the tournament.
• If a player without a crown takes out a player with a crown, they get the crown and therefore have another "life" should they get knocked out.

The winners are the last 3 players with crowns remaining in the tournament, and the overall winner will be crowned "King of the Hill"! The King of the Hill takes 60% of the prize pool, 2nd 30%, 3rd 10%! (80% entry total to Prize Pool, 20% to Club Fundraising).

There will be Cash Tables and both small and big buy-in Sit n Go tournaments running, so this is definitely a tournament not to miss out on!

This event is open to current WA Poker League members and/or members of South Fremantle Football Club. There is NO necessity to play in the event to take part in the Cash Tables and Sit n Goes.

Other important tournament notes -

• The "rebuy" for losing a crown is either 1500 in chips OR 2x the current big blind, whichever is greater. (Big blind based on the hand in which they went out in)
• If a crowned player is taken out in a hand with more than one uncrowned player splitting the pot, the uncrowned player with MORE chips takes the crown. If they had identical stacks, the crown goes to the player left of button (worst position relative to the dealer)
• If a crowned player is taken out in a hand with one uncrowned player splitting the pot with another crowned player, the uncrowned player takes the crown.
• If a shorter stacked uncrowned player is all-in in a hand vs multiple other players, which sees a higher stacked crowned player get knocked out by another player (either crowned or uncrowned), even if the short stacked uncrowned player wins their all-in, if they didn't have the crowned player's chips covered, they cannot claim the crown.
• To be eligible for a Crown rebuy, when getting out you MUST immediately raise your hand with the Crown and call over a staff member. If you try to hold off for the next blind change, etc, you will be disqualified from the tournament.

Unless altered above, all WAPL Pro League Rules apply to this tournament.

We look forward to seeing you at the King of the Hill event, and anticipate another great night of poker!

10/09/2008 - Postponed Events - The Boat 29th and Woodbridge 27th -

Due to the Queen's Bday celebrations, the Free League event for 29th September @ the Boat won't be on. Please don't head to the Boat for Poker on Monday 29th! Poker as usual on the Wednesday and Monday the week after!

Woodbridge Hotel will not be on Saturday 27th September due to the AFL Grand Final!

9/09/2008 - Queens vs Kings - THIS Friday 12th September -

We've got a great special event coming up on Friday 12th September that everyone will want a part of!

Western Australian Poker League presents...

More details :

Queens vs Kings Tournament : $25 entry, with great prizes! Two tournaments (one guys', one girls') ending with the top 4 from each playing off on a final table spectacle! Yes, the final table players will start with the same chipstacks as each other and battle it out for the prizes! Come along for your chance to win great cash prizes on the night!

Registration 6pm, Tournament Starts 7pm!

This is an open event to all WAPL members! (Note: No Pro League points from this Tournament)

Also available from 6pm are our standard Sit N Go tables and Cash Tables!

All in all, an awesome night! So spread the word, get your pre-registration tickets from our tournaments, as seats will be strictly limited! To keep your seat, DON'T BE LATE!

Let's get a great contingent of girls down to the event to prove that poker isn't just for the boys!

28/08/2008 - Upcoming WAPL Special Events -

Upcoming WAPL Special Events - Not to be missed!

Sun 30th November 2008 - King of the Hill 4 @ Sth Freo Footy Club ($30 buy-in)

Fri 5th December 2008 - King of the Hill Final @ Claremont Footy Club

Sun 7th December 2008 - Season 8 Grand Final @ Sth Freo Footy Club (Info)

26/08/2008 - Next King of the Hill - This Sunday 31st Aug! -

The next King of the Hill tournament is this Sunday 31st August! We have moved the King of the Hills to Sundays to give us some more time to run the event, which everyone will agree is a good idea given this long running tournament variation!

We will be running King of the Hill events more regularly now, as we get so much great feedback from you all about how much fun they are! Spread the word!

Here's the info...

WA Poker League King of the Hill!

Date - Sunday 31st August, 2008.

Time - Registration 2-2:45pm, Cash Tables and Sit n Goes from 3pm, Tournament Start 3pm

Cost - $30 buy-in (80% to prizes, 20% to South Fremantle Football Club Fundraising)

Location - South Fremantle Football Club, Fremantle Oval. Remember, the club is close to public transport, and has great club prices, with food and drinks available! If you're driving, there's lots of parking available too!

Pre-Event Ticket Sales - At events leading up to the King of the Hill, ask your Tournament Director to get pre-registered at your next event!

Please make a point of Pre-registering if you are coming to this event. After the huge response to our King of the Hill events, there's no knowing how many people will show up! There will be a PRE-REGISTRATION prize draw on the night, where all pre-registrered players have a chance to win a $30 Poker Den Voucher, so now there's even more incentive to get pre-registered!

Details - This is a tournament variation we have designed and called King of the Hill. We hope you enjoy it!

• Each player starts the tournament with equal chips, and a "Crown". If you lose your chips, you lose your crown but have a "life" rebuy to continue in the tournament.
• If a player with a crown takes out another player with a crown, the losing player's crown is removed from the tournament.
• If a player without a crown takes out a player with a crown, they get the crown and therefore have another "life" should they get knocked out.

The winners are the last 3 players with crowns remaining in the tournament, and the overall winner will be crowned "King of the Hill"! The King of the Hill takes 60% of the prize pool, 2nd 30%, 3rd 10%! (80% entry total to Prize Pool, 20% to Club Fundraising).

There will be Cash Tables and both small and big buy-in Sit n Go tournaments running, so this is definitely a tournament not to miss out on!

This event is open to current WA Poker League members and/or members of South Fremantle Football Club. There is NO necessity to play in the event to take part in the Cash Tables and Sit n Goes.

Other important tournament notes -

• The "rebuy" for losing a crown is either 1500 in chips OR 2x the current big blind, whichever is greater. (Big blind based on the hand in which they went out in)
• If a crowned player is taken out in a hand with more than one uncrowned player splitting the pot, the uncrowned player with MORE chips takes the crown. If they had identical stacks, the crown goes to the player left of button (worst position relative to the dealer)
• If a crowned player is taken out in a hand with one uncrowned player splitting the pot with another crowned player, the uncrowned player takes the crown.
• If a shorter stacked uncrowned player is all-in in a hand vs multiple other players, which sees a higher stacked crowned player get knocked out by another player (either crowned or uncrowned), even if the short stacked uncrowned player wins their all-in, if they didn't have the crowned player's chips covered, they cannot claim the crown.
• To be eligible for a Crown rebuy, when getting out you MUST immediately raise your hand with the Crown and call over a staff member. If you try to hold off for the next blind change, etc, you will be disqualified from the tournament.

Unless altered above, all WAPL Pro League Rules apply to this tournament.

We look forward to seeing you at the King of the Hill event, and anticipate another great night of poker!

19/08/2008 - Boat Poker Club AGM - 3rd Sept 6pm -

For those Boat Poker Club members and players, we have been asked to inform you that the Club Annual General Meeting will be held on Wednesday 3rd Sept. Please try to make it down to the Boat for a 6pm meeting start before the usual Pro League event there on the 3rd!

19/08/2008 - Season 7 Grand Final Wrap! -

Well, another WAPL Grand Final has come and gone with a blast! We saw yet another huge day at South Fremantle Footy Club, with 161 runners in the Pro Grand Final and 66 in the Free Final, as well as many members who came down to take in the atmosphere, support their friends, or play on the many sit n goes and cash tables throughout the day!

In the Pro League Final, our final 3 places were swapping the chip lead many times as we approached the end of the tournament. The 3 players (Kevin Kenny, Dean McAskil and Len Histon) knew what was on the line... they had already made it into the money when they reached 16th position... they were already well over $1000 in prize money upon reaching the Final Table. Now they were battling out the top 3 spots, worth between $3500 and a staggering $20,000+!

After a tense heads up, we saw regular Claremont Footy Club and Market City Tavern player Dean McAskil emerge victorious to Len Histon, with Kevin Kenny taking 3rd place. Dean wins the overall title of Grand Champion for Season 8, the $20,000+ cash and the coveted $5000 WAPL Grand Champion Medallion! Congratulations Dean! Results from the Pro event can be found here!

In a just as tense Free League Final Table, we saw Steven Herbert take the title of Free League Grand Champion from Scott Hardie, winning in style by a Queen kicker when they both hit trip 8s on the flop! Congratulations Steven! Results from the Free event can be found here!

To all who attended the Final, we trust you enjoyed your day. Our thanks to you for participating during the season, and we look forward to bringing you more great Poker in Season 8!

To our staff. You have yet again done an awesome job. The Grand Finals are not an easy event to manage and run, and we must thank our staff for the super efforts they put in on days like these! Please make sure you show your appreciation for their hard work when you catch them at tournaments soon! They work very hard to bring such a high level of poker to you, our members.

Lastly, we are in Pre-Season for one week, and start Season 8 officially on Sunday 24th August! We wish you the best of luck for the new season, and remember to invite your friends down to join the fun of WA Poker League Season 8!

Your WAPL Team

15/08/2008 - Season 7 Grand Final THIS Sunday 17th Aug - Details! -

For those of you who haven't found the info on the Finals page...

Location and Date

South Fremantle Football Club, Fremantle Oval

The date will be SUNDAY 17th AUGUST, 2008!

Time

Registration opens 10am. Final registrations 12 Midday. You can preregister at events leading up to the final, which will allow you to skip the (often long) registration line. Please don't be late, as it's critical we start the tournament on time and we don't want to have to turn latecomers away.

Pro League Grand Final

• Top 240 qualifiers (240 seats, if they're not filled, they will be awarded to the reserve pro league players at the event, so come down even if you don't qualify but have played 10 Pro games this season for a chance to play!) You MUST be a Pro League Player to play, and qualifiers will always be given a seat in preference to a non-qualifying reserve Pro player. You cannot gain entry to the Grand Final if you have not qualified in the top 240, or become a reserve by playing 10+ Pro League Tournaments in the current Season.

• $100 buy-in (A small price to pay for what you might win!) with $90 going to the prize pool accumulated from the Pro League Season, and $10 to the club/charity we are operating the event with.

• Up to the top 24 places paid out! (Top 10% of the players!)

Free League Grand Final

• Top 80 qualifiers (80 seats, if they're not filled, they will be awarded to the next ranking reserve free league players at the event, so come down even if you don't qualify for a chance to play if you've played 10 Free League events this season!)

• 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 tables running for players who get out of the Grand Finals, who wish to keep playing poker during the event! They will be supervised, and follow by our standard Sit 'N Go and Cash Table rules!

Important note on Reserves - Players who have played 10 or more games in one or the other Leagues this season, yet have not qualified for a seat, are on the Reserves List. They can take the place of non-attending Qualifiers, in order of Ranking.

Please remember, as a qualifier there is no need to have played 10 games, IF you are qualified. If you are outside the qualification, as a reserve you must have played 10 games. Reserve players are NOT guaranteed seats in the Finals, but will take the seats of qualifiers who don't show up on the day.

If you HAVEN'T qualified for either final, there's still lots of reasons to come down to the Grand Finals! Come to support your mates, come to play some poker on the sit and go or cash tables, and come to witness the huge event that is WAPL's Grand Finals!

We hope to see you there!

Your WA Poker League Team

28/07/2008 - New WAPL Venues and more Events! -

We're delighted to announce the imminent start of several new venues who have joined the WA Poker League, as well as some extra events at current venues!

Please keep an eye on our upcoming events page for exact start dates at these venues.

New Venues / Events by Day -

Monday - Murphy's Irish Pub (Mandurah) doing Free League in addition to their Tues night Free and Pro event.

Tuesday - Merriwa Tavern for another great venue up north. Initially Free League, but given good support it will turn free/pro. With plenty of parking, the Merriwa is sure to quickly grow into a big Tuesday night event!

Wednesday - Metro Hotel - Initially starting with Free League on Wednesdays, Metro offers another free venue just South of River for your enjoyment!

Friday - Atrium Hotel (Mandurah) - Starting Free League but moving Free/Pro, this will make for an atmospheric and fun tournament for Friday night Poker in Mandurah.

Sunday - Market City Tavern (Free) - In addition to their Wednesday nights, Market City Tavern will be hosting Free League events on Sunday afternoons, too!

Please do your best to check out and support the new venues. The quicker they grow the more fun for everyone!

The Venue pages on our site will be updated as we have more info sent to us by each venue. Once again please make sure you check the Upcoming Events page to be sure of the start date for the new events.

We look forward to hosting an event for you soon!

Your WA Poker League Team

11/07/2008 - No Poker @ Claremont Friday 11th July -

Hi, just to make sure noone misses it.. there will be no Poker at Claremont Footy Club this week, Friday 11th July, due to the Country Footy committments taking over both bars for the night! Sorry for any inconvenience, but we look forward to hosting your Free and Pro league Poker again next Friday!

7/07/2008 - King of the Hill 2 Round Up -

The second King of the Hill Event was yet again a great success, with 110 players, many spectators and other members who came down to take advantage of the Cash Tables and Sit and Goes running on the night. The night ran smoothly for the most part, and comments back so far have been very promising as to the amount of fun had at our King of the Hill events!

We are aware of the fact that there are some issues with timing for a tournament of this structure, and with us finishing at massive blinds (300,000/600,000) and literally millions in chips on the final table, the push to bring the tournament in on time is something we'll be working towards improving for the next one! We may well see a change of day from Friday night to a Sunday day/night to allow everyone some more time to get there for registration and for us to get it started earlier.

The one letdown over the whole night was unfortunately the conduct of one person, which led to a rather tense environment upon completion of the tournament. We would like to remind our members that good manners, etiquette and respect are a very important part of playing good poker, especially within a social poker league. We are all here to have fun, and although the person concerned did not direct his verbal outbursts at anyone in particular, the situation led to much frustration and annoyance. This sort of behaviour, although falling just short of us removing him from the tournament altogether, demonstrates the sort of mannerisms we strive to avoid at our tournaments, and said person has since been informed that his membership has been suspended.

The "bad boy" or "bad girl" image may be one that is infamously hyped in media poker coverage, but in a social poker situation it's not acceptable as we are here to make sure everyone has a good time, and we do our utmost to ensure that this happens.

As far as the night goes, we stand by our decision to not remove this player from the tournament due to the legalities involved in a money tournament. Had he been personally abusive towards people it would have been a different situation, however we have boundaries we must work within, and just because someone is being annoying is not a good enough excuse to remove them from a tournament.

As for those few people who voiced their opinions at the conclusion of the tournament, we trust that you have settled down now and can see the situation we were in, and why we handled it the way we did on the night and will do so in the future.

All in all, it was a good tournament, and thank you to those many people who have said how good a time they had, and how well it was run and handled. We'd like to thank our staff for once again running an exceptional event!

We look forward to another fun King of the Hill next time, and with the great turnout we had this time, trust that the next one will be even bigger and better!

Your WA Poker League Team

8/06/2008 - WAPL King of the Hill! -

WA Poker League King of the Hill!

Date - Friday 4th July, 2008.

Time - Registration 5:30-6:30pm, Cash Tables from 6pm, Tournament Start 7pm

Cost - $25 buy-in (80% to prizes, 20% to Claremont Football Club Fundraising)

Location - Claremont Football Club, Davies Road Claremont. Remember, the club is literally 2 minutes walk from Claremont Train Station, and has great club prices, with food and drinks available! If you're driving, there's lots of parking too!

Pre-Event Ticket Sales - At events leading up to the King of the Hill, ask your Tournament Director to get pre-registered at your next event!

Please make a point of Pre-registering if you are coming to this event. After the huge response to our last King of the Hill event, there's no knowing how many people will show up, and seats are strictly limited to make sure the tournament finishes in time, so pre-register to make sure you don't miss out!

Details - This is a tournament variation we have designed and called King of the Hill. We hope you enjoy it!

• Each player starts the tournament with equal chips, and a "Crown". If you lose your chips, you lose your crown but have a "life" rebuy to continue in the tournament.
• If a player with a crown takes out another player with a crown, the losing player's crown is removed from the tournament.
• If a player without a crown takes out a player with a crown, they get the crown and therefore have another "life" should they get knocked out.

The winners are the last 3 players with crowns remaining in the tournament, and the overall winner will be crowned "King of the Hill"! The King of the Hill takes 60% of the prize pool, 2nd 30%, 3rd 10%! (80% entry total to Prize Pool, 20% to Club Fundraising).

The first player knocked out of the tournament completely will win a $20 Poker Den Voucher!

There will be Cash Tables and both small and big buy-in Sit n Go tournaments running until midnight, so this is definitely a tournament not to miss out on!

This event is open to current WA Poker League members and/or members of Claremont Football Club. There is NO necessity to play in the event to take part in the Cash Tables and Sit n Goes.

Other important tournament notes -

• The "rebuy" for losing a crown is either 1500 in chips OR 2x the current big blind, whichever is greater. (Big blind based on the hand in which they went out in)
• If a crowned player is taken out in a hand with more than one uncrowned player splitting the pot, the uncrowned player with MORE chips takes the crown. If they had identical stacks, the crown goes to the player left of button (worst position relative to the dealer)
• If a crowned player is taken out in a hand with one uncrowned player splitting the pot with another crowned player, the uncrowned player takes the crown.
• If a shorter stacked uncrowned player is all-in in a hand vs multiple other players, which sees a higher stacked crowned player get knocked out by another player (either crowned or uncrowned), even if the short stacked uncrowned player wins their all-in, if they didn't have the crowned player's chips covered, they cannot claim the crown.
• To be eligible for a Crown rebuy, when getting out you MUST immediately raise your hand with the Crown and call over a staff member. If you try to hold off for the next blind change, etc, you will be disqualified from the tournament.

Unless altered above, all WAPL Pro League Rules apply to this tournament.

We look forward to seeing you at the King of the Hill event, and anticipate another great night of poker!

2/06/2008 - Southerlys Night Change to Tuesdays! -

To our regular Southerlys members, we are moving from Monday to Tuesday nights for Free League Poker, as of this week! Please spread the word and get down to Southerlys for Poker every Tuesday from this week!

Thanks!

26/05/2008 - Paddington Poker Club Meeting - TONIGHT @ 6pm -

Don't forget the meeting tonight, Have Your Say!

A drink and some food provided by the Pub as well, so see you at 6pm.

25/05/2008 - Next Team Event - Pop Music Team Challenge! THIS FRIDAY! -

For those who have been looking forward to our next Themed Team Event, it's nearly upon us! Here's the info, if you've missed it at events over the past few weeks! -

A couple of notes... Due to the popularity of the last Team Challenge, please make an effort to pre-register your team before the event, as we had DOUBLE the expected teams for last event, and it made for a late start. To help us avoid this, please pre-register!

The THEME for this event is Pop Music, and those who want a chance at the great Free Tournament at the Poker Den should dress to impress, as their favourite band! The best themed team will win the best theme team tournament prize!

Date - Friday 30th May

Time - Registration + Cash Tables from 6pm to 6:45pm, Tournament Starts 7pm

Location - Claremont Football Club, Davies Road Claremont. Remember, the club is literally 2 minutes walk from Claremont Train Station, and has great club prices! If you're driving, there's lots of parking too!

Pre-Event Ticket Sales - At events, ask your Tournament Director once you have your team together!

Details - $10 per player, 4 Player Teams, 4 section split tournament, with team player's finishing points being added together to give a team total. The top team takes the prize pool. (80% entry total to Prize Pool, 20% to Club Fundraising).

Teams must have a Team Name and a Captain, and may be themed too! The best themed team also wins an awesome prize of a FREE Private tournament at the Poker Den for up to 24 of the team's friends!

The top 2 players from each section progress to the Individual Final Table, to play off for a $50 Poker Den Voucher.

The winning team will be determined by adding all team member's points together. Top scoring team wins! Points are based on reverse scale of number of players. eg. first out gets 1 point, second out 2 points, etc.

There will be Cash Tables and both small and big buy-in Sit n Go tournaments running until midnight, so this is definitely a tournament not to miss out on!

Don't have a team? No problem! Come down on the night between 6-6:30pm, and put your name down on the list for random allocation to a team!

This event is open to current WA Poker League members and/or members of Claremont Football Club. There is NO necessity to play in the event to take part in the Cash Tables and Sit n Goes.

25/05/2008 - No Free League @ The Boat, 2nd June -

For those regular Free League players at the Boat on Mondays, due to the coming public holiday on the 2nd June, the event won't be on for this date. Wednesday Pro will be on as usual!

Sorry for any inconvenience.

19/05/2008 - WAPL's 2nd Year Anniversary! -

That's right, WA Poker League is 2 years old! Monday night brings us up to our 2nd year of bringing the best pub poker to Perth! Help us celebrate at the Paddington Alehouse, where it all started! Pro or Free Leagues, 6pm with a 7pm start!

See you there!

Also, the rescheduled AGM for the Paddo is the week after on Monday 26th, so make sure you get down for 6pm to make the meeting!

19/05/2008 - Brighton Wednesday Pro/Free -

The Brighton in Mandurah is now running Free AND Pro on Wednesday now, not Mondays. Please make sure you don't head to Brighton on Monday expecting to play poker! Tuesday Pro/Free at Murphy's Irish Pub, and Wednesday Pro/Free at the Brighton!

Congratulations also to Damon and Lauren, Mandurah regulars, on their recent engagement!

6/05/2008 - South Freo Footy Club -

Unfortunately South Freo Football Club won't be running in Season 7. Rob (Who we're sure those SFFC regular players will all remember) has had to move interstate temporarily for work, and staffing issues have prevented them being able to continue running poker on Tuesday nights this season.

Apologies for any inconvenience, but please remember that Paddy Maguire's is your closest Free League on Tuesday night, in Subiaco.

Remember, Pro League starts next week on Tuesdays at Murphy's in Mandurah!

4/05/2008 - Mondays and Fridays -

With the addition of Free League poker at Paddo on Mondays, and Claremont Footy Club bringing Pro and Free poker to Friday nights, we won't be opening the Poker Den for the time being! The other 2 venues are close enough to the Den to be viable alternatives for our Free players, and we're sure you will enjoy them just as much, if not more!

A reminder to Paddo Players, the annual club AGM is being held Monday 12th May! Please make it down at 6pm to take part!

So no more Poker Den Mondays and Fridays, but Paddington Alehouse Monday has Free League as well as its regular Pro League, as does Claremont Footy Club on Fridays!

See you there!

2/05/2008 - Season 7 starts this Sunday! -

Welcome to Season 7!

We are happy to announce some changes and new events at venues!

The Paddington Alehouse will be adding a Free League event to the current Pro event run every Monday!

Claremont Football Club will be running Pro and Free on FRIDAY nights! So now we have an awesome Friday venue for you, too! Not only this, we will continue to run our Special Events at Claremont every month, and when these are on they will replace the regular event. We will be holding another Team event (there's signs at our events now, but we'll announce it here shortly!) as our next event there, then after that we will be running another King of the Hill event, which we know everyone's been looking forward to!

Murphy's Irish Pub in Mandurah is moving Pro and Free for Tuesday nights, starting from the 2nd week of Season 7, so get the word out for that one, too!

Woodbridge Hotel will NOT be holding a pre-season event tomorrow, Saturday 3rd May, as they are holding a special "Race Day" event with their Club members. If you're interested, entry is $35, including an awesome Club Shirt. Meet at the Woody at 10am for a BBQ, then they're taking a bus to the races for the day! We know a couple of our Woodbridge regulars are heading along already, and no doubt it'll be a fun day, so get involved, and we'll hear the stories next Saturday when Woodbridge has its first Season 7 event!

29/04/2008 - Season 6 Grand Finals! -

Season 6 Pro League Grand Final Champion Scott Gorfin!

The Pro League Grand Final for Season 6 was yet again a huge tournament, with a total prize pool of over $55,000 in cash and prizes, and a total of 168 runners! In what was probably our smoothest Finals day yet from the point of view of the flow of the tournament, we finally reached our last 8 players and hit Final Table!

With even 8th place taking nearly $1450 in prize money, the players were all smiles and nerves as they moved to their positions on the table. Short stacked and first out was Tina Dinardo, the only female to make Final Table! Len Histon, Derek Winkler and Robert Paradiso followed shortly after, as did Jay Poa, who survived a couple of hands before succumbing his chips to the final 3...

Our last 3 consisted of Elephant & Wheelbarrow representative Marc Kennedy, who had cashed in the last 2 Pro Grand Finals, and Brighton Hotel Mandurah regulars Chris Van Maanen and Scott Gorfin.

With the blinds high, the chip stacks huge, and a huge crowd overlooking, chips went back and forth till a crucial hand saw Marc lose many of his chips with a 9 10 of clubs vs Chris's Jack 6 offsuit. Marc busted out shortly after, picking up a cool $3643 for 3rd place. Well done Marc!

Down to the final 2 Mandurah Members, and we saw Chris with a big chip stack assume control of the tournament. Scott had a big job to do, but set about his task quickly, taking a couple of big pots down and creeping closer to the chip lead. With some tense moments such as a split pot A2 vs A4, a 7 high heart flush from Scott's all in, and a final hand of King Jack off (Chris) vs King Queen off (Scott), saw Scott take the crown of WAPL Season 6 Grand Final Champion after a great comeback! Well done Chris for your great effort ($5881 for 2nd place), and Scott took down the $20,013 cash prize plus the $5000 WAPL 18ct Gold, Diamond and Ruby Championship medallion for his awesome performance!

Results and LOTS of photos from the Pro Final can be found here!

Our Free League Final was again an awesome finish to a great season for our Free League members, seeing a starting number of 56 players! The tournament ran very smoothly, and final table consisted of Joseph Brennan (8th), Scott Hardie (7th), Trudie Jones (6th), Irwan Budiarto (5th), Ricky Andrews (4th), John Williams (3rd), Chris Haigh (2nd) and Patrick Beilby (1st). After a very tough tournament, Patrick ended it with a pair of sevens to beat Chris's Queen 3, to take the title of WAPL Season 6 Free League Final Champion! Congratulations Patrick!

Results and LOTS of photos from the Free Final can be found here!

We hope everyone had a great day, and look forward to catching you all for an even bigger season of Poker for Season 7! We'd like to also thank our staff for the huge effort they put in on the day, and for the great season we've had!

Regards,

Your WA Poker League Team

23/04/2008 - Grand Finals this Sunday! -

Location and Date

The location for Season 6 will be the great function room at South Fremantle Football Club! This massive room has proven itself to be the perfect size to host Western Australia's biggest Poker Tournament! With great Air Conditioning, and awesome facilities, it's sure to be a blast! The date will be SUNDAY 27th APRIL, 2008! So free yourselves up for this date if possible! (No excuses for late notice this time!)

Time

Registration opens 10am. Final registrations 12 Midday. You can preregister at events leading up to the final, which will allow you to skip the (often long) registration line. Please don't be late, as it's critical we start the tournament on time and we don't want to have to turn latecomers away.

Pro League Grand Final

• Top 240 qualifiers (240 seats, if they're not filled, they will be awarded to the reserve pro league players at the event, so come down even if you don't qualify but have played 10 Pro games this season for a chance to play!) You MUST be a Pro League Player to play, and qualifiers will always be given a seat in preference to a non-qualifying reserve Pro player. You cannot gain entry to the Grand Final if you have not qualified in the top 240, or become a reserve by playing 10+ Pro League Tournaments in the current Season.

• $100 buy-in (A small price to pay for what you might win!) with $90 going to the prize pool accumulated from the Pro League Season, and $10 to the club/charity we are operating the event with.

• Up to the top 24 places paid out! (Top 10% of the players!)

Free League Grand Final

• Top 80 qualifiers (80 seats, if they're not filled, they will be awarded to the next ranking reserve free league players at the event, so come down even if you don't qualify for a chance to play if you've played 10 Free League events this season!)

• 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 tables running for players who get out of the Grand Finals, who wish to keep playing poker during the event! They will be supervised, and follow by our standard Sit 'N Go and Cash Table rules!

Important note on Reserves - Players who have played 10 or more games in one or the other Leagues this season, yet have not qualified for a seat, are on the Reserves List. They can take the place of non-attending Qualifiers, in order of Ranking.

Please remember, as a qualifier there is no need to have played 10 games, IF you are qualified. If you are outside the qualification, as a reserve you must have played 10 games. Reserve players are NOT guaranteed seats in the Finals, but will take the seats of qualifiers who don't show up on the day.

22/04/2008 - Sad news for Mandurah Members -

It's with sadness that we inform you that Len Carrier, grandfather of Carl Brownlow, passed away suddenly the other day. Len had a love of poker, and they had many very enjoyable Wednesday nights at Brighton Hotel.

Carl tells us that since flying home recently, Len had proudly displayed his 2 WAPL Trophies on top of his TV, and told Carl just last week how he couldn't wait to come back to Perth later in the year "to win some more trophies!"

Members may recall Len participating in the "King of the Hill" Special Event at Claremont Football Club recently. He played and then stayed till the end, even though his flight back to the UK was early the next morning! He simply loved his poker and thanked us and our members for making him feel so welcome before leaving Australia.

To Carl, Denise, Pauline and family, all our staff and members who were fortunate enough to meet Len pass on their sympathy, and we're glad to have been able to share so many fun times with you all.

RIP Len

10/04/2008 - Important News - Poker Den and WAPL Rules! -

Hi all,

We apologise to our regular Poker Den players but unfortunately we won't be able to run the Poker Den Free League's this Friday 11th and Monday 14th April due to other major committments. Please spread the word amongst those players who frequent the Den to avoid disappointment.

Sorry for the late notice, and we look forward to resuming our regular Poker Den tournaments for you!

In other news, we must remind everyone about how seriously we take people's adherence to our rules in our tournaments. Everyone who enters our tournaments are there because they want a fun, social and professionally run game of poker. To achieve this, we do all we can to teach players our rules, help them to understand why they are in place, and enforce them when necessary.

Unfortunately, this doesn't always happen, and in some cases a member who has received warnings numerous times yet doesn't make an effort to rectify their behaviour leaves us with little choice but to suspend their membership.

Although this action is a last resort, we understand that for the sake of ALL our members, it's important to us to ensure that our tournaments continue to run smoothly for everyone's enjoyment.

5/04/2008 - WA Poker League Employment -

We are currently looking for keen, reliable, friendly people to join our great team in Perth. If you enjoy interacting with people, love poker, and can work well independently and in a team environment, we want to hear from you!

We offer attractive casual rates and are looking for several key personnel to join the ranks in our fast growing company.

Preferred but not essential - Own vehicle with towbar and current driver's license, public speaking skills, prior gaming experience, and a good knowledge of Texas Hold 'em Poker.

If you're interested, please contact us at jobs@wapokerleague.com.au

1/04/2008 - No Poker Den Monday 7/4/08 -

Hi all. Due to our Dongara/Port Denison trip over next Sunday/Monday, the Poker Den Free League event which is usually held on the Monday night will not be on.

We apologise for any inconvenience.

31/03/2008 - Power Off @ Boat -

Unfortunately tonights WA Poker League Free Event at The Boat has had to be

cancelled due to power problems at the Mindarie Complex.

Players wanting to play tonight have the following options:

The Poker Den, West Perth - Free League or

The Paddington Alehouse, Mt Hawthorn - Pro League

If you are arriving at these venues late please phone Frank on 0411 869 888 so he can make arrangements for your late entry into these tournaments if practical.

29/03/2008 - King of the Hill Tournament Results! -

The King of the Hill Event is over, and was a great success, much to our relief! As we knew, this was the first time this particular Tournament Style has been attempted, and from all the great comments we got throughout the night, you can be sure that the WAPL's King of the Hill tournament structure/style will be revived for another special event night soon!

We had a good turnout of 74 for the event itself, with others opting to stick to the cash tables for the night! They missed out on the strategic and sometimes downright crazy play in the tournament, with players busting out and being reentered into the tournament left right and center throughout the night!

Finally, we reached our final table of 8, which comprised of Lee Mattfield, Carl Brownlow, Janelle Brown, Ryan Bochorsky, Trevor Patient, Len Histon, Mark Pine, and Tyrone Park. We ended up with an awesome prize payout for King of the Hill, with our final 8 playing for a first place of $1184! With blinds at 25,000/50,000 and a staggering amount of chips on the table, they set out to take down the 5 remaining crowns!

Len Histon was in great shape for much of final table, but we ended up with 2 crowned players Heads Up at the end! Mark Pine and Tyrone Parks battled it out at the final 150,000/300,000 blinds for the (roughly) 2.8 MILLION chips on the table, and of course the Crown and the Prize!

Tyrone finally clinched victory from Mark, and although he seemed in awe at winning the tournament outright, it must be said that he did a great job to make it back into the tournament and win. He was our shortest stacked Crownless player during much of Final Table, had a great quad-up and then went though to claim a crown off Len, then the tournament from Mark! Congratulations Tyrone Parks, regular player at Paddy Maguire's, on your big win, and thanks to all participating players for all your compliments throughout the night. Also a huge thanks as usual goes out to the WAPL Staff who worked tirelessly throughout the night to bring you the best standard of Poker that you've come to expect from our Tournaments.

Results from the tournament can be found HERE!

23/03/2008 - Southerlys Free League moved to Tuesday for this week only! -

Due to the Easter Long Weekend, the Free League tournament at Southerlys Port Denison will be held on Tuesday 25th instead of Monday 24th this week!

We apologise for any inconvenience.

21/03/2008 - Southerlys Special Pro Event - 6th April 08! -

We're delighted to announce to our members that we will be holding a special "Pro" event at Southerlys Port Denison on 6th April 08!
This is your chance to get "in the money" playing poker at Southerlys, with cash prizes paid out to the top 10% of places in the Tournament, Sit N Goes and a Cash Table will be running!

This will be a licensed and legal cash event run by the Western Australian Poker League on behalf of the Southerlys Bar Poker Club! If you're a regular player at Southerlys, make sure you speak to Callum and the crew about getting involved in the Club!

The event will start at 2pm sharp, with registration at 1pm. The tournament structure and buy-ins will emulate our standard Pro League events, with $30 of the $40 buy-in being paid out on the day. The $10 goes to the Club to help cover licensing and operational expenses for the day.

For those who are not quite ready to play for money, we will still hold a "Free" tournament in conjunction with this Special Event, and the regular Southerlys Monday Free League Tournament will still be held on Monday the 7th April.

So put the word out, get your friends together and head to Southerlys on the 6th April for a great day of poker! Even if they don't know how to play, Jason and the crew from WA Poker League will be more than happy to help beginners learn this great game!

17/03/2008 - New Mandurah Venue - Murphy's Irish Pub! -

We're delighted to announce the start of WA Poker League Tournaments at the brand new Murphy's Irish Pub in Mandurah! Right on the strip (just down from the Brighton), this lovely spacious new pub has a great atmosphere, and is Mandurah's newest pub!

Starting Free League Tuesday nights starting THIS Tuesday 18th March, we recommend you come down, check out this great new pub, and support WA Poker League's newest Mandurah venue! So now our Mandurah players can play Free and Pro League Mondays at the Brighton, Free League Tuesdays at Murphy's, and Free League Wednesdays at Brighton!

17/03/2008 - Upcoming Poker Public Holidays! -

Greetings!

We wish to advise that the following Venue's tournaments will not be run on these upcoming dates -

• The Boat, Monday 17th March
• The Poker Den, Friday 21st March
• The Poker Den, Monday 24th March
• The Boat, Monday 24th March
• The Poker Den, Friday 28th March (Due to the King of the Hill Event!)

We apologise for any inconvenience caused, and look forward to seeing you at an event soon!

12/03/2008 - WAPL Special Event - King of the Hill! -

WA Poker League King of the Hill!

Date - Friday 28th March

Time - Registration 5:30-6:30pm, Cash Tables from 6pm, Tournament Start 7pm

Location - Claremont Football Club, Davies Road Claremont. Remember, the club is literally 2 minutes walk from Claremont Train Station, and has great club prices! If you're driving, there's lots of parking too!

Pre-Event Ticket Sales - At events, ask your Tournament Director to get registered at your next event!

Please make a point of Pre-registering if you are coming to this event. After the masses of late registrations to our last special event we would appreciate as many pre-registrations as possible to help us ensure an easy and efficient setup and seating for the tournament this time!

Details - This is a tournament variation we have designed and called King of the Hill. We hope you enjoy it! Tournament cost is $20 per player. Each player starts the tournament with equal chips, and a "Crown". If you lose your chips, you lose your crown but have a "life" rebuy to continue in the tournament. If a player with a crown takes out another player with a crown, the losing player's crown is removed from the tournament. If a player without a crown takes out a player with a crown, they get the crown and therefore have another "life" should they get knocked out. The overall winner is the last player with a crown remaining in the tournament, and they will be crowned King of the Hill! The King of the Hill takes the entire prize pool. (80% entry total to Prize Pool, 20% to Club Fundraising).

The first player knocked out of the tournament completely will win a $20 Poker Den Voucher!

There will be Cash Tables and both small and big buy-in Sit n Go tournaments running until midnight, so this is definitely a tournament not to miss out on!

This event is open to current WA Poker League members and/or members of Claremont Football Club. There is NO necessity to play in the event to take part in the Cash Tables and Sit n Goes.

Other important tournament notes -

The "rebuy" for losing a crown is either 1500 in chips OR 2x the current big blind, whichever is greater.

If a crowned player is taken out in a hand with more than one uncrowned player splitting the pot, the uncrowned player with MORE chips takes the crown. If they had identical stacks, the crown goes to the player left of button (worst position relative to the dealer)

If a crowned player is taken out in a hand with one uncrowned player splitting the pot with another crowned player, the uncrowned player takes the crown.

If a shorter stacked uncrowned player is all-in in a hand vs multiple other players, which sees a higher stacked crowned player get knocked out by another player (either crowned or uncrowned), even if the short stacked uncrowned player wins their all-in, if they didn't have the crowned player's chips covered, they cannot claim the crown.

To be eligible for a Crown rebuy, when getting out you MUST immediately raise your hand with the Crown and call over a staff member. If you try to hold off for the next blind change, etc, you will be disqualified from the tournament.

We look forward to seeing you at the King of the Hill event, and anticipate another great night of poker!

2/03/2008 - WAPL Team Challenge Results! -

The individual placings for the Team Challenge are now up! You can find them through the Event Results section or go straight there via this link - http://wapokerleague.com.au/event_results.aspx?EventID=2369

Please note that the "Points" posted here are our standard Points allocation, whereas the points for this event were on a reversed scale. First out got 1 point, winner got 148.

Yes, that means we had 148 players! Congratulations and thanks to all who made it for this awesome night! We had lots of great reports and comments from those who showed up. We had 18 pre-registered teams, yet another 19 teams rocked up at registration, catching us by surprise and giving us a huge 37 team turnout!

All went well, with the 4 split sections hitting final tables at about the same time! The final 2 from each section combined to a final table (of which there were no two players from the same team), and continued to play for our winner. David O'Meara took out the event, winning the Individual winner's prize of a $50 Poker Den Voucher.

The big winners however were Team Dragon! HUGE congratulations to Charmaine, Peter, Richard and Mark for their great performance, just beating Spare Parts across the line for the win! With a team score of 453, vs Spare Parts 437, it was very close! For their win, Team Dragon took the $1184 prize, split 4 ways to $296 each! The Spare Parts got a carton of beer for 2nd place with which to drown their sorrows!

Of course, the other major prize for the night was for the Best Themed Team, and there was some fierce competition in this department! We had the Boat Crew, The Tigers, The Muppets, The Ladybirds, and the Swimmers from Holland in the race for best dressed! After a very long decision process, it was down to the Swimmers, the Tigers and The Ladybirds. The winners of the Best Themed Team went to The Ladybirds, comprising of Sarah, Eleanor, Michelle and Suz! They win an awesome Private Free Poker Tournament for 24 players of their choice at the Poker Den!

As always, it was a pleasure to host another awesome event for our members, and we must commend our staff for their great work on the night. It wasn't easy, especially with the huge influx of extra teams at the last minute (ps. please please please pre-register next time, it makes our lives so much easier), but our staff did an awesome job of keeping everything under control and giving everyone a great time!

Book in our next special event, Friday 28th March! This will be an individual event with a great new tournament structure which is sure to be lots of fun and something different! More details on this closer to the event...

Once again, congrats to all our winners, and we hope everyone had as good a night as we think and were told you did!

Your WA Poker League Team!

28/02/2008 - Public Holiday Monday 3rd March - The Boat! -

Hi all. As usual for a Public Holiday, the Boat won't be holding its regular Monday Free League this coming Monday 3rd March. Please spread the word that it's not on next Monday! See you Wednesday or the following Monday!

Your WA Poker League Team

28/02/2008 - Brighton Hotel Mondays and Wednesdays! -

Monday's Free and Pro AND Wednesday's Free League Tournaments will be back DOWNSTAIRS as of next week! We apologise for the confusion and few problems with the upstairs room, and the crew at the Brighton will be making some changes to make it more Poker-Friendly before we head up there again! Till then, please remember we're downstairs and get the word out to build both of the nights up!

28/02/2008 - WA Poker League Team Challenge! Including Teams! -

WA Poker League Team Challenge!

Date - Friday 29th February

Time - Registration + Cash Tables from 6pm, Tournament Starts 7pm

Location - Claremont Football Club, Davies Road Claremont. Remember, the club is literally 2 minutes walk from Claremont Train Station, and has great club prices! If you're driving, there's lots of parking too!

Pre-Event Ticket Sales - At events, ask your Tournament Director once you have your team together!

Details - $10 per player, 4 Player Teams, 4 section split tournament, with team player's finishing points being added together to give a team total. The top team takes the prize pool. (80% entry total to Prize Pool, 20% to Club Fundraising).

Teams must have a Team Name and a Captain, and may be themed too! The best themed team also wins an awesome prize of a FREE Private tournament at the Poker Den for up to 24 of the team's friends!

The top 2 players from each section progress to the Individual Final Table, to play off for a $50 Poker Den Voucher.

The winning team will be determined by adding all team member's points together. Top scoring team wins! Points are based on reverse scale of number of players. eg. first out gets 1 point, second out 2 points, etc.

There will be Cash Tables and both small and big buy-in Sit n Go tournaments running until midnight, so this is definitely a tournament not to miss out on!

Don't have a team? No problem! Come down on the night between 6-6:30pm, and put your name down on the list for random allocation to a team!

This event is open to current WA Poker League members and/or members of Claremont Football Club. There is NO necessity to play in the event to take part in the Cash Tables and Sit n Goes.

The current list of teams are -

Fab "4" - Thelma H, Anita M, Ron H, Diane M

The Four Flops - Michael S, Ross H, Shane S, Carl B

The Muppets - Liz R, Murray B, Ian C, Caitlin C

The Tigers - Mark P, Karen A, Penny W, Jill M

The Saintly Sinners - Ann P, Jeff L, Jason B(urgess), Craig H

Mixed Nuts - Mike B, David D, Scotty C, Dain P

Captain Stef & Her Minions - Steff V A, Kim V A, Greg A, Chris Q

Four-King-Queens - Tyson O, Anthony T, Aaron P, Mitch B

Two Jays - Trevor B, Julian J, Dave M, Kai-Paul K

Becker's Bluff - Renee B, Luke S, Lorraine B, Guenter B

Somos Poco loco por Poker - Bas S, William C, Padminee R, Daniel B

The Book Club - Chris M, Tony S, James H, Peter N

DILLIGAF - Paul R, Karen R, Lauren M, Damon C

4 Doorhandles & a Muppet - Janelle B, Troy A, Chris A, Bruce L S

4 Horsemen of the A-Poker-Lypse - Will E, Neil B, David O'M, Scott H

The Boat Crew - Colin W, David E, Warrick S, Jon C

Dr Chip's Casino Super Happy Fun Times - Tristan H, James D, Lee K, Rosdy N

The Dark Fours - Hamish B, Ben V, Robert R, Michael F

More will be added as they register!

Good luck on Friday! Hope to see you there!

4/02/2008 - SFFC Tuesday Night Food! -

Hi all!

To those players who play Pro or Free at South Freo Footy Club on Tuesday night, Rob has let us know that the meal for the night will be a Pesto Chicken Pasta. White wine, cream, mushroom pesto, roasted pine nuts, snow peas, and chicken breast on angel hair pasta with crusty bread! Price - $10

So get on down to South Freo this Tuesday for a great meal along with your great poker!

28/01/2008 - Public Holiday Monday 28th Jan -

FREE League at the Boat will not be held tonight.

Please spread the word that the event isn't on tonight, as per usual for Public Holidays at the Boat.

The Paddington Alehouse, Brighton Hotel and Poker Den are on as usual!

Have a great night!

23/01/2008 - Poker Den Fridays + Woodvale Thurs -

With the stable transition of our website last Friday, we're good to go at the Den again, starting this Friday night! Free League, registration 6pm, tournament starts 7pm. Please remember this is a BYO alcohol venue, though other refreshments are available.

Also, for those who are wondering, yes the cash table will be starting just on 6pm this Thursday if you were planning on coming down early for it!

23/01/2008 - Important news for Dongara WAPL Players -

The Southerly's Event for Monday the 28th January is being moved to Tuesday 29th January! We will be back to Monday nights the week after, so this change is only for 1 week! Thanks, and we look forward to continuing to bring you great poker next week!

19/01/2008 - Table Clearance Mon 21st Jan -

For anyone interested in purchasing 2nd hand damaged tables, make sure you come down to the Poker Den this coming Monday. We have some that we'll be selling off cheap. First in best dressed from 5:30pm!

18/01/2008 - New Look Website! -

With Season 6 has come a few additions and changes to our website! These changes were made live today, and we hope you like them!

Functionality wise, there's some great new additions, such as the ability to filter through results or upcoming events by typing in the white filter boxes, as well as an expanded Member page, where you can now see not only the player's events, but also statistics and some graphs relating to their current season results, complete with predictions as to a season points total! Player search is now much easier, and the entire site, although not slow before, should return results even faster!

If you should find any problems with the site which we may have missed, or have any further suggestions as to additions you'd like to see to the website, please E-Mail info@wapokerleague.com.au and let us know!

We look forward to seeing you at an event soon.

Your WA Poker League Team

4/01/2008 - A New Year, and a New Season! -

First of all we would like to wish all our members a safe and prosperous 2008!

Season 6 is almost upon us! The official start is 13th January, but many of our Venues are starting events this week so we can all get some practice in before the Season begins and we all start playing for points!

The first of these events starts this Saturday, 5th Jan, with Free and Pro Special Events at the Woodbridge Hotel! Make sure you check our Upcoming Events page so you don't miss out!

15/12/2007 - WAPL Dongara! -

Some exciting news! Southerly's in Dongara will be running some Special Free Events leading into Season 6! The first two of these will be held this Sunday and Monday 16th-17th December! The Sunday event will have registration at 4pm with a 5pm start, and Mondays will have a 6pm registration, 7pm start!

Please feel free to head up to these fun events and support the crew in Dongara, and we look forward to welcoming many Dongara poker lovers into the WA Poker League member base!

15/12/2007 - Grand Champions, Season 5! -

We'd like to congratulate our Grand Champions of Season 5 Pro and Free Leagues, who took out the huge Finals events last Sunday 9th Dec!

Ian Slater, regular player at the Boat and Woodvale Tavern, took out the Pro Final, beating 171 other players to the huge first prize of $20,048.00 and the WAPL Grand Champion Medallion! After a great final table comprising of a very skilled and diverse final 8, Ian managed to pip Nathan Crisafi at the post! Nathan took $6,220.00 for 2nd place, and the top 18 players of 172 made the money!

Results for the Pro Grand Final are here!

The Free League had 68 starters this Season, yet the competition was just as fierce for top spot as in the Pro league final! With some memorable performances throughout the day, we ended with a final 2 who proved that Poker isn't just a newage fad. Woodbridge regular June Eggleston just managed to get past Dell Royston-Ing from the Brighton Hotel for first place in Free League, and both of these Seniors fought bravely through a tournament of bluffing and new style play to prove that sometimes good, solid playing of your cards can still pay off in the end! Congratulations June for taking out the day, and Dell for your well deserved 2nd place!

Results for the Free Grand Final are here!

We'd like to thank all of you who've given us thanks at and since the finals. We are happy to be able to consistently bring you our very high standard of Poker, and to let so many people experience the huge day of poker that is the WA Poker League Grand Finals!

Please take care over the Christmas and New Year period! We look forward to seeing you at the Pre-Season 6 events, or in the new year and new season!

Your WA Poker League Team

10/12/2007 - Grand Final Results, and Pre-Season Events! -

After another massive Grand Final, we farewell Season 5! There will be quite a lot of pre-season events at some of our venues, so you will still be able to play some poker before Season 6 starts on Sunday 13th Jan, 2008!

Make sure you check the Coming Events to confirm what venues will be going in the off-season! For the Pro Special events, although they do not gain points towards Season 6 Ladder, the event prize payouts are significantly buffed (+50%!) by the fact that there is no Grand Final Prize Pool Contribution, either!

Please note, that Brighton Hotel IS running a Special Pro Event tonight, Monday 10th December!

The results from the huge final day will be up soon, keep an eye on this page, and we'll update it shortly!

6/12/2007 - Last Week of Season! -

Well here we are, the ever-important final week of Season 5!

The main things to remember leading up to our 5th Grand Final day this Sunday 9th Dec are...

Pro - Top 240 Ranked Pro Players have a seat at the Pro Grand Final. Top 10 Pro Players and each Pro Venue Winner has their seat buy-in of $100 paid for!

Free - Top 80 Ranked Free Players have a seat in the Free Grand Final. As always, there is no buy-in nor monetary value prizes as a result of this Free League Final.

Reserves - Players who have played 10 or more games in one or the other Leagues this season, yet have not qualified for a seat, are on the Reserves List. They can take the place of non-attending Qualifiers, in order of Ranking.

Registration - Rego starts at 10am, and last rego for qualifiers is at 12pm. Any reserves will then be called up. If as a qualifier you are late to claim your seat and it is taken by available reserves, that seat shall be forfeited.

Pre-registration - For qualifiers, pre-registration has been available this week at Pro venues. Make sure that you bring your Receipt to registration in order to skip the line through the pre-registration line.

If you are not within the qualification rankings after our last tournament on Saturday, and have not met the minimum 10 games required to be a reserve, you cannot play in the Finals. These are the strict rules, and there will be no exceptions.

Please remember, as a qualifier there is no need to have played 10 games, IF you are qualified. If you are outside the qualification, as a reserve you must have played 10 games. Reserve players are NOT guaranteed seats in the Finals.

There will still be lots of poker to be played throughout the day, even if you are not a qualifier or reserve. Sit N Goes and Cash Tables will be running from 11am. This event is open to current WAPL Members and South Fremantle Football Club Members, and we welcome you all down to take part in Western Australia's biggest day of Poker!

Please remember to bring your WAPL Membership Card AND Photo ID to the event, as the Venue is licensed and you may be required to show ID upon entry.

We would recommend you make it down as early as possible to registration time (10am) as parking can be a hassle, and the line for registration can be even worse if everyone arrives at the last minute. Please help us help you, arrive a little earlier!

We look forward to bringing you another awesome day of poker, and crowning our 5th Pro League Champion, in a Tournament with an estimated Prize Pool over $70,000!

30/11/2007 - Website issues -

Our apologies for the downtime we've experienced over the past couple of days. You should find all website functionality is working again now.

The event results from Wednesday will be uploaded shortly, as it was lost in the server failure.

Remember, next weekend Sunday 9th Dec is the Grand Final! Best of luck qualifying! Also, you will be able to pre-purchase your Grand Final Entry buy-in if you're in the top 240 rankings from this Saturday at Pro League Venues. Please keep your receipt and bring it to the Final for registration.

We look forward to seeing another great turnout for Free and Pro League at Leeming Spartan Cricket Club tonight!

2/11/2007 - Approaching end of season and Xmas! -

Well it's busy season again! With it comes a few changes. Firstly we're happy to announce that Leeming Spartan is going to be moving to a Friday Night, for Pro and Free League! 16th Nov will be the starting date of this, and it'll signify the end of the Poker Den Friday Nights. So please book in Fridays from the 16th for your Poker nights in Leeming. With great low pricing for food and drinks, it's sure to be a party atmosphere! As usual there will be Cash Tables and Sit N Goes available.

The Poker Den is still on Friday nights till 16th Nov, of course!

Elephant & Wheelbarrow is heading into its even busier period of the year, and as a result the Wednesday Night Free League tournaments will be dropped while they fit Xmas functions in to their busy schedule! Thursday Nights are still on, Pro and Free, for your enjoyment!

Don't forget South Fremantle on Tuesday nights, great turnout last week, and they are definitely holding Poker this Tuesday (Melbourne Cup Day) so it should make for some fun poker! See you there!

Thanks for supporting WAPL!

25/10/2007 - Poker Den Friday and Daylight Saving! -

The Poker Den will be holding a Free League event on Friday! Also, Daylight Saving comes in this Sunday. Please remember to change your watches and not be an hour late to Bar Orient or Rosemount on Sunday!

23/10/2007 - Tues 23rd Oct -

Live east of Perth? Love your Poker? Play Free or Pro League Poker tonight at Leeming Spartans Cricket Club! It's easy to find, the food and drinks are exceedingly well priced, and the Poker's fun!

Live south? Free and Pro League Poker is on at South Freo Footy Club, too! Tonight they've got another great pasta dish for $8! Come on down early for a feed and some awesome Tuesday Poker!

For those more central who are into their Free League, of course there's Paddy Maguire's in Subiaco. A themed and very atmospheric pub, with historically a lot of Poker spectators on the sidelines too, this is always a fun filled night.

We hope to see you at an event tonight!

Your WA Poker League Team

19/10/2007 - Friday 19th Oct -

There will be no poker at the Poker Den tonight 19th Oct due to a family funeral. We apologise for any inconvenience and look forward to seeing you over the weekend or next week.

10/10/2007 - Friday Night Poker Den! -

Free League Poker is at the Poker Den this Friday! A centrally located Friday Night Free and Pro Venue is being finalised, so we'll let you know as soon as it's arranged!

Remember, the Den is BYO. We look forward to seeing you there!

4/10/2007 - News Update -

We're happy to announce that the Bar Orient on Sundays will now start 1 hour earlier than previously, to allow players wanting to do the 'double' at Bar Orient and Rosemount a little more time. Bar Orient registration will start at 1pm for a 2pm Tournament Start, so please don't be late!

In other news, please remember that this Saturday Woodbridge Hotel will be holding both Pro AND Free League Tournaments! So if you're a Free League player who hasn't had a tournament to play with us on Saturday, now you can consider a nice drive out Woodbridge way for a beautiful meal and great poker! 12pm rego, 1pm tournament start!

27/09/2007 - Woodbridge Sat 29th Sept -

Due to the AFL Grand Final this Saturday, the Pro League Tournament at Woodbridge is not going to be held. We will be removing the Monday Free event and changing the Saturday after to Pro AND Free League, so make sure if you want to play Free League on Saturday that you head to the Woodbridge from 12pm to 1pm from Sat 6th! Remember, the Woody has some great meals and an awesome atmosphere for Saturday Afternoon Poker!

22/09/2007 - Important Notice to Kwinana Players -

It is with disgust and disappointment that we must inform you that APL have stooped to a new low, by approaching Kwinana Lodge and offering to run their poker events at no cost. Unfortunately underhand business tactics, such as sacrificing another of their venues in order to hurt one of ours, and then trying to lure them away from us by offering to run tournaments for free are out of our control, and we can only apologise to our members for the short term inconvenience while we finalise arrangements with a nearby and better venue, which will be announced shortly.

Please consider South Fremantle Football Club for your Free and Pro League Poker on Tuesday Nights if you used to play Kwinana!

We thank you for your understanding and support in this matter.

11/09/2007 - Tuesday 11th Sept -

Great start to the season!

Remember, tonight is the first Pro League Event at Leeming Spartan Cricket Club, so if you live in the area, it'll be a great event to attend. Support the Spartan's first Pro Night! They now have a great food menu up on their section of our site, too! (Here!)

Get down to Kwinana for Free and Pro and give this long term venue the support it deserves! Get the crew together for a great night of Poker down South!

South Fremantle continues its Free and Pro events tonight too! Always fun at this great club!

Of course for a more central Free League, Paddy Maguire's in Subiaco has lots of atmosphere, great food, and a big crowd of players and interested onlookers every Tuesday, too!

Have a great night!

7/09/2007 - Appealathon WA Poker Showdown Winner! -

Congratulations to Rodger Macdonald, for taking out the inaugural WA Poker Showdown!

Rodger dominated the Final Table, taking every player out! When it was down to heads up with Nick Del Borello, Rodger's massive chip lead led everyone to expect a crushing victory. In true fighting spirit, Nick made some great plays and almost got back to a level chipstack with Rodger! Finally after both hitting a pair on the flop (Rodger 9s, Nick 4s), a boarded pair of 8s and no more help for Nick saw Rodger take out the title and $5,000 cash! Congratulations Rodger for 1st, Nick for 2nd, and Michele Wells for coming 3rd!

Well done to all our qualifiers who made the final table!

Rodger and Nick, 1st and 2nd!

Rodger accepting his cheque for $5000!

1/09/2007 - Reminder! -

Rosemount on Sunday the 2nd Sept starts registration at 12pm, NOT 5pm, with the tournament starting 1pm! This will let you play at Rosemount before you head to Claremont for the WA Poker Showdown Finals! Don't forget that the Rosemount has some great food, too, so it's a perfect opportunity to have something to eat between tournaments, too!

The WA Poker Showdown Final is at Claremont Football Club, registration starting 5pm, for a 6pm start! Please don't be late, we'd hate for you to miss out. Congratulations to the 8 players who qualified for the Final Showdown Table, which will be running during this event! They are playing off for a $5000 first prize! Good luck...

Shane Laing - Paddington Alehouse

James White - Elephant & Wheelbarrow

Nick Del Borello - The Boat

Shane Capelli - Woodvale Tavern

Michele Wells - East Fremantle Football Club

Rodger Macdonald - Kwinana Lodge

Hamish Borthen - Claremont Football Club

Dennis Ivanac - South Fremantle Football Club

Remember, even if you didn't make the final table, Sunday 2nd Sept is a day for everyone! Register between 5pm and 6pm for the $60 buy-in tournament ($15 to Appealathon, rest to payouts), and/or the $5 Heads Up Tournament (64 players max, winner takes all!) There will also be cash tables and sit and go tables running, so more than enough poker to go around! We look forward to seeing you there, and thank you for helping us support Appealathon!

Your WA Poker League Team

30/08/2007 - Updated news and New Venues! -

With the huge WA Poker Showdown Final on this Sunday which we're expecting many to attend, Rosemount's Free League will be moved to a midday registration, 1pm start for this Sunday only! Consider getting some lunch and practice in at the Rosemount before heading to Claremont between 5-6pm for registration to the WA Poker Showdown!

Also, we have a couple of great new venues, and a few extra events coming!

Bar Orient in Fremantle is starting Free League on Sunday afternoons, starting the week after the WA Poker Showdown! Registration will be 2pm, with the game starting at 3pm!

Leeming Spartans Cricket Club joins Free and Pro Leagues on Tuesday Nights, 6pm registration, 7pm start! Free starts on the 4th Sept, and Pro joins the Free event on the 11th!

Brighton Hotel in Mandurah is starting Pro League on Monday nights, and continuing their awesome Wednesday Night Free League events! Pro League at Brighton will start Monday 10th Sept!

Moondyne Joe's is bringing Pro League on, too! Keep an eye out for our announcement for dates for Moondyne's!

For our Kal players, due to the lack of space at Judd's we won't be running events there in season 5. Blackhawks Nightclub has been sold, and poker won't be held there until we've negotiated with the new owner. Metropole Hotel will continue as usual! We are endeavouring to bring more events to Kal shortly, unfortunately the Grand Final and Appealathon week have kept us very busy!

Catch you at an event soon!

Your WA Poker League Team

28/08/2007 - Welcome to Season 5! -

We're looking forward to bringing you another great Season of Poker with WA Poker League!

First up, the Appealathon WA Poker Showdown got a good response with our members. We were a little disappointed at the lack of attendence from outside our memberbase, considering the amount of TV advertising that went into the event, but nonetheless the 8 Showdown Qualifiers went well!

We'd like to congratulate the winners of each Qualifier, and each of these players will be playing in the Showdown Final Table held at Claremont Footy Club on this coming Sunday 2nd Sept, where the winner will take a very cool $5000 cash!

Thanks to all who participated in the Showdown Tournaments, after the tournaments on the 2nd we'll tally up the amount raised for Appealathon and present them with the cheque!

The 2nd Sept isn't just a big day for the 8 Showdown Finalists, it's a day for everyone! Starting from 5pm, make it down to Claremont Footy Club for a great evening of Poker, starting with the 8 player Showdown Final Table and a $60 buy-in event for Appealathon ($15 to Appealathon, $45 to prizes), and followed by what should be a very fun Heads Up Tournament. Registration to the Heads Up Tournament will be limited to 64 players only, so make sure you get down and registered as soon after 5pm as possible to secure your place! It'll cost just $5 to register for the Heads Up Tournament, and it'll be a knockout with the winner taking all!

Not only that, as usual we'll run Cash Tables and Sit N Go Tables for players out of the Tournaments, again with all profits to Appealathon!

So even if you didn't make it down to a Showdown event, make sure you don't miss the WA Poker Showdown Finals on 2nd September, it'll be a great day!

28/08/2007 - Season 4 Finals and Round Up! -

Well, another awesome Grand Final day at South Fremantle, and a great finish to another fun filled WA Poker League Season!

Season 4 yet again saw some great competition, with the Season championships coming down to the line yet again! Congratulations to Pro Season Top 3 Players Colin Wilford (1st - $1000), Jonathan Pardede (2nd - $600), and Jason Bullock (3rd - $400)! Free League was also very tight, with Murray Boyne taking out top spot, followed closely by Matt Grace and Jill Maley! Well done!

The Grand Final Day was again a spectacular event, with another $40,000+ in the Pro League Prize Pool! With the new qualification requirements brought in this season, we knew the field would be slightly smaller since we weren't permitting non-reserve qualifiers to play. This may have meant a smaller turnout, but everyone agrees that it's for the best to ensure that future prize pools continue to be won by qualifiers!

The 159 runners in the Pro Grand Final were aiming at a Top 16 payout for the day! With 16th paying $487 and the prize money ramping up very quickly from there, there was always a lot at stake! Congratulations to all our winners, and especially the final 3, comprising David Mathieson in 3rd, winning $3,368! Barry Ward made 2nd place, taking home $6,087, and Gary Sims finished Barry off in a great Heads Up battle with Pocket Queens vs Pocket 9's. The ladies held, securing the first prize of $17,044 and of course the $5000 WAPL Grand Champion Medallion for Gary! Well done and a much deserved victory after scraping back from ~400 in chips!

Another great point to note was that our Grand Champion from Season 1, Robyn Ivankovich, made Final Table for the 2nd time at a WAPL Grand Final, finishing in 8th position and winning herself $1,339 in the process! So not only was Robyn the first person and first woman to win a WAPL Pro Final, she is now also the first person to make a Final Table twice at the Pro Finals! Well done Robyn!

Free League was no less competitive, even without all the money and prizes on the line! In what was a tense and exciting final table, we saw Patrick Beilby make 3rd place, and Aeree Mills vs Michael Reindl meet in heads up! With all the girls on her side, Aeree did a great job but couldn't quite beat Michael in the end! Congratulations Aeree on 2nd place and Michael for winning the Free League Grand Final!

We'd like to thank our Team for putting on yet another great Grand Final event and Season 4! We're sure you all agree with us!

Season 5 begins Monday 27th August! We look forward to continuing to bring you the best Poker tournaments!

21/08/2007 - WA Poker Showdown! -

The first WA Poker Showdown event kicked off at the Paddington Alehouse on Monday Night! The night was a great success for Appealation, with lots of money raised during the event! Congratulations to Shain Laing on winning 1st place and the seat on the final table Showdown! Rory Weiner in 2nd, and David Scordo in 3rd!

Tonight, Tuesday 21st Aug is the next Showdown, to be held at the Elephant and Wheelbarrow, Northbridge! Come down and support such a great cause. $100 buy-in event!

To those who are wondering, the Grand Final write-up, photos and results will be up soon!

14/08/2007 - Last week for Season 4 final qualifications! -

It's not too late to qualify! With a good one or two tournaments in Pro League, it's still possible to make it into the Grand Final for Season 4! With the current cutoff for 240 being at just under 750 points this season, it's well worth getting in there for your chance at the finals! Even if you're not in the top 240, if you've played 10+ pro games this season you can take a reserve seat if a qualifier cannot make it on the day. Reserves will be entered in based on their position from 240 down.

For the Free League players who are out of the top 80, don't fret too much, because there's quite a number of top 80 ranked Free League players who will opt to play in the Pro Final (if they've qualified for that too), which will open up reserve seats to other Free Leaguers outside the top 80 who've played 10 games or more.

Even if you aren't qualified to either final, as a WA Poker League member you're still more than welcome to attend this fantastic day, soak up the atmosphere, and even sit in on a cash table or sit and go tournament to get your poker fix! These will be running from 11am till near the end of the day!

We look forward to seeing as many of our loyal members down on Sunday as possible, and we're anticipating a day full of fun and awesome poker, as always at the WA Poker League Grand Finals! See you there!

12/08/2007 - Exciting News! Appealathon WA Poker Showdown! -

Some of the most exciting news from the WA Poker Scene is here!

The Appealathon WA Poker Showdown will be happening at 8 venues around Perth in the week between WA Poker League Seasons 4 and 5, starting the day after our Season 4 Grand Final!

Many of you will have already seen the adverts on Channel 9 for the Showdown! Please spread the word and help us make this as successful an event as possible!

WA Poker League is proud to be operating these tournaments on a non-profit basis for Appealathon WA, and hope that everyone will get in and support such a well known and widely recognised charity organisation.

The basics - 8 tournaments, $100 buy-in, with great cash and prizes going to the top players! What's more, the winner of each tournament win not only their prizes, but a seat to the final table, an 8 player event held later, where the top 3 get prizes and 1st place takes a huge cash prize!

More details can be found at http://wapokershowdown.com.au or by E-Mailing info@wapokershowdown.com.au if you have any specific questions.

We look forward to supporting Appealathon and raising as much money as possible for this great cause!

Your WA Poker League Team.

2/08/2007 - QvK Tournament Results! -

The Queens vs Kings night on Friday was a great success! With over 130 players in the tournament (over 90 guys, and 41 girls!) we had our work cut out for us in order to get everything done in time!

The girls sure showed the guys, with our final table of 8 seeing the 4 guys being busted out first, and the girls left to battle it out for the title!

Congratulations to our finalists! Final rankings were as follows!

1st - Trudie Jones - $301.50

2nd - Elizabeth Regnault - $134.00

3rd - Shellby Rose - $67.00

4th - Lauren McBroom - $46.90

5th - Michael Skamperle - $46.90

6th - Col Glastonbury - $33.50

7th - Brendan Okey - $26.80

8th - Daniel Nascivera - $20.10

The response to the night was outstanding, and the tournament after also a great success, with 50 players ($50 buy-in, $45 to prizes).

Chris Bell took out the tournament, and with it a cool $1125, with Matt Grace coming in a close second, picking up a nice wad of cash too! Top 5 were paid!

The top 8 and LOTS of photos can be found at the Event Results!

27/07/2007 - Queens vs Kings -

We have a lot of tickets sold for the QvK tournament tonight! Looking forward to a great night!

Please be aware, there's going to be food available at East Fremantle (pies, sausage rolls, pizza, etc), as well as lots to drink of course!

However, unfortunately there is no ATM at the venue, so please make sure you have enough money on you to cover your night if you want to play in the buy-in tournament and sit n go / cash tables! There are ATMs not far from East Fremantle Football Club, but we're just letting you know to save a last minute dash for cash!

Please make sure you're there at 6pm, as we'll be getting players seated for the tournament as soon as possible (it is not an hour registration).

See you there, and good luck tonight!

19/07/2007 - Friday 27th July event. Queens vs Kings! -

We've got a great special event coming up on Friday 27th July that everyone will want a part of!

Western Australian Poker League presents...

More details :

Queens vs Kings Tournament : $5 entry, with great prizes! Two tournaments (one guys', one girls') ending with the top 4 from each playing off on a final table spectacle! Yes, the final table players will start with the same chipstacks as each other and battle it out for the Trophy and prizes! The whole entry fee will be paid out in cash prizes on the night!

Following QvsK Tournament : Special Cash Event, $50 buy-in, with $45 to prizes ($5 to East Fremantle Football Club Fundraising) This is an open event to all WAPL members! (Note: No Pro League points from this Tournament)

Also available from 6pm are our standard Sit N Go tables and Cash Tables!

All in all, an awesome night! So spread the word, get your tickets from our tournaments, as seats will be strictly limited! To keep your seat, DON'T BE LATE!

Let's get a great contingent of girls down to the event to prove that poker isn't just for the boys!

18/07/2007 - Metropole - Kalgoorlie -

To our Kalgoorlie players. We apologise but the Metropole event tonight will not be on due to sickness passing through the ranks of our WAPL staff in the area. Please let your Poker playing friends know it's not on tonight, and we'll see you tomorrow night at Blackhawk's for another great night of Poker!

We apologise for the inconvenience, but unfortunately it is unavoidable.

14/07/2007 - Season 4 Grand Finals - Sunday 19th August -

The excitement is building as we approach the tail end of WA Poker League Season 4! Colin Wilford has a small lead on Jason Bullock in the overall Pro League Ladder, while about the same points separate poker couple Murray Boyne and Liz Regnault in Free League!

We know that the finals are looming, and that so many are trying to make sure they are in the qualifiers by the end of the season... to those who have misinterpreted the qualification process, here it is again -

Pro League - Top 240 ranked players automatically qualify for the Pro Grand Final. For those players NOT in the top 240, you may only take the seat of a Top 240 ranked player IF they do not show up, and only IF you've played 10+ Pro League games during the current season. The huge prize pool is thus reserved for those players who have been qualified and contributed towards it through the season.

Free League - Top 80 ranked players automatically qualify for the Free Grand Final. For those players NOT in the top 80, you may only take the seat of a Top 80 ranked player IF they do not show up, and only IF you've played 10+ Free League games during the current season.

Remember, the top player of each venue ladder at the end of the season (assuming there's been 5 games at that venue during the season) will qualify for that league's final, and for a Pro venue this will include the $100 pro buy-in for that player! Also, the top 10 players in Pro League will have their buy-in paid for, and the top 3 get cash prizes too! $1000 for 1st, $600 for 2nd, and $400 for 3rd!

Get in there, get qualified, and get your chance for fame and fortune at WA Poker League's Season 4 Finals, to be held Sunday 19th August! Keep this day free!

3/07/2007 - Aussies holding the flag high in WSOP! -

Great news through from Marcus Collins, who's representing Perth at the World Series of Poker!

WSOP Bracelet winners Mark Vos and Perth born Jeff Lisandro have both cashed multiple times in WSOP events so far!

Rapidly rising Perth star Marcus Collins has yet again cashed in his 3rd WSOP running, and after winning the PAPT Main event, he's definitely getting up there with the best!

Jason Maley (WAPL), Mark Vos, and Marcus Collins at the Poker Den!

Between Jeff, Mark, and Marcus, these 3 Aussies have won over half a million USD in prizes already!

We'd like to wish the boys all the best for the WSOP Main Event, coming up on the 6th July, and look forward to catching up back in Perth when it's all over!

23/06/2007 - News for Week 8! -

Some exciting news for Week 8!

Awesome start at the Rosemount last Sunday, looking forward to another great turnout on the 24th! They've got some great meals on, and it's a very funky spot to spend your Sunday night!

New Venue! Paddy McGuire's pub in Subiaco will be starting Tuesday 3rd July with Free League tournaments!

South Freo Pro/Free on Tuesdays has kicked off to a great start! This Tuesday there will be another special meal of green curry chicken and rice available at the Tournament!

Exciting news for Kwinana too! Tuesday will now be Pro and Free. Saturday nights will no longer involve trying to play poker while being drowned out by karaoke! Saturday 23th June will be Kwinana's last Pro League, and Tuesday 26th will be the first Pro/Free night! Looking forward to seeing you there!

East Freo is also set to move to Pro and Free on Friday nights! This should make for a great night out for our Pro League players, who can now look forward to a big poker night out every Friday! Keep an eye on our upcoming events for the first Friday Pro / Free date for East Freo Footy Club.

Have a great week, and we'll catch you soon!

Your WA Poker League team!

9/06/2007 - South Fremantle Day Change and New Venue! -

We're pleased to announce that South Fremantle Football Club's Free League and Pro League events are being switched to a Tuesday night rather than Wednesday. Finally another Pro League on a Tuesday for everyone! Based on feedback from our members and the club itself, we're sure the Tuesday switch will be a huge success! Remember, to those players who played at SFFC on Wednesdays, there's lots on that night, including Pro Leagues at the Boat and Market City Tavern, and Free Leagues at Market City Tavern, The Brighton in Mandurah and Elephant & Wheelbarrow Northbridge!

In other great news... another awesome venue has joined WA Poker League! Taking over from the Poker Den on Sunday nights, we'd like to welcome the Rosemount Hotel! Starting off with Free League tournaments for their Sunday Session, registration is from 5pm, with the Tournament starting 6pm (yes it's an hour earlier than usual, make sure you're not late!) The first Rosemount event will be Sunday 17th June! We look forward to growing the Rosemount into another great WA Poker League Venue! See you there!

4/06/2007 - The Boat - 4th June! -

Due to the public holiday and a live act at the Boat on Monday 4th June, there will be no Free League Poker on this date.

The Paddo, Woodbridge, and The Poker Den are all playing as usual, so we'll see you there for some poker action!

28/05/2007 - KK's and an important reminder -

KK's at Broadway will no longer be holding Poker tournaments. It's unfortunate because this great venue was just building in numbers, and would have ended up being great for everyone involved had it kept going.

It serves as a very important reminder to everyone that your Poker is being provided and hosted by the venues at which you play. Without your support in the form of purchases from the venue, there is no reason for them to have us there.

Please remember, to see poker thrive in our venues, they need your support or even a great venue won't last.

To those regular KK's players who supported the venue week in and week out, we're sorry that you were let down by those who didn't. If you're one of the players who never spends anything but enjoys your poker with WAPL, you're not doing yourselves, your fellow players, your venues or your league any favours by not supporting it...

So get in there, support the venues that support your poker, and you'll see the numbers of events and good venues increasing even more rapidly!

Wait for the next couple of new venues, set to be announced within a week, and please get in there and give them the support they deserve!

See you at an event soon!

Your WA Poker League Team

26/05/2007 - Pro League Confirmed @ Market City -

This Wednesday is definitely both Pro and Free at Market City Tavern! Have fun for those who go there.

23/05/2007 - Market City Tavern Pro League -

We're happy to announce that Market City Tavern's Pro Licensing has been approved! A little late coming, so unfortunately we will not be hosting the Pro Tournament tonight (apologies for the webpage listing the event). With any luck, next week will be Pro and Free, but failing that, the week after is definite!

21/05/2007 - WAPL Season 4 - More improvements! -

As most of you are aware, we at WA Poker League are constantly looking for ways to improve our members' poker experience, by reviewing and adjusting things to make our service to you even better!

As many of you will have noticed, we had a trial period of new blind levels and timing, and have been asking you about some of our ideas with regards to grand final qualifications, etc!

Here's the official changes for Season 4! We're sure you'll like them as much as we do.

• Blind round times have been lengthened for the 4 rounds before the first break! They will now be 15 minute blinds till the first break, then 12 minutes thereafter. Should a tournament be close to maximum time, as always the Tournament Director may lower times in order to bring the tournament in on time.
• Blind round increase change! The 400/800 and 4000/8000 blind rounds have been moved down to 300/600 and 3000/6000. This will definitely lessen the steepness of the blind curve early in the game, and give everyone just that little bit more time to pick their hands to play.
• Grand Final Qualifications - Following some feedback and our own thoughts on the Qualifications to the Grand Finals, the following changes have been made for Season 4. They have also been detailed in the Finals page since the start of season. For players who qualify in the top 240 Pro or 80 Free Leagues, they still get their seat and automatic qualification. IF you don't qualify yet want to show up as a reserve to take any spots not taken by qualifiers, you must have played at least 10 games in that league during the season to be eligible to enter. This way we keep the Pro League Prizes within those players who are legitimately contributing towards the season and prizes, and it will continue to make our Pro League an awesome league to be a regular part of!

If you have any questions regarding any of these changes, please feel free to E-Mail us at info@wapokerleague.com.au

Thanks, and keep having an awesome Season 4!

Your WA Poker League Team!

21/05/2007 - La Scala News! -

With the new Liquor Licensing laws being brought into WA, things are changing for restaurants.

To allow La Scala to supply liquor to patrons without the need to have a meal, they have applied for the appropriate licensing under the new system. As a result we're going to be putting Poker at La Scala on hold temporarily until this has been completed!

The guys from La Scala apologise for the inconvenience, and we all look forward to starting poker up there again as soon as possible!

We'll keep you posted!

20/05/2007 - WAPL Member wins Nathan and Nat's Poker Face! -

You heard correctly! We're very proud to announce that one of our long time members, Murray Boyne, has taken out Nova 937 Nathan and Nat's Poker Face competition!

It started with Murray holding a perfect poker face and reciting bad jokes while Nathan scribbled on his face with pens, winning his way through to the "final tables" on Friday 18th. Here, 14 winning contestants played on 2 final tables against each other and Nathan and Nat (8 players per table) for a maximum of 1 hour, with the winner of each table taking $8000!

Should Nathan or Nat win their table, the $8000 would be split between all players on the table...

With a great contingent of WAPL Members down to cheer Murray on, we knew he was in with a big chance due to his poker experience and his plan of attack for the very fast paced tournament!

Taking a couple of beats early, Murray had a big job ahead of him! He scraped back with a couple of wins, but was still under his starting stack till late in the game. At this point, Nat was by far the chip leader, and it was looking like the table would be splitting the $8000 pot!

He made an awesome laydown of Ace 10 offsuit to save himself from a huge Pocket Jacks hand which hit trips on the flop, which took down another player who had Ace 10!

Getting to within 5 minutes of the end, Murray knew he had to get some big wins to end up on top. With 3 minutes remaining, he pushed all in with pocket 8s, and managed to triple his stack when he hit another 8 on the turn card to beat Nat's Ace Jack with a Jack on the flop, and another player who called his all in!

He was now the only player who could catch the near-invincible stack of Nat!

With 1 minute 40 seconds remaining, Murray was dealt his last hand. Not looking, he pushed all in immediately. Nat had a think about it and folded, which he didn't want to see happen! One player, Danae called him, Murray turned his cards, to see a King 5 of Diamonds!

Looking over, Danae turns over pocket queens, and we thought it was all over!

Standing up now, and at the end of time, we awaited the flop...

The flop shows Ace Clubs, 2 Diamonds, 7 Diamonds. Nothing for either player, but a flush draw for Murray!

The all important Turn then came.... Believe it or not, a Queen of Diamonds! Danae jumped out of her seat, thinking she had just taken the tournament with trip queens! That was until everyone else (especially the WAPL supporters!) started cheering for Murray, who had just hit his Flush! It was almost all over!

The only cards which could beat him was another queen, or if the board paired to give her a full house. Fortunately the River showed an 8 of spades, no help for Danae, and Murray took the pot down with no time to spare!

At this point, we had no idea whether Murray had won overall, since the final winner was to be determined by chipcount, and Nat still had a LOT of chips left.

The dealer Ashley (who did a great job, as usual!), set about counting the stacks of Nat and Murray.

Of 8000 chips on the table, Nat's chipcount came in at 3475, and Murray's chipcount was 3875! He won by just 400 chips, and took down the $8000 prize!

Murray with girlfriend Liz straight after the big win!

We were all ecstatic, as you can imagine, and the partying ensued shortly after the prize presentations!

We'd like to congratulate Murray on his big win, and commend Nova 937, Nathan and Nat for putting on their Poker Face Competition!

Also, Danae has a wedding coming up, so we'd like to wish her all the best, too!

Since catching up with Murray, he's had this to say to us all -

"There is no way I would be here today, winning this tournament, if it wasn't for all the support and poker that WAPL has provided me over this past year. Thanks to everyone from WAPL who turned up to support me and thanks to all involved."

Nova's Nat with Murray, celebrating his $8000 win!

When you see Murray at a WAPL Tournament next, please remember to congratulate him on his big win!

For those of you who'd like to see the videos leading up to the Poker Face finals, head over to the Nova 937 Poker Face website!

13/05/2007 - WA Poker League 1st Birthday Celebration! -

For those members who would like to come along early to the Paddington Alehouse Pro League on Monday 14th, between 5:30pm and 6:30pm they will be able to enjoy a complimentary glass of champagne with us, to help us celebrate our 1st birthday!

There will also be a cash table operating from 6pm till 7pm when the tournament is due to start, so between the cash table and the champagne, everyone should be warmed up for the tournament!

Thanks for your support through the past year, and we look forward to seeing you on Monday at the Paddo, Boat, Poker Den, Woodbridge or Inland City Hotel at Kalgoorlie!

Your WA Poker League Team!

9/05/2007 - 3 new WAPL Venues starting tonight! -

We're happy to announce 2 more Venues on Wednesday Nights! Market City Tavern, East in Canningvale! Our first Mandurah venue, and one of the best in the area! Brighton Hotel! Last but definitely not least, another great Kalgoorlie Boulder venue, Metropole Hotel! Yet another new Kalgoorlie Venue had a great start to their season on Monday night, being the Inland City Hotel!

Season 4, and even more poker fun with WAPL!

8/05/2007 - Woodvale Tavern Free and Pro! -

Just to confirm, the Woodvale Tavern is on this Thursday night, both Free and Pro Leagues as usual! Sorry for the late notice! So get down to this great venue this Thursday Night for an awesome evening of Poker and partying as usual!

6/05/2007 - Welcome to Season 4! -

Season 4 has officially commenced with the 2 Pro League Tournaments on Saturday. We guess that most people thought it was to start officially on Monday, but since Kwinana and Woodbridge missed out on the last week of Season 3, we started them this weekend. Apologies if you missed them!

We are also very happy to announce the completion of our Season 2 Grand Final DVD, after what was a mammoth effort to get it created and produced! You can purchase it at our events for just $20, see your tournament director! Alternatively, E-Mail shop@wapokerleague.com.au and we'll arrange to get your copy to you! It's a great DVD, including of course the WAPL Final Table Card Cams, awesome final table footage as well as footage from the entire day! There's LOTS of members featuring in the DVD, and of course no Poker DVD would be complete without hand vs hand percentages and updates as the cards are turned! There's only a limited number of DVDs, so get in fast! Thanks for supporting your league!

We're also overjoyed to announce 2 new Metro Venues (look out for the upcoming announcement of more Kalgoorlie Venues too!) The Brighton Hotel in Mandurah becomes the first WA Poker League Venue in Mandurah, which we're really looking forward to bringing WA's best poker to! Also, for our contingent of East players, the Market City Tavern has signed up to start Season 4, too! Look forward to Free and Pro League events here! Both new Venues are set to start on Wednesday nights, so look out for them!

We wish you a great start to the season, and check back shortly for some more very important WA Poker League News! There's some more exciting and awesome changes to come in Season 4!

2/05/2007 - WAPL Season 3 Finals! -

What can we say? Season 3's Grand Finals delivered another awesome day jam packed full of Poker for our WA Poker League Members!

In a day which saw lots of bad beats, great stories, happy players and more than a few lucky runs of cards, here's the most important info from the Grand Finals!

Pro League - In yet another huge line up, we saw 210 runners battle it out for their share of the ~$60,000 Prize Pool! With the top 21 players getting in the money, the competition was fast and furious. We saw some early chip leaders get dragged back down to the pack in the midgame, as the excitement built! Hours later, we had a very short break at the final 24 to consolidate to the final 3 tables, and to send those players who forgot to sign out to the bottom of the rankings.

The lovely Kerryn Kane was the "bubble girl" for the day, going out 22nd to a huge round of applause and cheering! The rest were in the money!

Play continued down to the final 8, where we paused for the spectacular WAPL Final Table, dealt, recorded and surrounded by scores of players who'd missed out on their seat at the table this time around...

With even 8th position set to win over $1600, and the top 3 spots paying out over $4200, $6500 and a massive $20,100 + $5000 WAPL Medallion for first, noone was going to make any rash decisions!

We saw a couple of the short stacks go out relatively early, then proceeded to see a couple of good calls and lucky flops for Hayden Tangyuk, who streaked into the chip lead and stayed there till heads up with Leon Dawson!

Leon had a hard job ahead of him, massively short stacked and up against the apparently insurmountable luck Hayden had brought to the tournament! After having his Ace 7 cracked by Hayden's 5 7 Club flush, Leon's day seemed to be over... He then won a couple of crucial hands, which almost levelled their chip stacks, until the final hand where Hayden emerged victorious, his Ace 9 of Diamonds dominating Leon's King 9 offsuit when he caught an Ace on the flop!

Another Pro League Grand Final, another WAPL Champion! Congratulations Hayden, it was a great performance on the day, and made for some very entertaining cards!

The Pro League Results from the day can be found here!

Over in the Free League event, we saw 68 runners battle it out for the top spot in Free League! Including a great contingent from Kalgoorlie which we were absolutely delighted to welcome down for the big event, they set off on the gruelling task of making it to Free League Grand Champ!

In another tight tournament, we saw one of the Kalgoorlie boys, Caine Cotter, end up 4th with a great deal of support from his fellow Kal players, Richard Wilson in 3rd, leaving two left for heads up, being William Wilson and Steven McCarthy, William being a far North player, Steven being a South player, incidentally!

After a heads up which swung both ways, William called Steven's Ace 9 offsuit with a 7 6 offsuit to take the tournament with a straight! William finished his season off the same way he started it, with a win! Congratulations William and Steven for such a great heads up battle that kept everyone on the edge of their seats!

The Free League Results from the day can be found here!

So, another season over, another awesome grand final spectacle, and another season set to start next week with more players, more venues, bigger prizes and no doubt more fun to come!

Thanks to all who participated on the day, and we look forward to hosting you at many more events and grand finals to come!

We'd also like to thank our awesome staff for putting on yet another professionally run and entertainment packed Grand Final! This is the hardest part of our season, and many hours of sleep were missed in order to make this the great day that it was. We know everyone appreciates it, but we need to say "Well Done!" nonetheless! Thanks also needs to go to the South Fremantle Football Club for being the best Grand Final Host Venue we've had so far! Unbelievable venue, and we hope to see many of you down to their regular Wednesday joint Free and Pro League events during season 4 now that you all know how good it is!

Thanks also to Buck from Budget Cabinets for his astounding help and work as usual. This time the great (HUGE!) cash tables were made by him for the day! For all his support since the beginning of WAPL, we're overjoyed to offer Buck Life Membership to the WA Poker League! Please when you see him, make sure you thank him for the contributions he's made towards making our League even better. Penny Wells was also offered Life Membership for all her help and support throughout last Grand Final and our seasons! These awards were both made on the day, to commemorate these special individuals. Thanks for the support given to the two prize draws on the day, the winners being Matt King (#27) in the poker wheel spin, and Elizabeth Regnault (#81) in the lucky number draw! Matt won a 500 set of poker chips, and Liz won $162.50! Alan Shewan won the 2nd place in the lucky number draw, taking home a carton of Hofbrauhaus Lager!

Last but definately not least, it nearly slipped all our minds (since we've been so busy!) but WA Poker League celebrates 1 year of bringing the best Poker to Western Australia on May 15th, which was our first official Pro League Season Tournament at the Paddington Alehouse last year! Since that time, we have welcomed nearly 4000 members to our ranks, and have paid out well over $420,000 in prize money directly back to our members! We are very proud of this achievement and look forward to bringing the best Poker to WA for many years to come! We hope many of you come down to the Paddington on Monday the 14th to help us celebrate this historic occasion!

28/04/2007 - Official Season 3 Wrap-Up! -

Well, that's it, we've held the final League tournaments for Season 3!

Some congratulations are in order...

First up, our top placed Pro and Free League Players from the season!

Pro League Season Rankings

1. Jod Burke - $1000 + $100 Grand Final Buy-in!
2. Alexandre Thomas - $600 + $100 Grand Final Buy-in!
3. Ryan Bochorsky - $400 + $100 Grand Final Buy-in!
4. Mike Bentley - $100 Grand Final Buy-in!
5. Colin Wilford - $100 Grand Final Buy-in!
6. Gary Hall Junior - $100 Grand Final Buy-in!
7. Andrew Fleming - $100 Grand Final Buy-in!
8. Jason Gasso - $100 Grand Final Buy-in!
9. Kevin Johnson - $100 Grand Final Buy-in!
10. David Scordo - $100 Grand Final Buy-in!

Free League Season Rankings

1. Lauren McBroom
2. Jill Maley
3. Chris Bell
4. Jay Poa
5. Elizabeth Regnault
6. Murray Boyne
7. Michael Reindl
8. Frank Maley
9. Frank Tapalaga
10. Marc Kennedy

Pro League Venue Winners (5+ tournaments)

Elephant & Wheelbarrow - Ben Vermey - $100 Grand Final Buy-in!

Kwinana Lodge - Andrew Hasberg - $100 Grand Final Buy-in!

Paddington Alehouse - Daniel Romeo - $100 Grand Final Buy-in!

Rivervale Hotel - Gary Hall Junior - Already won Buy-in!

South Fremantle Football Club - Elizabeth Regnault - $100 Grand Final Buy-in!

The Attfield - Cameron Brown (Thomas) - $100 Grand Final Buy-in!

The Boat - Matt King - $100 Grand Final Buy-in!

Woodbridge Hotel - Kerryn Kane - $100 Grand Final Buy-in!

Woodvale Tavern - Alexandre Thomas - Already won Buy-in!

Free League Venue Winners (5+ tournaments)

Belmont Tavern - Kerryn Kane - Free League Grand Final Qualification

Blackhawk's Nightclub - Rynee Parker - Free League Grand Final Qualification

Elephant & Wheelbarrow - Bruce Harris - Free League Grand Final Qualification

KK's at Broadway - Jill Maley - Free League Grand Final Qualification

Kwinana Lodge - Elizabeth Regnault - Free League Grand Final Qualification

La Scala - Chris Bell - Free League Grand Final Qualification

Leederville Hotel - Chris Chamoun - Free League Grand Final Qualification

Moondyne Joe's - Jay Poa - Free League Grand Final Qualification

Morley Alehouse - Chris Bell - Free League Grand Final Qualification

Onyx Bar - Jay Poa - Free League Grand Final Qualification

Paddy's at Exchange - Rynee Parker - Free League Grand Final Qualification

Palace Hotel - Rynee Parker - Free League Grand Final Qualification

South Fremantle Football Club - Penny Wells - Free League Grand Final Qualification

The Boat - Anton Brunsgard - Free League Grand Final Qualification

The Kalgoorlie Hotel - Jason Cameron - Free League Grand Final Qualification

The Poker Den - Michael Reindl - Free League Grand Final Qualification

Woodbridge Hotel - Chris Bell - Free League Grand Final Qualification

Woodvale Tavern - Tom Wayne - Free League Grand Final Qualification

We at WA Poker League would like to thank all out members who participated in events this season! We know it was a great season and everyone had lots of fun, and we are looking forward to bringing you an even bigger and better poker experience in Season 4!

Remember, the Grand Final day this Sunday is for ALL our members, not just those who qualified! Even if you don't make it into either of the main events, it will be an awesome day of poker where everyone has the opportunity to get involved and have a great time! So get your fellow members together and come on down! We'll see you Sunday!

ps. On a more serious note, please make sure you wear smart casual clothing OR dress up for the chance to win in the best dressed competition, and that you must bring your WA Poker League Membership Card with you, along with ID for proof of age. If you have preregistered for Pro League, you must also bring your Receipt to prove that you have paid the buy-in.

24/04/2007 - News -

Please remember, for those of you striving for more Pro League points towards the final (Or just after a bit more money from winning at poker!) South Fremantle Football Club has moved from Wednesday to Tuesday today for Pro League and Free League! It's set to be a big night of Poker, with the top spots so closely contended, it could be anyone's game!

Please keep an eye on our FINALS Page for info on the Grand Final, including Registration times! (10am registration starts, don't be late or you may miss your place!)

The finals page is here - http://wapokerleague.com.au/final.asp

For those smart people who want to skip the nasty grand final registration queue, get pre-registered (if you're in the top 240 now) for Pro League's Grand Final! See your Tournament Director at any of the remaining Pro League events this week for your pre-registration entry, and make sure you bring your pre-registration receipt with you on the 29th to skip the line!

22/04/2007 - Final week of Season 3! -

Well, we've nearly reached our 3rd Grand Final, and the competition sure is fierce! It's great to see the top of the ladders being so closely contended, and the struggle to qualify for the finals during the last weeks!

There's a few bits and pieces to post regarding the lead-up to the Grand Final day, so here we go!

Monday - The Boat Free League is not on due to St George's Day.

Tuesday and Wednesday - Anzac Day is on Wednesday, so the Boat Pro League is not on. South Fremantle Football Club is not on Wednesday night either, however they have been moved to Tuesday night for the final week! Elephant and Wheelbarrow is on as usual on Wednesday!

Saturday - Woodbridge and Kwinana Pro Leagues are still on 28th April, the day before the Grand Final. These will be Special Events, and NOT counting towards the Pro League Ladder. However, there will also not be Grand Final contributions made from the buy-ins, so there's more to win at the events!

VERY IMPORTANT - Pre-registration! If you're currently qualifying for the Pro League Grand Final, you will be able to Pre-Register and skip the line (If you made the last Grand Final, you will remember the line!) It's very much worth pre-registering if you KNOW you're going to be there on the day, because that queue is long and tiresome for all of us.

Please ask at Pro League Venues, or at the Poker Den this week to get your envelope for pre-registration. You can pay the $100 buy-in and collect your receipt, then please remember to bring your receipt to the Grand Final. You'll be able to skip the registration line and confirm immediately that you are already added to the Tournament!

We'd also like to confirm that there will be cash tables and sit n go tables starting at 11am on the day, so there will be poker happening before the main event unlike previous Finals!

We are looking forward to the big day, and to seeing many of our members on Sunday 29th!

16/04/2007 - Poker at The Boat! -

Apologies to our regular Boat crew, but St George's Day is NEXT week not this week, so your regular Free League event IS on tonight at the Boat!

Please let all your Boating poker mates know so noone misses out!

So tonight (16th April) is ON, and next week (23rd April) isn't!

Thanks to one of our loyal members Tom for calling me to question the dates!

13/04/2007 - Sunday @ The Poker Den! -

The Poker Den will be open for Free League Tournaments on Sunday Nights for the rest of Season 3! So head down on Sunday for some Poker Action! Registration from 6pm, with the tournament starting 7pm!

12/04/2007 - The Boat Free League 16th April - St George Day -

The Free League at The Boat will be taking a break on Monday 23rd April, as they're packed full of people celebrating St George Day!

Please don't go to the Boat for poker on Monday 23rd, but feel free to go party at the Boat!

11/04/2007 - NEWS : South Fremantle Tonight and Onyx on Friday -

For those heading to South Fremantle Football Club tonight - There will be a special meal available! Hot roast beef rolls with chips and gravy for just $7.50! See you at South!

Onyx Bar unfortunately will be off this Friday as they have a private function booked, but they'll be back next week! They apologise for the inconvenience.

4/04/2007 - 4 weeks till the Grand Final! -

It's really starting to heat up at the events now, with under 4 weeks till we reach the end of Season 3, and the Grand Final!

With lots of people scrambling to make enough points in Pro League to qualify in the top 240 to get their seat in the Final, we thought we'd suggest that some of the smaller Pro League Venues might be a better bet to get the required points rather than the big ones! The bigger venues give you a much harder time getting more than 10 points, whilst with the smaller ones that are still growing in numbers, you've got a much better chance at a lot more points and a better chance at getting in the money! Perfect opportunities for this are South Fremantle on Wed Nights, Elephant and Wheelbarrow on Thursday Nights, Onyx Bar on Friday Nights (Not this friday though!), and the Woodbridge Hotel and Kwinana Lodge (The big double) on Saturday Day / Night respectively.

Alexandre Thomas is still out ahead of the pack in Pro League Rankings, with Jod Burke and Mike Bentley coming 2nd and 3rd at the moment! Season 1 champ Ryan Bochorsky is hot on their heels, however, in 4th!

In Free League, the lead has just been retaken by Lauren McBroom over Jay Poa, with Elizabeth Regnault a very close 3rd!

Both results will be very interesting to see, and remember of course that the top 3 pro league ranking players will take $1000, $600, and $400 cash respectively, whilst the top 10 also get their $100 buy-in paid to the Grand Final!

Also, the leader of each venue (both pro and free) automatically qualify for their respective league finals! With Pro League this also means that as a prize for ending on top of the venue ladder, you will also have your $100 buy-in paid for!

Remember to lock in the date of the Grand Final, as it's been set for a long time now to ensure that the majority of qualifiers can make it!

Sunday 29th April at South Fremantle Football Club's huge clubrooms!

Let's make this our BIGGEST and BEST Grand Final so far!

3/04/2007 - Easter Tournaments and Dress Standards -

This Easter Friday (6th April) we will be missing out on the Onyx Bar and East Fremantle Football Club's events. Saturday at Belmont is also not going to be held this weekend. The Boat will also not be holding the event on Monday!

Also, we've had a specific request from Onyx Bar to let our members know about their dress code, though we figure it'd be best to be sure you're aware of a venue's dress code yourself when you head there, lest you be refused entry.

Please note, as a classy late night venue, ONYX has strict dress standards which need to be upheld! Please make sure you adhere to the following -

Not permitted :
Faded, Ripped or Baggy Denim
Surf Apparel
Gym Apparel
Gym Sneakers
Running Shoes
Sandals or Thongs
Skate Shoes
Dirty Sneakers

"We take pride in our venue and we ask all patrons to take pride in the way they dress"

Thanks for your cooperation, and we apologise to those who missed out on playing last Friday. Remember, if you're not too sure about whether something you're wearing might not meet a certain dress code, save yourself the possible problems and wear something else which will meet the code.

2/04/2007 - Dress Up at the Poker Den! -

Yes it's that time again! First Monday in every month is a themed tournament at the Den! This month's theme is "B".

So get your best "B" kit together, and we'll see you there!
The winner of best costume will get a great prize!

31/03/2007 - Sunday @ Poker Den! -

The Poker Den will be run on Sunday for all you diehard members who can't miss a day of poker!

Registration 5pm, with the Tournament starting 6pm!

See you there!

31/03/2007 - Morley on Sunday, and no events Good Friday! -

Morley Alehouse is not on this Sunday, we apologise for the late notice and for the inconvenience.

Due to Good Friday next week, Onyx Bar and East Fremantle will be having a break for next Friday! It might be Good Friday, but it's definitely a Bad Friday for Poker!

Great first event at East Fremantle Football Club tonight! We're looking forward to the rapid expansion of this venue when we return Friday after next!

27/03/2007 - KK's Opening Night! -

Tonight, Tues 27th March, is KK's opening poker tournament! So head on down to KK's on Broadway (right near UWA) for a fun night of Free League action! We'll see you there!

Also, East Fremantle Football Club's first event is on this Friday! Should be a great night!

20/03/2007 - Pro League @ Onyx, KK's day change and Baby News! -

First off, we would like to congratulate two of our WAPL regulars, Jay Poa and Sarah Moreton, on the arrival of little Jaxon Poa, born in the wee hours of Sunday morning! Mother and baby are both doing well! Welcome to WAPL's first Poker Baby! CONGRATULATIONS from all here at WA Poker League!

In other news, KK's (the old Broadway Tavern) launch date has been moved forward to 27th March and will be running Free League on Tuesday Nights!

Onyx Bar has added Pro League to their Friday Night Free League gig, as of THIS Friday! If you're looking for another great venue for Pro League, Onyx on Friday Night could be the one for you! Great venue, great atmosphere, and the ability to party during AND after the poker!

16/03/2007 - Reminder - No Woodbridge Sat 17th -

Please remember, there's no Woodbridge event on this Saturday 17th March, due to it being St Patrick's Day!

Kwinana and Belmont are on as usual, however!

Happy St Pat's Day!

15/03/2007 - Poker Den Friday! -

Due to the Onyx Bar's renovations still heavily underway (The carpet has been pulled up now) we'll continue to host their Friday Night event right around the corner at the Poker Den for 16th March! Please come to the Poker Den rather than Onyx Bar (There will be a sign on the door at Onyx directing people to the Den). We should see another great turnout this Friday! Remember, it's BYO at the Poker Den, so make a night of it!

9/03/2007 - Urgent News - Event Cancellation -

We have just had word from the ONYX BAR that they will be unable to host their regular Free League Tournament tonight, BUT WAPL will open the Poker Den, just a couple of minutes from Onyx Bar, instead! As the Onyx Bar regulars would know, the 'tiled area' was closed last week for a make-over. Unfortunately as of just after 2pm today, they have been sanding and had some unexpected problems, resulting in them being unable to clean up all the dust and mess by 6pm as initially planned.

The management at the Onyx Bar and ourselves apologise for the cancellation, and the fact that it's such late notice, but it was totally unexpected and we've let you know as soon as possible. There will be signage at Onyx Bar apologising to those who miss this news post and head there for Poker.

So head on down to the Poker Den tonight (Friday) instead of Onyx Bar. The address is 11 Old Aberdeen Place (Map below)

Sorry crew... Have a great weekend, I'm sure we'll see a lot of you at the Free and or Pro Events over Saturday and Sunday, if not at the Den tonight!!!

8/03/2007 - TV Crew @ Elephant & Wheelbarrow Tonight! -

We thought everyone would like to know that there's going to be a Channel 9 Film Crew taking some footage at the Elephant and Wheelbarrow events tonight, 8th March!

So if you'd like to be part of the action, wear your WA Poker League gear and head on down to the Elephant tonight, for Free or Pro Leagues!

It's a great venue, with awesome food and drinks, and if you haven't tried it yet, tonight might be your night to do so...

See you there!

Your WA Poker League Team

5/03/2007 - Reminder for The Boat - Public Holiday -

Hi all!

The Boat isn't holding their usual Free League tonight due to the Public Holiday... but remember, you can still head to the Paddo, Woodbridge or The Poker Den for your Poker. Remember, if you're coming to the Poker Den, please dress for the occasion - Fancy Dress for Ben's going away tournament!

4/03/2007 - Monday @ Poker Den -

All our Monday events are on as usual, with a very special Free League event happening at The Poker Den! Ben, one of our great team members,and someone who most of you have probably met at WAPL Tournaments, is heading off to further his career in gaming up north! He's going to be playing at the Den on Monday night, so to those of you who would like to see him off, feel free to come on down!

We have also decided (after a challenge was issued) to turn the event into an "Fancy Dress" party. Wear your most extravagant and "out there" costume to the Den on Monday night for your chance to win a great prize for best dressed!

We would like to thank Ben very much for all his help since the start of WA Poker League, and we're sure we'll see him back when he returns to Perth!

Looking forward to seeing everyone on Monday Night to farewell Ben!

1/03/2007 - New Venues! -

Rivervale held their last Pro League night on Wednesday, and a great night was had by all! We'd like to thank the Rivervale and all its playing supporters for their past attendance!

For your Wednesday Pro League, head down to South Freo Footy Club and support this great new venue! Drinks are cheap and meals are available, too, all at very reasonable club prices! Alternatively, there's always great fun to be had at the Boat Pro!

An exciting new venue has just signed up! East Fremantle Football Club has joined WA Poker League! Coming soon with Free League Tournament on Friday nights! We'll update when there's more info!

More great news! Onyx Bar to run Pro AND Free! Keep an eye out here for the starting Pro date for this rapidly growing venue! To those who were waiting for your Friday Night Pro League Poker, your wait is nearly over!

23/02/2007 - Reminders -

Please remember that there is no Onyx Bar tonight due to a private function, and no Attfield! But for your Sunday Poker Fix, check out the Morley Alehouse (Rego 12pm, Tournament starts 1pm), one of our newest venues starting this Sunday!

22/02/2007 - WAPL Season 3 - Even more ways to qualify and win! -

Last season we introduced the Pro League Top 10 prizes, with the top 3 winning cash prizes ($1000, $600 and $400 to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd) as well as their buy-ins to the Pro Grand Final!

This season the top 10 still gets those prizes, but the ante is being upped even more with more chances to win! Now the competition's sure to get even more lively!

We're happy to announce that now the Top Ranked player on each venue ladder at the end of the season will qualify automatically for the Grand Final for that league! What's more, those qualifying in Pro League will also receive their Pro League Grand Final buy-in as their prize for taking out the season at that venue!

Now there's even more reason than ever to get to the top of your favourite venue's ladder! Not only do you get the bragging rights, now you get to tussle it out with the best in your League at the Finals!

For more details on the Finals, check out the Season Finals Page!

Have fun qualifying! See you at an event soon!

Your Western Australian Poker League Team

22/02/2007 - News Update - The Attfield and more! -

It's with both regret and understanding that we must inform you that we will be stopping tournaments at the Attfield after the Pro League this Thursday! New management at the tavern want to try live bands on Thursday Nights for a while, and will consider returning to poker for Season 5 if live bands don't work for them!

We wish the Attfield all the best and look forward to seeing them back for Season 5, and to all our LOYAL Attfield players, there will be another Pro League Venue starting in your area on a Thursday night very soon, we'll keep you posted!

Please remember, ONYX Bar has a break this Friday for a booked event, so unless you're single and looking to find that special person, we'd suggest you not rock up to play poker. :)

We have some new venues! I am just waiting for some information before their pages are up on the Venues list, however I would like to welcome the Morley Alehouse (this Sunday midday, free league) and La Scala (next Tuesday Night, free league with pro coming) to the WA Poker League! The other new venues will be announced as soon as more info is available!

18/02/2007 - This Week! -

A few bits and pieces for this week!

Many of you may have read in the papers this week about the upcoming $6m renovations at Leederville Hotel! Great news for the pub, but not such great news for Tuesday nights! The Leedy events will be postponed till further notice pending the beginnings of the renovations in the upstairs room. As such, this Tuesday will be the last at the Leedy for now! Please note that it's going to be a Free League (Not Pro) event as the loss of quite a number of their chairs also impeded things a little last week! Best of luck to the Leedy and we can't wait to see the outcome of the renovations!

Woodvale Tavern has made Thursday Nights bigger and better than ever! With Pro and Free there now, and now being held in the Function Room from this week, we're sure it's going to grow very quickly! The Tuesday Night Free League @ Woodvale will cease for awhile to let Free League numbers increase on Thursdays again, and we look forward to getting back to the old Free League numbers, while adding the new Pro figures to it! You never know, they might return with the Tuesday Free League down the track once Thursday is at capacity!

Some more new venues will be added early this week, as well as some great new additions to our Shop!

Have a great week, and we will see you soon!

Your WA Poker League Team!

8/02/2007 - Jobs @ WA Poker League! -

Want to join the best Poker Tournament Operator in WA? Get in now for your chance to forge your career in Poker with an ethical, highly regarded and rapidly expanding company!

We're after dedicated team players who are reliable, trustworthy, and have great personal communication skills to join our awesome team! There's nothing better than bringing a great form of entertainment to those who love it, meeting lots of interesting people, and working in a fun atmosphere!

If you're interested, check out our Careers Page, or E-Mail your CV to jobs@wapokerleague.com.au

We look forward to hearing from you!

8/02/2007 - Tuesday's in Freo -

Due to circumstances beyond our control we regret to announce that WAPL will no longer run tournaments at the Left Bank, however... This event is being replaced by another exciting venue very close by! We'll announce it shortly!

Also, Onyx Bar has a function booked for Friday 23rd Feb, and as a result we won't be able to play poker that Friday! We're looking forward to another great turnout this Friday at Onyx!

Remember, no poker on Valentines Day at the Boat on the 14th!

5/02/2007 - Great news for Woodvale Thursday Free Leaguers! -

Due to popular demand, the new Thursday Pro League will be combined with a Free League event on Thursdays, in addition to the Free League event running Tuesdays at The Woodvale!

To all those players saddened about losing your Free League on Thursday night, we're happy to be hosting it again for you! We're now using Woodvale's Function Room on Thursday nights, so please ask a staff member if you can't find it!

See you at an event soon!

30/01/2007 - The Boat: dates for no poker -

Please be aware, Poker won't be on at the Boat on the following dates...

Monday April 9th - Easter

Wednesday Feb 14th - Valentine's Day

Monday March 5th - Labour Day

Monday April 23rd - St George's Day

Sorry for any inconvenience! We will post another reminder closer to the dates.

30/01/2007 - Elephant & Wheelbarrow... More Free Leagues! -

Not only can our Elephant & Wheelbarrow players play Free League on Wednesdays, now you can play Thursdays too, with a Free League being added to the Pro event every Thursday!

29/01/2007 - Australia Day and beyond! -

From all of us at WA Poker League, we hope that you had a safe and fun Australia Day! We sure did!

Back to our regular tournament schedules this week! Good to see the newer venues kicking off well, we're sure they'll grow quickly!

Play of the week! - The Attfield on Thursday. Cameron Brown heads up vs Nik Quayle. 8 5 offsuit vs King 5 offsuit. Flop comes 9 8 8 for trip 8s. We think it's all over! Turn card brings a King. The river brings another King! Full house Kings over 8s beats Full House 8s over Kings! Unbelievable hand that saw Nik almost recover from being very short stacked to winning! Cam managed to hold on to take the tournament in the end! Well done, some great hands played and won!

See you all soon!
Your WAPL Team!

26/01/2007 - Moondyne's Results -

Hi all.

Moondyne's results from Thursday night will be uploaded Sat morning, along with photos from the event! Sorry for the late posting!

22/01/2007 - Australia Day -

Due to Australia Day on the 26th Jan, there will be a couple of interruptions to our regular Tournaments! Please be aware that the following venues are not running events these nights -

Tuesday 23rd - Leederville Pro/Free - Leedy's Annual Staff Party, they're closed!

Thursday 25th - Elephant & Wheelbarrow Pro League

Friday 26 - Onyx Bar Free League

21/01/2007 - Attfield -

We have just been advised of another power outage in the Attfield area. Western Power has told The Attfield that they will have no power tonight, and as a result, we cannot hold the tournament as planned.

Apologies for the late notice, but we posted this update as soon as we were told!

18/01/2007 - Kwinana Saturday Night -

We apologise, however licensing for the first Pro League event on Saturday Night was just a little late going through, so we will be running the 20th Jan event as a Free League for the night! Pro will be happening the week after! Don't let it stop you from checking it out, we know that the Sat Nights @ Kwinana's going to be a great event! See you there!

Your WAPL Team

17/01/2007 - Paddington Alehouse Results, Monday 15th Jan. -

Congratulations to Jod Burke for taking out the first WAPL Pro League Tournament of Season 3! Jod took top spot out of 71 players to take the first WAPL Pro League Diamond Trophy for Season 3 as well as $639.00 for his efforts!! Well Done Jod!!

Unfortunately we are having a technical problem with uploading Monday's results, however this should be sorted in the next day or two and the results will be up as usual. We apologise for any inconvenience!

15/01/2007 - Season 3, Week 1! -

Welcome to Season 3!

Be amongst the first on the League Ladder for this season tonight, at one of our many great events around Perth and now in Kalgoorlie!

Tonight the Boat continues their Free League Tournaments up north, the Paddo kicks into the Season with Pro League as always, and The Poker Den and Woodbridge are back with great Free League events on!

Paddy's at Exchange Hotel are holding the first season event in Kalgoorlie too, tonight with 6pm registration and a 7pm start! The town is buzzing with talk about WAPL Poker, and we're really looking forward to quenching Kal's thirst for it after our initial teaser trip last month!

For all our members, and especially those participating in the first events tonight, best of luck for the season, whether it be Free or Pro League, and we look forward to bringing the best Poker in WA to you for another great Season with the WA Poker League!

Your WA Poker League Team!

12/01/2007 - WAPL Season 3! -

Well, we've had great Pre-Season Tournaments, but now the real fun begins again, with WAPL Season 3!

We're set for another huge season, and ready as ever to continue bringing the best Poker there is to offer in Perth to our members. We've got lots of things happening, new events, more Pro Leagues, Kalgoorlie kicking off, and much more... I'll cram as much as I can into this news!

Season 3 starts THIS Monday 15th Jan! Make sure you check our Upcoming Events for all the event dates and venues, as you set your sights on the top of the League Ladder!

We're happy to announce the beginning of the South Fremantle Football Club WAPL events, which will start on Wednesdays with a combined Free and Pro League! It's an awesome venue that we're sure will be huge! So get down there and support SFFC!

Onyx Bar is kicking off Free League Tournaments on Friday Nights, offering great food and a fantastic atmosphere to party the night away!

Elephant and Wheelbarrow, Woodvale Tavern, and Kwinana Lodge have joined our long list of Venues to start up a 2nd Poker Night every week, adding Pro Leagues on Thursday nights @ E&W, Tuesday nights @ Woodvale, and Saturday Nights @ Kwinana! These are sure to be a hit!

Kalgoorlie is all set to launch the first few Venues at the start of the Season, too, so if you're one of our current or aspiring members in Kal, we're looking forward to seeing you at Paddy's on Monday 15th, The Palace on the 17th, or any of the other Kalgoorlie Venues as we finalise their days for the Season! Keep an eye on the Venues because they'll be updated as we have more information for you...

The DVD for the Season 2 Grand Final is underway. We expect it to be about a month till production is complete and it's available from our Shop!

WA Poker League is also proud to announce an exclusive deal with Poker King, for distribution of their line of clothing products for Western Australia! Keep an eye on our shop for details and pictures when they're available, or check out the Poker Den for these awesome and great quality Poker Shirts! For poker players with attitude!

That's pretty much all I can think of for our huge update!

We hope you all had a great New Year, and that the coming season and year is filled with lots of Poker wins! One thing we know is that this year there will be another 3 WAPL Grand Champions crowned, receiving the biggest and best prizes available in poker in WA, following in the footsteps of Robyn Ivankovich and Peter Salamon from our first two seasons... Could it be you?

Of course we can't forget our Free League players! We know lots of you are trying Pro League this season, but don't forget the Free League Ladder! We'll still be having the best of the best of our Free League Ladder competing for the Championship title and trophy in the end of Season Free League Grand Final! You could join Lindsay Kent on the Free League Champion's list!

All in all, this will be another great season, with even more to offer to our members than previously, and we're really looking forward to bringing it to you!

See you at the next Tournament...

Your WA Poker League Team!

4/01/2007 - Pre Season Event Update! -

Well we said there would be some venues running Pre-Season tournaments! Here's the list of venues running events before Season 3 starts. Remember, they don't contribute to your season ladder points, but they're still a great opportunity to get your practice in before the season starts, and to have all the fun you usually have at WA Poker League events! Remember to check the upcoming events for exact dates at these venues!

Elephant & Wheelbarrow - Free Tournament Every Wednesday

59 players on 3rd Jan.

Moon & Sixpence Woodvale - Free Tournament Every Thur except Dec 28 and Jan 4

Moondyne Joe's - Free Tournament Thurs 28th Dec, 4th Jan, 11th Jan

Paddington Alehouse - Pro Tournament 1 week before Season 3, Jan 8th

Woodbridge Hotel - Pro Tournament Sat 13th Jan - 12noon

More venues may be added to this list, so keep checking back to get your poker fix pre-season!

29/12/2006 - 007 Themed New Year's Eve Poker Night! -

The Indian Ocean Brewery, right next to The Boat in Mindarie, is hosting a WAPL Free Tournament on New Year's Eve! Get into the swing of things with some stylish Bond attire, and get your NYE off to a great start with lots of fun! Kick on into the new year in the awesome atmosphere at the Indi! If you haven't checked it out yet, you're missing out...

What better way to spend NYE? Poker, friends, and a great location full of fabulous food and drinks to see in 2007!

Time : Register at 6pm, Tournament Starts 7pm

Place : Indian Ocean Brewhaus & Grill

Address : Ocean Falls Boulevard, Mindarie.

Straight from the Indi's website (www.indibrew.com) -

Go out with a BANG this New Years Eve and celebrate at the Marina Boardwalk.

Bond is coming to the Brewhaus! Party on into 2007 with the very stylish and ultra sexy '007 Party'.  featuring live band, the Howie Morgan Trio, and DJ until the early hours of the morning! Get down early to get amongst the fun and festivities of one of the biggest parties of the year.

Simply by making a purchase on the night between 6pm-9pm you could WIN a weekend getaway in Margaret River!
   
FIREWORKS OVER THE MARINA AT MIDNIGHT!

19/12/2006 - Pre-Season 3 events! -

Well we said there would be some venues running Pre-Season tournaments! Here's the list of venues running events before Season 3 starts. Remember, they don't contribute to your season ladder points, but they're still a great opportunity to get your practice in before the season starts, and to have all the fun you usually have at WA Poker League events! Remember to check the upcoming events for exact dates at these venues!

Elephant & Wheelbarrow - Free Tournament Every Wed

Moon & Sixpence Woodvale - Free Tournament Every Thur except Dec 28th and Jan 4

Moondyne Joe's - Free Tournament Thurs 28th Dec, 4th Jan, 11th Jan

Paddington Alehouse - Pro Tournament 1 week before Season 3, Jan 8th

More venues may be added to this list, so keep checking back to get your poker fix pre-season!

18/12/2006 - WA Poker League Crowns first King! -

Another season over, another record smashed by WA Poker League, and another awesome Grand Final show which saw many WAPL members walk away with big cash and other prizes! None happier than Peter Salamon, mind you, who braved and beat the huge field of 246 starters in the Pro League final to take top spot, netting him over a staggering $21,000, the WA Poker League Grand Champion Medallion valued at over $5000, and the Grand Champion Trophy!

Peter Salamon won over $21,000 and the Grand Champion Medallion worth over $5000 to take out the biggest poker tournament in WA History!!!

The Final Table consisted of Eddie McBraida (8th), Jeevan Krishnan (7th), Tristan Duthie (6th), Barry Price (5th), Casey Haw (4th), Marty Hubon (3rd), with Kevin Johnson (2nd) going into Heads Up Battle with Peter at the end!

Heads up was amazing, seeing huge chip stacks sway back and forth between Kevin and Peter with some big hands, until Peter finally emerged triumphant!

The results for the Grand Final for Pro League can be found here!

The Free League Grand Final went very well, also! Finally emerging victorious was Lindsay Kent, congratulations Lindsay! He took the Free League Trophy for his efforts, as well as all the fame!

The results for the Grand Final for Free League can be found here!

Photos from the event will be posted as soon as we can! If you have any great shots from the finals that you'd like to share, please E-Mail them to info@wapokerleague.com.au, we'd love to see them!

Finally, we must put out a huge thankyou to our Staff, who I'm sure everyone will agree did an amazing job on the day! To our Venues for their support throughout the Season, and to of course our wonderful players, who with their support throughout each season allows us to continue to be the biggest, best, and most well regarded Poker League in Western Australia!

We look forward to seeing everyone back for Season 3, in what will no doubt be another fiercely competed Season in WA Poker League! The official Season kicks off January 15th, but keep an eye on our upcoming events for some of our Venues who will be continuing to host Tournaments pre-season!

Thanks again, and from WA Poker League, we wish you all a Merry Christmas and a safe holiday!

15/12/2006 - Latest update for Sunday's Grand Finals -

If you're coming on Sunday, here's a checklist to remember -

• Claremont Football Club - Davies Road Claremont
• Sunday 17th December, 2006
• Qualifier Rego Time 10am Pro League, 12pm Free League
• Qualifier Close Off 12pm Pro League, 1pm Free League
• Extra Spots filled by next highest ranking players after Close Off times
• Buy-in $100 Pro League ($90 + $10 to CFC Fundraising)
• Top 272 Pro League Players Qualify, Top 40 Free League Players Qualify
• Bring money for Food, Drink, and Sit 'N Goes or the Cash Table!
• Claremont Footy Club has Club Pricing, so it's CHEAP!
• Membership Cards and ID essential!
• Member's Guests welcome to spectate!
• Claremont Train Station 2 minutes walk!

Sit 'N Goes, Standard WAPL Buy-In of $40

Hi-Roller Cash Table (Min $50 buyin, Max $200) $5/$10 No Limit, 7.5% commission

Please note, only WA Poker League Members who have participated in Tournaments during Season 2 may take part in any poker during the day.

15/12/2006 - Final Ladder Results! -

All ladder results are FINAL! We would like to congratulate all our Top 10 players on both ladders, and especially our final top 3 on Pro League!

Tony Tran managed to dominate most of the season in Pro League, but had a very close call with Jon Curtis coming at him in the last few weeks. He was able to hold Jon off to take 1st place, the $1000 prize, and Season Champion Trophy (Which will be awarded this Sunday at the Finals!) WELL DONE TONY!

Jon Curtis and Gary McGraw came 2nd and 3rd, each taking $600 and $400 cash respectively! Well done guys, great season!

All top 10 Pro League players also receive a Free Buy-In to the Pro League Grand Final Championship on Sunday! Well done to Colin Wilford, Jason Gasso, David G Evans, Daniel Stewart, Jonathan Pardede, Gabriel Pop, and Ignatius Matheron!

Competition in Free League was just as fierce, with Jay Poa and Chris Chamoun fighting it out for the top place for much of the season! Jay ended up with the top spot, and will take out the Free League Season Champion Trophy for this Season! Well done Jay, Chris and all our other Free League contenders, and we look forward to seeing many of you at the Finals on Sunday for your chance to compete in the Free League Final, or to support your mates!

All people in the finals will be able to select a venue to represent (both Free and Pro Finalists), and the top 3 players who selected their preferred venue will have their scores from the final averaged, with the top average Venue taking the Free or Pro League Top Venue Trophy's. So give some thought to the venue you would like to represent on the day!

There will be Sit 'N Go Tables (Standard buy-in $40) and a "Hi-Roller" Cash Table during the course of the day, available to WA Poker League Members who have participated in tournaments during this season.

Please remember to bring your Membership/Temporary Membership cards down to the event, as well as ID as it may be checked for validity on the day.

We're all looking forward to breaking the record for the biggest poker tournament in Western Australian history, which we already set at last season's Grand Final - Your WA Poker League Team really appreciates the support you've given us! Be part of it!

Keep an eye on this site for more details as they come to hand!

14/12/2006 - Pro League Results -

Another great night, and we're happy to announce the end of Season 2 with Western Australian Poker League!

For those of you wondering whether you made the top 10 in Pro League, we must apologise but there was accidentally 1 event deleted from the Pro League Season, that being a Woodbridge event. We are currently restoring backups from this event, and will definitely be corrected tomorrow, or at the latest by the weekend.

Please keep an eye on the website over the next few days for more exciting info on the Finals, and we will confirm as soon as the deleted event is reuploaded.

Congratulations on another fantastic season conclusion, and we look forward to seeing many of you on Sunday!

Your WA Poker League Team

12/12/2006 - Season 2 Grand Finals! More Info! -

OK, here's some updated information for the Grand Finals! We're really excited, it's going to be a huge day with a lot of very happy winners!

Date : Sunday 17th December (This Sunday!)

Location : Claremont Football Club

Registration Times :

Pro League Qualifiers - 10am-12pm (Don't be late or you'll lose your qualification)

Pro League Extras - 12pm-1pm (For Pro Leaguers who didn't qualify, your chance to take up seats not taken by qualifiers! Seating based on your Pro League Ranking for the season)

Free League Qualifiers and Extras - 12pm-1pm (Don't be late, Extras will be taken till the seats are full, based on Free League rankings)

Player Maxes :

Pro League - 272 (Yes, after assessing the Venue for room, we have been able to increase the possible seats for qualifiers to the top 272 players! More fun for everyone, with more to win! Remember, you MUST still be qualified or ranked in Pro League to take a spot as a lucky extra!)

Free League - 40 (Again, 40 qualifiers, any who don't show can be filled by next ranks down)

Pro League Buy-In - Top 10 Free, $100 buy-in for rank 11+

Free League Buy-In - No buy-in for Free League!

So it's definitely an event to attend even if you're outside the qualifications, as you might well be in with a chance to play should we have some qualifiers not show up!

Please be on time, we would hate to see a qualifier who gets to the event late miss out. It's a huge day and we try to keep it as organised as possible, so we need your help to do so!

We really must emphasise that this is a day for EVERYONE, not just qualifiers! There will be lots to do, lots to see, and as the day progresses and the numbers dwindle, everything will get very exciting as players get in the money in the Pro Final!

Prove to yourself and the rest in WA that you're the best! Take out the biggest Poker Tournament in WA history! Earn your title as Western Australian Poker League's Grand Final Champion!

There will be Sit N Go tables available during the day, and of course our WAPL Grand Final Table will be used for the Final 8 players!

We expect the Tournament to go till around 7-7:30pm, with awards and a bit of a party at the end, no doubt!

There will also be cheap drinks (Club pricing!) and great food available throughout the day, thanks to Claremont Football Club! Support the WAPL by supporting the Venues we play in!

Looking forward to an awesome turnout and a great day! Who knows, you might be a whole lot richer and be wearing the WAPL Championship Medallion by the end of next Sunday!

GOOD LUCK!

Your WA Poker League Team!

11/12/2006 - As Season 2 draws to a close... -

Please remember, the last League Tournaments for Season 2 run up till this coming Thursday 14th December, with our Grand Final on the 17th!

That means that until Season 3 starts officially on Monday 15th January, some of our Venues will be taking a break with us over the Xmas period, which is generally full of company functions, parties, and not much of a "break" for them, so to speak.

There will be SOME venues who will keep hosting WAPL poker events over this period, and you'll have to keep an eye on our upcoming events over the next week to know where to go for your Poker! We're confirming mid-season dates with Venues this week, and will have them on the site before next week.

Please check the site to be sure there's Poker on at your regular Venue(s) between seasons before you rock up and get disappointed if it's not!

We may well hold some extra events at the Poker Den if needed to help out those who really need their Poker!

We expect a really busy next few days, with people still rushing to seal their qualification to the Finals!

The Grand Final Prize Pool for the Pro League Final is *Definitely* bigger than last season, and we'll announce more details with final prize pool figures right here after our last Pro League on Thursday!

Looking forward to seeing many members down at Claremont Footy Club for the Finals on Sunday! Even if you didn't qualify, we can assure you it'll be a great day to attend!

Your WA Poker League Team

10/12/2006 - Kal Roadtrip Update! -

The trip to Kalgoorlie was a pretty uneventful 7 hours or so!

Most of the trip looked like this...

WAPL Rolls into Kal!

Straight to work!

After our first night at Paddy's (The official launch!), we're happy with the response and the turnout, with everyone having a great night! We have the first Paddy's event on their usual Monday night tomorrow, so we're looking forward to lots more players coming down to check it out! The Federal Hotel is going on Tuesday, and we'll add the others as starting days are confirmed!

There's a real buzz around Kal about WA Poker League, and we're really overjoyed to be bringing WA's Best Poker League to the Goldfields!

See you at an event soon, whether it be in Perth or Kal!

Your WAPL Team!

9/12/2006 - Attention All Members -

In keeping with the high standards of our Venues and Tournaments, we must ensure that the dress code set by each Venue is strictly adhered to by all our members.

Please be aware that thongs, board shorts and singlets are not acceptable attire and neat casual clothing is expected, so help us to keep our Venues happy and our standards acceptable at all times.

Disturbingly, it has also been brought to our attention that there has been an instance where signs of use of a prohibited smoking substance has been found. We would hope that this is not one of our members and would like to point out that the consequences of such actions if caught will be severe.

Thankyou for your support with the above.

Your WA Poker League Team (From the Kalgoorlie Roadtrip!)

9/12/2006 - WAPL HITS KALGOORLIE! -

As announced by WAPL on ABC Radio this morning we are pleased to be bringing Texas Hold 'Em Poker to the people of Kalgoorlie.

Based at many premium venues around the Kalgoolie Boulder region, Pubs already signed up include:

Paddy's Ale Bar @ The Exchange Hotel - Kalgoorlie

Blackhawk Nightclub - Boulder

Federal Hotel - Kalgoorlie

Palace Hotel - Kalgoorlie

Broken Hill Hotel - Boulder

Everyone is welcome to join us at the Kalgoorlie Launch Sunday Night, 6pm at Paddy's Ale Bar @ The Exchange Hotel.

Venues who want info on joining the WA Poker League should call Jason on 0413 155 193.

The Team at  WAPL

4/12/2006 - The Poker Den, week 2! -

Well, the Poker Den started well last week, and we expect it to go up tonight!

After several questions last week, we have looked into BYO as an option, and are happy to announce that we can allow BYO alcohol to the Poker Den.

As a BYO alcohol venue, cans/bottles of beer, premixed drinks, and bottles of wine may be brought in to the Den for your responsible consumption. Corkage will apply upon entry to the Den. $1 per standard sized bottle for beer and premixed drinks, and $3 per bottle of wine. Corkage will be refunded on any items not consumed at the event.

Looking forward to another great turnout across the board tonight!

28/11/2006 - Leedy Free AND Pro! -

Another new first for WAPL! We will be running a dual Tournament layout at The Leedy till the end of the season, comprising of Free AND Pro events!

Many Free league players were disappointed at the move to Pro, so Hutchy and the crew have given the go ahead for us to trial the new dual event idea till the end of season. We're sure it'll be a hit!

So head down to the Leedy tonight, whether it be for Free or Pro League, for a great night of poker! We know it's late notice, but hope to see a good contingent of the Leedy's old Free League crew too, if possible!

26/11/2006 - Introducing The Poker Den! -

We're very proud to announce the opening of the Poker Den, WA Poker League's Headquarters and official shop!

We will be opening the Poker Den on Monday Nights for Free League events till the end of Season 2, so our members can make it down to check it out!

We will be starting the WA Poker Academy, where those people who want to learn to play Texas Hold 'Em Poker will be able to join up and take beginners courses! For those members who play with WAPL already and want to improve their game, they'll be able to join in on the courses too! More information on courses will be made available closer to the start of the Academy!

The WAPL Shop, located at The Poker Den, houses not only Poker related merchandise, but also lots of Beer shirts, caps, Bar Towels, Keyrings, everything you need to make your Poker Nights even better!

The first Free League at the Poker Den is this coming Monday, 27th November! With a great atmosphere and centrally located, we are looking forward to seeing quite a number of Free League players at The Poker Den over the next few weeks!

23/11/2006 - Countdown to Season 2 Finals! -

Well, we're in week 12! That means there's just 3 more weeks of Season 2 events till we're at the Grand Final!

For Pro League, you're aiming to get into the top 240 on the Pro Ladder at the end of the season to ensure your qualification to the final! If you can get into the top 10, you will get your $100 Final buy-in as a prize, and should you place 1st, 2nd, or 3rd, you'll also win $1000, $600, and $400 CASH too!

For Free League, you're aiming to get into the top 40 on the Free Ladder at the end of the season to qualify for the final! As you know, no prizes of monetary value may be awarded to players playing in a Free League in WA, so our Free League players are playing for the trophy, the fun, and the fame!

Remember, even if you don't qualify for either final outright, you should still come down to the Grand Final! Not all players who qualify will make it down, for whatever reason, and the seats will be filled by those players who are next in line for them (by ranking). So you might get a seat in if you've been playing, yet haven't qualified!

Even if you don't get a seat, this is an event not to be missed! This is a showcasing of the best Poker Players WA has to offer, hosted in a centrally located, licensed, and very atmospheric Club, which has Club pricing to boot! Come down, support your mates, enjoy the spectacle, and support your Local WA Poker League!

Top 24 players (from 240) are paid out in Pro League, and the prize pool again will be massive! We're really looking forward to the event, and we're sure it's going to be bigger and better than last Season's Final!

23/11/2006 - Llama Bar -

It's unfortunate, but due to a combination of staffing issues and a poor choice of timing to move to Pro League from Free, that we must announce that the Llama Bar won't be seeing out this season's Poker Tournaments. There's a possibility that they will return in the new year once their staffing issues have been resolved, but till such a time, we apologise to the regular Llama Bar players, and thank them for supporting the Venue! You still have the Paddo for Pro League on Mondays, of course, and another nice, close venue on Tuesday nights, being the Leedy, which has started really well considering it's only had 2 weeks of Pro League!

20/11/2006 - WAPL Tip of the week! -

Chasing points for qualification to the Grand Final? It's not far away!

Why not try one of the newer, smaller tournaments? Sure, there might be less cash to win in Pro League, and less points allocated to those who make it into the top 20, but you've also got a better chance of getting into the points! Well worth it if you are trying to get those few more points than your competition!

Perfect places to do this in Pro League this week are our two newest Pro League venues, Llama Bar on Monday Night, and Leederville Hotel on Tuesday Night! Both will also be running Sit 'N Go Tables for those players who make an early exit from the Pro Tournament!

Good Luck!

14/11/2006 - Leederville Tonight Tuesday 14th Nov -

The Leedy tonight is definitely their first Pro League event! We will also be starting the Sit 'N Go Tournaments for those going out of the Pro Tournament early!

Remember, the poker room @ the Leedy is upstairs, so make your way up to see us when you get there!

13/11/2006 - Introducing... WAPL Sit 'N Go Tables! -

Everyone agrees, we all hate to be that first person out in a Tournament. You've got mates still playing, you wanted to have a great night of Poker, and win the Pro League Trophy, the points, and the cash, but you just got unlucky!

Well, now at selected WAPL Pro League events, you've got a chance to redeem yourself! We'll be converting some tables as they are vacated by the Tournament participants into Sit 'N Go Tables! Everything's exactly the same as the Pro League Tournament. Same rules, same price! The major differences are that you can't contribute to your Pro League Points (You've got to do that in the Pro Tournament!) and you're just playing on the single 8 player table, for a prize payout for the top 3!

So next Pro League you bust out early from, ask our staff whether there's going to be any Sit 'N Go games played! If there is, put your name on the reservations list, wait for us to get a full table, and get back into the game!

For a full 8 player Sit 'N Go, prizes are as follows -

1st - $120

2nd - $70

3rd - $50

Another exciting way to participate at our Pro League events! Have fun, and we'll see you at a Tournament soon!

Your WA Poker League Team

13/11/2006 - More WAPL Poker! -

We're happy to announce another 2 events set to start in Season 3!

The Elephant & Wheelbarrow, which is running Free League on Wednesday Nights right now, has decided to start a 2nd poker night up, this time Pro League! Starting Season 3, Pro League at the Elephant will be held every Thursday Night!

ONYX Bar in West Perth has also joined the growing list of WAPL Venues, kicking off with a Free League on Friday Nights! This is also set to start at the beginning of Season 3! For more info on the Onyx Bar, click HERE!

Don't forget, Tuesdays Pro League is at the Leederville Hotel! It's the first Pro for what is a very cool venue, so come on down and support your local Poker League!

7/11/2006 - WAPL Season 2 Grand Final - A date to keep free! -

Well, it's official!

WA Poker League Season 2 Grand Finals (For Pro and Free Leagues) will be held on SUNDAY 17th December 2006! So mark this day as busy in your calendars, because even if you don't qualify outright for the Final, this will be an event you won't want to miss!

We're set to smash last season's Prize Pool of $62,000, and with the Pro League Players competing for not only the Cash at our nightly events, but the overall Season Rankings ($1000 for first, $600 for second, $400 for third, and top 10 being awarded their $100 Grand Final Buy-In!) AND the ability to qualify for the Pro League Grand Final, things are really heating up!

Of course, the overall Champion of the Pro League Grand Final will take home not only the huge cash payout, but the WA Poker League Grand Championship Medallion, worth $5000, and engraved to signify the momentous event!

Get in there, get qualified, and be in with a chance to take out WA's BIGGEST and BEST Poker Tournament, with Western Australian Poker League!

More Details -

Location

Claremont Football Club, Claremont Oval, Davies Road Claremont. 2 minutes walk from the Train/Bus stations, it's the perfect venue for our Grand Final!

Yes, both Finals will be run on the same day, same venue, and simultaneously!

Pro League Grand Final

• Top 240 qualifiers (240 seats, if they're not filled, they will be awarded to the next ranking players at the event, so come down anyway!)

• $100 buy-in (A small price to pay for what you might win!)

• Top 24 places paid out! (Top 10% of the players!)

Free League Grand Final

• Top 40 qualifiers

• No buy-in

• Free League Championship Trophy Prize, unfortunately nothing of monetary value, but you're playing for the fame!

1/11/2006 - Melbourne Cup Tuesday 7th November -

The race that stops the nation is unfortunately set to stop Poker for the night, too!

Please be aware that next Tuesday 7th November there will be no WAPL Tournaments. The week after heralds the start of Pro League at Leederville, and we're sure it'll be a big one for our Pro League Players who've been missing their Tuesday Night Pro Leagues!!!

30/10/2006 - WA POKER LEAGUE ANNOUNCEMENT! -

To our Pro League Players - We're happy to announce MORE PRIZES to our Top ranking Pro League Season contenders!

Pro League Ranking @ End of Season

1st = $1000 Cash + Pro League Grand Final Buy-In!

2nd = $600 Cash + Pro League Grand Final Buy-In!

3rd = $400 Cash + Pro League Grand Final Buy-In!

4th-10th = Pro League Grand Final Buy-In!

These Prizes are for Pro League Season 2 Results! For Season 3, they may well be increased as the Prize Pool increases!

So get out there and get in the money, with WAPL Pro League!

To our Free League Players - We know you want a Final! Even if you can't win anything of monetary worth in it, you want the fame! Well, here it is...

Free League will have a Grand Final, held on the same date and Venue as the Pro League Grand Final, but as a totally separate Tournament! A smaller number of Free League Players qualify for the Grand Final, and this number will be confirmed soon, at the same time the Pro League Grand Final Cutoff and Date/Venue is announced! For those of you who like to plan in advance, it'll almost definitely be on Sunday the 17th December!

Also... Remember it's Llama Bar's FIRST Pro League Tonight! Come on down and check it out!

30/10/2006 - Attfield Tavern, Sunday 29th Oct -

We're sorry to those players who missed out on the Attfield game on Sunday 29th. Unfortunately due to the unscheduled power outage, the Tavern was without power and we couldn't conduct the game. It was as much a shock for us as you! Rest assured, the Attfield Free League will be back next Sunday!

Sorry for any inconvenience.

23/10/2006 - Universal Bar - Renovations + More! -

We're sorry, but we have confirmed that the Universal is still busy with their renovations. We have no firm date as to when the new floor will be in place and sealed, so we've put Universal Bar off for another 3 weeks. Hopefully we'll have some good news from the crew down there and be back at a new look Uni Bar sooner rather than later!

It's more than likely that Leederville Hotel will be hosting Pro League very soon, maybe as soon as next week! Stay tuned!

Also remember, Llama Bar moves Pro next week, from 30th Oct! This is the last night of Free League there, so come on down and make it a night to remember!

19/10/2006 - Woodbridge adds Free League! -

We're happy to announce that the Woodbridge has decided to add a second WAPL League Night to their week! Now with Free League Monday nights as well as their usual Pro League on Saturdays, they join an ever increasing number of venues running more than one event per week with WA Poker League!

Starting this Monday 23rd October, make it down to the Woodbridge in Guildford for your Free League!

Also, we'd like to announce the shift of the Llama Bar to Pro League. The 23rd October will likely be the final Free League at Llama, with Pro League set to commence on the 30th! Keep an eye on our news for more info as it becomes available!

19/10/2006 - WARNING TO MEMBERS -

Please be aware that if you participate in any Poker Tournament in Western Australia, where you are playing for the chance to win any prize(s) of monetary value either in that Tournament or Tournament(s) qualified for during that Tournament, that the event must be legally licensed under WA State Gaming Law.

Should you be in a position where you are at a Poker Tournament where there is a prize or progression to a Tournament with a prize of monetary value, we strongly recommend you request to view the Permit for a Gaming Function for the event.

This Permit is issued by the Department of Racing, Gaming, and Liquor, and is the ONLY legal way to conduct a Poker Tournament in Western Australia which leads to a prize worth monetary value.

We would not like to see our loyal members caught up in any legal ramifications resulting from illegally operated Poker Tournaments.

Every Western Australian Poker League operated event is conducted within the Western Australian State Gaming Laws, and we are very proud to bring you the best standard of Poker in our great state.

Thankyou for your continued support, and we look forward to seeing you soon!

Your WA Poker League Team.

16/10/2006 - Passport Prizes for Free League! -

The Passport system has kicked off to a great start! With that in mind, we are now happy to announce some further additions to the Passport system in Free League. Prizes!

That's right, now when you fill in your Passport in Free League, you not only go in the draw for 1st break reentry and gain your bonus 100 points, you'll also be eligible for a prize drawn at the 2nd break, and another drawn at the final table! More prizes may be drawn at Heads Up depending on the venue donating a prize, or other sponsorship!

So now you can win more at your Free League Nights!

A slight change with Pro League to bring both Leagues into line with each other. Pro League will have its 1st prize drawn at the second break, and 2nd prize drawn at the Final Table, with major prizes drawn at Heads Up!

Plenty of opportunities for ALL WAPL Members to collect great prizes at our Events, and yet another great incentive to hang around to watch your fellow members fight it out at the Final Table! (As if the Poker wasn't enough?!)

What better reason to support your Local Poker Operators?

Your Western Australian Poker League Team.

10/10/2006 - Tuesday 10th Oct! -

Tonight sees the Leedy's first night in Free League, and the Left Bank's second night! Brooklands and Kwinana are now in full swing, too! So no matter where you are, you should find a Free League event to suit you tonight! A reminder once more, Universal Bar is undergoing renovations, so there's no Pro League event tonight!

Thanks, and see you at an event soon!

4/10/2006 - The Leedy to join WAPL! -

The Leederville Hotel is the latest venue to join the WA Poker League!

With Free League Tournaments starting upstairs at the Leedy this Tuesday, we're sure it'll be a hit! Keep in mind next Tuesday, the Leedy might well become your Tuesday night free league if some of the other events are too far from you!

2/10/2006 - Yay -

Nice work Eagles!

Just a reminder, please make sure you don't head to the Boat for Free League Poker tonight!

Feel free to come to the Paddington for Pro League, and Llama for Free League however!

No Universal Bar on Tuesday nights for the next 3 weeks, but why not try out the Free League at the Left Bank instead?

29/09/2006 - News! -

Exciting news! The Left Bank in Freo is joining the WA Poker League, starting a Free League on Tuesday Nights! This coming Tuesday the 3rd Oct will be their first night. Try to make it down to support our newest Venue!

In other news, there will be no Tournament this SATURDAY at Woodbridge, since everyone in the state will be too busy watching the Eagles beat Sydney! Come on West Coast!

The Universal Bar is also having a 3 week break, while they continue their renovations, and get their floors redone!

Please make sure you don't go to these venues for Poker until the scheduled time for their return on our Upcoming Events!

26/09/2006 - WA Poker League Announcement! -

More Prizes, More Winners, More Fun!

Yes, that's right, now there's more Cash in Pro League, we're increasing the number of players paid out across the board! So now you have a better chance of getting in the money! What's more, we have some other exciting ways to win in both Free and Pro League!

The WAPL Poker Passport is here! You'll notice over the coming week, the arrival of a Poker Passport when you register to play in a WAPL Tournament! This is a great way of rewarding our loyal members who support the venues we play in! The basic idea is this...

• You get your Poker Passport at the start of the night, when you register.
• Every time you purchase Food or Drinks from the Venue (Drinks may be non-alcoholic of course!) you get a stamp from the bar staff on your passport.
• Once you fill in the 4 stamp spots on the Passport, hand it in to the WAPL Tournament Director to be entered into the draw to win! Obviously there are differences between Free and Pro League. These are as follows.

Free League - If you've unfortunately already gone out of the Tournament, and you have filled your Poker Passport and handed it in, there will be a draw at the 1st break. The winner of the draw who is no longer in the Tournament will be awarded a wildcard reentry into the Tournament, identically as if he or she had been the last reserve! Also, for everyone else in Free League who completes their Poker Passport on the night, you will be given a Bonus of 100 extra points for that Free League Tournament!

Pro League - Another chance to win! Complete your Poker Passport, hand it in to your Tournament Director, and make sure you're there for the draw to be in with a chance to win one or more prizes, both WAPL and Venue donated, should the Venue decide to do so! This draw will be done just prior to the commencement of the Final Table of 8 players, so make sure you stick around to watch the Final Table battle it out for the cash to have a chance to win!

Please note, you *must* be present in order to claim a prize from your completed Poker Passport, or else the prize will be redrawn for another lucky winner! There is a limit of one Passport per player per Tournament, and it's valid for that Tournament only.

Just some more reasons why WA Poker League is the most fun and rewarding way to play Poker in WA!

Keep having fun!

Your WA Poker League Team

25/09/2006 - News! -

Due to the Queen's Birthday next Monday 2nd Oct, the Boat's Free League will be taking a break! But never fear, it'll be back the week after!

The Llama Bar Free League is definitely on tonight! See you down there!

18/09/2006 - Grand Final Results -

The results from our first Grand Final have been up for a little while, however the Photos etc are now online too, so we might as well make a news post for it!

The results are HERE!

Please remember that there is no Llama Bar on tonight. Paddo and The Boat are on as usual, with the Llama continuing next week!

Also, keep an eye on the site, we have some very exciting news coming very soon!

13/09/2006 - News! -

Tonight Wednesday 13th Sept is the first night for the Elephant and Wheelbarrow in Northbridge! They'll be running Free League initially, and are looking to move to Pro League once the event is established.

Also, please be aware that next Monday the Llama Bar is having a by, due to a pre-arranged booking before we started at the venue! Please make sure you don't head down to Llama on Monday 18th Sept, but it'll be back the week after!

8/09/2006 - Please be aware... -

• The Attfield Free League on Sunday starts 1 hour earlier than most evening events do. Registration is at 5pm, with the Tournament starting at 6pm. This is a necessity due to the earlier closing time on a Sunday.
• The Llama Bar is going to run Free League for another few weeks, in order to grow in numbers and player experience! The perfect chance to get used to the Venue before it plunges into Pro League and gets packed out!
• We have another new Venue starting next week! The Elephant and Wheelbarrow in Northbridge is set to start with Free League on Wednesdays!
• The Boat Pro League next Wednesday has been upgraded to 10 tables from 5, so we shouldn't have quite as big a wait to get in! Still, you should make sure you're down early for registration, just to be sure!

6/09/2006 - Season 2 Results -

Event results are up! There's still a few payout figures being adjusted between Seasons 1 and 2, but all the new event results and the current pro and free league results should now be displayed correctly!

4/09/2006 - Season 2 Begins! -

Welcome to Western Australian Poker League's 2nd Season!

We're proud to announce the following venues will be starting this week -

Mondays - Paddington Alehouse (Pro), Llama Bar (Free, moving to Pro), The Boat (Free).

Tuesdays - Universal Bar (Pro), Kwinana Lodge (Free), Brooklands (Free).

Wednesday - Rivervale Hotel (Pro), The Boat (Pro).

Thursday - The Attfield (Pro), Moondyne Joe's (Free), Moon & Sixpence (Free, moving to Pro)

Saturday - Woodbridge Hotel (Pro)

Sunday - Belmont Tavern (Free), The Attfield (Free)

PLEASE NOTE: In the interest of lowering costs to our Venues, we have had to increase the buy-in for Pro League entry from $30 to $40, of which $20 will go towards the cash prizes for the night instead of $15 as before. Now there's bigger cash prizes to be won at every Pro League Tournament!

See you at a Tournament soon!

4/09/2006 - Season 1 Grand Final Round Up! -

After a mammoth weekend of Poker with the Western Australian Poker League Season 1 Grand Final, we're delighted to announce the winners of the event, and most importantly, our inaugural WA Poker League Grand Champion for Season 1, Robyn Ivankovich! After beating a field of 235 of Western Australia's best Poker Players, Robyn walked away with a HUGE $17,695 prize, a WAPL Grand Champion Medallion worth $5000, a Silver Trophy, her name on our perpetual Grand Champion Silver Trophy Cup, and all the fame which goes with her new title! We'd love to congratulate Robyn, and welcome her as the first to join the elite group of players who can say they've beaten the best in the West!

Here is a listing of the 8 Final Table players, of the 24 who won cash prizes!

1. Robyn Ivankovich - $17,695 + WAPL Champion Medallion + Trophy
2. Giulio Della-Rocchetta - $9,210
3. Tony Regan - $6,140
4. Robert O'Shea - $3,990
5. Nicholas Gribble - $2,765
6. Michael Renko - $2,150
7. Lionel Marcos - $1,840
8. Troy Palmer - $1,535

Congratulations to our Top 8, they all did a magnificent job!

Event Results from the Grand Final will be online soon, so you can check where you came!

Congratulations also goes out to Ryan Bochorsky, who took out our 1st Pro League Season as Champion, just pipping Tony Tran in literally the last tournament to take the title, and the trophy!

Tony Aslani won the overall Free League Season, and also placed in the top 24 in the Grand Final, well done Tony, on being our 1st Free League Season Champion!

All our players who finished top of their Venues were awarded certificates to signify these achievements, and as we all know, there was a lot of competition for the winners of different venues, so well done to you all, too!

Last, but definitely not least, we'd like to give a HUGE THANKYOU and congratulations to everyone who was involved with running the Grand Final on Saturday. To all our wonderful staff on the floor during the day, you all looked great, and worked even better! To our lovely waitresses, those awesome bar staff and merchandise staff, and everyone who was involved behind the scenes, thanks, we very much appreciate your support!

Special thanks also must go to Buck from Budget Cabinets, for the huge effort he put into making the incredible piece of art which is the Final Table! It was a major disappointment for him and us to have a hard drive fail at the last minute, which meant we couldn't take footage from the cameras on the night, but the table worked a charm, looked fantastic, and we can only thank Buck for all his hard work to make it so!

We will have the event results and photos up soon!

1/09/2006 - Grand Final Payout Structure -

What a hectic week it's been.

Well, we're proud to announce the payout structure for the Grand Final tomorrow!

Top 24 players of the 240 will be paid out. Final table is as follows.

1st = $17,695 + WAPL Grand Champion Medallion + Grand Champion Trophy!

2nd = $9210

3rd = $6140

4th = $3990

5th = $2765

6th = $2150

7th = $1840

8th = $1535

Positions 9-24 will be paid out between $1230 and $305. (Prizes subject to change should we have less than 240 players)

Presentation of certificates to Venue winners for Free and Pro League Seasons will take place after the Tournament concludes, before the major prize money and trophies are awarded.

Media will be in attendance, so dress to impress!

Doors will open at 11:30am for registration of qualified players until 12:30pm. Please don't be late, or you risk losing your seat!

Food and Drinks (including alcohol) will be available throughout the event! (Or until sold out)

We expect the Tournament to conclude around 7pm, with presentations after.

Last of all, best of luck to everyone for what is sure to be a great day for the Western Australian Poker League and its members!

See you there!

Your WA Poker League Team

1/09/2006 - GRAND FINAL INFO! -

Well, here it is, what you've all been waiting for!

Western Australian Poker League Season 1 Pro League Grand Final!

When : Saturday 2nd September, 2006. Registration for qualifiers 11:30am-12:30pm. It is very important to get registered before 12:30, as our timing for this event is critical. If you are late to register, you forfeit your seat, no buts. At 12:30, any seats not taken by qualifiers will be open to other members, starting from those closest to 240 ranking in Pro League.

Where : Alma Venville Recreational Center, Eighth Ave Maylands. (Just East off Guildford Road, on the left, behind the library.) Plenty of parking available!

Buy-In : $100 as voted by the vast majority of our member base. Must be in the top 240 Pro League players at the end of this week (Sunday) to qualify for a seat. $90 to Prize Pool, $10 to CanTeen, our official charity for the Grand Final! Any players from the 240 qualifiers who do not show up on the day will have their seats taken by members ranked closest to the 240. (241 and down).

There will be Food and Drinks available throughout the day, including alcohol.

We are proud to announce CanTeen as our charity for our Grand Final. We're sure you've already heard about them, but they are an Australian organisation dedicated to supporting young people living with cancer (12-24yo) and those closest to them. There will be fundraising for CanTeen taking place during the day, so please support such a worthy cause should you have the means.

We are happy to confirm that this first season has gone much better than even we expected! Although it won't be confirmed till the end of this coming Saturday's Pro League event, our Grand Final Prize Pool will definitely exceed $60,000! This makes our 1st Season Grand Final already the BIGGEST Prize Pool Texas Hold 'Em Tournament in Western Australia, and guarantees that Season 2 and future Seasons will just keep getting bigger!

We will be paying out top 24 places, and when the prize pool is finalised, we shall update the site with proper percentages and figures!

Any questions, please E-Mail info@wapokerleague.com.au . We will update the news as more comes in.

Please be aware of the following for the Grand Final on Saturday 2nd!

• This event is licensed and restricted to ages 18+
• You may be asked to show ID at the door to prove your age
• You must bring your WAPL Membership card (New or Temporary) in order to gain entry for you and any guests to the event
• There is a ruling of NO headphones for this event and other WAPL events. We're a social league, and would like to keep it as such. Headphones cause problems with the gaming, the interaction between players, and potentially much worse
• The table areas will be cordoned off, and spectators MUST stay out of these areas. The only people inside the areas will be active players seated, and WAPL Staff

We're looking forward to what will be a huge day! Hope to see you there!

29/08/2006 - Events for Next Season Up! -

Yes, the event schedule for next season is now online!

We have some exciting new venues cranking up, and the ending of some Venues which have proven to be less than worthwhile. All of our premium venues have steamed ahead through Season 1, and we expect them to continue the great work into Season 2!

A few more important announcements about next season! The buy-in for Pro League events has been increased from $30 to $40. The breakdown of nightly prize payouts have also increased in line with this change, as has the club fundraising efforts from our Tournaments, guaranteeing that there will be even more to win at our events in future seasons, and more value being added to Venue Club membership! So get in there and get involved with your club!

More info on the Grand Final, including Payout figures is coming SOON!

28/08/2006 - Reminder -

Just a friendly reminder. As our 1st Season finished last Sunday, this 16th week is dedicated soley to our Pro League Grand Final, to be held next Saturday the 2nd Sept. As such, there will be no events this week other than the Grand Final on Saturday!

Season 2 is due to commence the following Monday, 4th Sept. Keep an eye on the site, as we'll be adding the new events to our schedule this week!

24/08/2006 - GRAND FINAL INFO! -

Well, here it is, what you've all been waiting for!

Western Australian Poker League Season 1 Pro League Grand Final!

When : Saturday 2nd September, 2006. Registration for qualifiers 11:30am-12:30pm. It is very important to get registered before 12:30, as our timing for this event is critical. If you are late to register, you forfeit your seat, no buts. At 12:30, any seats not taken by qualifiers will be open to other members, starting from those closest to 240 ranking in Pro League.

Where : Alma Venville Recreational Center, Eighth Ave Maylands. (Just East off Guildford Road, on the left, behind the library.) Plenty of parking available!

Buy-In : $100 as voted by the vast majority of our member base. Must be in the top 240 Pro League players at the end of this week (Sunday) to qualify for a seat. $90 to Prize Pool, $10 to CanTeen, our official charity for the Grand Final! Any players from the 240 qualifiers who do not show up on the day will have their seats taken by members ranked closest to the 240. (241 and down).

There will be Food and Drinks available throughout the day, including alcohol.

We are proud to announce CanTeen as our charity for our Grand Final. We're sure you've already heard about them, but they are an Australian organisation dedicated to supporting young people living with cancer (12-24yo) and those closest to them. There will be fundraising for CanTeen taking place during the day, so please support such a worthy cause should you have the means.

We are happy to confirm that this first season has gone much better than even we expected! Although it won't be confirmed till the end of this coming Saturday's Pro League event, our Grand Final Prize Pool will definitely exceed $60,000! This makes our 1st Season Grand Final already the BIGGEST Prize Pool Texas Hold 'Em Tournament in Western Australia, and guarantees that Season 2 and future Seasons will just keep getting bigger!

We will be paying out top 24 places, and when the prize pool is finalised, we shall update the site with proper percentages and figures!

Any questions, please E-Mail info@wapokerleague.com.au . We will update the news as more comes in.

23/08/2006 - News -

Apologies for the extended news break! As you can imagine, things have been very hectic coming up to our Grand Final, and the temporary outage of internet access hasn't helped!

In short, the last two weeks have seen more increases in players across the board! The new venues are going strong, and the Paddo continues to amaze with record turnouts, first 169 on the 14th ($1140.75 1st prize!), and then 174 players on the 21st! ($1174.50 for first!).

Another very notable event would have to be the 22nd at Universal Bar. We managed not one but 2 Royal Flushes (both of Diamonds) during the Tournament! WOW!

Stay tuned, we will be posting details of our Grand Final shortly for you!

14/08/2006 - News! -

First up, our apologies for a small outage to our website overnight. It was unavoidable but is now fixed!

Secondly, and very importantly, all of our night events now have registration starting at 6pm, with the Tournaments starting at 7pm. This means that Beeches, Mirrabooka and Moondyne Joe's will be starting registration and play 30 minutes earlier from this week onwards. Please make sure you arrive in time for the Tournament! The reason for this change is to bring them back into line with our other Tournaments, since as they have grown bigger, finishing times have stretched out, and we must be sure to finish Tournaments on time.

Thirdly, we have 2 new Venues starting this week! Tomorrow is the first event at the Old Bailey Tavern in Joondalup! Rego at 6pm, Play at 7pm. Please check the Venues area for more information. The Old Bailey will be running Free League till the end of the season, then the plan is to move to Pro.

This coming Sunday marks the first day at the Belmont Tavern, too! Registration will start at midday, with the Tournament starting at 1pm. This will be Free League, and more information will be posted should Belmont decide to bring in Pro, too! We look forward to seeing you at our new venues this week!

6/08/2006 - Week 12! -

Week 12 was another huge week for WA Poker League!

Monday saw yet again another record number of players at the Paddo, with a mindblowing 148! Still our Pro League ladder leader, Ryan Bochorsky powered his way through the competition to take out the biggest WAPL Tournament yet, and the biggest first prize yet of $1000!!! (It was actually $999, but Porcia donated $1 to hit the grand, nice!) With the win, Ryan has again added a buffer to his lead which Tony Tran had been rapidly catching up to! Lots of competition at the top, and all the way through the Pro League Ladder! Results from the Tournament!

On Tuesday, Universal Bar had a hit night, 75 players total, and a big win going to Matthew Thompson, who took home $506.25 along with his Pro League Trophy! Well done Matthew! Results!

Mirrabooka had another big night, with Ashley Quek taking out the top spot, worth 1369 points, against 67 other players!

Wednesday, our busy night, showed a big turnout at Rivervale and The Boat, as well as a return to good form at Beeches, and another solid showing at Claremont! Rivervale saw a boyfriend/girlfriend heads up, with Tracey Snaith finishing strongly to beat Srdjan Jakovljevic to the $580.50! Event Results!

Adrian Ho won at Claremont, taking 520 Free League Points! Event Results!

The Boat had a new player record, with 72, beautiful! Chris Chamoun won on the night, securing 1440 points! Event Results!

Beeches had 46, and saw Nigel Simmons take top spot with 920 points for the night! Event Results!

Moon and Sixpence Woodvale had their 1st night on Thursday night, with a promising 22 player start! John Florento won the event! Event Results!

The Attfield had a solid 60 player tournament, where some missed out due to seating allocations and too many on the waitlist! Next week will be 10 tables, 80 players + waitlist, so let's fill it up! Richard Trevithick won the event and the $405 on the night! Event Results!

Moondyne Joe's saw a good turnout, with 47 players! Simone Boccia won the 940 Free League points! Event Results!

Finally, but certainly not least, Woodbridge Hotel had their 2nd event on Saturday afternoon! We had a HUGE increase in players for this Pro League Tournament, a total of 52! We'll be increasing the number of tables from 5 to 10 for next week, so don't worry about missing out! Let's make it another big jump next Sat! There was some great play all day, but in the end, Robyn Ivankovich triumphed, taking a 1st place prize of $390! Well done Robyn! Event Results!

2/08/2006 - NEW VENUE! Woodvale Moon and Sixpence! -

The Moon and Sixpence in Woodvale adds itself to our growing list of quality venues! Check out its Venue Page here! We will be holding WAPL Free League Events every Thursday starting this week, until the end of the season, at which time they will move straight into Pro League for Season 2! Head on down and check it out this Thursday 3rd August!

1/08/2006 - Week 11 Results -

After a massive start at the Paddo, things didn't slow down!

Here's the results from the rest of the week...

Tony Tran had a great performance at Universal Bar on Tuesday night, taking out the Pro League, 1400 points and $472.50! Record 70 players!

Mirrabooka had a record 70 players too, with James Waghorn winning his 3rd Mirrabooka Free League Trophy, and 1400 points! Well done James! (Another first there!)

The Boat had 67 (Another record!), and Joseph Chamoun took the win, with 1340 Free League points.

Yet another record number of players at Rivervale, with 93! Ernest Minas won the $627.75 prize, to go with his 1860 Pro League points! Great turnout!

Claremont Footy Club had their biggest night to date, too, with 27 and a triumphant Walter Andrews, taking 540 points!

Beeches Tavern saw Andrew Davies take the win and the trophy, with 680 Free League points.

The Attfield had a record crowd of 66, with our very first Pro League winner Ian Lattimore coming back to win $445.50, and 1320 Pro League points!

Jarrad Binns took 1060 points in a 53 player Free League at Moondyne Joe's! Yet again a record crowd for this WAPL Venue!

Last, but definitely not least, Saturday saw the start of our latest Pro League Venue, the Woodbridge Hotel in Guildford! With 23 starters (and dare I say a record for this venue!), we saw new member Colin Wilford win the $172.50 prize for first place, along with 460 points! Great venue, it shows lots of promise, so please make an effort to check it out if you're near Guildford (or even if you're not and feel like a nice drive!)

All in all, every venue but 1 with record attendances! Awesome atmospheres, great poker, and a lot of good nights out!

28/07/2006 - New Pro League Venue Reminder! Saturdays! -

Every Saturday, starting THIS Saturday 29th July, is Pro League at the Woodbridge Hotel in Guildford! Don't miss out, and please come down if you can to support another new WAPL Pro League Venue! Registration at midday for a 1pm start!

25/07/2006 - Another great start to the week. Week 11! -

Paddo had another hit night on Monday night, with 134 starters! This saw a first prize of over $900, again signifying another milestone for WA Poker League! Results for the event are here! Congratulations to new WA Poker League Member AJ Hutchins for taking out the event! We also have reached over 1000 members! In just 10 weeks, we are very proud to have reached this pinnacle, and look forward to many more in the future!

For all of you who've been waiting for info on Membership and the Grand Final, it's all coming very soon! We are hurrying through the process of creating the membership cards. If you have moved, or didn't put your correct address in your membership signup form, please make sure you E-Mail us your correct info, or else your card won't reach you.

The Grand Final Venue will be announced soon! It will be pretty much central, so people coming from far north or south aren't too disadvantaged. The exact date is yet to be confirmed, but it will definitely be held on either the Saturday or Sunday following the completion of our 15th Week in Late August. The number of players at the Grand Final will be at LEAST 200, possibly up to 300, depending on the location. If you're trying to secure your position in the Grand Final, try to make sure you're in the top 200 Pro League Members by the end of the season!

23/07/2006 - Saturday Fundraiser! -

What a great night in the Swan Valley!

Swan Valley FC's Fundraiser was a great night, with lots of fun had by all!

Many new people learnt to play Texas Hold 'Em, and everyone seemed to love the game (of course!). We saw quite a few current WA Poker League Members rock up too, thanks to those of you who helped some of the newer players along during the night!

Congratulations to the cash prize winners on the night! These were -

1st - Chris Stowe

2nd - Jeremy Hardy-Johnston

3rd - Dave Jackson

4th - Ben O'Connor

5th - Tess Mullaney

We will have some pictures posted of the event soon!

If YOU want to arrange a Corporate Function, or a Fundraiser for your Club, please get in touch with us for details, info@wapokerleague.com.au

21/07/2006 - Swan Valley Football Club Fundraising Event Info! -

Date : Saturday 22nd July

Time : 5:30pm for new player tutorials, 6:30pm Tournament Registration, 7:30pm Tournament Start. Please don't be late, you might miss out!

Cost : $20 entry ($10 to prize pool, $10 to fundraising)

Location : Baskerville Hall, Memorial Drive Baskerville

We will also be running a CASH TABLE! $1/$2 No Limit Texas Hold 'Em, Min $50 Max $100 Buy-in plus 10% Fundraising commission on the buy-in, with a Max $500 limit on chips at the table. Upon reaching the limit, you'll be paid out and will be able to join the line to sit back at the table with another Buy-In. This will hopefully enable everyone who wants to try the cash game to enter. Please be aware that since this is our very first cash table game, we may need to make adjustments during the night to accomodate for any problems which may arise.

We'd like to encourage you to come along and support the Swan Valley Football Club in their Fundraising Night, and show them the same support we see week in and week out at our League Tournaments! Thanks!

Your Western Australian Poker League Team.

21/07/2006 - Week 10 Results! -

Another huge week for WA Poker League!

Monday saw yet another record participant level at Paddington Alehouse, with new member Derek Griffin taking first place, a huge $884.25 and 2620 Pro League Points! Well done Derek!  Paddo results here!

On Tuesday both Universal Bar and Mirrabooka Tavern hit 60 players a piece! Mirrabooka Tavern has now outgrown the restaurant area, and we have a nice big function room to fill up with Poker on Tuesday nights now! A delighted Kristy Mellor took 1st place at Universal Bar, taking home $405! David Clark won at Mirrabooka Tavern, for a cool 1200 points! - Universal Bar Results - Mirrabooka Tavern Results.

Rivervale Hotel went off again on Wednesday night, with 72 players, a full 9 of 10 tables, and the top two place winners not only being new WA Poker League members, but also totally new to 'live' Texas Hold 'Em! Well done boys! After a great Heads Up, Adam Hume took the trophy and the $486, as well as 1440 in Pro League Points! Rivervale Hotel Results.

Claremont Football Club has started to build, with 26 players and a great atmosphere on Wednesday, with our very own Frank Maley taking 1st place in this Free League Tournament! Well done (Fluke! :) ) - Claremont Results.

The Boat was steady with another 52 players in Free League Wednesday! Bryan Hall took the Tournament with 1040 points! - The Boat Results.

Beeches Tavern was also steady at 39! Daniel Evans won out at the end, adding 780 points to his Free League ranking. - Beeches Results

Last night at The Attfield saw a nice showing of 49 players, and a smooth Tournament which saw some early upset losses to Full Houses! Eddie Wright took the tournament with some cool play and a lot of stack shifting! $367.50 and 980 Pro League points went to Eddie! Well done! - Attfield Results

Moondyne Joe's also saw a record 52 players on Thursday night! David Hywood ended the night on top, with a big 1040 point win over Esther Harris in Heads Up! Moondyne Results

18/07/2006 - Varga Lounge Venue Change! -

We must announce that after a couple of weeks, the owners of Varga Lounge have realised that Poker is probably more suitable in a Pub atmosphere, and will be moving the Pro League event from Varga Lounge to another of their more poker savvy pub venues very soon! Keep an eye on the news, and we'll post the new venue's name as soon as our approvals are through!

Sorry for the inconvenience and short notice, but quite honestly the people who experienced Varga's first two weeks will agree that the lighting and coldness of the venue really made for some difficult poker play, if a little interesting... :)

Stay tuned, and remember this coming Saturday Fundraiser! You might want to arrange some mates to head down there, it'll be a great night!

17/07/2006 - WAPL's 1st Club Fundraiser -

Swan Valley Football Club Fundraising Poker Night!

This coming Saturday night (22nd July) Swan Valley Football Club will be hosting a WAPL Operated Fundraising night! It's certain to be a night full of fun for those who've never played Texas Hold 'Em through to our regular playing members!

There will be a Buy-In tournament, as well as a no limit cash table, for the first time at a WAPL Poker Night (And definitely not the last!)

So if you want to come down to this big event, and we suggest you give it a try, it'll be held at Baskerville Hall, Memorial Drive Baskerville! Registration to the Tournament will start at 6:30, with the Tournament beginning at 7:30. In addition to this, if you have never EVER played Texas Hold 'Em Poker before, you are more than welcome to come down early (between 5:30 and 6pm) to receive a free lesson on how to play, including Tips and Tricks from our WAPL Staff!

There will be up to 20 tables involved in this Tournament, and there will be at least 1 cash table running the entire night! More information to follow...

Don't miss out on this one!

17/07/2006 - Week 9 Round up! -

The week continued very strongly after the great start at Paddo!

We saw a very excited Deb Palmer take the trophy and $345 in another fun Universal Bar event on Tuesday, while Fiona Wiltshire couldn't do anything wrong at Mirrabooka. Every call seemed to catch her the winning cards in this great, 52 player event! An amazing win for the girls on Tuesday's Tournaments!

Penny Wells concreted her spot at the top of Claremont Footy Club's Free League on Wednesday, whilst the Boat pushed on to new heights, now becoming the first Free League venue to hit 60 players! Well done Hayden Tangyuk for taking this one down! Rivervale proved itself to be another hit, with another jump in entries in its 2nd week! James Orso took the Tournament, and the $432!

Beeches Tav hit 41 players on Wednesday night, too, with Sandip Patel taking the night out, along with the 820 points for first.

Thursday saw strong showings at Moondyne Joe's and The Attfield, with Col Glastonbury winning at Moondyne's and Richard Trevithick at The Attfield, for $352.50!

Varga Lounge had the same number of players as its first week, though unfortunately a combination of the nightclub lighting combined with the temperature has led to the probable shifting of Varga's Tournament to another more poker suitable venue. News on that soon!

Over the next week, you'll see some more info regarding the Grand Final, as well as some very exciting news! Also, you can expect your Membership cards soon! They are in, and in the process of being individualised for all our members!

11/07/2006 - WAPL's Biggest Tournament Yet! -

Yes, it's official! With a huge 130 player turnout, last night at the Paddington Alehouse was the biggest WA Poker League event yet! Miki Malenic won the night, a massive 2600 Pro League points, and a very sweet $877.50! Steven Sumegi was 2nd with $390 and 2470 points, with David Kynaston 3rd with $292.50 and 2340 points!

Top 8 were paid out, as usual for 100+ player tournaments, and the rest of the event places and payouts, as well as some photos from the night can be found on the event results page HERE!

Not only was this the biggest WA Poker League event yet, it also signified another milestone for us, being a total payout figure of over $20,000 in just 8 weeks and one Tournament!

With Pro Leagues at Universal Bar tonight, Rivervale tomorrow night, with Varga Lounge and Attfield on Thursday, we look forward to seeing you soon!

Remember, if you want to play Free League to practice for Pro, Mirrabooka is on tonight, The Boat, Beeches Tav and Claremont Football Club on tomorrow, and Moondyne Joe's on Thursday!

10/07/2006 - Thursday Results -

Our first night with two Pro League events! Varga Lounge saw a promising start for Thursday nights there. Sandip Patel won the first event at Varga, with $195 in prize money, followed by Ben Yuill with $117 and David Tracey with $78! The Attfield saw Scott Huynh come out on top with a $202.50 win, with Stuart May winning $121.50 for 2nd, and Andrew Miller taking $81 for 3rd place!

Moondyne Joe's Free League was steady at 39 players! We are looking forward to hitting 50+ there over the next couple of weeks! Peter Griffiths took the night with 780 points, followed by Adam Cherry with 741 and Andrew McKinlay with 702 points!

Well done all, and we look forward to seeing you again soon!

6/07/2006 - Wednesday, WAPL's first 4 Tournament night! -

And what a huge night it was! With record numbers again for the 4th consecutive week running at The Boat, and a huge first crowd at The Rivervale, what more could we ask for?

We saw The Rivervale Pro League kick off with a bang, having a huge 57 players on their first night! Next week we will have double the capacity (10 tables, 80 players starting) and no doubt a bigger crowd! In a night that paid out Top 4, we saw our current Pro League Leader Ryan Bochorsky win his very first Pro League Tournament, taking home $427.50 and giving himself a nice lead on the League Table. Well done Ryan! Ryan was followed shortly behind by Adam Rutherford with $213.75, Daniel Chan Ee with $128.25, and David Tracey with $85.50! Congratulations guys!

The Boat grew to new heights, 52 players now! George Mylonas took out the night with a big 1024 point win, along with his Free League Trophy! Well done George! 2nd and 3rd places were taken by Dean Fegredo and Robyn Ivankovich.

Claremont Football Club was pretty stable around their 2 table level, and saw David Galbraith taking out the win with 320 points! Barry Ward was 2nd, with Kai-Paul Kench in 3rd! Nice work!

Beeches saw Lillian Te Tana coming 1st with 580 Free League points, in a great Tournament, with Sam Sammut and Paul Nielsen coming 2nd and 3rd respectively!

All in all, a very big and very good Wednesday for our WAPL Members!

5/07/2006 - Tuesday Results -

Universal Bar saw a big pickup in attendance, which was great (and expected!). In what was an awesome night of Poker, we saw new WA Poker League Member Simon Watson take out 1st place from a 62 player field, to win $418.50! In a night that paid out top 5, an ecstatic Brendan Cole took $232.50 for 2nd place, whilst Ben O'Connell, Paul Dewar, and Kristy Mellor took 3rd, 4th and 5th prize places! We look forward to another great turnout next week!

Mirrabooka also had a great night! With 45 players, James Waghorn had his work cut out for him to take out the night in 1st with 900 points! Marc Piccirilli took 2nd, and Glen Wong took 3rd! Well done guys! See you next week!

5/07/2006 - Monday @ Paddo! -

Another great Tournament with 112 players! This time Paul Crespi took the big $756 1st place prize, and in the process catapulting him into 7th place on the Pro League ladder! Corey Steel came in a very close 2nd place with $336, with the remaining 6 prize winning places occupied by Michael Lipari, Ben Yuill, Ben Cooper, David Meleng, Darlene Cruz and Debbie Whiting! Another 2 girls in the top 8. Well done all!

2/07/2006 - Remember -

We have 2 new Pro League Venues starting this week! Please try to make it down to check them out, and support their entry to the Western Australian Poker League! The Venues are Rivervale Hotel on Wednesday Nights, and Varga Lounge Thursday Nights! Both being either right in Northbridge or within 5 mins from the city, we're sure they'll go off with a blast! See you there!

2/07/2006 - Wed, Thurs, and News! -

Wednesday was yet another night of record attendances at our 3 Free League events! Claremont Footy Club, Beeches Tavern, and The Boat all had great nights, with Wayne Patrick taking out the CFC Tournament, Marty Hubon winning at The Boat, and Paul Nielsen at Beeches!

Thursday saw Paul Mac take 1st place and $375 at The Attfield, knotching up his 2nd Pro League Tournament win within a week! Well done Paul! Matthew Yarnold came 2nd with $187.50 in prize money. Jamie Cole and Jason Clarke came in 3rd and 4th with $112.50 and $75 in winnings respectively. Bradley Cooper won the Free League Tournament at Moondyne Joe's on Thursday night.

In other exciting news... More functionality has been added to the website, in the form of Event Photos! That's right, if there have been photos taken at an event, you will find the best photos added along the right hand side of the event results page! Click on them to see a higher quality shot. Most of the photos are from early Paddo results, though now we have the functionality there, you can be sure to see more images showing up in the results from now on! Also, if you take a great photo at one of our events, please E-Mail it to info@wapokerleague.com.au along with the date/venue it was taken at, so we can put it up on the results page for that event!

28/06/2006 - Tuesday Roundup -

Some great results last night at the Universal Bar and Mirrabooka Tav! Kristy and Les Mellor managed to take out 1st and 2nd in an awesome daughter father combination that saw the pair taking $345 and $172.50 between them! In a fun Pro League Tournament that paid out top 4, 3rd place and $103.50 went to Tony Tran, with a very consistent Deb Palmer taking 4th with $69! 2 in the top 4, great work girls!

Mirrabooka Tavern wasn't without a special night itself. Paul Devereux, Western Australian Poker League's first blind member, just squeezed through to take out the Free League Tournament from Chris Bell, after a nail-biting heads up which saw the chip lead shift many times. Congratulations Paul, and a special thankyou goes to Ross Belstead, who very kindly offered to be Paul's seer for the tournament. This was Mirrabooka's biggest night yet, so we're looking forward to even more next week, when hopefully the weather will be a little nicer!

27/06/2006 - Paddo Results! -

With a huge Aussie World Cup support team cheering "All in, all in!" for a good 2 hours before the completion of our Pro League at Paddo, we held another spectacular night of Poker, with 111 players! Top 8 were paid out, and competition was tough! Nicholas Gribble ended up 3rd with $249.75, with Paul Mac and Luke Epstein fighting it out for 1st position. Paul ended up taking 1st, with a cool $749.25 and 2220 points, to Luke, 2nd, with $333 and 2109 points! Event results are here!

Don't forget the Universal Bar (Pro League) and Mirrabooka Tavern (Free League) are on tonight! We hope to see you there!

Your WA Poker League Team.

25/06/2006 - Paddo is ON! -

Yes, we are running Pro League at Paddo on Monday night. We'll be trying to finish up a little quicker than usual, so we can kick on and watch the Soccer! Come on Aussies!

Thursday night was another hit! With 39 players at Moondyne Joe's, everyone had an awesome night out! Many of them checked out the Claremont Footy Club on Wednesday, too! Lots of good comments and people saying they'll be heading back to CFC next Wednesday for the Free League Tournament there. Martin Hirst took top spot at Moondyne Joe's, followed shortly by Nicholas Gribble, with John Gow in 3rd!

The Attfield Pro League top 3 payouts went to Bill Marconi in 1st with $277.50, Eddie Wright 2nd with $166.50, and Antonio Forgione in 3rd with $111.00! Well done guys!

22/06/2006 - The Boat makes a splash! -

We had a great turnout for The Boat's second week of Free League Tournaments, with a huge 41 player turnout, up from 27 in their first week! Word really is getting out, and we look forward to an even bigger turnout next Wednesday night! Everyone had lots of fun, and Jay Zanoli took the trophy in a very close battle with Paul Ivankovich! Well done!

Beeches Tavern also had a good night Wednesday Night, with Kym Maguire taking top spot! Remember to let anyone you know who might be interested in learning how to play Texas Hold 'Em Poker to come down to our Free League Tournaments, to learn, get more experience, and meet some great friends!

21/06/2006 - Results! -

Another big Tournament at The Paddo on Monday night had nearly 100 players battling it out for the top spot! Top 5 were paid out, with Bob Perovic knocking Dan Szabo out in a few amazing (and very entertaining!) heads up hands, to take the trophy, 1940 points and $654.75 for first prize!

No longer held back by his crutches, Matthew Yarnold took the top spot and $345 at the Universal Bar's second Pro League Tournament, from Adrian Pedler who played very strongly in second place, and Gabriel Pop in third place, who kindly put his winnings behind the bar for the players and staff! What a gesture!! Thanks Gabe, that's the kind of friendly, social spirit we like to see at WAPL Tournaments! :)

Congratulations also to Brendan Danaher who took out the Free League Tournament at Mirrabooka Tavern on Tuesday night. Don't forget if you want to test out some new techniques or just after a fun, social and relaxing night of poker, come along to another of our Free League Tournaments tonight - with 3 to choose from (Claremont Football Club, Beeches Tavern and The Boat), you've got nothing to lose! Really! See you there!

19/06/2006 - Week 6! -

As we head into the 6th week of WA Poker League's inaugural season, everyone's starting to get into the swing of things! The Paddo is back tonight with Pro League, with the Universal Bar to hold its 2nd Pro League night tomorrow night! After last week, we're sure to get a big crowd on both tonight and tomorrow night!

We have good information that the Claremont Footy Club is going to get a relatively big turnout this week! Lots of our Moondyne Joe's players said they'd make it down for another night during the week! After the fun 38 player night at Moondyne Joe's last Thursday, it's good to see our regular players enjoying themselves so much that they want to come to more and more events!

17/06/2006 - The Attfield Pro-League -

With 50 players fighting their way through another Pro-League Tournament at the Attfield, we had some great play and some amazing luck on the river to our Winner, Patrick Loh! Patrick snatched the victory (And $375!) from Cameron Brown who still walked away with $187.50 in 2nd place. Mike Bentley came in 3rd for the second week running, taking home $112.50, and Richard Trevithick was thrilled to be walking away with $75 in 4th place from his first ever WAPL Tournament! Well Done!! Ryan Bochorsky also snuck his way into the points to further boost his lead on the WAPL Pro League ladder.

Also, a big Congratulations to Nicholas Gribble, taking out his second WAPL Free League Trophy, this time at the Claremont Football Club on Wednesday. Penny Wells drew in a close second. At Beeches Tavern, Glenn Sharrett took 1st place over Kerri Maguire, and at our first ever Free League Tournament at The Boat, Neille Lambrecht took 1st and Robert O'Shea came in 2nd out of 27 players!

14/06/2006 - Universal Bar! -

We had 54 players turn up for our very first Tournament at the Universal Bar in Northbridge! Everything went very smoothly, and a slight change in our break structure (we moved it to have a break after the 100/200 blind, not before) has really helped cut down the break time to something more acceptable! The big news from the night? Adrian Daniell just beat Deborah Cassar to 1st place, 1080 Pro League points and $405! Deborah took out 1026 points and $202.50, with Matthew Yarnold and Brad Laine taking 3rd and 4th for $121.50 and $81 respectively. Well done!

We must say that the meals were delicious last night! I'd highly recommend you head down for your meal at Universal Bar before the Tournament starts next week! There's plenty of time either before or during the first break (You can even preorder for pickup at the first break!).

We're looking forward to seeing how many we get down next Tuesday!

12/06/2006 - Reminder -

There will be NO Pro League at Paddo this week, due to the Australia vs Japan World Cup match! To get your Pro League fix, make sure you come to the opening night at Universal Bar on Tuesday, OR The Attfield on Thursday!

9/06/2006 - News! -

We're happy to announce that there is even more useful information on the Results pages! We now have Events up in the results, and you can link through to just about any result you could want! Event results, Pro and Free League Results, Player results, and Venue specific results soon to come! We're striving to give you the easiest and best way to track your own and fellow members' results through each WAPL Season!

Also, The Boat in Mindarie is to join the Western Australian Poker League! Starting off this coming Wednesday 14th June with Free League, it promises to be a big venue for our Northern members! 6pm Rego, 7pm start!

Don't forget, there is a BYE at the Paddo this Monday due to the soccer, but we have the first night at Universal Bar's Pro League Tuesday night! Starting with 10 tables, 80+ players, make sure you come check out our first central city venue, smack dab in the middle of Northbridge! 6pm Rego, 7pm start, with the usual $30 Pro League buy-in! Good luck, and see you there!

Check the Upcoming Events for more events as they're added!

Your Western Australian Poker League Team!

7/06/2006 - Mirrabooka! -

Paul Langstaff took out the Free League at Mirrabooka last night, after a tremendous comeback against Frank and Josh in 2nd and 3rd! Paul was obviously very happy to finally get his first Free League Trophy, after several close encounters, and in the process, he's shot up the Free League Ladder to 2nd position, behind Greg Alexander, who also placed a respectable 11th last night!

Please support the pubs who are working hard to bring WAPL League Tournaments to you! Your support in the form of food and drink purchases goes a long way towards making these nights work for everyone! You will find that many of the venues have special food offers for those players wanting to come for a meal before the game. Mirrabooka have a Texas Hold 'Em Steak Burger deal every Tuesday night, as well as a $12.95 Ribs or Seafood special! So invite some friends down to play Texas Hold 'Em, enjoy yourselves, and have a fun, social night out!

Reminder : Claremont Footy Club is on TONIGHT, Wednesday 7th June! It was moved from Thursdays to Wednesdays, so please come on down to Claremont tonight, and make a night of it! It's central, close to the train station, and has CHEAP drinks! Along with Poker, what more could you ask for?! Beaches Tavern in Beechboro is also on tonight! Join the crew down there if you can! They had a great time last week!

6/06/2006 - Pro League at Paddo! -

The 4th Pro League Tournament at Paddington Alehouse again went off like a rocket! 114 players, a jam packed venue, and lots of prize money for the final table of 8 players! Top 3 positions went to the following members! Ryan Bochorsky in 3rd with $256.50 and 2052 Pro League Ladder points, Fabian Mavath in 2nd with $342 and 2166 points, and Shaun Murphy 1st with a grand total of $769.50 and 2280 points! Congratulations to all our winners, and we look forward to seeing you all soon! Remember, Paddo doesn't have Pro League next Monday (Soccer is on!), but next Tuesday 13th June is the start of Pro League at the Universal Bar! Don't miss it!

5/06/2006 - Paddington Alehouse -

Yes, even though it's a public holiday, the Pro League Tournament at The Paddo is still going ahead! Hope to see you there! With any luck we might crack a new record of players, with an even bigger prize pool!

4/06/2006 - Event changes -

A few alterations to our weekly Tournament schedule - Following the introduction of Pro League Tournaments at the Attfield, they have decided to discontinue the Tuesday Free League Tournaments. For those of you wishing to play Free League, check our Upcoming Events. Claremont Football Club is moving its Free League from Thursday to Wednesday nights, and are also considering the possibility of switching to Pro League in the future. Sorry for any inconvenience, and we hope to see you there!

3/06/2006 - The Attfield Pro-League -

The first Pro-League Tournament at The Attfield in Maddington was huge success, with 44 players and a great atmosphere!! It was a well-battled tournament but in the end we paid out top 4 on our Final Table, with Scott Huynh doubling his money and then some in 4th place, Alison McCristell cementing her spot at the top of the Pro-League ladder in 3rd place, earning $99, and Bill Walker taking second and $165 after Chris Quin made an amazing aggressive comeback to take out the trophy and $330!! Well done Chris! Hope to see you there next week at the Attfield! We're going to have 5 tables (40 seats) again, so get in early so you dont miss out!

1/06/2006 - Beeches Free League -

The start of Beeches Free League Tournaments have been great, with a good initial turnout for the first couple of weeks! Last night, Les Mellor took the trophy, and the 420 points, against 20 opponents! Well done Les! Hope to see you and more down at Beeches next week!

In other news... We are adding more Venues! The newest of which is the Universal Bar in Northbridge! Every Tuesday night from the 13th June, you can head into one of Northbridge's biggest bars to play Pro League! Universal Bar will be opening on Tuesdays especially to host WAPL Pro League!

The Attfield's FIRST Pro League is on tonight! We're starting out with 5 tables, 40 players, with our usual wait list to enable some players to enter the tournament in the case of players exiting before the first break. Please make sure you're there with plenty of time to spare to make sure you get a seat!

Paddo Pro League 12th June - Unfortunately due to the World Cup Soccer Match, the Paddo will be packed, so we won't be running Pro League on Monday the 12th June! Everything will be back to normal the week after, however!

30/05/2006 - League Results -

Well done to all our players from the Pro League Tournament at the Paddington Alehouse last night and our Free League Tournaments at The Attfield and Mirrabooka tonight! We had our biggest Tournament so far at the Paddo, with a grand total of 123 players entered! We paid out top 8, with the winner, Scott Bulloch, knocking out Achala Hewarathna and taking home $830! Nice work Scotty!  Our results from the past two days are up on the site, however there is a problem with the Free League Results table. We will get this sorted tomorrow, however you can find your true Free League results if you select your name from the list. Also, the Top 10 list is correct on the main page. Sorry for any confusion!

Congratulations to Greg Alexander from the Attfield tonight, who is our first two time winner, propelling him to the top of the Free League Ladder! Hayden Tangyuk started out strongly, and managed to take down the trophy at Mirrabooka! Well done guys!

Last but definitely not least... A big congratulations to Alison McCristell, for not only being the top female Pro League player, but also for currently topping our Pro League ladder, with two very solid performances at the Paddington Alehouse! With nearly a couple of hundred points between her and 2nd place, the Pro League Top 10 is set to be a big showdown over the rest of the season!

28/05/2006 - Results Up! -

You can now view our full Pro League and Free League Ladders, current as of today! There's more functionality to add yet, such as individual event results themselves, etc, but we're sure you'll be more than happy with what we have live currently! Go to Results - Pro League Ladder or Free League Ladder, or alternatively click Pro League Ladder or Free League Ladder here!

27/05/2006 - League Results, finally... -

Yes, we've got the results slowly but surely appearing on the site over this weekend! The first of which you will have already noticed. The Pro League Top 10 Ladder on the right of this page! Free League Ladder, and the Results pages will be up over the weekend!

In other news... there will be up to 15 tables at the Paddington Alehouse on Monday! Hopefully this will mean less members missing out, and it will mean a bigger prize pool! So make it down, get registered, and have a go at getting in the money! Remember, if you miss the Paddo or can't make it down, we have our second Pro League Venue running on Thursday night at The Attfield!

26/05/2006 - New Pro League Night : The Attfield! -

Thursday nights will hold the second WA Poker League Pro League nights at The Attfield in Maddington as of 1st June. The Attfield will continue to run their Free League nights every Tuesday, so everyone gets the choice of Free and Pro Leagues at The Attfield! More Pro Leagues are on the way...

24/05/2006 - Free Leagues, Mirrabooka and The Attfield! -

Tuesday night Free Leagues went rather well, with steady growth at Mirrabooka, and an astounding turnout at The Attfield, with double the number of participants than last week! James Waghorn beat Frank Franceschini for 1st place at Mirrabooka, adding 440 points to his Free League score. At The Attfield, Bradley Hurst took out first place for 700 points, and Scott Cooper came in 2nd with 665!

23/05/2006 - Pro League at Paddo! -

Monday night was an absolute blast! We had 93 (yes you read it right!) players total, and as far as we could tell, everyone had a great night out! Due to the numbers, we paid out Top 5 on the night! Congratulations to Mike Heath, taking out 5th place with $69.75, Tuan Tran 4th with $139.50, Brian Glossop in 3rd with $209.25, and our previous week's winner Ian Lattimore was just pipped at the post by Glenn Taylor for 1st place! Ian won $348.75 and Glenn took down the big prize of $627.75! Congratulations to everyone who played, and we look forward to seeing you at another Tournament soon!

The website scores are being worked on! With a little luck the points may be online tomorrow night, though it is more likely to be closer to Friday! We apologise for the wait, but as soon as we get it online, the software upload facility will allow us to automatically upload event results the same night or day after!

10/05/2006 - Website Updated! -

Ok well the website update is well underway! Our Venues are back, as are most of the upcoming events! Some changes to the information on the site itself will be taking place over the next few days, and some of those changes will be fairly important! So please check back over the weekend if possible for the new updates! Our apologies again that the Events and Venues were down for so long... They should be fine from today! Don't hesitate to E-Mail us at info@wapokerleague.com.au for any information or clarification you need which isn't on the webpage!

10/05/2006 - Website Events and Venues Update! -

Well I got the E-Mail I really didn't want from the ex-webhost... Basically saying they don't have our data anymore. Great. We are setting up all our Venues and Events pages again today, so please check back tonight and we should have all of the listings for next week's Events back into the website. Sorry for the inconvenience, it's been painful for us too...

10/05/2006 - Moondyne Joe's Promo Round-up! -

Moondyne Joe's last night ended up being a good night, with a few absolutely new players coming down and getting right into it! We had a smaller crowd than have been at the Paddo, but were graced with the presence of ABC Stateline Reporter Dianne Baine, who took some footage of the action, and an interview (shocking!) which will be broadcast this coming Friday 12th May on Stateline, 7:30, ABC! Welcome to the new members of the Western Australian Poker League who joined last night and at the two previous Promo nights, and congratulations to Kevin for taking out the Promo Tournament at Moondyne Joe's, and to the rest of the players who came down last night! We look forward to seeing you all on Thursday 11th May at Claremont Football Club for their Promo night, or during next week for the start of our first League Seasons!

9/05/2006 - Paddo Promo Round-up! -

Last night was good fun! With more members joining and a little photoshoot for the West Australian (Page 36 today!), the last promo night at the Paddo has us confident of a big showing in our first Pro League event this coming Monday! Congratulations to Patrick, who took out the Tournament, just pipping Bradley at the end! Remember, next Monday is a buy-in Pro League, for WAPL Members, and will cost $30 for members to enter, with a cash prize for the top ranked players at the end of the night! Seats are limited for the first event, so make sure you're down the Paddo early to get your registration in as soon as we are ready to take them!

Tonight is the Moondyne Joe's Promo night! On the corner of Hampton St and Wray Ave in Fremantle, they will be running Free League Tournaments every Tuesday from the 16th, and Pro League every Thursday starting from as soon as we can! If we don't quite make the 18th for Pro League, we'll run it as another Free League night until our final approval for running Pro League Events at this Venue comes through! Don't miss out on getting your membership early! Head on down and see us tonight at Moondyne Joe's for some Free Texas Hold 'Em action!

7/05/2006 - WAPL WEBSITE UPDATE! -

Well, we're still waiting on a restore of all our current Venue and Event Data from our ex-webhost... They say it should only be a few more hours, but I'm still not holding my breath. If they come through, we'll have the site fully updated again soon. If not, I'll be busy reinputting all our Venue and Event Information, and getting the WAPL Rules and other Information back to the most current state, though that could take days to complete. (There was a lot lost.) Hope to see many of you down at the Paddo tomorrow night! We're looking for a nice big crowd so we can get some great media photos!

5/05/2006 - WAPL PROMO NIGHTS! -

We have 3 last promo nights next week, before starting our League Seasons the week after! That's 3 more chances to get your WAPL Membership early, and check out the Western Australian Poker League before our seasons start!

The 3 Promo nights next week are as follows :-

Monday 8th May - Paddington Alehouse Promo #2. - We hadn't planned on doing a second promo at the Paddo, but since it went so well, and we now have some media coming down to take some photos for a news article, we've decided to run another! Make sure you're there! You never know, you may even end up in the newspaper! 6-6:30pm Registration, play starting 7-7:30pm. 141 Scarborough Beach Road, Mt Hawthorn.

Tuesday 9th May - Moondyne Joe's Fremantle. - A free Promo night for the first Venue to sign up for both Free and Pro League nights, Moondyne Joe's is located at 73 Wray Ave (Corner Hampton Rd) Fremantle! Registration @ 6-6:30pm, play starts at 7-7:30pm.

Thursday 11th May - Claremont Football Club. - Promo night for the Footy Club, who will be running Free League Season Tournaments on Thursday nights! Davies Road, Claremont, 5 minutes walk from the train station! (You walk away from Bayview Terrace, the Footy Club is located on the opposite side of the railway line). Registration @ 6pm, play starts at 7-7:30pm.

All 3 of these promo nights will be great fun, and an awesome chance for you to introduce any friends who might be interested in experiencing the thrill of No Limit Texas Hold 'Em!

See you there...

5/05/2006 - Server Downtime -

We must apologise, but our webhost has proven itself to be the worst company we have ever experienced. The webserver crashed a few days ago, and they haven't got it back online as yet. After countless apologies and guarantees that our web service would be restored in a matter of hours, we have decided 52 hours later that enough is enough, and moved to a new and hopefully more reliable webhost! Thanks to Pentagon for setting up the hosting at such short notice for us... As for our ex-webhost, they won't even guarantee the return of our web data to us. As a result of this, the site you see now is an early version, before many changes were made. The Venues and Events are not currently working, and many textual changes are missing. The latest guarantee is that the latest backup of our site and data will be restored tonight sometime, but I'm not holding my breath. Please accept our apologies for the downtime, it's been a major pain for everyone, and we really couldn't afford the downtime nor the hours and hours of fooling around over the last 3 days trying to get some truth out of these people. Rest assured that we will have full site functionality back as soon as possible, even if it means another night wasted manually entering it all back in. E-Mails are back working again, and now we are confident that we won't have any more troubles with the website or E-Mail services again, and that our service to our members will be much more reliable and better as a result of us moving to Pentagon. These guys even have phone support!

Thanks for your support, and we will get the site updated again ASAP!

Your Western Australian Poker League Team!