15/11/2017 - Gold Rush Main Event #1 Postponed to early 2018! -

It's with deep sadness that we must announce that the first Gold Rush Main Event will be postponed until early 2018.

We have had an unexpected death in the family, and need to spend some time coming to terms with it, so unfortunately we need to focus on ourselves for the time being, over the stress of preparing final numbers and arrangements for the Gold Rush.

Many of our Sydney WSOP playing crew will no doubt be happy at us rescheduling this event, as the first dates clashed with many travel arrangements for what looks to be a massive Australian poker tournament, and we wish those who are heading east for it all the very best.

With Christmas so close by, we decided to push Gold Rush #1 into early 2018 instead of trying to squeeze it in around our Grand Final next month.

We've listened to many of your great suggestions, and will continue to run satellites to the Gold Rush for you all to qualify for what will be a great event. One of the main questions we've been asked is "Will the Gold Rush be Dealer Dealt?" - Yes, yes it will! :)

Our apologies for changing the date, but given the circumstances we feel that we would be better able to host the event for you once we get through this difficult time and are back on track. Our list of main event participants will be contacted with further information shortly.

Please email info@wapokerleague.com.au if you have any specific questions and I'll endeavor to get back to you as soon as possible.

Thanks for your understanding,

Jason

8/11/2017 - WAPL Live Table PLO - Tuesday 14th November -

PLO on the WAPL Live Table!

Tuesday 14th November, 6pm start, til midnight. 5:45pm to get chipped in!

Don't miss out on this opportunity, get in touch with us now to secure your seat!

It is highly recommended that you reserve your seat well in advance to avoid disappointment.

Changing it up now, as per requests from our PLO playing members -

$1/$2/$5 Blinds, $200-$1000 Buy-in.

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

25/08/2017 - The Gold Rush - Main Event Info & Flip Rush Qualifiers! -

Gold Rush Main Event Series!

Day 1 - Thursday 7th June, Scarborough Sportsmen's Club

6:00pm registration, 6:45pm seating, 7pm latest start!

Day 2 - Tuesday 12th June, Joondalup Sports Association

6:45pm seating, 7pm latest start!

Welcome to the Gold Rush - Here's all the information you need to make your fame and fortune!

The Gold Rush is a regularly run, dealer dealt Main Event, hosted over 2 days, with a tournament structure which ensures a result that is not rushed, allowing for great poker to be played right to the last hand!

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

There are 4 Flip Rush levels, $5, $15, $50, and $185, all are 4 handed, so you have a 1 in 4 chance at each! 4 flip wins, and you're in to the Gold Rush to play for the $10,000 first place (at our 32 player cap)

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Flip Rush

$5 | $15 | $50 | $185 Flips

4 players only! 1 winner!

All-in pre-flop flip!

Prizes

$5 flip wins a $15 Flip Rush

$15 flip wins a $50 Flip Rush

$50 flip wins a $185 Flip Rush

$185 flip wins a $700 Gold Rush Seat!

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The Gold Rush

$700 buy-in

25,000 starting stack

40 minute blind levels

Prize Pool - $20,000 (Based on 32 max players)

1st - $10,000

2nd - $5,000

3rd - $3,000

4th - $2,000

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The Super Gold Rush (Occasional Event)

$700 buy-in

25,000 starting stack

30 minute blind levels

Prize Pool - $45,000 (Based on 72 max players)

1st - $20,000

2nd - $7,500

3rd - $5,000

4th - $3,500

5th - $3,000

6th - $2,500

7th - $2,000

8th - $1,500

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We are really looking forward to rolling this exciting new structure out to our existing and new venues and events, and hope that you enjoy taking part in it as much as we think you will! Please spread the word and help us make this a huge success!

Additional Important Information -

Flip Rush "flips" are individual satellite tournaments which are played all-in pre-flop by 4 players. If the hand is split, the players who split play another hand all-in pre-flop, until a winner is determined.

Each event you play, your prize winnings (Gold Rush $) will be recorded against your name and held securely. You can contribute to this running record via multiple Flip Rush wins, or top up with cash in order to build up a Gold Rush entrance amount of $700. For example, you may win 2x $50 flips, ($370 total for 2x $185 Flip Rush entries), then elect to use that value from your records, plus $330 cash, to play in the Gold Rush.

For players who love our Gold Rush structure, and build up Gold Rush Seats faster than we can run the events, players with 2+ Gold Rush Seats recorded ($1400+ value) may also use an extra Gold Rush Seat to buy direct in to our WAPL Live Table for $700, for the ultimate Cash Game experience, streamed online to the world!

Gold Rush Main Events (Not the Super Gold Rush Events) will be scheduled regularly, and the frequency with which we schedule to run them will vary with the speed at which Gold Rush Seats are won. We anticipate to announce an upcoming date for the following month once we have had 16 Gold Rush Seat winners, which gives us a $10,000 prize pool, and a month for the next 16 Seats to be won (or filled up by direct $700 buy-ins!)

Gold Rush Events and Super Gold Rush Events are run over 2 days. We may adjust what venues Day 1 and Day 2 are played on once we have tested and seen what works well for us and our players. We also plan to move the regular Gold Rush Events between our venues to allow the majority of players to attend different Gold Rush Events from different locations. (ie. not always North based venues for Gold Rush events, we will bring them Central and South too periodically.)

Super Gold Rush Events will be scheduled occasionally as demand builds at this stage, and these venues and dates will be advised well in advance.

In accordance with WAPL's strict adherence to RGL requirements, all funds collected and held for players as part of the Gold Rush Events will be held securely and by agreement between the Permit Holding Not for Profit/Charities and will be reconciled frequently by your WAPL Team and the Permit Holding Organisations. You can be informed of the current balance of your Gold Rush funds in person at our events or via another identifiable medium (WAPL Facebook Page Private Message, via an email address we have registered with your WAPL Membership sent to info@wapokerleague.com.au , etc.)

Gold Rush funds are non-refundable and non-transferable except in extenuating circumstances (if the player is permanently leaving the state/country, banned from the league, etc, they may request in writing to have their balance transferred to another player)

Upon such a time that we may decide to cease the Gold Rush Series of events, any outstanding moneys held by the Permit Holding Organisations will be returned to their confirmed winners.

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

We promote and conduct responsible gaming. If you feel you may have a problem gaming issue, we encourage you to call the Gambling Helpline on 1800 858 858 and also see www.gamblinghelpline.org.au

25/08/2017 - PLO on the WAPL Live Table -

Well, after 11.5 years, it's about time we held our first PLO game!

Where better to hold it than on our hugely popular WAPL Live Table?

THIS Tuesday 29th August!

So here it is! -

Don't miss out on this opportunity :) Get in touch with us now to secure your seat!

$2/$4 Blinds, $300-$1000 Buy-in.

Straddle live!

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

30/07/2017 - Welcome to WAPL Season 35! Season 34 GF this weekend! -

Thanks for your support during Season 34!

Congratulations to our Season Champions!

The Pro League Season was won by Freddy Crompton!

The Free League Season was won by Jarryd Buscall!

Pro League Results!

Free League Results!

It's Finals Time for Season 34!

We have the Grand Finals coming up this Sunday, 6th August, at the Joondalup Sports Association!

Registration opens for Pro and Free Leagues @ 11am, with seating @ 12 midday. The Pro buy-in is $100 and open to all members. It is strictly limited to 5 tables, 40 seats, and first in first served for seats. Be sure to get in as soon after 11am as you can to ensure you get your spot!

More info regarding the Grand Finals can be found at -

http://wapokerleague.com.au/content.aspx?ContentID=final

The new season starts this week!

Yes, season 35 starts this Tuesday (1st August) at Joondalup Sports Association (Beaumaris) and 3rd August at Woodvale Tavern. This Season will run until the 7th December before Season 36 and this Season's Grand Final.

Your WAPL Team

10/07/2017 - A huge milestone for a great member! 1000 games! -

Jan Burke, one of the many long term, loyal, and wonderful friends we've been fortunate enough to have made through WAPL over the last 11+ years, has just last Thursday reached a great milestone for herself and our league.

1000 Free League Tournaments!

Just about everyone who has played at our northern venues, Free or Pro League, will know who Jan is, by sight if not name, but many will not know to what extent Jan has been a great supporter of WAPL over the last decade plus.

Jan has been the Permit Holder for our fundraising events at the Woodvale Tavern for almost as long as she's been playing poker with us, and as such, her dedication of her time, week in and week out, helps make it possible for every one of our Pro and Cash players to play poker with us.

Jan has been a life member of WAPL for many years now, thanks to the phenomenal support, great energy and wonderful attitude she brings to every event, and is also a Free League Grand Final Champion!

So, in congratulating Jan for this great achievement of 1000 Free League events (She's played a good deal of Pro events, too!), we'd also like to extend our undying gratitude to her for her great help over the years, and hopefully for many to come :)

It was absolutely fitting, and a great occasion, to see Jan manage to WIN the tournament on Thursday for her 1000th!

Here's a couple of shots of Jan, one from way back when, at her very first tournament win (which was at the Woodvale Tavern, no less!), and her 1000th tournament win!

Thanks Jan!

Jan's first win! 15th February, 2007

Jan wins her 1000th Free League game, 6th July, 2017, with her son Jod!

10/07/2017 - Approaching the end of Season 34! -

We are nearly at the end of Season 34! Our last event for the season is Thursday 27th July, with the Season 34 Grand Finals the following Sunday on the 6th August!

Season 35 begins the Tuesday before the Grand Finals, on 1st August.

Thanks for your support this season, and we look forward to another great Season for 35!

Here is the information for the end of season Grand Final events! The Pro event is a fun, higher buy-in event with a great cash payout to mark the end of the season!

Here is the information for the end of season Grand Final events! The Pro event is a fun, higher buy-in event with a great cash payout to mark the end of the season!

End of Season Grand Final Event

Great Prize Pool!

Quality event, quality venue

20,000 Pro starting stack FREEZEOUT

30 min blinds

Cash Tables

Sit N Goes

More Details -

Locations, Dates & Times

Pro & Free Events - Sun 6th August, 2017 - Joondalup Sports Association

$100 Pro event. Registration opens 11am.

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

Free event. Registration opens 11am.



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

Pro Grand Final

Top 10% of the players win cash prizes!

Free Grand Final

Top 100 on Free League Ladder qualify.

Top 5 ranked players receive a FREE top-up to starting stack if they have less than the starting stack at the first break! (no re-buys!)

No buy-in

There will also be Cash Tables and Sit'n'Goes running for players who wish to play more poker during the events!

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

10/07/2017 - Introducing the WAPL Live Table - Watch us play! -

We have been running the WAPL Live Table since April 2017, recording and releasing footage (if you've missed it) to our YouTube channel (http://youtube.com/wapokerleague) and Facebook (http://facebook.com/wapokerleague)

Now we've expanded to live streaming the action from the table, with a 15 minute delay!

From May, we will (unless we experience issues) be streaming our WAPL Live Table games to our Twitch.tv channel, http://twitch.tv/wapokerleague

Make sure you head there and follow us, so you get notified when we go live!

Our live games are delayed by 15 minutes, to avoid the potential for viewers to influence hands in play, so that means that for a 6pm-midnight event, you should be able to watch us live from 6:15pm until the end of gaming.

Please get involved, hop into the live chat and give us your comments, suggestions, and any criticisms you might have for us to make the WAPL Live Table experience the best it can be for our viewers, members, and players, and help us spread the word around the local (and wider) poker communities.

If you want a seat on the WAPL Live Table, email us (info@wapokerleague.com.au) and we will find you a spot, but please be patient as seating is in high demand!

WAPL Events are conducted at Gaming Functions by Permit issued under Section 47 of the Act for various charity and not for profit organisations.

We promote and conduct responsible gaming. If you feel you may have a problem gaming issue, we encourage you to call the Gambling Helpline on 1800 858 858 and also see http://www.gamblinghelpline.org.au

16/05/2017 - It's WAPL's 11th Birthday this week! -

This week, we celebrate 11 years of Western Australia's first Poker League, WAPL!

It's been a fun ride so far, with its ups and downs, many players and prizes joining us along the way, and more bad beat stories than we could ever have a chance of remembering :)

We'd like to thank all our members, past and current, for helping us shape the league over the years. We're really happy with where we're at, with a great range of games for players from brand new learners to hardened veterans of the game.

Our tournaments are second to none in fun and payouts for what you pay to play, and our cash tables are professional, fair, and respectful.

We welcome you down this week to help us celebrate at the Woodvale Tavern on Thursday night from 6pm. There will be some extra special prizes, some goodies we've picked up over the years, which we are sure will make worthy trophies for your poker collection!

Spread the word, and we look forward to hosting you for another fun night with WAPL as usual!

Thanks again for your support!

Your WAPL Team

1/05/2017 - Introducing the WAPL Live Table! Watch us play! -

11 years ago, when we started WAPL, we (with the help of life member Buck Hetherington) designed and created the WAPL Grand Final Table, an 8 camera inlaid table which was used to record the hole cards of players who reached final table in our Grand Finals. The footage could then be used to create DVDs for our members, to help commemorate these special events.

Unfortunately, the process was painstakingly slow, manually calculating and inputting cards into the DVD creation process, for each big hand, was a nightmare. Not to mention that the table took 5 people to lift this masterpiece!

Skip forward nearly 11 years, and we are delighted to announce the creation of the WAPL Live Table, a completely custom, individual card detecting table, utilising custom cards and software to automatically identify and generate card graphics, hand win percentages, and everything you are used to seeing on television when you watch poker at the WSOP or WPT events!

We have been running the WAPL Live Table since April 2017, recording and releasing footage (if you've missed it) to our YouTube channel (http://youtube.com/wapokerleague) and Facebook (http://facebook.com/wapokerleague)

Now we've expanded to live streaming the action from the table, with a 15 minute delay!

From May, we will (unless we experience issues) be streaming our WAPL Live Table games to our Twitch.tv channel, http://twitch.tv/wapokerleague

Make sure you head there and follow us, so you get notified when we go live!

Our live games are delayed by 15 minutes, to avoid the potential for viewers to influence hands in play, so that means that for a 6pm-midnight event, you should be able to watch us live from 6:15pm until the end of gaming.

Please get involved, hop into the live chat and give us your comments, suggestions, and any criticisms you might have for us to make the WAPL Live Table experience the best it can be for our viewers, members, and players, and help us spread the word around the local (and wider) poker communities.

If you want a seat on the WAPL Live Table, email us (info@wapokerleague.com.au) and we will find you a spot, but please be patient as seating is in high demand!

WAPL Events are conducted at Gaming Functions by Permit issued under Section 47 of the Act for various charity and not for profit organisations.

We promote and conduct responsible gaming. If you feel you may have a problem gaming issue, we encourage you to call the Gambling Helpline on 1800 858 858 and also see http://www.gamblinghelpline.org.au

4/04/2017 - S33 Grand Finals, plus Sad news & Good news -

It's Finals time!

Season 33 Grand Finals this Sunday! We have the Grand Finals coming up this Sunday, 9th April, at the Joondalup Sports Association!  Registration opens for Pro and Free Leagues @ 11am, with seating @ 12 midday. The Pro buy-in is $100 and open to all members. It is strictly limited to 5 tables, and first in first served for seats. Be sure to get in as soon after 11am as you can to ensure you get your spot!  More info regarding the Grand Finals can be found at - http://wapokerleague.com.au/content.aspx?ContentID=final

The tragic loss of Team WAPL member and absolute gentleman, Bob Streatfeild We were shocked to hear just recently about the untimely passing of our great friend and Team WAPL member, Bob Streatfeild.  Bob was a stalwart regular at our Woodbridge events, where he was highly regarded by all players and staff. We were lucky enough to have had Bob join us on one of our Team WAPL trips up to Macau, where he not only had a great time and partied hard with us all, he final tabled the main event, making dozens of great friends along the way! We were filled with great sadness to hear from a fellow member of Bob's bike accident in 2016, and will miss his smiling face, fun sense of humour, and great poker plays. :(  On behalf of us and all our staff who had the absolute pleasure of knowing and hosting Bob at the many WAPL events he played in, and from those players who were great friends with him, RIP mate.

WAPL Re-makes WA Poker History Back in 2006, when WAPL started the pub poker scene in Western Australia, we knew poker was going to be big. We didn't expect that now, nearly 11 years later, we would still be running great events for our (now many) members, and bringing new and exciting changes for our players. All the way back in Season 1, we had the help from life member Buck to put together a masterpiece, the WAPL Grand Final Table. Fully camera inlaid, this beast was used to record hole cards and was produced into Grand Final DVDs for our members to relive the experience! Fast forward 10 years, and we are pleased to announce the imminent arrival of our reincarnation of this piece of WAPL and WA Poker history, in our custom designed and built WAPL Live Table! This table is the whole package. Complete card identification, camera mounted, realtime card video output card display, including percentage chances to win and outs, high definition recording and live (or delayed) stream ready, it's the real deal, and it's about to launch! Stay tuned for the official launch event, we look forward to welcoming you to experience it for yourself...  Also, just quietly, if you happened to read all the way to the end of this news, the table is having a soft trial launch today, Tuesday 4th April, at Joondalup Sports Association. Though it might be too late for you to get in on the action on the table itself, if you're interested, get in touch with Jason (jason@wapokerleague.com.au) for more info on playing at the launch party, or come down from 6pm-midnight to check out the table in action!

31/01/2017 - Aussie Millions Results & Woodvale Thurs 2nd Feb is in the Sports Bar! -

Woodvale Thursday is in the sports bar!

This Thursday 2nd February, we are going to be in the Sports Bar for the week, due to a huge wake taking up both function rooms where we usually are! :(



Please ask a staff member at the Woodvale for directions to the Sports Bar if you can't find us (it's around the front side of the venue past the drive through bottle shop)

23/01/2017 - No Poker on Australia Day! All the best to those in the Aussie Millions! -

To those who may have missed our announcements - With Australia Day falling on a Thursday this year, we have NO POKER on at the Woodvale Tavern this week!

Consider joining us all on Tuesday Night at the Joondalup Sports Association ( http://wapokerleague.com.au/venue.aspx?VenueID=84 ) instead - same time, same structure, lots of our regular Woodvale crowd, and the usual great fun! 6pm registration, 7pm start.

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For those of our members who are playing in the Aussie Millions in Melbourne, we wish you the best of luck! We will be following Eddie Fowler closely as he takes part in the main event today, in WAPL attire, represent! Good luck mate!

Keep an eye on our facebook page and we'll post any major updates from Eddie or other members there! - https://www.facebook.com/WAPokerLeague/

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

26/12/2016 - Season 32 Grand Final Results, & Poker returns 3rd Jan 2017! -

The Season 32 Grand Finals were a blast, and here are the results!

In the Pro League, 28 players fought it out for cash prizes in the top 3 places, whilst 23 Free League players competed for the Grand Champion title.

It was a great day, many solid plays and bad beats were had!

Congratulations to our Pro League Season 32 Grand Champion, long time member Rosdy Nordin!

In the Free League final, we saw a heads up between Paul Lord and last Grand Final Champion Ritchie Cunningham. Paul ended up taking out the tournament, becoming our Season 32 Free League Grand Champion. Well done Paul!

You can check out the event results here -

Pro League Grand Final Results - http://wapokerleague.com.au/event_results.aspx?EventID=9740

Free League Grand Final Results - http://wapokerleague.com.au/event_results.aspx?EventID=9741

Thanks for supporting the Grand Finals, we are glad you all had such a fun day, and we look forward to seeing you back at the Joondalup Sports Association from the 3rd January and the Woodvale Tavern from the 5th Jan!

Have a safe holiday period, and all the best for 2017!

Your WAPL Team

12/12/2016 - Welcome to Season 33! Season 32 Grand Finals this weekend! -

It's Finals Time for Season 32!

We have the Grand Finals coming up this Sunday, 18th December, at the Joondalup Sports Association!

Registration opens for Pro and Free Leagues @ 11am, with seating @ 12 midday. The Pro buy-in is $100 and open to all members. It is strictly limited to 5 tables, and first in first served for seats. Be sure to get in as soon after 11am as you can to ensure you get your spot!

More info regarding the Grand Finals can be found at -

http://wapokerleague.com.au/content.aspx?ContentID=final

The new season starts this week!

Season 33 starts this Tuesday (13th December) at Joondalup Sports Association (Beaumaris). Our final tournament for the year is at Woodvale Tavern on the 22nd Dec, then we return from the 3rd January 2017 at Joondalup Sports Association, and Woodvale on the 5th. 

We're still very happy with the prize and payout structure of the Pro League, and are confident that paying out more of your buy-ins on each nightly event is offering a great value event for our members.

In striving to continually improve, this season we are going to trial a change to the Pro starting stack to 16,000, which should result in an even better game for our members, without sacrificing our end game and causing 'shoot out' final tables, which no one likes.

As always, our members feedback is appreciated! Chat to Jason about your ideas and suggestions :)

Have a great season, and best of luck for the finals!

Your WAPL Team

8/12/2016 - Tonight at Woodvale is the final event for Season 32! S33 starts on Tuesday! -

This is the last week of Season 32, and tonight is the final event of the season at Woodvale! Season 33 starts next Tuesday (13th December), with the Season 32 Grand Finals the following Sunday on the 18th! We then have the 20th and the 22nd on at Joondalup Sports Association and Woodvale Tavern before breaking for Christmas and New Year. We will be back on at JSA on the 3rd January, and Woodvale on the 5th!

Thanks for your support this season, and we look forward to another great Season for 33!

Here is the information for the end of season Grand Final events! The Pro event is a fun, higher buy-in event with a great cash payout to mark the end of the season!

End of Season Grand Final Event

Great Prize Pool!

Quality event, quality venue

12,500 starting stack FREEZEOUT

30 min blinds

Cash Tables

Sit N Goes

More Details -

Locations, Dates & Times

Pro & Free Events - Sun 18th December, 2016 - Joondalup Sports Association (Beaumaris)

$100 Pro event Registration opens 11am.

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

Free event Registration opens 11am.

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

Please don't be late, as it's critical we start the tournaments on time and we don't want to have to turn latecomers away.

End of Pro Final Event

Top 10% of the players win cash prizes!

Free Event

Top 100 on Free League Ladder qualify.

Top 5 ranked players receive a FREE top-up to starting stack if they have less than the starting stack at the first break! (no re-buys!)

No buy-in

There will also be Cash Tables and Sit'n'Goes running for players who wish to play more poker during the events!

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

18/08/2016 - Season 31 Grand Final Results -

The Season 31 Grand Finals were last Sunday, and here are the results!

In the Pro League, 28 players fought it out for cash prizes in the top 3 places, whilst 29 Free League players competed for the much coveted Grand Champion title.

Many of our members came down early for a great feed at the Joondalup Sports Association, and play commenced eagerly.

We saw many exciting hands in both events throughout the day, and as we lost players to the blinds and various bad beats, we were eventually left with our very well deserving winners!

Congratulations to our Pro League Season 31 Grand Champion, Jesse Way!

Jesse Way, Season 31 Pro League Grand Champion!

The top 3 Pro, in the money! Jesse Way (1st - $1044), Richard Hawes (3rd - $580), and Brian Greslow (2nd - $696)!

We saw another great Free League final, and eventually reached heads up between Jarryd Buscall and Ritchie Cunningham. Ritchie ended up taking out the tournament, becoming our Season 31 Free League Grand Champion. Well done Ritchie!

Season 31 Free League Grand Champion Ritchie Cunningham, and runner-up Jarryd Buscall

Congratulations goes to Jesse and Ritchie, the WAPL Season 31 Pro and Free League Grand Champions respectively!

You can check out the event results here -

Pro League Grand Final Results - http://wapokerleague.com.au/event_results.aspx?EventID=9738

Free League Grand Final Results - http://wapokerleague.com.au/event_results.aspx?EventID=9739

Thanks for supporting the Grand Finals, we are glad you all had such a fun day.

Your WAPL Team

9/08/2016 - Welcome to Season 32! Season 31 Grand Finals this weekend! -

Thanks for your support during Season 31!

Congratulations to our Season Champions!

The Pro League Season was won by Danny Poolman!

The Free League Season was won by Jod Burke!

Pro League Results!

Free League Results!

It's Finals Time for Season 31!

We have the Grand Finals coming up this Sunday, 14th August, at the Joondalup Sports Association!

Registration opens for Pro and Free Leagues @ 11am, with seating @ 12 midday. The Pro buy-in is $100 and open to all members. It is strictly limited to 5 tables, 40 seats, and first in first served for seats. Be sure to get in as soon after 11am as you can to ensure you get your spot!

More info regarding the Grand Finals can be found at -

http://wapokerleague.com.au/content.aspx?ContentID=final

The new season starts this week!

Yes, season 32 starts this Tuesday (9th August) at Joondalup Sports Association (Beaumaris). This Season will run until the 8th December (our final tournament for the year is at Woodvale Tavern is the 22nd Dec.)

Your WAPL Team

2/08/2016 - Last week of Season 31! Grand Finals 14th August! -

This is the last week of Season 31! Season 32 starts next Tuesday (9th August), with the Season 31 Grand Finals the following Sunday on the 14th!

Thanks for your support this season, and we look forward to another great Season for 32!

Here is the information for the end of season Grand Final events! The Pro event is a fun, higher buy-in event with a great cash payout to mark the end of the season!

• End of Season Grand Final Event
• Great Prize Pool!
• Quality event, quality venue
• 12,500 starting stack FREEZEOUT
• 30 min blinds
• Cash Tables
• Sit N Goes

  More Details -

  Locations, Dates & Times

• Pro & Free Events - Sun 14th August, 2016 - Joondalup Sports Association (Beaumaris)

• $100 Pro event Registration opens 11am.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Final Pro event registration 11:45am for a 12 noon start.

• Free event Registration opens 11am.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Please don't be late, as it's critical we start the tournaments on time and we don't want to have to turn latecomers away.

End of Pro Final Event

• Top 10% of the players win cash prizes!

  Free Event

  • Top 100 on Free League Ladder qualify.
  • Top 5 ranked players receive a FREE top-up to starting stack if they have less than the starting stack at the first break! (no re-buys!)
  • No buy-in

  There will also be Cash Tables and Sit'n'Goes running for players who wish to play more poker during the events!

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

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

WAPL Season 30 Grand Final Events

Thanks for your support during Season 30!

It's been a pleasure hosting our members this season, and it was another close one! Invite your friends to join you at our events, so they don't miss out! Share the fun we all get out of our great poker community!

A big CONGRATULATIONS to our Season 30 Champions!

Pro League Top 5

Free League Top 5

Here is the information for the Season 30 end of season events

The Pro event is a fun, higher buy-in event with a great cash payout to mark the end of the season!

End of Season Grand Final Event

Great Prize Pool!

Quality event, quality venue

12,500 starting stack FREEZEOUT

30 min blinds

Cash Tables

Sit N Goes

More Details -

Locations, Dates & Times

Cash & Free Events - Sun 17th April, 2016 - Joondalup Sports Association (formerly known as Beaumaris Sports Association)

$100 Pro event Registration opens 11am.



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

  Free event Registration opens 11am.



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



Please don't be late, as it's critical we start the tournaments on time and we don't want to have to turn latecomers away.

End of Pro Final Event

Top 10% of the players win cash prizes!

Free Event

Top 5 ranked players receive a FREE top-up to starting stack if they have less than the starting stack at the first break! (no re-buys!)

No buy-in

There will also be Cash Tables and Sit'n'Goes running for players who wish to play more poker during the events!

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4/01/2016 - Welcome to 2016! Great poker resumes Tuesday 5th! -

We'd like to wish you all the very best for 2016! Now we're through the holiday period, poker is back!

Starting at the Beaumaris on Tuesday 5th Jan, and the Woodvale on Thursday 7th Jan, Season 30 continues where we left off before Christmas.

It's hard to believe that we are up to Season 30 now, and that the Western Australian Poker League started nearly 10 years ago!

For those who've stuck with us since the beginning (and yes there's quite a few who are still regular players!), you've seen lots of changes along the way, but one thing that will never change is our commitment to ensure you have a great time when you join one of our events.

We look forward to seeing you in 2016, and best of luck!

Haven't played with us yet, or have a friend who might be keen? New or returning members for the first 2 events of the year will receive their annual membership or renewal for free! Merry Christmas. ;)

14/12/2015 - Season 29 Grand Final write-up! -

Season 29 officially ended on Sunday at the Grand Final, and what a day it was!

We saw a Royal Flush, a Straight Flush, and numerous set over set hands throughout the event, adding more excitement to an already supercharged by the huge UFC result!

In the Pro League, we saw a great field of 39 players whittle down to a final 7, where it took 1.5 hours before another player fell! With top 4 in the money, tensions were tight, as was the play all the way to the final hand, where Luke Dick got it all in pre-flop with K7 vs Alex Connell's K10. Dominated and facing elimination, his luck turned as his 7 hit the flop! Suddenly well behind and looking at doubling up Luke into the chip lead, Alex managed to hit one of the remaining 3 10s in the deck to secure the lead, and with the river blanking, the win and the $1285 first place prize money!

Alex Connell, Season 29 Pro League Grand Champion!

The top 4 Pro, in the money! Alex Connell, Luke Dick (2nd - $803), Alex Connell (1st - $1285), Steve Burgess (3rd - $642), and Andy Dark (4th - 482)

Over in the Free League, we saw a much improved structure and great Top 5 bonus change make the event even better than previous seasons! With a great field of 25, our contingent of free league members battled it out fiercely! Reaching heads up was Lawrence Tufnell and Bruce Cohen, and we saw Lawrence triumph as the Season 29 Free League Grand Champion.

Lawrence Tufnell, Season 29 Free League Grand Champion!

Congratulations goes to Alex and Lawrence, the WAPL Season 29 Pro and Free League Grand Champions respectively!

You can check out the event results here -

Pro League Grand Final Results - http://wapokerleague.com.au/event_results.aspx?EventID=9521

Free League Grand Final Results - http://wapokerleague.com.au/event_results.aspx?EventID=9522

Don't forget, this Tuesday and Thursday are our final events for 2015! We'll be back with more great poker for you from the 5th January!

Have a fun filled and safe holiday period, and we look forward to seeing you soon!

Your WAPL Team

5/12/2015 - Season 29 League Champions! Finals this weekend! -

Thanks for your support during Season 29, the final season for 2015!

Congratulations to our Season Champions! Both leagues were close on points, though we didn't have the nail-biting final tournament few point wins that we have seen historically. Both champions comfortably won their leagues, and are very deserving of their titles!

The Pro League Season was won by Freddy Crompton!

The Free League Season was won by Mark Ogden!

Pro League top 10 -

Free League top 10 -

It's Finals Time for Season 29!

We have the Grand Finals coming up on Sunday week, 13th December, at the Beaumaris Association!

Registration opens for Pro and Free Leagues @ 11am, with seating @ 12 midday. The Pro buy-in is $100 and open to all members. It is strictly limited to 5 tables, 40 seats, and first in first served for seats. Be sure to get in as soon after 11am as you can to ensure you get your spot!

More info regarding the Grand Finals can be found at -

http://wapokerleague.com.au/content.aspx?ContentID=final

The new season starts this week!

Yes, season 30 starts this Tuesday (8th December) at Beaumaris Sports Association. Our regular events will be running until the 17th December (our final tournament for the year at Woodvale Tavern), then we're off over Christmas until 5th January, when we start back up at the Beaumaris (with Woodvale starting on the 7th!)

Good luck for the finals, and have a very fun, safe and enjoyable Christmas and New Year!

Your WAPL Team

23/11/2015 - Season 29 Grand Finals approaching fast! -

WAPL Season 29 Grand Final Events

Thanks for your support during Season 29!

It's been another great season with more numbers, more prizes, and more fun had by all! Invite your friends to join us in 2016, so they can have fun, too!

Here is the information for the Season 29 end of season events! This event is a fun, higher buy-in event with a great cash payout to mark the end of the season!

• End of Season Grand Final Event
• Great Prize Pool!
• Quality event, quality venue
• 12,500 starting stack FREEZEOUT
• 30 min blinds
• Cash Tables
• Sit N Goes

  More Details -

  Locations, Dates & Times

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

• $100 Pro event Registration opens 11am.
  
  
  
  Final Pro event registration 11:45am for a 12 noon start.

• Free event Registration opens 11am.
  
  
  
  Final Free event registration 11:45am for a 12 noon start.
  
  
  
  Please don't be late, as it's critical we start the tournaments on time and we don't want to have to turn latecomers away.

End of Pro Final Event

• Top 10% of the players win cash prizes!

  Free Event

  • Top 100 on Free League Ladder qualify.
  • Top 5 ranked players receive a FREE top-up to starting stack if they have less than the starting stack at the first break! (no re-buys!)
  • No buy-in

  There will also be Cash Tables and Sit'n'Goes running for players who wish to play more poker during the events!

  Gaming functions by Permit issued under Section 47 of the Act for Beaumaris Sports Association

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

WAPL Season 28 Grand Final Events

Here is the information for the Season 28 end of season events! This event is a fun, higher buy-in event with a great cash payout to mark the end of the season!

• End of Season Grand Final Event
• Great Prize Pool!
• Quality event, quality venue
• 12,500 starting stack FREEZEOUT
• 30 min blinds
• Cash Tables
• Sit N Goes

  More Details -

  Locations, Dates & Times

• Cash & Free Events - Sun 9th August, 2015 - Beaumaris Sports Association

• $100 Pro event Registration opens 11am.
  
  
  
  
  
  Final Pro event registration 11:45am for a 12 noon start.

• Free event Registration opens 11am.
  
  
  
  
  
  Final Free event registration 11:45am for a 12 noon start.
  
  
  
  
  
  Please don't be late, as it's critical we start the tournaments on time and we don't want to have to turn latecomers away.

End of Pro Final Event

• Top 10% of the players win cash prizes!

  Free Event

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

  There will also be Cash Tables and Sit'n'Goes running for players who wish to play more poker during the events!

  Gaming functions by Permit issued under Section 47 of the Act for Beaumaris Sports Association

30/07/2015 - Season 28 drawing to a close. Grand Finals Sunday week! -

Thanks for your support during Season 28!

We have the Grand Finals coming up on Sunday week, 9th August, at the Beaumaris Association. The venue will be putting some finger food on again this Grand Final, thanks to the great team at Beaumaris!

Registration opens for Pro and Free Leagues @ 11am, with seating @ 12 midday. The Pro buy-in is $100 and open to all members. It is strictly limited to 5 tables, 40 seats, and first in first served for seats. Be sure to get in as soon after 11am as you can to ensure you get your spot!

More info regarding the Grand Finals can be found at -

http://wapokerleague.com.au/content.aspx?ContentID=final

Bring a friend to first week of Season 29, starting on Tuesday 4th August!

If you have a friend who would like to join the league, bring them down during the first week of Season 29, and their membership is on us! (This also goes for a returning member who is due for renewal!)

We looking forward to kicking off Season 29 with a bang!

Good luck in the finals!

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24/05/2015 - Poker in the Cave 2015 - Coming soon! Sunday 31st May! -

Don't forget, it's the 2nd annual Poker in the Cave this coming Sunday, 31st May!

The first event was a blast, with 79 players, and we're hoping for just as much fun this time around! If you've not already secured and paid for your seat, get to it as we don't want you to miss out!

This time around, fundraising is going towards Yanchep Surf Life Saving Club. Get on board and support this great local cause.

Check the Poker in the Cave 2015 Facebook page here - http://www.facebook.com/PokerintheCave2015

Or call Terry directly on 0414 425 858 for details to pay for and secure your spot.

For those already registered, we look forward to hosting you for the 2nd Poker in the Cave event!

Gaming Function by Permit issued under section 47 of the Act for Yanchep Surf Life Saving Club Inc.

14/04/2015 - Season 27 Grand Final write-up! -

The Season 27 Grand Finals were both great events to finish a very close Season!

Terry Loftus was our overall Pro League Season Champion, beating Danny Poolman by a few hundred points overall.

The really close one was the Free League, with Paul Lord taking the Season out by only 29 points to Terry Smith! (8684 vs 8655 points!)

Congratulations to Terry and Paul for your great efforts during Season 27!

On to the Grand Final last Sunday, we saw 28 Pro players and 25 Free players fighting it out for the Grand Champion titles.

Congratulations to our winners at the Season 27 Grand Finals!



Chris Darling took down the Pro event, in a very close battle against last season's Grand Final Champion, and Season 27's Season Champion Terry Loftus, who nearly make it two final wins in a row! Chris picked up an impressive $920.25 for first, Terry $613.50 for 2nd, and Woodvale stalwart Peter Bles $511.25 for 3rd place!

Over in the Free League, we saw Marcus O'hara and Sarah Gane battle it out for first place, with Marcus eventually claiming victory and the title of Season 27 Free League Grand Champion!

Thanks for all the positive comments as to the structure of the day and the changes to the regular Pro events, we are very happy with how the new changes are working and it's good to see more players down at the regular events!

Don't forget, $42 out of a $50 buy-in is paid out in cash prizes in our regular Pro events! See you at Beaumaris on Tuesdays and Woodvale on Thursdays for these regular events!

The results and more photos from the finals can be found at these links -



Pro - http://wapokerleague.com.au/event_results.aspx?EventID=9377



Free - http://wapokerleague.com.au/event_results.aspx?EventID=9378

The next finals are scheduled for August 9th, put it in your diary so you don't miss out!

Thanks again for your support!

This Gaming Function conducted by Permit issued under section 47 of the Act for Beaumaris Sports Association

2/04/2015 - Season 27 Grand Finals, and big changes for Season 28 start next week! -

Thanks for your support during Season 27, the first of 3 seasons in 2015!

We have the Grand Finals coming up on Sunday week, 12th April, at the Beaumaris Association. The venue will be putting some finger food on again this Grand Final, thanks to the great team at Beaumaris!

Registration opens for Pro and Free Leagues @ 11am, with seating @ 12 midday. The Pro buy-in is $100 and open to all members. It is strictly limited to 5 tables, 40 seats, and first in first served for seats. Be sure to get in as soon after 11am as you can to ensure you get your spot!

More info regarding the Grand Finals can be found at -

http://wapokerleague.com.au/content.aspx?ContentID=final

New changes to Season 28, starting on Tuesday 7th April!

Thanks to all our members who have made suggestions, discussed possible changes and helped us decide on these following great changes for Season 28!

These changes will be trialled for the first month of Season 28, and may need to be adjusted based on viability for the club, and tournament length with the new structure. We are relying on you, our members, to spread the word of these changes and help grow player numbers, so please share the news!

Pro League changes -

$50 buy-in, ($42 to the cash prize!) freezeout, 12,500 starting stack.

Free League changes -

5000 starting stack, 5000 re-entry/top-up

Cash Table changes -

$2 / $3 blinds, commission capped @ $20 (previously $2 / $5 capped @ $25)

We hope you enjoy these changes and we're looking forward to kicking off Season 28 with a bang!

Good luck in the finals!

Gaming functions by Permit issued under Section 47 of the Act for Beaumaris Sports Association

8/12/2014 - Season 26 results & Season 27 starts Tue 9th Dec! -

Season 26 League results!

Another Season is complete! Congratulations to the following players for their great effort and results during Season 26 -

Pro

Free

It was a very tight race between all players this season, apart from Matthew Green, who dominated the Pro League season, having made the switch from Free to Pro at the start of the season!

Season 27 starts this week!

The first events for Season 27 are this week, starting at Beaumaris Sports Association on Tuesday 9th December and Woodvale Tavern on Thursday 11th December. Tuesday 16th December and Thursday 18th December will be the final two tournaments for the year, and we're back on Tuesday 6th & 8th January to continue Season 27!

Season 26 Grand Finals are this weekend, Sunday 14th December

Now's the time to make sure you've qualified for the finals events on the ladders!

Pro League (Top 100) - http://wapokerleague.com.au/league_ladder.aspx?League=pro&season=26

Free League (Top 100) - http://wapokerleague.com.au/league_ladder.aspx?League=free&season=26

Locations, Dates & Times

Pro & Free Events - Sun 14th December 2014 - Beaumaris Sports Association

$100 Pro event Registration opens 11am for a 12 noon start.

Free event Registration opens 11am for a 12 noon start.

$10 re-buy registration opens 12:00pm.

More info is here - http://wapokerleague.com.au/content.aspx?ContentID=final

Changes for Season 27

We're always trying to improve - Thanks to those who helped shape these changes to Season 27.

• 3 Seasons per year instead of 2. Season 27 will end in April, Season 28 in August, and Season 29 in December.
• Pro Finals will be an open $100 buy-in event

Thanks for your support this season, we look forward to another exciting Season for Season 27!

Gaming functions by Permit issued under Section 47 of the Act for Beaumaris Sports Association

4/12/2014 - Season 26 Grand Finals - 14th December -

Here is the information for the Season 26 end of season events! After the change from Season 25, with no money being pooled towards a Grand Final prize pool, this event will be a fun, high buy-in event with a great cash payout to mark the end of the season!

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

  More Details -

  Locations, Dates & Times

• Cash & Free Events - Sun 14th December 2014 - Beaumaris Sports Association

• $100 Pro event Registration opens 11am.
  
  
  
  Final Pro event registration 11:45am for a 12 noon start.

• Free event Registration opens 11am.
  
  
  
  Final Free event registration 11:45am for a 12 noon start.
• $10 re-buy registration opens 12:00pm.
  
  
  
  Please don't be late, as it's critical we start the tournaments on time and we don't want to have to turn latecomers away.

End of Pro Final Event

• Top 10% of the players win cash prizes!

  Free Event

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

  There will also be Cash Tables and Sit'n'Goes running for players who wish to play more poker during the events!

  Gaming functions by Permit issued under Section 47 of the Act for Beaumaris Sports Association

16/09/2014 - The League loses a gentleman -

Unfortunately, we lost a life member of WAPL recently, much to all of our distress.

Larry Gane has been a regular Free League player for over 6 years, and his smiling face and great banter brightened many of our poker nights. He was a Free League Grand Final Champion (Season 21), and everyone respected and admired him.

Furthermore, Larry was Permit Holder for many years, taking responsibility for and helping with the licensing side of our poker events. Without his effort and reliability, many of our Pro League events could not have run as efficiently.

Larry's unexpected passing is a great loss to us all, and on behalf of ourselves and all WAPL Members we would like to give his family (including his daughters Sarah and Elizabeth who are also regular players) our deepest condolences on the loss of a great family man, friend, and gentleman. The number of fellow poker friends who attended his funeral last week attest to how much respect we all had for him.

On Tuesday 16th September, we will be holding a special double stack Free League tournament in Larry's honour, and there will be some great bonus Passport Prizes available in addition to our regular prizes. Please join us to help celebrate Larry's life from 6pm (registration), starting 7pm, at the Beaumaris Sports Association.

Larry (right) at his Grand Final victory!

23/06/2014 - Season 25 Grand Finals this Sunday. Season 26 starts Tuesday 24th! -

WAPL Season 25 Grand Finals

Here is the information for the Season 25 Grand Final!

For those Pro players buying in, you CAN USE any remaining $100 PoCA Challenge Tickets to buy-in in part or in full to this Grand Final! Don't forget to bring your ticket(s) with you!

Pro League - Overall Season ranking prizes

1st - Season Champion Trophy & $500

2nd - $300

3rd - $200

The top player for each venue at the end of the season will also win a $200 cash prize for being the venue champion!

Only Pro League venues running for over 5 weeks during a season will be eligible for the winning prize payout.

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

  More Details -

  Locations, Dates & Times

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

• Pro League Registration  and cash tables open 11am.
  
  
  Final Pro League registration 11:45am for a 12 noon start.

• Free League Registration opens 11am.
  
  
  Final Free League registration 11:45am for a 12 noon start.
• $10 re-buy registration opens 12:00pm.
  
  Please don't be late, as it's critical we start the tournaments on time and we don't want to turn latecomers away.

1/05/2014 - Pro Structure Change starts 1st May! -

We're happy to announce that the regular Pro events at the Beaumaris Sports Association on Tuesdays and Woodvale Tavern on Thursdays are changing from Thursday 1st May!

These changes have been discussed at length between us at the Beaumaris and the regular player base, and we're sure you will like them -

Pro League Structure

$30 buy-in Freezeout (no more re-buys!)

8000 chips.

$25 to the prize, $5 towards Club fundraising.

The currently pooled end of season prize pool will be paid out as usual at the end of the season grand final, but the new structure is live from today, Thursday 1st May.

Now you can win a lot more prize money on every night you play...

Spread the news, see you soon :)

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31/03/2014 - Special $20 freezeout trial at Beaumaris -

We're trialing a little $20 freezeout structure cash event on Tuesday nights at the Beaumaris Sports Association, as a good chance for some of our Free League group to play for a little money!

Starting this Tuesday 1st April, timing is the usual 6pm registration, 7pm start.

If the response is positive towards it, we'll continue it on Tuesdays as a regular event.

Gaming Function by Permit issued under Section 47 of the Act for Beaumaris Sports Association

6/03/2014 - A great streak of results for Nicholas McIntyre! -

Special note needs to be made to Nicholas McIntyre, regular Free League player at the Beaumaris Sports Association.

As at the first 7 weeks of the season, Nicholas has won 3 times and come second 3 times, in fields of between 30 and 45 players.

We can't recall the last time (if any) during the league where a player has come close to this effort.

Congratulations Nicholas! Your consistent performance is impressive, and has skyrocketed you to a healthy 1400+ point lead in the Beaumaris Free League ladder!

18/01/2014 - Some news from Team WAPL Macau! -

News from the Team in Macau!

Penny and Luke are doing well through Day 1A, with Luke being ranked in the 50s with 21,000 chips at end of day. Penny is hanging in there on 8k, after having a bit of a rollercoaster day of ups and downs!

Darren has been quite ill unfortunately! Get well soon mate!

Best of luck to you all, we'll keep this post updated as we hear more!

4/01/2014 - A new year, a new WAPL Season, starting 7th January! -

Welcome to 2014! We trust you had a great Christmas and New Year period. This week signifies the start of WAPL Season 25, on Tuesday 7th January at the Beaumaris Sports Association.

We've been taking some great suggestions from our players and are making some changes to this season's structure, especially based around the Grand Final and desire for players to participate in it, bearing in mind players who only play a single event per week and want to strive to win their individual venue ladder.

The changes for Season 25 are as follows -

Back to a 6 month season, to get back to a bigger grand final prize pool.

$30 buy-in, $20 re-buy. The extra $5 buy-in now goes direct to the grand final prize pool, but all players at the Grand Final have their buy-in reduced by the number of Pro games they played during the season x $5 (up to their entire $200 grand final buy-in!) This enables you to not only play your fun regular weekly events, but to look forward to a great prize pool grand final with a discounted, or even free, entry! This change will hopefully achieve what we all want to see, and that is a bigger Grand Final with more players and a bigger prize pool.

There will be no more Tournament of Champions for top of venue players, instead the winner of each venue will win a $200 cash payout for their great efforts at becoming the champion of their venue!

In view of the top ranked ladder players getting a large discount off their grand final buy-in due to the number of games they will have played, we will also replace the $200 buy-in from the top 5 players, with a cash payout of $500, $300, and $200 for the top 3 season ladder results.

We are considering adding some regular (monthly) structure changes to some of the regular events, which we will be discussing with the member base at events come the start of the season.

We will continue to listen to your feedback and discuss new ideas with a mind to further improving our structure in a direction our members would like to see it head.

Thanks for all your suggestions and support through 2013, here's to a great 2014, all the best to you all!

Your WAPL Team

10/12/2013 - Tournament of Champions @ Beaumaris, 10th December -

Don't forget the Season 24 Tournament of Champions is on at the Beaumaris this Tuesday 10th December for the 1st and 2nd placed players at each venue ladder for last season.

Good luck!

29/11/2013 - Season Results are complete! Check your ranking! -

After the final game of the Season on Thursday night, the Season 24 rankings for Pro and Free are now correct.

Please go ahead and check the respective ladders to see if you are in the Top 100 to qualify for your grand final position on Sunday!

Pro League Ranks

Free League Ranks

Congratulations to Pete Lehtonen and Deb Lyttle for a great season! They each took out the Pro and Free Season Championships, both secured at the final event of the season, which was very close all the way through!!!

Woodvale and Beaumaris will continue in the off-season for the first 3 weeks of December, before we break over the Christmas period!

Don't forget that GF registration starts at 11am, seating at midday, this Sunday 1st December, upstairs at Albion Hotel! Pro players with $100 PoCA Challenge Tickets must bring them along to be able to pay for your $200 buy-in in part or full.

See you there :)

27/11/2013 - Season 24 Grand Finals this weekend! Sunday 1st Dec! -

WAPL Season 24 Grand Finals

Here is the information for the Season 24 Grand Final!

For those Pro players buying in, you CAN USE any remaining $100 PoCA Challenge Tickets to buy-in in part or in full to this Grand Final! Don't forget to bring your ticket(s) with you!

Pro League - Overall Season ranking prizes

1st - Season Champion Trophy & $200 Grand Final Entry

2nd - $200 Grand Final Entry

3rd - $200 Grand Final Entry

4th - $200 Grand Final Entry

5th - $200 Grand Final Entry

In addition to the overall league rankings, the top player for each venue at the end of the season will also win a $100 qualification into the Tournament of Champions held at the end of the season! Second player from each venue has the option to buy-in to this great event for $100!

Only Pro League venues running for over 5 weeks during a season will be eligible for the winning qualification, and if a player has already gained qualification through another venue, it does not automatically qualify a lower ranked player for the prize.

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

  More Details -

  Locations, Dates & Times

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

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

• Free League Registration opens 11am.
  
  
  
  Final Free League registration 11:45am for a 12 noon start.
• $10 re-buy registration opens 12:00pm.
  
  
  
  Final registration 1:00pm.

Please don't be late, as it's critical we start the tournaments on time and we don't want to turn latecomers away.

Pro League Grand Final

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

Qualifiers - $200 buy-in

• Top 10% of the players win cash prizes!

  Free League Grand Final

  • Top 100 on Free League Ladder qualify.
  • Top 10 ranked players receive a FREE 2500 rebuy if they get knocked out before the first break!
  • No buy-in
  • Free League Championship Trophy Prize, nothing of monetary value, but you're playing for the fun and the fame of becoming the Free League Champ!

  There will also be Cash Tables and Sit'n'Goes running for players who wish to play more poker during the events!

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14/11/2013 - WAPL Warehouse Sale! Grab a 2nd hand table or other gear! -

We're relocating to smaller premises, and have a lot of surplus used poker tables and other equipment for sale that we don't want to have to move! Over this Sunday and next (17th and 24th Nov) from 2pm-6pm we will have a warehouse clearance where you can grab yourself some bargains. 



Mostly used, but some items are new. 



Prices start from $1 for some of the accessories! Tables depend on condition, pick and choose depending on your budget. 



MANY used poker tables in varying quality, 8 or 10 seater (8 seaters with legs or sit on existing tabletops, 10 seaters all have legs) 



Poker chips (new!) 

Poker cards (old design we no longer use) 

Poker accessories, clothing and miscellaneous goodies! 



Some office furniture also to be sold - 

Beautiful glass display cabinet with downlight 

Large standing bar/front counter 

Desks/Tables 

Chairs 



Specialty items - 

3x surplus enclosed box trailers 

Custom made camera inlaid poker 'final table' (Serious offers only, this was expensive but we don't use it at the grand finals anymore!) 



Please make sure you have enough room to take purchased items with you, as we're moving at the end of the month! 



These tables will not easily fit in most cars, so a ute/truck/roofrack and tiedowns highly recommended. 



Details - 



Sunday 17th and 24th November 



2pm-6pm 



11 Old Aberdeen Place, West Perth (off Cleaver Street, runs parallel to the Graham Farmer Freeway tunnel entrance from Loftus street) 



Contact Jason@wapokerleague.com.au if you have any questions. 



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31/10/2013 - Aussie Millions Event 1 Qualifier - Monday Nov 4th @ Paddy Malone's! -

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

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

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

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

23/09/2013 - Double Stack Pro Events! 6000 chip stacks, single 6000 chip re-buy or top-up! -

Double Stack Pro League

Mondays and Wednesdays!!

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

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

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

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

18/08/2013 - Team WAPL Macau - August 2013 News (with live updates!) -

  We see 6 Team WAPL members head over to Macau for the Red Dragon in August, 2013, for what is sure to be another great trip for Team WAPL!

Headed up by WAPL's Frank and Jill Maley, we have past Team WAPL members Darren Rudrum and Murray Rhodes heading back for more fun, and PoCA Challenge newcomers Stephen King and David Irwin experiencing the amazing Macau for the first time!

The latest news is on WAPL's Facebook page - facebook.com/WAPokerLeague

Frank and Jill had a great start to the trip, both winning their main event entries through satellites!

Team WAPL all played Day 1a of the Main Event.

Day 1a

Awesome news! We had 4 of our 6 Team WAPL Members through to Day 2!

Dave and Jill both got unlucky to bust in Day 1a, but will be taking part in further events, so good luck with those!

Day 2

After a couple of days break for the completion of Day 1b and 1c, Team WAPL hits the felt again for Day 2 of the Pokerstars Macau Red Dragon!

Frank is doing very well, sitting at 25th overall in chip lead. Stephen is short stacked, with Darren and Murray about average chip stacks.

Stephen caught a few double ups to get right back in the thick of things, overtaking Frank to over 120,000 in chips at one point later in the day!

After hours of play, and a total of 645 players starting in the event, Stephen and Frank both made it to the Top 77, and are in the money in the main event! Congratulations!

With play set to finish at 11pm Saturday night, they still had a long way to go. Frank was still going strong, with Stephen dropping back to a short stack, folding away the places (and getting higher up the cash payouts!)

At exactly 50th place, Stephen got knocked out (over $22,000HKD cash, congratulations!), leaving Frank as our final Team WAPL member in the main event! Frank still hovering around the 200,000-300,000 mark, now about average stack.

In a very exciting Day 2, 11pm finally rolled around, and we saw Frank left with 328,000 in chips, with 21 players remaining! Best of luck tomorrow Frank! Ship it!

Day 3

In a tense start to Day 3, we immediately lost 2 players in the first few hands.

Early on in the day, Frank picked up a hand and chipped up a bit, then folded out of another he'd got involved in.

He's been playing tight, and very composed, as would be expected from a player of his international poker experience!

Around him players have been dropping throughout the day, with him hanging in there!

With just 12 players remaining in the event, Frank is now 2nd short stack with 200,000 in chips, and in a tough position with the blinds now up to 12,000-24,000, and the antes 4,000!

Another two players fall, leaving 10 players with Frank still in!

1 more player to Final Table.... Good luck Frank, bring home that Trophy (the $1.3 million HKD (~$200,000AUD) would be great too!)

Frank has made Final Table as short stack, with exactly 200,000 in chips!

Final Table

Frank hit final table of the Pokerstars Macau Red Dragon as the short stack with exactly 200,000 in chips, and in doing so has become the second Team WAPL member in as many years to make the Red Dragon Final Table since Bob Streatfeild cashed in 9th position in September 2012!

Frank will be hoping to see some good cards and not run into Aces, which ended Bob's run to 1st place last Sept. He's in a tough spot right now, with the blinds up to 15,000-30,000 and 5000 antes. It's time for the big pockets to come his way!

Great effort Frank, best of luck for Final Table!

Frank just doubled up on Final Table with Pocket Jacks vs Ace Queen! Flop came King 4 5, with a 6 on the turn and an 8 on the river!

He is now over 500,000 in chips! Just the bit of breathing space he needed! Keep it going Frank!

Frank the Tank, heading to the Bank!

Well, after a gruelling 3 days of play, Frank Maley has been knocked out in 7th place!

It went like this - Frank raised to 135,000 pre-flop with Ace Jack of Hearts, gets re-raised to 230,000, and calls to see a flop of 6, 6, 10.

His opponent is holding Pocket 10s and just hit a full house, yet Kiwi Thomas Ward proceeds to bet the flop with 200,000. Frank believed that he Thomas hadn't hit the flop, and flat called with his two overcards and a possible flush draw if the turn comes a heart.

The turn comes a Jack, giving Frank top pair top kicker. Ward bet 350,000, and Frank instantly shoves his stack. Ward calls with his full house, leaving Frank needing one of two remaining Jacks to win the hand.

The Jack didn't come, and Frank leaves the Pokerstars Macau Red Dragon Main Event in 7th place, winning $206,000HKD (~$29,000AUD) for his great performance!

Frank won his Main Event entry through a ~$180AUD satellite in Macau the day before the Main Event started.

Congratulations Frank, you've made us all proud!

The latest news is on WAPL's Facebook page - facebook.com/WAPokerLeague

14/08/2013 - Team WAPL Macau Update -

2/08/2013 - Pat Healy going strong in ANZPT -

1/08/2013 - New monthly Sunday events, Macau Trip, and the next PoCA Challenge! -

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

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

31/07/2013 - Monthly $50 PoCA event upstairs @ Albion Hotel -

Starting this Sunday 4th August, we'll be hosting a monthly Sunday event upstairs at the Albion Hotel (the same venue we've been hosting the Grand Final and Poker for Charity Challenge). This event will be another great opportunity for you to win both cash and entry to the PoCA Challenge, to make it to Macau with Team WAPL!

This structure will be a $50 buy-in 6000 start stack, with a single 6000 re-buy or top-up available for $50. Blind rounds will be 20 minutes throughout, so we have a quality tournament to look forward to!

Payouts are based on our standard payouts to top 10% players, with each player in the money receiving cash plus their $100 ticket to a PoCA Challenge! (Transferrable/Sellable if you don't want to go to Macau, many others will happily take it off your hands if you absolutely do not want it)

As a result of the regular weekend events being held at the Albion, we won't be holding odd cash table nights there on Friday nights until further notice.

$2/$5 Cash tables will be available at the special events, as always!

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

9/07/2013 - Macau $10 Satellite Thurs @ Woodvale -

3/07/2013 - PoCA Donates $10,000 to Swan City Youth Service -

The official opening of the Swan City Youth Service's entertainment refit was held on the 2nd July, much to the delight of the many people whose lives will be enhanced by the changes!

SCYS, which has been operating for over 30 years, applied for part of the $65,000 in PoCA Donations made before the end of financial year, with their project being a much needed facelift for their entertainment room.

Previously inhabited by an old analogue television caged into the corner of the room, and some less than comfy sofas, the all new entertainment room now boasts an Xbox, Playstation 3, both with big wall mounted LCD tvs, a projector and screen for television, 2 new sofas, in addition to some great table games like Foosball, Pool, Table Tennis, and Air Hockey.

Not only this, but the room now boasts a lot of smiles from kids who need the support.

Thanks to all our members who contribute so generously to PoCA through playing Pro League and the Cash Raffle.

Here's some photos taken on the day, where PoCA Chairman and Board Member Kelvin Davies and Michelle Duryea attended the grand opening to officially cut the ribbon and allow entry to the room!

The sausage sizzle

Official opening announcement

PoCA receives a warm round of applause

SCYS's Chrystie Flint & PoCA's Kelvin Davies cutting the ribbon

The official ribbon cut

The new room, complete with newly spray painted wall art by the kids

Discussing the new area with a local reporter

Playing the table games. What a break!

Watching the gaming commence

Great to see so many smiling faces as everyone enjoys the new room!

2/07/2013 - Macau $10 Satellite TONIGHT -

18/06/2013 - More chances to win your $100 PoCA Challenge seat! -

We're running a series of quick $10 re-buy events in the coming months to enable our members to win $100 tickets to the Poker for Charity Challenge events!

For those with a dream to join Team WAPL and play in the awesome Pokerstars Red Dragon events in Macau, this is your chance to get there for as little as $10!

These events have a maximum of 3 re-buys/top-ups, which can be taken at any point up to the end of 200/400. Blind levels start at 25/50 and are 10 minutes, with starting stack, re-buys and top-ups 1500.

These events start at 6pm on the following dates at the Woodvale Tavern and Beaumaris Sports Clubs -

Tue 18 Jun Beaumaris S/Club @ 6-00pm

Thu 27 Jun Woodvale Tavern @ 6-00pm

Tue 2 July Beaumaris S/Club @ 6-00pm

Thu 11 July Woodvale Tavern @ 6-00pm

Tue 16 July Beaumaris S/Club @ 6-00pm

Thu 25 July Woodvale Tavern @ 6-00pm

Tue 30 July Beaumaris S/Club @ 6-00pm

Thu 8 Aug Woodvale Tavern @ 6-00pm

Tue 13 Aug Beaumaris S/Club @ 6-00pm

Thu 22 Aug Woodvale Tavern @ 6-00pm

Enjoy, and good luck winning your PoCA Challenge tickets!

10/06/2013 - Championship Poker Tonight @ Paddy Malones -

3/06/2013 - Paddy Malone's is ON tonight for a Public Holiday start to Season 23! -

Come check out our newest venue Paddy Malone's, as we're still running for the Public Holiday!

See you there :)

2/06/2013 - WAPL Season 22 Grand Finals! -