Melbourne Champs II
30 SEPT - 11 OCT 2026

𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝟵 | 𝗣𝗟𝗢 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗦 🔥 The final nine are set in the $75,000 GTD 𝗣𝗟𝗢 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗦, with a massive $75,000 prize pool up for grabs! 🏆 Nine players remain in contention, all battling for the trophy and the huge $19,000 first prize! Who will rise to the occasion and become our PLO Champs champion? 💰 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝟵 Paris Sitzoukis Theo G Jack (Sijia Chen) Jim Chahoud Amin Riyazati Amer Kinani Nathan Vistarini Kanaan Youkhanna Winston Tan 𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗭𝗘 𝗣𝗢𝗢𝗟: $𝟳𝟱,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗣𝗔𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗧𝗦 🥇 1st — $19,000 🥈 2nd — $12,000 🥉 3rd — $7,600 4th — $5,500 5th — $4,200 6th — $3,300 7th — $2,650 8th — $2,150 9th — $1,800 The battle is on, and with $19,000 waiting for the winner, every hand matters! 🔥 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗟 𝗚𝗢 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘? 👀🔥 📍 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗼𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗹𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲 | 𝗦𝗸𝘆 𝗕𝗮𝗿 𝟮𝟴 𝗔𝗣𝗧 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀. Save time at the venue and 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 before you arrive. View the full tournament schedule and register online: https://live.australianpokertour.com.au/tournament-schedule/

𝐕𝐈𝐂 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐒 𝐒𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐄 | 𝟐 𝐒𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐒 𝐆𝐔𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐄𝐃 🏆🔥 Win your way into the VIC Champs with our satellite tonight, featuring 2 seats guaranteed and a $5,000 prize pool! For just $300, take your shot at securing a seat in one of the major events of the series. With a 20,000 starting stack and an add-on available, it's time to get in the action! 🎟️ 💰 Buy-In: $300 ($250 + $50 Ticket Fee) 🏆 2 Seats Guaranteed 🃏 Starting Stack: 20,000 ⏱️ Shot Clock 🔄 Re-Entry: Available ➕ 1x Add-On Available ⏰ Start: 8:30pm ⏱️ Registration Closes: Level 6 𝗧𝗪𝗢 𝗦𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗦. 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗩𝗜𝗖 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗦 𝗝𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗡𝗘𝗬 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗦 𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘! 🔥 Don't miss your chance to win your way into the VIC Champs. Register tonight, build your stack and battle it out for one of the guaranteed seats! 📍 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐥 𝐌𝐞𝐥𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞 | 𝐒𝐤𝐲 𝐁𝐚𝐫 𝟐𝟖 𝐀𝐏𝐓 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬. 𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐞: https://live.australianpokertour.com.au/tournament-schedule/

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𝐌𝐄𝐋𝐁 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐒 | 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐅𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐓𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓! 🏆🔥 The final flight of the Melbourne Champs is tonight, with a massive $350,000 guaranteed prize pool up for grabs! This is the last chance to take your shot at one of the biggest events of the series. Build your stack, battle through the field and put yourself in contention for a huge payday! 💰 💰 Buy-In: $1,650 ($1,450 + $200 Ticket Fee) 🏆 $350,000 Guaranteed 🃏 Starting Stack: 60,000 🔄 Re-Entry: Levels 9–12 ⏰ Start: 4:30pm ⏱️ Late Registration: 10:25pm 👜 Bags: 12:25am 𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗧𝗢 𝗠𝗔𝗞𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗠𝗢𝗩𝗘! 🔥 The final flight is your last opportunity to get into the Melbourne Champs and chase a share of the $350,000 guaranteed prize pool. Don't miss your chance to make a deep run and secure your spot in the next stage! Don't forget, rego is only open on Day 2 if you have played one of our Day 1 flights. 📍 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐥 𝐌𝐞𝐥𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞 | 𝐒𝐤𝐲 𝐁𝐚𝐫 𝟐𝟖 𝐀𝐏𝐓 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬. 𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐞: https://live.australianpokertour.com.au/tournament-schedule/

𝐀𝐏𝐓 𝟓𝟎𝟎 | $𝟐𝟓,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐆𝐔𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐄𝐃 🏆🔥 The APT 500 is underway, with a $25,000 guaranteed prize pool up for grabs! Registration is still OPEN until Level 10. There's plenty of time to get involved, build your stack and make a run at the title! 💰 💰 Buy-In: $500 ($425 + $75 Ticket Fee) 🏆 $25,000 Guaranteed 🃏 Starting Stack: 80,000 🔄 Re-Entry: Available 🕒 Registration: Open until Level 10 The action is heating up, and there's still time to jump into the mix. Who will rise through the field and claim the APT 500 title? 🔥 📍 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐥 𝐌𝐞𝐥𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞 | 𝐒𝐤𝐲 𝐁𝐚𝐫 𝟐𝟖 𝐀𝐏𝐓 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬. 𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐞: https://live.australianpokertour.com.au/tournament-schedule/

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗔𝗧𝗛 | 𝗪𝗘 𝗛𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗔 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗜𝗢𝗡! 🏆🔥 𝗗𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗘𝗟 𝗞𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗘𝗥 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗤𝗨𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗔𝗧𝗛! The Goliath has come to an end after an incredible 𝟲𝟯 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 battled it out for a massive $150,000 prize pool — and Daniel Klinger has emerged victorious to claim the trophy and a huge $36,400 first prize! 💰 Daniel Dessmann finished runner-up, taking home $37,600, after the two Daniels struck a deal heads-up before playing it out for the trophy and the ultimate bragging rights! With the money settled, there was still everything to play for as they battled for the title. 🤝 BIG SHOW (Stephen Topakas) rounded out the podium in third place for $20,000! 👏 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝟵: 🥇 Daniel Klinger — $36,400* 🥈 Daniel Dessmann — $37,600* 🥉 BIG SHOW (Stephen Topakas) — $20,000 4th: Martin Kozlov — $14,500 5th: Nathanial Hutton — $11,000 6th: Yifan Yao — $9,000 7th: Gening Dai — $7,500 8th: Patrick Barba — $6,000 9th: Lachlan Crilly — $5,000 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗔 𝗚𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗔𝗧𝗛 𝗕𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗟𝗘! 🔥 Congratulations to Daniel Klinger on winning the heads-up battle and taking home the trophy, and hats off to Daniel Dessmann for an incredible run! 👏 *Denotes deal made 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 𝗗𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗘𝗟 𝗞𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗘𝗥 — 𝗬𝗢𝗨'𝗥𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗔𝗧𝗛 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗜𝗢𝗡! 🏆👑 𝗙𝗜𝗘𝗟𝗗: 𝟲𝟯 | 𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗭𝗘 𝗣𝗢𝗢𝗟: $𝟭𝟱𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬 | 𝗕𝗨𝗬-𝗜𝗡: $𝟮,𝟱𝟬𝟬 📍 Crown Metropol Melbourne | Sky Bar 28 𝐀𝐏𝐓 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬. 𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐞: https://live.australianpokertour.com.au/tournament-schedule/

Mega Satellite today 12pm! These satellites now have both 5 seats guaranteed to the Melbourne Champs Main Event as well as 9 seats guaranteed to the VIC Poker Champs Satellite ($300 ticket entry) 1st-5th place will receive both tickets and 6th-9th place will receive only the VIC Champs satellite ticket. Players get 30k start stack for $300 entry. There is unlimited re-entries for 8 levels, with 15 minute blinds plus a single or double add on option for $100 for 30k or $200 for 60k

𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗦 — 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘 #𝟲 🏆 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗦 𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗭𝗢𝗨𝗞𝗜𝗦 𝗧𝗔𝗞𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗧𝗢𝗣 𝗦𝗣𝗢𝗧! 👀 The latest Player of the Series standings are in, and we have a NEW leader! Paris Sitzoukis has rocketed to the top with an incredible 𝟴𝟴𝟭 points, taking a huge lead over Patrick Barba on 730. Michael Mihelakis has also made a major move, climbing into fifth with 543 points, while Luka Djumic sits just two points behind him on 541. The leaderboard has been shaken up, and the race is getting serious! 🔥 𝗖𝗨𝗥𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗧𝗢𝗣 𝟮𝟬: 🥇 1. Paris Sitzoukis — 881 🥈 2. Patrick Barba — 730 🥉 3. Sean Ragozzini — 580 Lucas Morritt — 551 Michael Mihelakis — 543 Luka Djumic — 541 Jarred Graham — 496 Harry “Hung Lin Shih” — 465 Zhongyu Deng — 460 Omar Melki — 436 Mackenzie Alford — 420 Manoj Thapa — 398 Idris Hassan “OG” — 388 Xiuming Huang “Uncle Sammy” — 363 Rob Madson — 363 Charlie Hu — 351 Kee Lim “William” — 346 Vladmir Stepanov — 345 Kan Lin — 323 Michael Tchong — 319 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗕𝗢𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗛𝗔𝗦 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗘𝗗! 🚨 Paris has opened up a massive 151-point lead over Patrick, while Sean Ragozzini has moved into third with 580. Behind the leaders, just 10 points separate Michael Mihelakis, Luka Djumic and Lucas Morritt, making the battle for the chasing positions incredibly tight! With more events still to come, the Player of the Series race is wide open. Can Patrick fight his way back to the top? Will Sean close the gap? Or can Paris hold onto the lead? 🔥 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗟 𝗕𝗘 𝗡𝗨𝗠𝗕𝗘𝗥 𝟭 𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗪𝗥𝗔𝗣𝗦 𝗨𝗣? 🏆 📍 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗼𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗹𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲 | 𝗦𝗸𝘆 𝗕𝗮𝗿 𝟮𝟴 𝗔𝗣𝗧 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀. Save time at the venue and 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 before you arrive.

The Goliath | Final Table Live The Goliath has reached the final table, with the remaining players battling it out for their share of the $150,000 GUARANTEED prize pool. 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐥 𝐌𝐞𝐥𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞 | 𝐒𝐤𝐲 𝐁𝐚𝐫 𝟐𝟖 Expect big hands, big decisions and plenty of action as we play down to a winner of The Goliath. 𝐖𝐀𝐓𝐂𝐇 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄: https://www.youtube.com/live/ZcPaXMOD2Is?si=3_JmBlT3TXxME3Qs

Mega Satellite tonight 7pm! These satellites now have both 5 seats guaranteed to the Melbourne Champs Main Event as well as 9 seats guaranteed to the VIC Poker Champs Satellite ($300 ticket entry) 1st-5th place will receive both tickets and 6th-9th place will receive only the VIC Champs satellite ticket. Players get 30k start stack for $300 entry. There is unlimited re-entries for 8 levels, with 15 minute blinds plus a single or double add on option for $100 for 30k or $200 for 60k

𝐏𝐋𝐎 𝟒 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐒 | 𝐅𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐄 | $𝟕𝟓,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐆𝐔𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐄𝐃 🏆🔥 The PLO 4 Champs continues with Flight E tonight, with a massive $75,000 guaranteed prize pool up for grabs! Get your seat, build your stack and battle your way through to Day 2! 💰 Don’t forget if you bag a second stack, we will cash your smaller one out for $6 for every 1000 chips. Equity payouts for any smaller bags after your first. 💰 Buy-In: $400 ($340 + $60 Ticket Fee) 🏆 $75,000 Guaranteed 🃏 Starting Stack: 50,000 🔄 Re-Entry: Available ⏰ Start: 6:00pm ⏱️ Registration Ends: 9:50pm 👜 Bags: 11:30pm 📍 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐥 𝐌𝐞𝐥𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞 | 𝐒𝐤𝐲 𝐁𝐚𝐫 𝟐𝟖 𝐀𝐏𝐓 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬. 𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐞: https://live.australianpokertour.com.au/tournament-schedule/

𝐌𝐄𝐋𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐍𝐄 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐒 | $𝟑𝟓𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐆𝐔𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐄𝐃 🏆🔥 The Melbourne Champs flight D is kicking off tonight with a massive $350,000 guaranteed prize pool up for grabs! There’s still time to get in and take your shot at Melbourne Champs glory, with late registration open until 10:25pm! 💰 💰 Buy-In: $1,650 ($1,450 + $200 Ticket Fee) 🏆 $350,000 Guaranteed 🃏 Starting Stack: 60,000 ⏰ Start: 4:30pm ⏱️ Late Registration: 10:25pm 👜 Bags: 12:25am 𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝟐 𝐈𝐒 𝐑𝐄-𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐘 𝐎𝐍𝐋𝐘 You must have played a Day 1 flight to be eligible to re-enter on Day 2. There is also $22 in equity paid per 1,000 chips for players who bag a larger stack. 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗟 𝗕𝗘 𝗖𝗥𝗢𝗪𝗡𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗘𝗟𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗡𝗘 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗦 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗜𝗢𝗡? 👑 📍 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐥 𝐌𝐞𝐥𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞 | 𝐒𝐤𝐲 𝐁𝐚𝐫 𝟐𝟖 𝐀𝐏𝐓 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬. 𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐞: https://live.australianpokertour.com.au/tournament-schedule/

$400 entry for huge value in our PLO CHAMPS!!! See you tonight for our final PLO Champs flight Don’t forget if you bag a second stack, we will cash your smaller one out for $6 for every 1000 chips. Equity payouts for any smaller bags after your first.

𝐆𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐀𝐓𝐇 | $𝟏𝟓𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐆𝐔𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐄𝐃 — 𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝟐 🏆🔥 The Goliath is back for Day 2, with a massive $150,000 guaranteed prize pool up for grabs! Late registration remains OPEN until Level 13, so there’s still time to get into the action and take your shot at Goliath glory! 💰 💰 Buy-In: $2,500 ($2,250 + $250 Ticket Fee) 🏆 $150,000 Guaranteed 🃏 Starting Stack: 100,000 ⏱️ Shot Clock 🔄 Re-Entry: Available ⏰ Day 2 Late Registration: Until Level 13 📍 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐥 𝐌𝐞𝐥𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞 | 𝐒𝐤𝐲 𝐁𝐚𝐫 𝟐𝟖 𝐀𝐏𝐓 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬. 𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐞: https://live.australianpokertour.com.au/tournament-schedule/

IMPORTANT SCHEDULE CHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT. There has been a change made to the mega sattys today and tomorrow. These 5 seat guarantee satellites are now at 2:30pm today, 7pm today and 12:00pm tomorrow (9th October) These satellites now have both 5 seats guaranteed to the Melbourne Champs Main Event as well as 9 seats guaranteed to the VIC Poker Champs Satellite ($300 ticket entry) 1st-5th place will receive both tickets and 6th-9th place will receive only the VIC Champs satellite ticket. Players get 30k start stack for $300 entry. There is unlimited re-entries for 8 levels, with 15 minute blinds plus a single or double add on option for $100 for 30k or $200 for 60k

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗗 | 𝗪𝗘 𝗛𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗔 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗜𝗢𝗡! 🏆🔥 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗜𝗘 𝗛𝗨 𝗛𝗔𝗦 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗤𝗨𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗗! Day 2 of The Grind has come to an end, with 𝟭𝟬𝟵 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 creating a huge $117,175 prize pool — and Charlie Hu has battled his way to the top to claim the title and a massive 𝗔𝗨$𝟮𝟳,𝟴𝟱𝟬 first prize! 💰 Paris Sitzoukis came agonisingly close, battling it out heads up after agreeing to a deal, finishing runner-up for $27,150, while Michael Mihelakis completed the podium in third place for $14,600! 👏 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝟵: 🥇 Charlie Hu — $27,850 🥈 Paris Sitzoukis — $27,150 🥉 Michael Mihelakis — $14,600 4th: Zanxin Li — $10,230 5th: Juneyong Park — $7,350 6th: Patrick Barba — $5,600 7th: Kurt Stevens — $4,450 8th: Luka Djumic — $3,700 9th: Rob Madson — $3,200 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗗 𝗪𝗔𝗦 𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗟𝗬 𝗔 𝗚𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗗! 🔥 The players battled through a marathon Day 2 to determine our champion. With a $100,000 guarantee smashed and $117,175 up for grabs, there was plenty on the line from start to finish! 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗜𝗘 𝗛𝗨 — 𝗬𝗢𝗨'𝗥𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗗 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗜𝗢𝗡! 🏆👑 𝗙𝗜𝗘𝗟𝗗: 𝟭𝟬𝟵 | 𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗭𝗘 𝗣𝗢𝗢𝗟: $𝟭𝟭𝟳,𝟭𝟳𝟱 | 𝗕𝗨𝗬-𝗜𝗡: $𝟭,𝟮𝟱𝟬 📍 Crown Metropol Melbourne | Sky Bar 28 𝐀𝐏𝐓 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬. 𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐞: https://live.australianpokertour.com.au/tournament-schedule/

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐆𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐃 | 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐓𝐀𝐁𝐋𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄 The Grind has reached the final table, with the remaining players battling it out for their share of the $100,000 GUARANTEED prize pool. 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝟗𝐏𝐌 𝐓𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐥 𝐌𝐞𝐥𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞 | 𝐒𝐤𝐲 𝐁𝐚𝐫 𝟐𝟖 Expect big hands, big decisions and plenty of action as we play down to a winner of The Grind. 𝐖𝐀𝐓𝐂𝐇 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄: https://www.youtube.com/live/JAzNzyffuT8?si=a3fqAX0nOnnzk7Ta

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗝𝗔𝗖𝗞𝗦𝗢𝗡 𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗡𝗘 𝗜𝗡𝗩𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 | 𝗪𝗘 𝗛𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗔 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗜𝗢𝗡! 🏆🔥 𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗔𝗟 𝗛𝗨𝗧𝗧𝗢𝗡 𝗛𝗔𝗦 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗜𝗠𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗝𝗔𝗖𝗞𝗦𝗢𝗡 𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗡𝗘 𝗜𝗡𝗩𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟! What a night! The Jackson Warne Invitational was full of big moments, great poker and plenty of entertainment — and Nathanial Hutton has come out on top to claim the title and a fantastic 𝗔𝗨$𝟰,𝟰𝟬𝟬 first prize! 💰 Jackson Warne finished runner-up to take home $2,640, while Glenn Maxwell rounded out the podium in third place for $1,760! 👏 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝟯: 🥇 Nathanial Hutton — $4,400 🥈 Jackson Warne — $2,640 🥉 Glenn Maxwell — $1,760 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗔 𝗡𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧! 🔥 It was a fun and entertaining night from start to finish, with plenty of action at the tables and great energy throughout the event. A huge thank you to everyone who showed up to play and made the Jackson Warne Invitational such a memorable night — and to everyone who tuned in and watched from home! ❤️ 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗔𝗟 𝗛𝗨𝗧𝗧𝗢𝗡 — 𝗬𝗢𝗨'𝗥𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗝𝗔𝗖𝗞𝗦𝗢𝗡 𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗡𝗘 𝗜𝗡𝗩𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗜𝗢𝗡! 🏆👑 📍 Crown Metropol Melbourne | Sky Bar 28 𝐀𝐏𝐓 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬. 𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐞: https://live.australianpokertour.com.au/tournament-schedule/

𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗦 — 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘 #𝟱 🏆 𝗣𝗔𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗞 𝗕𝗔𝗥𝗕𝗔 𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗗𝗦 𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗢 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗧𝗢𝗣 𝗦𝗣𝗢𝗧! 👀 The latest Player of the Series standings are in, and Patrick Barba continues to lead the way with an impressive 𝟱𝟲𝟭 points! Lucas Morritt remains close behind on 551, while Paris Sitzoukis sits in third with 538. Just 23 points separate the top three, keeping the race wide open as the series continues! 𝗖𝗨𝗥𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗧𝗢𝗣 𝟮𝟬: 🥇1. Patrick Barba — 561 🥈2. Lucas Morritt — 551 🥉3. Paris Sitzoukis — 538 4. Sean Ragozzini — 505 5. Jarred Graham — 496 6. Harry “Hung Lin Shih” — 465 7. Zhongyu Deng — 460 8. Mackenzie Alford — 420 9. Luka Djumic — 410 10. Manoj Thapa — 398 11. Idris Hassan “OG” — 388 12. Xiuming Huang “Uncle Sammy” — 363 13. Omar Melki — 361 14. Kee Lim “William” — 346 15. Vladmir Stepanov — 345 16. Kan Lin — 323 17. Michael Tchong — 319 18. Jordan Batis — 311 19. Nathan Ong — 300 19. Yifan Yao — 300 19. Theo G - 300 🚨 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗧𝗢𝗣 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗕𝗢𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗜𝗦 𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗟𝗟 𝗧𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧! Patrick continues to set the pace, but Lucas is only 10 points behind, with Paris just another 13 points back. Behind the top three, Sean Ragozzini and Jarred Graham are also within striking distance, sitting on 505 and 496 points respectively. With plenty more poker still to come, every point matters. One big result could completely change the leaderboard! 🔥 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗟 𝗖𝗟𝗜𝗠𝗕 𝗧𝗢 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗧𝗢𝗣 𝗕𝗘𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗪𝗥𝗔𝗣𝗦 𝗨𝗣? 🏆 📍 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗼𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗹𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲 | 𝗦𝗸𝘆 𝗕𝗮𝗿 𝟮𝟴 𝗔𝗣𝗧 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀. Save time at the venue and 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 before you arrive.