Melbourne Champs II
30 SEPT - 11 OCT 2026

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐆𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐃 | 𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝟐 𝐓𝐎𝐃𝐀𝐘 | 𝟏𝟐𝐏𝐌 | 𝐂𝐑𝐎𝐖𝐍 𝐌𝐄𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐎𝐋 𝐌𝐄𝐋𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐍𝐄 The Grind returns for Day 2 today with 71 entries recorded and 22 players returning with bags. With a massive $100,000 GUARANTEED prize pool already locked in, there is still plenty of value on offer, with Day 2 registration remaining open for one more level. 𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝟐 𝐑𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 Open until 12:40PM 𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐘𝐄𝐑𝐒 Table 4 Zanxin Li - 189,000 Sean Ragozzini - 172,000 Mudit Malhotra - 163,000 Paris Sitzoukis - 83,500 Cameron Lawless - 83,000 Table 5 Zhi Cheng Yang - 816,000 Patrick Barba - 393,000 Luka Djumic - 134,500 Charlie Hu - 59,000 Table 6 Omar Melki - 564,500 Rob Madson - 400,000 Juneyong Park - 381,500 Mudit Malhotra - 163,000 Sudesh Piyatissa - 76,500 Table 7 Kurt Stevens - 415,000 Morry Edelstein - 138,500 Michael Mihelakis - 109,500 Jett Wong - 108,000 Shem Goltz - 98,500 Table 8 William (Kee Lim) - 474,000 Wadih Barbara - 312,500 Jennifer Cassell - 81,000 Will Carter - 77,500 Buy-In: $1,250 ($1,075 + $175 Ticket Fee) Starting Stack: 75,000 Shot Clock Re-Entry: Available 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 | 𝟓 𝐒𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐒 𝐆𝐔𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐄𝐃 Win your seat into a major APT event with the Mega Satellite, featuring 5 seats guaranteed! 💰 Buy-In: $300 ($275 + $25 Ticket Fee) 🎟️ 5 Seats Guaranteed 🃏 Starting Stack: 30,000 ⏱️ Shot Clock 🔄 Re-Entry: Available ➕ 1x Add-On 🕝 Start: 2:30pm NOTE: Satellite winners must nominate a flight of their choosing at the completion of each satellite. Satellite winners stacks are put in play at the start of the nominated flight. 📍 Crown Metropol Melbourne | Sky Bar 28 𝐀𝐏𝐓 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬. 𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐞: https://live.australianpokertour.com.au/tournament-schedule/

UPDATED Melbourne Champs II Schedule 🏆 REMOVED: THE BIG BOUNTY ❌ THE MEGA STACK ❌ RESCHEDULED: Melbourne Champs FLIGHT C (350K GTD): 7th October 4:30PM BIG FLIPPER (DAY 1): 10th October 4:00PM BIG FLIPPER (DAY 2): 11th October 4:00PM ADDED: MEGA SATELLITE(With Add On) 5 SEATS GTD: 7th October 2:30PM MEGA SATELLITE(With Add On) 5 SEATS GTD: 7th October 8:30PM MEGA SATELLITE(With Add On) 5 SEATS GTD: 8th 2:30PM It could be YOUR chance to win a part of the HUGE $350K GTD prize pool. See you there ♠️

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𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗦 — 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘 #𝟰 🏆🔥 𝗣𝗔𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗞 𝗕𝗔𝗥𝗕𝗔 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗨𝗘𝗦 𝗧𝗢 𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗗! 👀 The latest Player of the Series standings are in, and Patrick Barba remains at the top with 𝟱𝟲𝟭 points! Lucas Morritt is hot on his heels with 551, while Paris Sitzoukis has moved into third on 538. With only 23 points separating the top three, there is still everything to play for! 𝗖𝗨𝗥𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗧𝗢𝗣 𝟮𝟬: 🥇 1. Patrick Barba — 561 🥈 2. Lucas Morritt — 551 🥉 3. Paris Sitzoukis — 538 Sean Ragozzini — 505 Jarred Graham — 496 Harry “Hung Lin Shih” — 465 Zhongyu Deng — 460 Mackenzie Alford — 420 Luka Djumic — 410 Manoj Thapa — 398 Idris Hassan “OG” — 388 Xiuming Huang “Uncle Sammy” — 363 Omar Melki — 361 Kee Lim “William” — 346 Vladmir Stepanov — 345 Kan Lin — 323 Michael Tchong — 319 Jordan Batis — 311 Nathan Ong — 300 🚨 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗘 𝗜𝗦 𝗧𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧! Patrick continues to set the pace, but Lucas and Paris are right behind him, with a strong chasing pack not far away. With more events still to come, every point could make the difference. Who will make the move and challenge Patrick for the crown? 🔥 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗟 𝗕𝗘 𝗡𝗨𝗠𝗕𝗘𝗥 𝟭 𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗡 𝗜𝗧 𝗔𝗟𝗟 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. View the full tournament schedule and register online: https://live.australianpokertour.com.au/tournament-schedule/

𝐉𝐀𝐂𝐊𝐒𝐎𝐍 𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐄’𝐒 𝐀𝐏𝐓 𝐈𝐍𝐕𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 - 𝐓𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 Get ready for a very special night at Crown Metropol Melbourne as Jackson Warne hosts an exclusive APT Invitational Sit & Go. The lineup is stacked, with some of Australia’s biggest names joining Jackson at the table. 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞 𝐉𝐨𝐞 𝐇𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐆𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐱𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐲 “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐜” 𝐁𝐞𝐧 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐕𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐋𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝟔:𝟒𝟓𝐏𝐌 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐥 𝐌𝐞𝐥𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞 | 𝐒𝐤𝐲 𝐁𝐚𝐫 𝟐𝟖 Expect big personalities, big hands and plenty of action as the special guests take their seats for the Jackson Warne’s APT Invitational. 𝐖𝐀𝐓𝐂𝐇 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄: https://www.youtube.com/@AustralianPokerTour

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗟𝗘 | 𝗪𝗘 𝗛𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗜𝗢𝗡! 🐋🏆 𝗟𝗨𝗞𝗔 𝗗𝗝𝗨𝗠𝗜𝗖 𝗛𝗔𝗦 𝗧𝗔𝗞𝗘𝗡 𝗗𝗢𝗪𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗨𝗚𝗨𝗥𝗔𝗟 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗟𝗘! A field of 𝟭𝟯𝟳 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 battled for a massive $87,680 prize pool, with Luka Djumic emerging as the inaugural champion of The Whale! 🏆🔥 Heads-up, Luka Djumic and Sean Ragozzini came to a deal, securing $18,985 for Luka and $19,315 for Sean, before Luka took the title! 💰 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗧𝗢𝗣 𝟵: 🥇 Luka Djumic — $18,985 🥈 Sean Ragozzini — $19,315 🥉 Lucas Morritt — $10,675 4th: Shem Goltz — $7,400 5th: Brendan O'Neill — $5,400 6th: Mike Chalmers — $4,150 7th: BIG SHOW (Stephen Topakas) — $3,300 8th: Amin Riyazati — $2,700 9th: Van Marcus — $2,250 𝗙𝗜𝗘𝗟𝗗: 𝟭𝟯𝟳 | 𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗭𝗘 𝗣𝗢𝗢𝗟: $𝟴𝟳,𝟲𝟴𝟬 | 𝗕𝗨𝗬-𝗜𝗡: $𝟳𝟱𝟬 𝗟𝗨𝗞𝗔 𝗗𝗝𝗨𝗠𝗜𝗖 𝗜𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗨𝗚𝗨𝗥𝗔𝗟 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗟𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗔𝗣𝗧! 🐋👑 Congratulations, Luka! 🔥🏆

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟲-𝗠𝗔𝗫 𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗧 𝗖𝗟𝗢𝗖𝗞 𝗛𝗔𝗦 𝗔 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗜𝗢𝗡! 🏆🔥 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗢 𝗚 𝗚𝗢𝗘𝗦 𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗔𝗬! After a field of 𝟴𝟮 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 battled it out for a $41,000 prize pool, Theo G has claimed the title and a massive 𝗔𝗨$𝟭𝟮,𝟱𝟬𝟬 first prize! 💰 After more than eight hours of action, Theo G held his nerve through the final stages to finish on top and take home the trophy. 👑 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗧𝗢𝗣 𝟳: 🥇 Theo G — $12,500 🥈 Michael Mihelakis — $7,900 🥉 Vladmir Stepanov — $5,300 4th: Jordan Batis — $3,780 5th: zac (Yixan Zhai) — $2,800 6th: Manoj Thapa — $2,200 7th: John (Jiachen Zhang) — $1,750 𝗙𝗜𝗘𝗟𝗗: 𝟴𝟮 | 𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗭𝗘 𝗣𝗢𝗢𝗟: $𝟰𝟭,𝟬𝟬𝟬 | 𝗕𝗨𝗬-𝗜𝗡: $𝟲𝟬𝟬 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦, 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗢 𝗚! 🏆🔥

𝐌𝐄𝐋𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐍𝐄 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐒 𝐈𝐈 | 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐆𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐃 🔥 $100,000 GUARANTEED The Grind gets underway tomorrow at Crown Metropol Melbourne! 💰 Buy-In: $1,250 ($1,075 + $175 Ticket Fee) 🃏 Starting Stack: 75,000 ⏱️ Shot Clock 🔄 Re-Entry: Available 🕐 Start: 2:00pm 🎒 Bag & Tag: 11:50pm Day 2 - Wednesday 7th October - 12pm. Late Reg. 12:50pm 📍 Crown Metropol Melbourne | Sky Bar 28 𝐀𝐏𝐓 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬. 𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐞: https://live.australianpokertour.com.au/tournament-schedule/

𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝟳 | 𝟲-𝗠𝗔𝗫 𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗧 𝗖𝗟𝗢𝗖𝗞 🔥 The final seven are set in the $25,000 GTD 𝗦𝗜𝗫-𝗠𝗔𝗫 𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗧 𝗖𝗟𝗢𝗖𝗞, with a massive $41,000 prize pool up for grabs! 🏆 Theo G leads the charge with 1,430,000 chips, with John (Jiachen Zhang) close behind on 1,030,000 and Manoj Thapa sitting on 675,000. 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝟳 Theo G — 1,430,000 John (Jiachen Zhang) — 1,030,000 Manoj Thapa — 675,000 Jordan Batis — 325,000 Michael Mihelakis — 300,000 zac (Yixan Zhai) — 195,000 Vladmir Stepanov — 140,000 𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗭𝗘 𝗣𝗢𝗢𝗟: $𝟰𝟭,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗣𝗔𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗧𝗦 🥇 1st — $12,500 🥈 2nd — $7,900 🥉 3rd — $5,300 4th — $3,780 5th — $2,800 6th — $2,200 7th — $1,750 Seven players remain, but only one will walk away with the title and the $12,500 top prize. 💰 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/

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗟𝗘 | 𝟵 𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗔𝗜𝗡 🐋🔥 The inaugural running of 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗟𝗘 has reached its final nine! With $87,680 in the prize pool and $23,000 waiting for the champion, the biggest battle is still to come. 🏆 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝟵 Luka Djumic — 2,030,000 Sean Ragozzini — 1,980,000 Brendan O'Neill — 1,870,000 Mike Chalmers — 1,840,000 Lucas Morritt — 1,085,000 Shem Goltz — 725,000 Van Marcus — 715,000 BIG SHOW (Stephen Topakas) — 660,000 Amin Riyazati — 60,000 𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗭𝗘 𝗣𝗢𝗢𝗟: $𝟴𝟳,𝟲𝟴𝟬 𝗣𝗔𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗧𝗦 🥇 1st — $23,000 🥈 2nd — $15,300 🥉 3rd — $10,675 4th — $7,400 5th — $5,400 6th — $4,150 7th — $3,300 8th — $2,700 9th — $2,250 Nine players remain. One will walk away with the title, the trophy and the biggest piece of the prize pool. 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗟 𝗕𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗨𝗚𝗨𝗥𝗔𝗟 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗟𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗔𝗣𝗧? 🐋👑 The final table is set. Now it's time to find out who can 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/

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𝐌𝐄𝐋𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐍𝐄 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐒 | 𝐌𝐀𝐈𝐍 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐓 Do you want part of a $350,000 GUARANTEED PRIZE POOL? The APT Melbourne Champs Main Event is underway at Crown Metropol Melbourne! 💰 Buy-In: $1,650 ($1,450 + $200 Ticket Fee) 🃏 Starting Stack: 60,000 🕐 Late Registration: 10:25pm Day 2 is Re- Entry only. 🎒 Bag & Tag: 12:25am Note: You can only enter this event up until Level 8 in one of flights. Day 2 is Re-Entry only. Equity payouts are also available with $22 per 1000 chips in all smaller stacks if you bag more than once! 📍 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 𝐈𝐈 | 𝟔-𝐌𝐀𝐗 𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐓 𝐂𝐋𝐎𝐂𝐊 🔥 $25,000 GUARANTEED The 6-Max Shot Clock is now running at Crown Metropol Melbourne! 💰 Buy-In: $600 ($500 + $100 Ticket Fee) 🃏 Starting Stack: 50,000 ⏱️ 6-Max | Shot Clock 🔄 Re-Entry: Available 🕐 Late Registration: Open until the end of Level 8 (6:30pm) 📍 Crown Metropol Melbourne | Sky Bar 28 𝐀𝐏𝐓 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬. 𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐞: https://live.australianpokertour.com.au/tournament-schedule/

𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗦 — 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘 #𝟯 🏆🔥 𝗪𝗘 𝗛𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗔 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗡𝗨𝗠𝗕𝗘𝗥 𝟭! 👀 The Player of the Series race has taken another huge turn, with Patrick Barba charging into the lead on 561 points! Jarred Graham has also made a massive move, climbing into second with 496, while Harry “Hung Lin Shih” remains firmly in the hunt with 465. 𝗖𝗨𝗥𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗧𝗢𝗣 𝟮𝟬: 🥇 1. Patrick Barba — 561 🥈 2. Jarred Graham — 496 🥉 3. Harry “Hung Lin Shih” — 465 Zhongyu Deng — 460 Paris Sitzoukis — 448 Idris Hassan “OG” — 388 Mackenzie Alford — 375 Xiuming Huang “Uncle Sammy” — 363 Omar Melki — 361 Kee Lim “William” — 346 Lucas Morritt — 341 Kan Lin — 323 Michael Tchong — 319 Nathan Ong — 300 Yifan Yao — 300 Chun Hao Chen “Jimmy” — 285 Dean Blatt — 274 Sharyn Wood — 271 Manoj Thapa — 263 Rob Madson — 250 🚨 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗧𝗢𝗣 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗕𝗢𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗜𝗦 𝗪𝗜𝗗𝗘 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗡. Patrick has built a serious lead, but with Harry, Zhongyu and Paris all within striking distance, the battle for Player of the Series is far from over. And with plenty more action still to come, there are more points up for grabs and more opportunities to shake up the standings. 🔥 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗟 𝗕𝗘 𝗡𝗨𝗠𝗕𝗘𝗥 𝟭 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗡𝗘𝗫𝗧 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘? 🏆 📍 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/

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗟𝗘 | 𝗧𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝗗𝗥𝗔𝗪 🐋🔥 The Whale is paused for seating, with 𝟯𝟵 players currently in the field and the action set for a full day of action. The prize pool has already climbed to $𝟲𝟲,𝟱𝟲𝟬, with registration still open until Level 1:55pm. There’s plenty of time to jump into the action — don’t miss your chance to take a bite out of The Whale! 🐋 𝗧𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝟲 Seat 1 - Kareem Kilany - 105,000 Seat 2 - Nick Kealy - 135,000 Seat 6 - Mudit Malhotra - 271,000 Seat 8 - Nikolaos Mallis - 106,000 𝗧𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝟳 Seat 5 - David Xie - 389,000 Seat 6 - Lucas Morritt - 181,000 Seat 8 - Dale Marsland - 218,000 Seat 9 - Mousty Kay - 313,000 𝗧𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝟴 Seat 1 - John (Jiachen Zhang) - 74,000 Seat 2 - Luka Djumic - 243,000 Seat 3 - Steven Vun - 166,000 Seat 5 - Michael Mihelakis - 229,000 𝗧𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝟭𝟬 Seat 3 - Karl Symonds - 62,000 Seat 4 - Jiale Li - 139,000 Seat 5 - Chris Gatley - 251,000 Seat 7 - Nik Maljkovic - 255,000 𝗧𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝟭𝟭 Seat 1 - Shem Goltz - 531,000 Seat 4 - Kevin Crowle - 448,000 Seat 6 - Roman Shcherbakov - 119,000 Seat 8 - Jing Zhu - 321,000 𝗧𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝟭𝟮 Seat 1 - Yuanting Wang - 109,000 Seat 4 - Brendan O'Neill - 282,000 Seat 7 - Jordan Batis - 373,000 Seat 8 - Mackenzie Alford - 331,000 𝗧𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝟭𝟰 Seat 3 - Nicholas Mooney - 117,000 Seat 5 - BIG SHOW (Stephen Topakas) - 75,000 Seat 7 - John-Paul Saad - 15,000 Seat 8 - Ariff Mustafa - 176,000 Seat 9 - Paul Birman - 96,000 𝗧𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝟭𝟱 Seat 3 - Rob Madson - 221,000 Seat 5 - Grace Brooke - 655,000 Seat 6 - Glen Groen - 242,000 Seat 8 - Michael Tchong - 83,000 𝗧𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝟭𝟲 Seat 1 - Marcus Van - 0 Seat 2 - Linda Currie - 126,000 Seat 4 - Nick Kaselias - 149,000 Seat 7 - Van Marcus - 0 Seat 8 - Dean Blatt - 228,000 𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗣 𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗦 Grace Brooke leads the way with 655,000, followed by Shem Goltz on 531,000 and Kevin Crowle with 448,000. The Whale is getting bigger by the minute. Who’s going to make the biggest splash? 🐋🏆 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗟𝗘 | $𝟱𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗚𝗧𝗗 | $𝟳𝟱𝟬 𝗕𝗨𝗬-𝗜𝗡 | 𝗥𝗘𝗚𝗢 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗡 𝗨𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗟 𝗟𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗟 𝟭𝟮

𝗦𝗨𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗖𝗞 | 𝗪𝗘 𝗛𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗔 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗜𝗢𝗡! 🏆🔥 𝗨𝗡𝗖𝗟𝗘 𝗦𝗔𝗠𝗠𝗬 (𝗫𝗜𝗨𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗛𝗨𝗔𝗡𝗚) has conquered the Superstack! A field of 𝟱𝟵 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 battled it out for a share of the $17,405 prize pool, with Uncle Sammy coming out on top to claim a fantastic 𝗔𝗨$𝟰,𝟳𝟬𝟬 first prize! 💰 His SECOND victory of this series. After a full day of action, Uncle Sammy held his nerve when it mattered most to take down the title and cap off a huge performance. He's done it again. 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝟴: 🥇 Uncle Sammy (Xiuming Huang) – $4,700 🥈 Zhaodong He – $4,200 🥉 Aaron Cimera – $2,450 4th: Scott King – $1,760 5th: Sharyn Wood – $1,345 6th: Mark O (Mark O'Ryan) – $1,050 7th: Chee Keong Kong – $850 8th: James Mier – $700 𝗙𝗜𝗘𝗟𝗗: 𝟱𝟵 | 𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗭𝗘 𝗣𝗢𝗢𝗟: $𝟭𝟳,𝟰𝟬𝟱 | 𝗕𝗨𝗬-𝗜𝗡: $𝟯𝟱𝟬 𝗨𝗡𝗖𝗟𝗘 𝗦𝗔𝗠𝗠𝗬 𝗧𝗔𝗞𝗘𝗦 𝗗𝗢𝗪𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗨𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗖𝗞! 👑🏆 Congratulations, Uncle Sammy (Xiuming Huang)! 🔥

𝗩𝗔𝗡𝗦 𝗩𝗔𝗨𝗟𝗧 | 𝗪𝗘 𝗛𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗔 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗜𝗢𝗡! 🏆🔥 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗦 𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗭𝗢𝗨𝗞𝗜𝗦 has taken down the inaugural Vans Vault! After battling through a field of 𝟱𝟳 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀, Paris has fought his way to the top to claim the title and a massive 𝗔𝗨$𝟮𝟳,𝟵𝟬𝟬 first prize! 💰 Paris was chip leading for the majority of the tournament and managed to secure the victory that he believes was destined for him from the very start. Jarred and Paris made a heads up deal, and Paris still managed to claim victory! 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝟴: 🥇 Paris Sitzoukis – $27,900 🥈 Jarred Graham – $23,100 🥉 Kan Lin – $14,000 4th: Sean Ragozzini – $10,000 5th: Harlie Jensz – $8,000 6th: Dean Blatt – $6,000 7th: Yifan Yao – $5,000 8th: Patrick Barba – $4,000 𝗙𝗜𝗘𝗟𝗗: 𝟱𝟳 | 𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗭𝗘 𝗣𝗢𝗢𝗟: $𝟭𝟬𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬 | 𝗕𝗨𝗬-𝗜𝗡: $𝟮,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗦 𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗭𝗢𝗨𝗞𝗜𝗦 𝗜𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗨𝗚𝗨𝗥𝗔𝗟 𝗩𝗔𝗡𝗦 𝗩𝗔𝗨𝗟𝗧 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗜𝗢𝗡! 👑🏆 Congratulations, Paris Sitzoukis! 🔥

𝗦𝗨𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗖𝗞 | 𝟵 𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗔𝗜𝗡 🔥 The Superstack has reached the final nine, with the title and a $17,405 prize pool now firmly in sight! 🏆 Scott King leads the way with 910,000 chips, followed by Uncle Sammy (Xiuming Huang) on 675,000 and Aaron Cimera with 565,000. 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝟵 Scott King - 910,000 Uncle Sammy (Xiuming Huang) - 675,000 Aaron Cimera - 565,000 James Mier - 490,000 Denzel Barkho - 445,000 Zhaodong He - 445,000 Sharyn Wood - 405,000 Chee Keong Kong - 245,000 Mark O (Mark O'ryan) - 165,000 𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗭𝗘 𝗣𝗢𝗢𝗟: $𝟭𝟳,𝟰𝟬𝟱 𝗣𝗔𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗧𝗦 1st - $5,400 2nd - $3,500 3rd - $2,450 4th - $1,760 5th - $1,345 6th - $1,050 7th - $850 8th - $700 Nine players remain, with a payday of $5,400 waiting at the top. Who will make the final push and take down the Superstack? 👑🔥 📍 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/

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