It’s been an amazing year for local poker’s 60-somethings. In January, David Gorr pocketed $2 million as the 2011 Aussie Millions Main Event champion, just hours after Leo Boxell had captured the Aussie Millions Six-handed title.
Boxell would go on to win the APPT Melbourne Main Event in July. In January 2012, Boxell will be inducted into the Australian Poker Hall of Fame, where he’ll join Lee “Final Table” Nelson (pictured left), who emerged victorious from last night’s ANZPT Melbourne Main Event final table.
Nelson is without doubt the winningest tournament player in Australasian poker history, with a CV that includes the 2006 Aussie Millions Main Event and victories across the world. His record now includes victory on one of the two regional tours run by his former sponsor.
With the Brownlow Medal count ticking away in the background, Nelson flopped the nut flush in the final hand to confirm his win and the first prize of $156,550. Another vastly experienced campaigner Nick Georgoulas collected a career high tournament cash of almost $100,000 for finishing runner-up to Nelson.
Danny Chevalier (third) fell short of a second ANZPT title while Phillip Willcocks, who was among the more dominant players on the final table, ended where he started the day – fifth. The final ANZPT event is scheduled to be played at SKYCITY in Darwin on October 4-8.
Event 10: $2200 ANZPT Melbourne Main Event (310 players; 36 players paid; total prizepool $620,000)
1 Lee Nelson (NZ) $156,550
2 Nick Georgoulas $99,200
3 Danny Chevalier $55,180
4 Karan Punjabi $43,090
5 Phil Willcocks (NZ) $34,100
6 Tom Wing $27,900
7 Stephen Eliesen $22,320
8 Brett Chalhoub $17,670
9 Justin Sanchez $13,020
10 Seonglee Ang $8680
11 Erich Stadler (NZ) $8680
12 Pat Dillon $8680
13 Robert Nowak $7750
14 Scott Davey $7750
15 Aaron Benton $7750
16 Tom Motherwell $6820
17 Ryan Hong $6820
18 Jesse McKenzie $6820
19 Aun Lim $5890
20 Quyet Pham $5890
21 Peter Matusik $5890
22 Ben Gilholme $5270
23 Nali Kaselias $5270
24 John Apostolidis $5270
25 Ben Savage $4650
26 Brett Watson $4650
27 Peng Khoo $4650
28 Paul Khoury $4030
29 Paul McKay $4030
30 Matthew Rolfe $4030
31 Benn Skender $4030
32 Stephen Ford $4030
33 Fabian Craib $3410
34 Geoffrey Nye $3410
35 Geordie Cutler $3410
36 Henry Wu $3410
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