The inaugural edition of the Perth Poker Championships wrapped up yesterday with Mat Carlsson’s victory in the Main Event, earning him a first prize of almost AUD $80,000.
One of five locals at the final table, the 22-year-old started the final table in second chip position but the stacks were spread quite evenly among:
Seat 1: Paul Satzke 438,000
Seat 2: Mat Carlsson 846,000
Seat 3: John Shin 660,000
Seat 4: David Lloyd 624,000
Seat 5: Anthony Marenko 476,000
Seat 6: Anthony Aston 320,000
Seat 7: Lucas Mierzwa 326,000
Seat 8: Didier Guerin 754,000
Seat 9: Jon Curtis 1,039,000
Carlsson (pictured left) chipped up midway through the final table when he found pocket aces to KO Guerin and pocket kings that spelt the end for David Lloyd. Overnight chip leader Curtis hit the rail in fourth before Aston bowed in third – the same result he achieved in the recent ANZPT Sydney Main Event.
The heads-up battle started with Anthony Marenko holding a slight lead over Carlsson and the pair swapped the top spot back and forth until Carlsson took a big chip lead when his flopped two-pair, queens and threes, won a big pot against Marenko’s pair of queens. He secured the title when his pocket sevens held up against the K-2 of Marenko.
• After placing runner-up in the High Stakes event at last year’s ANZPT Perth, Bernard Beh went one better to claim the Perth Poker Champs High Roller title and the first prize of $48,000. Derrick Cheung was second ($27,000) ahead of Kent Hunter ($18,900) and Irene Holzmann ($12,500).
In the extra $330 No Limit Hold’em event added to the schedule, John Aufdemkampe claimed his second title of the series (for $5100) ahead of Luke Sharpe, Alex Marbeck and James Fisher.
$1100 Perth Poker Champs Main Event results
1 Mat Carlsson $78,275
2 Anthony Marenko $49,600
3 Anthony Aston $27,590
4 Jon Curtis $21,545
5 David Lloyd $17,050
6 Didier Guerin $13,950
7 John Shin $11,160
8 Paul Satzke $8835
9 Lucas Mierzwa $6510
10 Darryl Alderson $4340
11 Thomas Labouchardiere $4340
12 Richard Wray $4340
13 Nick Embury $3875
14 Tu Le $3875
15 Darren Frunks $3875
16 Mark Johnson $3410
17 Mario Zulj $3410
18 Josh Foster $3410
19 Danny Stewart $2945
20 Derrek Cheung $2945
21 Daniel Loobas $2945
22 Craig Harich $2635
23 John Delvecchio $2635
24 Lynn Brooks $2635
25 Joe Darcy $2325
26 Leslie Laczko $2325
27 Warrick Spartling $2325
28 Nicholas Lampolt $2015
29 Dean Cox $2015
30 Paul Sharbarnee $2015
31 Luch Monte $2015
32 Sam Ingham $2015
33 Ben Breadsell $1705
34 Phil Green $1705
35 Sean Richards $1705
36 Andrian Chin $1705
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