He recently cracked the $1 million mark in online tournament winnings, and now Paul Hockin can add a second major live title to his CV after taking out the PokerStars ANZPT Melbourne Main Event title at Crown yesterday.
Hockin, who won the 2012 New Zealand Poker Champs Main Event title back in August, erased a significant chip deficit when heads-up play started to defeat WA’s Ashley Warner for the title.
Due to a three-way deal with third-place getter Michael Guzzardi, Warner took home more than Hockin but the Kiwi was more than happy to pack the trophy and a six-figure payout into his bag for the trip home.
Also the short stack three-handed, Hockin needed more than three hours to claw his way back and add a PokerStars tour title to his NZ Champs triumph.
ANZPT Melbourne Main Event results
1 Paul Hockin (NZ) $172,500
2 Ashley Warner $109,710
3 Michael Guzzardi $61,065
4 Michael Lo Giudice $47,610
5 Ismail Ismail $37,950
6 Igal Augarten $31,050
7 Karan Punjabi $24,150
8 Anthony Aston $18,975
9 Peter Matusik $13,800
10 Tam Truong $9660
11 Jie Gao $9660
12 Bryan Huang $9660
13 Hugh Cohen $7935
14 Shane Stark $7935
15 Aron Della Vedova $7935
16 Lik Lui $6900
17 Nicholas Polias $6900
18 Dean Blatt $6900
19 Ti Tran $5865
20 Minh Hau Nguyen $5865
21 Nali Kaselias $5865
22 Bill Jordanou $5175
23 Fabrice Ho $5175
24 Petar Vujic $5175
25 Gautam Dhingra $4485
26 Christopher Wood $4485
27 Manny Stavropoulos $4485
28 Luis Arrilucea $4140
29 Kyle Cheong $4140
30 Omer Silajdzija $4140
31 Dean Francis $4140
32 Davor Derek $4140
33 Matthew Wakeman $3795
34 Jeric Roche $3795
35 Kristian Lunardi $3795
36 Robbie Stewart $3795
37 Amanda De Cesare $3450
38 Patrick Dillon $3450
39 James Bills $3450
40 Martin Ward $3450
41 Najib Moubayed $3450
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