A massive weekend of poker at the Canterbury Hurlstone Park RSL ended with more than $50,000 in cash and prizes awarded to players from across Sydney and NSW.
Action kicked off with the latest edition to the APL Sydney Champs, which was another sellout of 400 players thus ensuring a maximum prizepool of $28,000 to be shared among the top 32 finishers.
The final table kicked-off at midnight (after 13 hours of play) with Dave Tomson holding a big chip lead. The pivotal hand was played four-handed when the A-K of Steve Giorgioni KOed Kushlani Sitsabesan and Tomson to set-up a heads-up duel with Nas Lavulo.
It then took another two hours before Lavulo (pictured left) to eliminate Giorgioni to earn the first prize of $10,000, while Giorgioni took home $4000.
The next instalment of the Sydney Champs will be played at Warilla Bowls & Recreation Club in February 2013.
APL Sydney Champs (November 2012) results
1 Nas Lavulo $10,000
2 Steve Giorgioni $4000
3 Dave Tomson $2500
4 Kushlani Sitsebesan $2000
5 Adam Hudson $1500
6 John Ziogas $1000
7 Kostas Sarantakos $900
8 John Barakat $700
9 Ergun Behattin $500
10 Elie Jaajaa $300
11 Dinesh Velupillay $300
12 Ray Griffin $300
13 Chad Bethell $300
14 Jarred Luke $300
15 Jean Close $300
16 Scott Dawson $300
17 Cheryl Allerby $200
18 Katrina Szalai $200
19 Jeff Valance $200
20 Charles Demanuele $200
21 Michelle Kypriadis $200
22 Fran Bell $200
23 Tony Tavella $200
24 Andrew Carter $200
25 Tim Smith $150
26 Saj Iqbal $150
27 George Abrahim $150
28 EJ Diamante $150
29 Ian Ross $150
30 Craig Jackson $150
31 Chris Nikolaou $150
32 Kim Ioakimaros $150
• A massive field of 481 players took their seats the day after the APL Sydney Champs for the November edition of the $25,000 NSW Pro Open.
Anthony Nguyen signalled his intentions after the bubble burst and looked poised for a deep run after sending the ever-dangerous John Azzi (seeking his third Pro Open title) to the rail in eighth.
Elshan Mammadov (fifth), Despina Yiannakoulias (sixth) and Zoran Souanovic (seventh) fell agonisingly short of seats in the first MAIN EVENT for 2013 but have already earned a spot for the next NSW State Champs.
After David Chilcott was sent packing in fourth, Nguyen’s charge continued to the finish line – he railed Daniel Magrin and Rosalinda Etheridge in short order to secure the title of November 2012 NSW Pro Open Champion along with a $17,000 TeamWSOP package for 2013, a State Champs seat and $1000 in cash.
The next NSW Pro Open will be played at the Blacktown Workers Club on Sunday, December 9 while the Pink Heart Ladies Champs will be played on the day prior (Saturday, December 8).
NSW Pro Open (November 2012) results
1 Anthony Nguyen $1000 + $17,000 TeamWSOP package + State Champs seat
2 Rosalinda Etheridge $700 + $1200 MAIN EVENT seat + State Champs seat
3 Daniel Magrin $450 + $1200 MAIN EVENT seat + State Champs seat
4 David Chilcott $350 + $1200 MAIN EVENT seat + State Champs seat
5 Elshan Mammadov $300 + State Champs seat
6 Despina Yiannakoulias $300 + State Champs seat
7 Zoran Souanovic $250 + State Champs seat
8 John Azzi $250 + State Champs seat
9 Norman Little $100 + Pro Open seat
10 Steve Nguyen $100 + Pro Open seat
11 Mala Kita $100 + Pro Open seat
12 James Lai $100 + Pro Open seat
13 Vas Filopoulos $100 + Pro Open seat
14 Paul Cotter $100 + Pro Open seat
15 Bek Martin $100 + Pro Open seat
16 Mark Vann $100 + Pro Open seat
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