APPT MELBOURNE: RAZAVI EARNS BIGGEST WIN OF POKER CAREER

It's a career win for English poker pro Samad Razavi (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-120th). After 100K and 200K USD pickups in 2011 (winning the UKIPT Cork Main and final tabling the Aussie Millions) Razavi earned over 325K AUD for the big win at APPT Melbourne in Australia earlier today.


Razavi came into final table play second in chips, but, was the favourite coming into FT play given his live tournament playing experience and his previous results on the circuit.

Tom Grigg (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-609th) - who entered final table play as the chip leader - finished third in the event.

Brendon Rubie (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 35th) - who finished second at the WSOP NLH 4-handed event this past summer - was the first man out. It was a very disappointing result for Rubie, who had his eyes set at the 2012 Player of the Year Top 10 with a victory here at the Crown Casino.

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FT EVENT PAYOUTS (AUD) Sam Razavi 326,125 Keith Walker 205,345 Tom Grigg 114,750 Wayne Bentley 87,575 Gary Benson 72,475 James Bills 57,375 Kristian Lunardi 45,300 Nigel Andrews 36,240 Brendon Rubie 27,175 RELATED POSTS GRIGG, RAZAVI, RUBIE FT > RUBIE RUNNER-UP > LEO LOVE - BOXELL WINS APPT DEFENDING CHAMPION Leo Boxell 2012 PTPR Points: 0 NEXT APPT TOUR STOP APPT Macau November 7-11, 2012

PTPR TIER 3 EVENT ASIA PACIFIC POKER TOUR APPT Melbourne NLH Main Event August 30-3, 2012 Crown Casino | Melbourne Buy-in: $5,160 | Prizepool: $1,246,915 Entries: 257 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION SAM RAZAVI 102 KEITH WALKER 62 TOM GRIGG 37 WAYNE BENTLEY 27 GARY BENSON 20 JAMES BILLS 12 KRISTIAN LUNARDI 10 NIGEL ANDREWS 7 BRENDON RUBIE 7

APPT MELBOURNE: GRIGG, RAZAVI, RUBIE HIGHLIGHT FINAL TABLE

Tom Grigg (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: NR) leads as the APPT Melbourne Final Table is set for Monday at the Crown Casino.

Grigg holds close to a 2:1 chip lead on his second place opponent, he will carry a chip stack of 2.27M into FT play.


Poker circuit veteran Sam Razavi (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-1,127th) is the second place opponent in question. Razavi has a 1.31M chip stack.

2012 WSOP NLH 4-Handed Event runner-up Brendon Rubie (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-44th)
comes in fourth. Rubie already has a score at the Crown Casino this year, he cashed in a prelim event at the Aussie Millions earlier this season.

Defending Champion Leo Boxell, Bill Argyros and Michael Kanaan all earned Top 25 finishes.

FINAL TABLE CHIP COUNTS:
Tom Grigg 2,271,000
Sam Razavi 1,318,000
Keith Walker 1,048,000
Brendon Rubie 1,002,000
Gary Benson 631,000
Wayne Bentley 610,000
Kristian Lunardi 352,000
James Bills 322,000
Nigel Andrews 138,000

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FT EVENT PAYOUTS (AUD) 1st 326,125 2nd 205,345 3rd 114,750 4th 87,575 5th 72,475 6th 57,375 7th 45,300 8th 36,240 9th 27,175 RELATED POSTS > RUBIE RUNNER-UP > LEO LOVE - BOXELL WINS APPT DEFENDING CHAMPION Leo Boxell 2012 PTPR Points: 0 NEXT APPT TOUR STOP APPT Macau November 7-11, 2012

PTPR TIER 3 EVENT ASIA PACIFIC POKER TOUR APPT Melbourne NLH Main Event August 30-3, 2012 Crown Casino | Melbourne Buy-in: $5,160 | Prizepool: $1,246,915 Entries: 257 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION 1st place 102 2nd place 62 3rd place 37 4th place 27 5th place 20 6th place 12 7th place 10 8th place 7 9th place 7

2012 WSOP: DAY 21 RECAP - WITH ADAMS' WIN, MAKE IT THREE FOR CANADA

PHOTO CREDIT: WORLD SERIES OF POKER

EVENT #28 |
2,500 NLH FOUR-HANDED |
750 ENTRIES | 1.7M PRIZEPOOL

Make it bracelet #3 for Canada at the World Series of Poker this summer as Timothy Adams earned the victory in Event #28 - $2,500 NLH Four-Handed.

Adams (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-44th) survived a 750-player field on his way to his first ever bracelet - defeating Australian Brendon Rubie (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 19th) - who won a prelim event at this year's Aussie Millions - heads-up.

Former bracelet winner James Schaaf (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 234th) was third in the event while Anthony Gregg (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 83rd) - who final tabled the EPT PCA for the second time this January - was the other man at the final table.


MAKING MOVES IN THE STANDINGS
Four players significant moves on the 2012 QuadJacks Poker Player of the Year Leaderboard - powered by PTPRpoker.

Other than previously mentioned Rubie, EPT Grand Final winner Mohsin Charania (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 12th), EPT Copenhagen winner Mickey Petersen (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 28th) and Jason Koon (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-64th) all made significant moves up the standings.

Gregory Merson, Toan Trinh, Andrey Gulyy, Ronit Chamani, Griffin Benger, Eric Froehlich, Sam Stein, Tom Braband and Tony Dunst all finished in the Top 18.

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FINAL TABLE PAYOUTS (USD) 1 Timothy Adams $392,476 2 Brendon Rubie $242,458 3 James Schaaf $164,823 4 Anthony Gregg $114,711 RELATED POSTS > SCHWARTZ WINS IN OT > SCOTT GETS HIS DUE > MEINDERS WINS ON DAY 19 > CASSIDY-NGUYEN GO TO EXTRAS > CHARETTE DOES ONE BETTER > OHEL/LAZER HEADS-UP! > GATHY'S THE COMEBACK KID > SCHOLL LIMIT CHAMPION > GOLDKING WINS 1ST BRACELET > THE LEGEND GROWS - HELLMUTH'S 12TH > LET HIM BE FRANK > MATROS MAKES IT 3 IN 3 > FRIEDMAN DENIES BRUNSON > HASTINGS WINS ON DAY 12 > VAN DER FLUIT WINS FIRST > MAKE IT TWO FOR MONNETTE > CAZALS, MAD MARVIN MOVE UP > BLOCH WINS BRACELET

PTPR PREMIER EVENT 2012 World Series of Poker Event #28 : 2,500 NLH FOUR-HANDED June 14-16, 2012 Rio All-Suite Hotel | Las Vegas Buy-in: $2,500 | Prizepool: $1,706,250 Entries: 750 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION TIMOTHY ADAMS 132 BRENDON RUBIE 82 JAMES SCHAAF 52 ANTHONY GREGG 42 GREGORY MERSON 38 TORREY REILY 32 TOAN TRINH 32 ANDREY GULYY 17 JASON KOON 17 MICKEY PETERSEN 17 MOHSIN CHARANIA 17 JOSHUA GOTTESMAN 15 RONIT CHAMANI 15 GRIFFIN BENGER 15 ERIC FROEHLICH 15 SAM STEIN 12 TOM BRABAND 12 TONY DUNST 12

2012 AUSSIE: RUBIE DEFEATS WILSON TO WIN OPENING EVENT AT AUSSIE MILLIONS

PHOTO/SOURCE: POKERENEWS.com

Brendon Rubie came back from the pack in order to defeat Scott Wilson, the chip leader coming into final day play at the Opening Event of the Aussie Millions down at the Crown Casino in Melbourne.


It's certainly a chaotic time in Melbourne with the Australian Open starting and plenty of Aussie Millions events in the next couple of days - it's only going to get crazier down under.

FINAL TABLE PAYOUTS (in AUD):
1st- Brendon Rubie $200,000
2nd- Scott Wilson $125,000
3rd- Rob Angood $80,000
4th- John Thomson $61,000
5th- Tam Truong $49,000
6th- Manny Stavropoulos $39,000
7th- Sherif Derias $29,000
8th- Naz Sibaei $19,000
9th- Tamara Volkoff $14,500
10th- Sean Robey $10,900

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PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
2012 Aussie Millions Poker Championship
1K NLH Opening Event
January 12-16, 2012

Crown Casino | Melbourne
Buy-in: $1,130 | Prizepool: $973,810 | Entries: 946

FINAL RESULTS:
BRENDON RUBIE 35
SCOTT WILSON 18
ROB ANGOOD 10
JOHN THOMSON 8
TAM TRUONG 5

2012 AUSSIE: GOING INTO OVERTIME IN OPENING EVENT DOWN UNDER

PHOTO/SOURCE: POKERENEWS.com

We are going into overtime down under! The return of the Opening Event at the Aussie Millions attracted a stunning 946 players - down only a few players from the 1,000 player field in 2011 - and organizers were forced to extend the event by one day.

After three Day 1's and Day 2 yesterday, it was obvious that the final 10 players weren't going to settle things in the original time frame.

Scott Wilson (2011 PTPR Rank: NR) will enter final table play as chip leader, hoping to be the one to replace defending champ Martin Drewe (2011 PTPR Rank: 182nd) as 2012 winner.

Wilson holds a 1M chip lead over Brendon Rubie (2011 PTPR Rank: 1766th), who had one PTPR last season, at the WSOP.

The other notable player at the final table, Manny Stavropoulos, shares the same 2011 rank as Rubie. Stavropoulos (2011 PTPR Rank: 1766th) finished in the Top 10 at the Main Event at last season's Aussie Millions.

FINAL TABLE CHIP COUNTS:
1- Scott Wilson 2,628,000
2- Brendon Rubie 1,625,000
3- Rob Angood 1,384,000
4- Tam Truong 934,000
5- Naz Sibaei 849,000
6- Sherif Derias 696,000
7- Manny Stavropoulos 554,000
8- John Thomson 363,000
9- Sean Robey 262,000
10- Tamara Volkoff 191,000

FINAL TABLE PAYOUTS (in AUD):
1st- $200,000
2nd- $125,000
3rd- $80,000
4th- $61,000
5th- $49,000
6th- $39,000
7th- $29,000
8th- $19,000
9th- $14,500
10th- $10,900

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PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
2012 Aussie Millions Poker Championship
1K NLH Opening Event
January 12-16, 2012

Crown Casino | Melbourne
Buy-in: $1,130 | Prizepool: $973,810 | Entries: 946

PTS AT STAKE:
1st place 35
2nd place 18
3rd place 10
4th place 8
5th place 5