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Joe Hachem Wins Again 21 Years After His $7.5M WSOP Triumph
Australian poker legend Joe Hachem wins the Victorian Poker Championship Omaha Hi-Lo event for A$16,000, adding another title to his remarkable career.
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Cooper Feltham Wins WPT Prime Australia After 17BB Comeback
Cooper Feltham has turned a 17-big-blind final-table stack into the biggest live tournament win of his career, taking down the WPT Prime Australia Championship at The Star Sydney for A$187,793.…
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Gary Benson Loses Court Fight Over A$50K Gambling Debt
Australian poker pioneer Gary Benson has lost a court battle over almost A$50,000 in gambling debts after a judge ruled that the arrangement behind the money amounted to unlicensed bookmaking.…
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Jarrod Thatcher Wins Inaugural Irish Open Sydney Main Event
Jarrod Thatcher won the inaugural Irish Open Sydney Main Event for A$155,100 after surviving a two-outer at the final table.
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Ailen Ji Wins Australian Poker Cup After King-High Call
Ailen Ji won the A$1,150 Australian Poker Cup for A$83,740 after making a tournament-defining king-high call at WPT Australia.
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Former Aussie Millions Finalist Mick Ryan Wins A$50,000 SuperCoach Title
Fifteen years after winning A$450,000 at one of Australian poker's biggest final tables, Mick Ryan has found another way to turn strategic decisions into a major payday. The former Aussie…
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WPT Australia Begins Today as 21-Day Sydney Festival Gets Underway
WPT Australia began at The Star Sydney on September 10, launching 21 days of tournament poker that produced champions in both WPT Prime and the A$5,000 WPT Australia Championship. Final…
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Why Is the Irish Open Being Played in Australia?
Australia has been competing in Eurovision for more than a decade, so perhaps we should have seen this coming. Now the country has another European institution to call its own.…
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Australia Hits Illegal Online Poker Operators With $24.24 Million in Penalties
Australia has handed down one of its biggest penalties yet against operators accused of offering illegal online poker services to local players. The Federal Court has ordered more than AU$24…