![]() ANZPT logo (2015) | |
Sport | poker |
---|---|
Founded | 2009 |
Ceased | 2015 |
Replaced by | Asia Pacific Poker Tour |
Owner(s) | GPTL at The Stars Group |
President | Danny McDonagh |
Region | Oceania |
Most titles |
![]() |
Sponsor(s) | PokerStars |
Official website | pokerstarslive.com |
The ANZPT – Australia New Zealand Poker Tour was a southern hemisphere poker tour operated by PokerStars. It ran for seven seasons from 2009 before closing in 2015 after merging with the APPT – Asia Pacific Poker Tour.
The ANZPT – Australia New Zealand Poker Tour was created in 2009 as a series of poker tournaments for local players in the Australia and New Zealand region, as the low entry (around AS2,000) were not attractive for professional players from US or Europe to travel so far to the region. This helped establish
PokerStars live events in the region by encouraging local players to participate in tournaments under the
PokerStars brand, glamour and prestige.
[1]
Between 2009 and 2015, several cities had the presence of ANZPT, in Australia they were:
Adelaide,
Sydney,
Gold Coast,
Perth,
Canberra,
Melbourne and
Darwin and in New Zealand the cities chosen were
Queenstown and
Auckland.
During the 7 seasons, several awards were distributed to the Players of the Year, with Tony Hachem being the biggest champion, winning two years in a row in the first and second seasons.
[1] Tony is the brother of
Joe Hachem, the
2005 World Series of Poker main event winner. In 2013, Anthony Hachem, son of Joe Hachem won ANZPT Melbourne.
[2]
At the same time,
PokerStars organized another tour in the vicinity, with the
APPT – Asia Pacific Poker Tour even having some tournaments from seasons 5, 6 and 7 happening together, expanding the reach of the
APPT tournaments in the Pacific.
In 2015, it was announced by Global Poker Tours Ltd., a subsidiary for live events of
Amaya Inc. (owner of
PokerStars between 2014 and 2019), that ANZPT would merge with
APPT and the brand would cease to exist, with only
APPT continuing to organize poker events in the pacific region. "I have been very proud to be a part of the ANZPT," said
APPT and ANZPT President Danny McDonagh. "There have been many memorable stops including Darwin, Gold Coast, and Queenstown together with the big city venues such as Sydney and Melbourne. The tour has preserved the freeze out format in the $2,000 range, a decision vindicated by how popular the series has been with players."
[3]
Date | Event / City | Players | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize | Results |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
31 January- 7 February |
![]() SkyCity Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia |
215
|
A$568,950 (~$365,694) |
![]() |
A$170,215 (~$109,406) |
[1] |
23 April- 3 May |
![]() The Star Sydney Casino, Sydney, NSW, Australia |
493
|
A$986,000 (~$696,746) |
![]() |
A$246,500 (~$174,186) |
[2] |
19–25 July |
![]() SkyCity Queenstown, Queenstown, Otago, New Zealand |
134
|
NZ$301,500 (~$194,212) |
![]() |
NZ$87,435 (~$56,321) |
[3] |
5–9 August |
![]() The Star Gold Coast, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia |
249
|
A$622,500 (~$524,325) |
![]() |
A$168,075 (~$141,568) |
[4] |
Date | Event / City | Players | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize | Results |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2–14 February |
![]() SkyCity Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia |
236
|
A$644,280 (~$569,751) |
![]() |
A$165,900 (~$146,709) |
[5] |
13–21 March |
![]() Crown Casino, Perth, WA, Australia |
222
|
A$510,600 (~$467,065) |
![]() |
A$132,750 (~$121,523) |
[6] |
15–25 April |
![]() The Star Sydney Casino, Sydney, NSW, Australia |
446
|
A$892,000 (~$829,636) |
![]() |
A$219,432 (~$204,091) |
[7] |
11–14 June |
![]() Casino Canberra, Canberra, ACT, Australia |
181
|
A$362,000 (~$305,310) |
![]() |
A$95,930 (~$80,907) |
[8] |
17–25 July |
![]() SkyCity Queenstown, Queenstown, Otago, New Zealand |
119
|
NZ$267,750 (~$234,076) |
![]() |
NZ$73,630 (~$64,370) |
[9] |
11–15 August |
![]() The Star Gold Coast, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia |
287
|
A$717,500 (~$653,342) |
![]() |
A$182,965 (~$166,604) |
[10] |
2–11 October |
![]() Crown Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia |
310
|
A$775,000 (~$752,062) |
![]() |
A$195,700 (~$189,908) |
[11] |
25–30 October |
![]() SkyCity Darwin, Darwin, NT, Australia |
100
|
A$200,000 (~$196,591) |
![]() |
A$57,000 (~$56,028) |
[12] |
Date | Event / City | Players | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize | Results |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
25 January- 6 February |
![]() SkyCity Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia |
253
|
A$551,540 (~$546,881) |
![]() |
A$148,900 (~$147,642) |
[13] |
17–27 March |
![]() Crown Casino, Perth, WA, Australia |
220
|
A$500,600 (~$495,555) |
![]() |
A$131,500 (~$130,175) |
[14] |
4–17 April |
![]() The Star Sydney Casino, Sydney, NSW, Australia |
393
|
A$786,000 (~$816,072) |
![]() |
A$195,714 (~$203,202) |
[15] |
17–22 May |
![]() The Star Gold Coast, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia |
245
|
A$563,500 (~$595,622) |
![]() |
A$145,100 (~$153,371) |
[16] |
10–13 June |
![]() Casino Canberra, Canberra, ACT, Australia |
134
|
A$267,900 (~$284,187) |
![]() |
A$73,600 (~$78,074) |
[17] |
15–26 September |
![]() Crown Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia |
310
|
A$620,000 (~$635,845) |
![]() |
A$156,550 (~$160,551) |
[18] |
29 September- 8 October |
![]() SkyCity Darwin, Darwin, NT, Australia |
64
|
A$128,000 (~$126,457) |
![]() |
A$36,480 (~$36,040) |
[19] |
Date | Event / City | Players | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize | Results |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
14–25 March |
![]() The Star Sydney Casino, Sydney, NSW, Australia |
461
|
A$922,000 (~$970,864) |
![]() |
A$226,812 (~$238,832) |
[20] |
26 April- 6 May |
![]() Crown Casino, Perth, WA, Australia |
310
|
A$310,000 (~$320,192) |
![]() |
A$78,275 (~$80,848) |
[21] |
23–29 July |
![]() SkyCity Queenstown, Queenstown, Otago, New Zealand |
149
|
NZ$402,300 (~$321,454) |
![]() |
NZ$110,600 (~$88,374) |
[22] |
20 August- 3 September |
![]() Crown Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia |
257
|
A$1,207,900 (~$1,258,347) |
![]() |
A$326,125 (~$339,745) |
[23] |
Date | Event / City | Players | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize | Results |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
11–29 October 2012 |
![]() Crown Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia |
345
|
A$690,000 (~$705,507) |
![]() |
A$101,275 (~$103,551) |
[24] |
17–25 November 2012 |
![]() SkyCity Auckland, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand |
207
|
NZ$414,000 (~$335,147) |
![]() |
NZ$80,502 (~$65,169) |
[25] |
14–24 February 2013 |
![]() Crown Casino, Perth, WA, Australia |
219
|
A$438,000 (~$452,797) |
![]() |
A$114,000 (~$117,851) |
[26] |
11–24 March 2013 |
![]() The Star Sydney Casino, Sydney, NSW, Australia |
460
|
A$920,000 (~$941,254) |
![]() |
A$226,320 (~$231,548) |
[27] |
20 May- 3 June 2013 |
![]() A$750,000 Prizepool guaranteed Crown Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia |
844
|
A$844,000 (~$820,636) |
![]() |
A$181,460 (~$176,437) |
[28] |
30 July- 4 August 2013 |
![]() Snowfest NZ$3,000 SkyCity, Queenstown, Otago, New Zealand |
126
|
NZ$340,200 (~$274,300) |
![]() |
NZ$93,600 (~$75,469) |
[29] |
Date | Event / City | Players | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize | Results |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
16–24 November 2013 |
![]() SkyCity Auckland, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand |
213
|
NZ$426,000 (~$353,457) |
![]() |
NZ$110,760 (~$91,899) |
[30] |
20 February- 2 March 2014 |
![]() Crown Casino, Perth, WA, Australia |
226
|
A$512,000 (~$462,111) |
![]() |
A$120,000 (~$108,307) |
[31] |
12–24 March 2014 |
![]() The Star Sydney Casino, Sydney, NSW, Australia |
458
|
A$916,000 (~$826,208) |
![]() |
A$123,500 (~$111,393) |
[32] |
20 August- 1 September 2014 |
![]() Crown Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia |
516
|
A$1,032,000 (~$965,144) |
![]() |
A$217,500 (~$203,410) |
[33] |
19–23 November 2014 |
![]() SkyCity Auckland, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand |
225
|
NZ$506,250 (~$401,952) |
![]() |
NZ$111,600 (~$88,608) |
[34] |
Date | Event / City | Players | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize | Results |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5–15 February |
![]() Crown Casino, Perth, WA, Australia |
192
|
A$393,600 (~$306,716) |
![]() |
A$98,900 (~$77,069) |
[35] |
11–23 March |
![]() The Star Sydney Casino, Sydney, NSW, Australia |
445
|
A$912,250 (~$696,821) |
![]() |
A$183,000 (~$139,784) |
[36] |
8–20 October |
![]() Crown Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia |
520
|
A$1,066,000 (~$780,878) |
![]() |
A$170,641 (~$125,000) |
[37] |
![]() ANZPT logo (2015) | |
Sport | poker |
---|---|
Founded | 2009 |
Ceased | 2015 |
Replaced by | Asia Pacific Poker Tour |
Owner(s) | GPTL at The Stars Group |
President | Danny McDonagh |
Region | Oceania |
Most titles |
![]() |
Sponsor(s) | PokerStars |
Official website | pokerstarslive.com |
The ANZPT – Australia New Zealand Poker Tour was a southern hemisphere poker tour operated by PokerStars. It ran for seven seasons from 2009 before closing in 2015 after merging with the APPT – Asia Pacific Poker Tour.
The ANZPT – Australia New Zealand Poker Tour was created in 2009 as a series of poker tournaments for local players in the Australia and New Zealand region, as the low entry (around AS2,000) were not attractive for professional players from US or Europe to travel so far to the region. This helped establish
PokerStars live events in the region by encouraging local players to participate in tournaments under the
PokerStars brand, glamour and prestige.
[1]
Between 2009 and 2015, several cities had the presence of ANZPT, in Australia they were:
Adelaide,
Sydney,
Gold Coast,
Perth,
Canberra,
Melbourne and
Darwin and in New Zealand the cities chosen were
Queenstown and
Auckland.
During the 7 seasons, several awards were distributed to the Players of the Year, with Tony Hachem being the biggest champion, winning two years in a row in the first and second seasons.
[1] Tony is the brother of
Joe Hachem, the
2005 World Series of Poker main event winner. In 2013, Anthony Hachem, son of Joe Hachem won ANZPT Melbourne.
[2]
At the same time,
PokerStars organized another tour in the vicinity, with the
APPT – Asia Pacific Poker Tour even having some tournaments from seasons 5, 6 and 7 happening together, expanding the reach of the
APPT tournaments in the Pacific.
In 2015, it was announced by Global Poker Tours Ltd., a subsidiary for live events of
Amaya Inc. (owner of
PokerStars between 2014 and 2019), that ANZPT would merge with
APPT and the brand would cease to exist, with only
APPT continuing to organize poker events in the pacific region. "I have been very proud to be a part of the ANZPT," said
APPT and ANZPT President Danny McDonagh. "There have been many memorable stops including Darwin, Gold Coast, and Queenstown together with the big city venues such as Sydney and Melbourne. The tour has preserved the freeze out format in the $2,000 range, a decision vindicated by how popular the series has been with players."
[3]
Date | Event / City | Players | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize | Results |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
31 January- 7 February |
![]() SkyCity Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia |
215
|
A$568,950 (~$365,694) |
![]() |
A$170,215 (~$109,406) |
[1] |
23 April- 3 May |
![]() The Star Sydney Casino, Sydney, NSW, Australia |
493
|
A$986,000 (~$696,746) |
![]() |
A$246,500 (~$174,186) |
[2] |
19–25 July |
![]() SkyCity Queenstown, Queenstown, Otago, New Zealand |
134
|
NZ$301,500 (~$194,212) |
![]() |
NZ$87,435 (~$56,321) |
[3] |
5–9 August |
![]() The Star Gold Coast, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia |
249
|
A$622,500 (~$524,325) |
![]() |
A$168,075 (~$141,568) |
[4] |
Date | Event / City | Players | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize | Results |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2–14 February |
![]() SkyCity Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia |
236
|
A$644,280 (~$569,751) |
![]() |
A$165,900 (~$146,709) |
[5] |
13–21 March |
![]() Crown Casino, Perth, WA, Australia |
222
|
A$510,600 (~$467,065) |
![]() |
A$132,750 (~$121,523) |
[6] |
15–25 April |
![]() The Star Sydney Casino, Sydney, NSW, Australia |
446
|
A$892,000 (~$829,636) |
![]() |
A$219,432 (~$204,091) |
[7] |
11–14 June |
![]() Casino Canberra, Canberra, ACT, Australia |
181
|
A$362,000 (~$305,310) |
![]() |
A$95,930 (~$80,907) |
[8] |
17–25 July |
![]() SkyCity Queenstown, Queenstown, Otago, New Zealand |
119
|
NZ$267,750 (~$234,076) |
![]() |
NZ$73,630 (~$64,370) |
[9] |
11–15 August |
![]() The Star Gold Coast, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia |
287
|
A$717,500 (~$653,342) |
![]() |
A$182,965 (~$166,604) |
[10] |
2–11 October |
![]() Crown Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia |
310
|
A$775,000 (~$752,062) |
![]() |
A$195,700 (~$189,908) |
[11] |
25–30 October |
![]() SkyCity Darwin, Darwin, NT, Australia |
100
|
A$200,000 (~$196,591) |
![]() |
A$57,000 (~$56,028) |
[12] |
Date | Event / City | Players | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize | Results |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
25 January- 6 February |
![]() SkyCity Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia |
253
|
A$551,540 (~$546,881) |
![]() |
A$148,900 (~$147,642) |
[13] |
17–27 March |
![]() Crown Casino, Perth, WA, Australia |
220
|
A$500,600 (~$495,555) |
![]() |
A$131,500 (~$130,175) |
[14] |
4–17 April |
![]() The Star Sydney Casino, Sydney, NSW, Australia |
393
|
A$786,000 (~$816,072) |
![]() |
A$195,714 (~$203,202) |
[15] |
17–22 May |
![]() The Star Gold Coast, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia |
245
|
A$563,500 (~$595,622) |
![]() |
A$145,100 (~$153,371) |
[16] |
10–13 June |
![]() Casino Canberra, Canberra, ACT, Australia |
134
|
A$267,900 (~$284,187) |
![]() |
A$73,600 (~$78,074) |
[17] |
15–26 September |
![]() Crown Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia |
310
|
A$620,000 (~$635,845) |
![]() |
A$156,550 (~$160,551) |
[18] |
29 September- 8 October |
![]() SkyCity Darwin, Darwin, NT, Australia |
64
|
A$128,000 (~$126,457) |
![]() |
A$36,480 (~$36,040) |
[19] |
Date | Event / City | Players | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize | Results |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
14–25 March |
![]() The Star Sydney Casino, Sydney, NSW, Australia |
461
|
A$922,000 (~$970,864) |
![]() |
A$226,812 (~$238,832) |
[20] |
26 April- 6 May |
![]() Crown Casino, Perth, WA, Australia |
310
|
A$310,000 (~$320,192) |
![]() |
A$78,275 (~$80,848) |
[21] |
23–29 July |
![]() SkyCity Queenstown, Queenstown, Otago, New Zealand |
149
|
NZ$402,300 (~$321,454) |
![]() |
NZ$110,600 (~$88,374) |
[22] |
20 August- 3 September |
![]() Crown Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia |
257
|
A$1,207,900 (~$1,258,347) |
![]() |
A$326,125 (~$339,745) |
[23] |
Date | Event / City | Players | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize | Results |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
11–29 October 2012 |
![]() Crown Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia |
345
|
A$690,000 (~$705,507) |
![]() |
A$101,275 (~$103,551) |
[24] |
17–25 November 2012 |
![]() SkyCity Auckland, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand |
207
|
NZ$414,000 (~$335,147) |
![]() |
NZ$80,502 (~$65,169) |
[25] |
14–24 February 2013 |
![]() Crown Casino, Perth, WA, Australia |
219
|
A$438,000 (~$452,797) |
![]() |
A$114,000 (~$117,851) |
[26] |
11–24 March 2013 |
![]() The Star Sydney Casino, Sydney, NSW, Australia |
460
|
A$920,000 (~$941,254) |
![]() |
A$226,320 (~$231,548) |
[27] |
20 May- 3 June 2013 |
![]() A$750,000 Prizepool guaranteed Crown Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia |
844
|
A$844,000 (~$820,636) |
![]() |
A$181,460 (~$176,437) |
[28] |
30 July- 4 August 2013 |
![]() Snowfest NZ$3,000 SkyCity, Queenstown, Otago, New Zealand |
126
|
NZ$340,200 (~$274,300) |
![]() |
NZ$93,600 (~$75,469) |
[29] |
Date | Event / City | Players | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize | Results |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
16–24 November 2013 |
![]() SkyCity Auckland, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand |
213
|
NZ$426,000 (~$353,457) |
![]() |
NZ$110,760 (~$91,899) |
[30] |
20 February- 2 March 2014 |
![]() Crown Casino, Perth, WA, Australia |
226
|
A$512,000 (~$462,111) |
![]() |
A$120,000 (~$108,307) |
[31] |
12–24 March 2014 |
![]() The Star Sydney Casino, Sydney, NSW, Australia |
458
|
A$916,000 (~$826,208) |
![]() |
A$123,500 (~$111,393) |
[32] |
20 August- 1 September 2014 |
![]() Crown Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia |
516
|
A$1,032,000 (~$965,144) |
![]() |
A$217,500 (~$203,410) |
[33] |
19–23 November 2014 |
![]() SkyCity Auckland, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand |
225
|
NZ$506,250 (~$401,952) |
![]() |
NZ$111,600 (~$88,608) |
[34] |
Date | Event / City | Players | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize | Results |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5–15 February |
![]() Crown Casino, Perth, WA, Australia |
192
|
A$393,600 (~$306,716) |
![]() |
A$98,900 (~$77,069) |
[35] |
11–23 March |
![]() The Star Sydney Casino, Sydney, NSW, Australia |
445
|
A$912,250 (~$696,821) |
![]() |
A$183,000 (~$139,784) |
[36] |
8–20 October |
![]() Crown Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia |
520
|
A$1,066,000 (~$780,878) |
![]() |
A$170,641 (~$125,000) |
[37] |