CHEVALIER WINS POKERSTARS ANZPT
31 July 2009
NZ$87 435 payday for survivor of 134 player
entry field
Danny Chevalier (46) out lasted 134 poker hopefuls to
become the PokerStars.net Australia New Zealand Poker
Tour (ANZPT) Queenstown champion this week, taking the
lion's share of the NZ$301 500 prize pool with a first
prize payday of NZ$87 435.
This was the first
time a poker event of this size had been held in the New
Zealand venue Queenstown and the event was the largest
on the South Island of New Zealand this year. The
tournament started on Monday with four day ones, which
allowed the 134 players who entered to enjoy some of
Queenstown's famous tourist attractions. There were
groups skiing and snowboarding in the surrounding
mountains, trips to the beautiful Milford Sound, bungy
jumping, heli-rafting and jet boating.
Some of
Australia and New Zealand's brightest poker players
participated in the event, including Lee Nelson, Emad
Tahtouh, Eric Assadourian, Grant Levy, former world
champ Tony Hachem and Celina Lin.
Searching for
the next local Poker Star, the ANZPT has been travelling
to Australia and New Zealand's leading casinos, with
stops thus far in Adelaide's SkyCity, Sydney's Star
City, Melbourne's Crown poker room and the latest
competition in Queenstown's SkyCity casino. The tour is
league based which means there is a point system
awarding players for every event they enter as well as
for the position they finish in each tournament.
Chevalier said after his win: "I want to thank everyone
involved in this wonderful tournament. While I lived
here this casino was like a second home so being able to
win this amongst good friends makes it very special
indeed."
On the final day of the tournament, 18
players faced each other across the felt, but it was
Chevalier and Andrew Hinrichsen heads up after eight
hours of play. Chevalier had the chip lead going into
the heads up and it wasn't long before he called
Hinrichsen's all-in with ace, seven of hearts on a flop
of queen, five, four of hearts making him the nut flush.
Andrew's queen, ten of clubs was no match. The turn
eight of spades and river ace of spades was no help to
Andrew and the 46-year-old Chevalier was crowned
champion. His opponent had to be content with the second
placing cheque for NZ$57 285.
The PokerStars.net
ANZPT now moves on to Australia for its finale taking
place from August 5 to 9 at the Treasury Casino in
Brisbane and Jupiters Casino on the Gold Coast.
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