AUSSIE BUSINESSMAN TAKES ANZPT TOURNEY
29 May 2009
Business and media meet in a memorable heads
up
The A$2 700 buy-in PokerStars.net Australia New Zealand
Poker Tour (ANZPT) concluded at the Crown Casino in
Melbourne this week with a victory for Chris Levick, a
high profile Australian entrepreneur who has launched a
number of poker rooms and the successful Oz Poker Tour
over the past three years. Levick won his place in the
tournament on a free roll, making the occasion even more
memorable for him.
It was a clash between
business and the media in the heads up, where Levick
faced runner-up Heath Chick (30), a poker journalist and
commentator. When Levick was declared the winner, it was
his third cash - and first win - in a major live
tournament, with the A$158 050 main prize taking his
career winnings to date to A$169 668.
The two
were survivors of an initial field of 218 hopefuls that
included seasoned players and 61 online qualifiers.
Levick dominated the final table, eliminating six of
his nine opponents to take a four-to-one chip lead into
the heads up. Nevertheless, Chick gave him a good run
for his money in the exciting final game to a great
Australian and New Zealand occasion, and for his effort
was rewarded with a second placing prize of A$103 550.
In the final hand, Levick button raised to 150 000,
Chick re-raised to 300 000, Levick pushed all-in and
Chick snap-called with [qh] [qc]. Levick’s [ah] [jh]
needed help, and it duly arrived on a flop of [8c] [as]
[3c]. The board ran out [3h] [6c] and the title was
Levick's.
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