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LOCAL BOY BECOMES SYDNEY’S FIRST EVER POKER MILLIONAIRE
Sydneysider takes out Asia-Pacific’s richest poker tour
Grant Levy pocketed a record one million dollars as he became Sydney’s first ever PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) Champion at Star City Casino, after taking out a field of 561 players including four world champions.
Grant, 28-year-old teacher and father of two from Penrith, has been honing his poker skills online and today he proved these skills in front of a home crowd, including his adoring wife and proud brother.
As the first Aussie to become a poker millionaire on home soil grant said of his win, “to be honest I am still taking it all in, but it’s unbelievable to think that I have taken on some of the world’s greats and come out on top. I’m ecstatic to take the title and the million – I think it’s going to take a week or so to even sink in.”
After a starting field of 561 players from around the world took to the tables last Wednesday to play for a share of over $3 million and the glory of being crowned the first PokerStars.net APPT Sydney Champion, only nine remained to start the final table today. Grant started play fourth with 1,052,000 chips and played a tight game over 13 hours to win the million dollars.
The impressive starting field including four past world champions: Joe Hachem (2005 World Champion), Scotty Nguyen (1998 World Champion), Chris Moneymaker (2003 World Champion) and Greg Raymer (2004 World Champion). The field also drew in Australian celebrities hoping to topple a champion including: Daniel Macpherson, David Campbell and Manly Sea Eagles player Glenn Stewart, none of whom made the final table.
Grant now also has the unique opportunity to join three other APPT Champions and the four former world champions to battle it out for charity in the PokerStars.net Tournament of Champions today. It is rare for these four champions to face each other at the same table so crowds are expected to watch the cards fly as they fight it out for $50,000 to go to the charity of their choice.
The final standings and monies earned in AUD are as follows:
1. $1,000,000 Grant Levy (Australia)
2. $621,540 Jeremiah Vinsant (USA)
3. $322,280 Lei He (Australia)
4. $230,200 Sol Bergren (Canada)
5. $158,838 Jai Kemp (Australia)
6. $115,100 Barry Kohlhoff (USA)
7. $92,080 John Matwey (USA)
8. $69,060 Vijayam Nagarajan (Malaysia)
9. $46,040 Larry Wright (USA)
TOTAL PRIZE MONEY AU$3,366,000
2008 WSOP Schedule of Events Released
Harrah's Entertainment has released the official schedule of events for the 39th World Series of Poker® Presented by Milwaukee's Best Light, which will again return to the Rio® All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. The 2008 WSOP will run from May 30 – July 16, 2008, and as in 2007, will offer 55 different events.
World Series of Poker activity will commence on May 28, two days before the first scheduled event, when registration opens and on-site cash games and single-table and mega-satellites begin. Mega-satellites for the prominent $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. championship are also planned.
The complete schedule of events for the 2008 WSOP: