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National Poker Championships

The National Poker Championship in Canberra started with 33 players. Following 9 entries on Thursday we gained 4 from the Satellites on Friday night and 20 cash buy-ins on Friday night and Saturday morning. The tournament finally commenced play at 12.00 on Saturday and ran to a finish at approximately 14.5 hours later. Despite the small numbers of players, the tournament ran well and was enjoyed by all. The final result ended up with Alex Lee the winner and Joe Caruso the runner up. The final hand was as follows, 5 spades, 3 clubs, 7 clubs 8 spades and Ace of clubs. Alex had a Jack and 8 of clubs with Joe holding a 5 and 6 of diamonds. Joe went all in and Alex called him on the last hand.


PLACE NAME PRIZE

1ST PRIZE Alex Lee $9,350

2ND PRIZE Joe Caruso $5,950

3RD PRIZE Anthony Aston $3,485

4TH PRIZE Chris Ciardi $2,890

5TH PRIZE Angelo Sciccitano $2,380

6TH PRIZE David Brand $1,955

7TH PRIZE Paul Elliot $1,615

8TH PRIZE Goran Srejic $1,275

9TH PRIZE Greg Bradley $1,020

10TH PRIZE Jamie Howard $765

11TH PRIZE John Sun $765

12TH PRIZE Jacob Howes $765

13TH PRIZE Anthony Hope $595

14TH PRIZE Hendra Tjhie $595

15TH PRIZE Peter Davey $595