AUSTRALIA’S first home-grown ‘million dollar man’, Grant Levy, is preparing for a busy six months that will see him travel to Las Vegas, Asia and back home to Sydney as he looks to add to his Asia Pacific Poker Tour success last December. Levy became the first Australian to win a million dollars on home soil when he beat out a field of 561 players – including World Series of Poker champions Joe Hachem, Chris Moneymaker and Scotty Nguyen – to claim the APPT Grand Final at Star City. He has since become a Team Pokerstars.net sponsored player and a regular visitor to the scene of his success (Pokerstars.net is the world’s largest free play poker site).
AUSTRALIA’S first home-grown ‘million dollar man’, Grant Levy, is preparing for a busy six months that will see him travel to Las Vegas, Asia and back home to Sydney as he looks to add to his Asia Pacific Poker Tour success last December. Levy became the first Australian to win a million dollars on home soil when he beat out a field of 561 players – including World Series of Poker champions Joe Hachem, Chris Moneymaker and Scotty Nguyen – to claim the APPT Grand Final at Star City. He has since become a Team Pokerstars.net sponsored player and a regular visitor to the scene of his success (Pokerstars.net is the world’s largest free play poker site).
The son of rock legend Jimmy Barnes - and successful singer in his own right - David Campbell played in his first major poker tournament at the APPT Grand Final this week.
FORMER Socceroos striker and now Sydney FC star David Zdrilic is more than just a one-trick pony – he is also among the latest to be caught up in the international poker boom.
ONE of the world’s greatest players, Daniel Negreanu is renowned for both his amicable table talk and his stunning ability to put an opponent on a hand. A highly successful cash game player, he also boasts three WSOP bracelets and two WPT titles to go with his numerous final table appearances. Ben Blaschke caught up with Negreanu for a chat before December’s Pokerstars.net APPT main event at Star City in Sydney.
