2009 APPT Main Event Winner!

After 4 long days of Poker Aaron Benton is the last man standing. Congratulations on your $594,000 win!

2009 APPT Main Event Final Table

The Final table, drawing to a close....

2009 APPT Main Event Final Table

3 days of Poker comes down to this. Final table time on the stage in the Sports Theatre.

2009 APPT Main Event Final Table Players

The final 9 at the end of Day 3.

2009 APPT Main Event - Day 3 - Album 1

More action from the Sports Theatre

2009 APPT Main Event - Day 3 - Album 1

On day 3, the action moved down to the Sports Theatre with 225 seat stadium seating overlooking 9 tables, one perched high on stage and cevered by 3 cameras. This is when the action really began...

2009 APPT Main Event - Day 2 - Album 2

Soem B&W's from the talented Shannon Morris

2009 APPT Main Event - Day 2 - Album 1

Day 2 - still in the new poker Room, cutting down to a field small enough to hit the Sports Theatre.

2009 APPT Main Event - Day 1c - Album 2

More from Day 1 Flight 3

2009 APPT Main Event - Day 1c - Album 1

Day 1 Flight 3

2009 APPT Main Event - Day 1b - Album 2

More from Day 1 Flight 2

2009 APPT Main Event - Day 1b - Album 1

The second day of the Main event

2009 APPT Main Event - Day 1a - Album 2

Some more shots from Day 1

2009 APPT Main Event - Day 1a - Album 1

The biggest one of the year for Star City. Total entries this year were down a little on 2008 due to international abscences and a reduced number of walk ups, the play was as fierce as ever.

2009 APPT Heads Up

With 2 matches playing out on each table in the Sports Theatre, spectators were treated to a star studded line up which went long into the night...

2009 APPT Tournament of Champions

Never has Star City's Sports Thetare seen a more accomplished team of Poker players. Van Marcus took down the charity prize.

2009 APPT Ladies Event

The glamours of the poker world took to the felt to find out who the real Queen of the game.

2009 APPT Teams Event

77 teams filled the tables in Star City's Sports Theatre and Bar for some exciting Poker action on Friday 4th December.

2009 APPT High Rollers Event - Black and Whites

Some B&W shots of the High Rollers in action

2009 APPT High Rollers Event - Gallery 2

More shots from the HR tables

2009 APPT High Rollers Event - Gallery 1

26 High Rollers took to the felt each paying $15,300 for the privlidge. Jarred Graham claimed first prize (again!) and cashed $156,000 for his trouble.

New Poker room Media Launch

On Tuesday night 17th October, some of Sydney’s biggest sports and entertainment stars joined invited guests to celebrate the launch of Star City’s new Poker Room.

Guests included NRL players Wendell Sailor, Braith Anasta, Brett Kimmorley, Ben Ross, Glen Stewart and Chris Hicks, boxer Danny Green, AFL player Adam Goodes, TV personalities Jason Dundas, Darren McMullen, Laura Csortan and Mike Goldman, former Olympian Melinda Gainsford Taylor and model Alice Burdeu.

New poker Room Opening Freeroll

Star City hosted 400 regular players to celebrate the opening of its new poker room.

Grant and Eric Pre-Championship arm wrestle

With less than 3 weeks until the Big Game Poker Chapionships (incorporating the PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour Grand Final), last year's winner, Grant Levy and aussie hopeful Eric Assadourian pop into Star City for a chat and a few shots.