The Star Sydney on line casino will probably be packed to the rafters from September 18 till October 1 because it welcomes the World Poker Tour (WPT) again to Australia. The previous 4 editions of WPT Australia have taken place on the venue’s sister on line casino on the world-famous Gold Coast, with this bustling pageant marking the WPT’s first time in Sydney for the reason that WPTDeepStacks sequence in March 2022.
All financial quantities are Australian {dollars} until specified
WPT Australian kicks off with a $1,500 Australian Poker Cup on September 18, wrapping up on September 21. An identical match began the WPT Australia pageant on the Gold Coast 12 months in the past. That $1,500 Opening Occasion drew in 408 entrants, with Mishel Anunu popping out on prime and claiming a $109,754 prime prize.
Increasing the desk under allows you to see the large schedule of WPT Australia occasions. There are dozens of satellites and facet occasions so that you can sink your enamel into, with buy-ins starting from $150 to a wallet-emptying $20,000.
WPT Australia Schedule
DateTimeEventBuy-in (AUD)
Thu 18 Sep10:30 a.m.Championship Occasion Step 1 Milestone Satellite tv for pc$150
 2:30 p.m.Australian Poker Cup Day 1a$1,500
 6:30 p.m.True Blue Turbo One Day Occasion$500
 7:30 p.m.Championship Occasion Direct Qualifier$600
 8:30 p.m.Australian Poker Cup Milestone Satellite tv for pc$340
Fri 19 Sep10:30 a.m.Championship Occasion Step 1 Milestone Satellite tv for pc$150
 11:30 a.m.Bondi Wipeout One Day Occasion$500
 2:30 p.m.Australian Poker Cup Day 1b$1,500
 6:30 p.m.Shark Bait PLO One Day Occasion$680
 8:30 p.m.Championship Occasion Direct Qualifier$600
 9:30 p.m.Thriller Bounty Hyper Turbo Milestone Satellite tv for pc$310
Sat 20 Sep10:30 a.m.Championship Occasion Step 1 Milestone Satellite tv for pc$150
 11:30 a.m.Outlaw Omaha PLO One Day Occasion$400
 12:30 p.m.Australian Poker Cup Day 2Â
 2:30 p.mMystery Bounty Day 1a$1,350
 6:30 p.m.Extremely Turbo One Day Occasion$675
 8:15 p.m.Thriller Bounty Hyper Turbo Milestone Satellite tv for pc$310
 9:15 p.m.Championship Occasion Direct Qualifier$600
Solar 21 Sep10:30 a.m.20/20/20 One Day Occasion$575
 11:30 a.m.Australian Poker Cup Closing DayÂ
 12:30 p.m.Thriller Bounty Day 1b$1,350
 6:30 p.m.$5K Mad Max 8-Handed Day 1$5,000
 6:45 p.m.Championship Occasion Direc Qualifier$600
 8:30 p.m.$5K Mad Max Milestone Qualifier$675
Mon 22 Sep10:30 a.m.Championship Occasion Step 1 Milestone Qualifier$150
 11:30 a.m.The Morning Grind$400
 12:15 p.m.Thriller Bounty Closing DayÂ
 2:30 p.m.$5K Mad Max 8-Handed Closing Day$5,000
 4:30 p.m.Down Underneath Dominator Day 1$1,500
 6:15 p.m.Girls Australian Championship Milestone Satellite tv for pc$150
 7:30 p.m.Championship Occasion Direct Qualifier$600
 8:30 p.m.Sydney Monster Stack Hyper Turbo Milestone Satellite tv for pc$290
Tue 23 Sep10:30 a.m.Championship Occasion Step 1 Milestone Qualifier$150
 11:30 a.m.Ned Kelly Double Bullet One Day Occasion$465
 12:30 p.m.Down Underneath Dominator Closing DayÂ
 2:30 p.m.Girls Australian Championship Occasion Day 1$600
 4:30 p.m.Sydney Monster Stack Day 1$1,250
 8:30 p.m.$20K Tremendous Excessive Curler Milestone Satellite tv for pc$2,600
 9:30 p.m.Championship Occasion Direct Qualifier$600
Wed 24 Sep10:30 a.m.Championship Occasion Direct Qualifier$600
 11:30 a.m.Girls Australian Championship Occasion Closing DayÂ
 11:45 a.m.Sydney Monster Stack Closing DayÂ
 12:30 p.m.Bonza Bounty One Day Occasion$675
 2:30 p.m.$20K Tremendous Excessive Curler Day 1$20,000
 4:30 p.m.Outback Survivor Day 1$1,150
 8:30 p.m.Championship Occasion Direct Qualifier$600
Thu 25 Sep10:15 a.m.Championship Occasion Step 1 Milestone Satellite tv for pc$150
 10:30 a.m.Plunder From Down Underneath PLO Bounty One Day Occasion$680
 11:15 a.m.$20K Tremendous Excessive Curler Day 2Â
 11:30 a.m.Outback Survivor Bounty Closing DayÂ
 12:30 p.m.Championship Occasion Day 1a$5,500
 6:30 p.m.Championship Occasion Direct Qualifer$600
 8:30 p.m.Championship Occasion Direct Qualifier$600
Fri 26 Sep10:15 a.m.Championship Occasion Direct Qualfier$600
 10:30 a.m.One Shot Freezeout One Day Occasion$500
 12:30 p.m.Championship Occasion Day 1b$5,500
 6:30 p.m.Aussie Outlaws Bounty One Day Occasion$675
 7:30 p.m.Championship Occasion Direct Qualifier$600
 9:00 p.m.Championship Occasion Direct Qualifier$600
Sat 27 Sep10:15 a.m.Championship Occasion Direct Qualifier$600
 10:45 a.m.Championship Gamers Bush Tucke BarbieÂ
 12:30 p.m.Championship Occasion Day 1c$5,500
 4:30 p.m.Excessive PLO One Day Occasion$1,100
 7:30 p.m.$2K Elite 8-Max TurboOne Day Occasion$2,000
 8:30 p.m.Mini Championship Hyper Turbo Milestone Satellite tv for pc$290
 12:30 p.m.Championship Occasion Day 2Â
 4:30 p.m.Mini Championship Day 1$2,000
 8:30 p.m.$10K WPT World Championship Heat-Up Milestone Satellite tv for pc$1,300
Mon 29 Sep10:30 a.m.Croc Hunter Bounty One Day Occasion$680
 11:30 a.m.Championship Occasion Day 3Â
 12:30 p.m.Mini Championship Occasion Closing DayÂ
 2:30 p.m.$10K WPT World Championship Heat-Up Day 1$10,000
 7:30 p.m.Premier Hyper Turbo One Day Occasion$1,250
Tue 30 Sep10:30 a.m.Surfers Paradise Twin Fin One Day Occasion$400
 11:30 a.m.Championship Occasion Day 4Â
 12:30 p.m.$10K WPT World Championship Heat-Up Closing DayÂ
 2:30 p.m.WPT World Champs Street to Vegas Day 1$1,150
 4:30 p.m.Australian PLO Championship Day 1$5,000
Wed 1 Oct10:30 a.m.Boomerang Battle One Day Occasion$465
 11:30 a.m.Championship Occasion Closing DayÂ
 12:30 p.m.WPT World Champs Street to vegas Closing DayÂ
 12:45 p.m.$5K Australian PLO Championship Closing DayÂ
 2:30 p.m.Sydney Finale One Day Occasion$675
The huge $20,000 buy-in is reserved for the two-day $20,000 Tremendous Excessive Curler, which runs September 24-25. Corey Kempson and Hamish Crawshaw chopped the equal occasion final 12 months, chopping when heads-up and taking dwelling $354,541 after besting a 77-stroing discipline.
These with deep pockets or who fancy their possibilities in satellites ought to search for the $10,000 WPT World Championship Heat-Up towards the again finish of the pageant. Day 1 begins on September 29, earlier than crowning its champion on October 1. Kareem Kilany outlasted 87 opponents on this occasion on the Star Gold Coast in September 2024 and took dwelling $228,641 for his efforts.
Enormous Subject Anticipated for the $5,500 Championship Occasion
James Obst
After all, the crown jewel of WPT Australia is, no doubt, the Major Occasion. Costing $5,500 to enter, the primary of three Championship Occasion flights shuffles up and offers on September 25. Gamers then battle throughout 5 days earlier than a champion emerges on October 1.
The Gold Coast version of the WPT Australia Major Occasion price $8,000 to enter, but nonetheless attracted 396 gamers who created a $2,930,400 prize pool. Aussie famous person James Obst triumphed on that event, turning his $8,000 into $585,359. Count on a bigger crowd this time round as a result of extra reasonably priced $5,500 buy-in and the truth that The Star Sydney is operating a plethora of cut-price satellites all through the WPT Australia festivities.
Championship Occasion gamers should buy limitless re-entries till the beginning of Stage 11 on every Day 1, and are permitted to play in as many Day 1s as they want. Nevertheless, there is no such thing as a “finest stack ahead” on this occasion; must you bag up chips on the conclusion of a Championship Occasion flight, you can not enter any subsequent Day 1s.
Preserve your browsers locked to PokerNews all through the WPT Australia pageant. We’ll carry you the newest information and outcomes from The Star Sydney.
Matthew Pitt
Senior Editor
Matthew Pitt hails from Leeds, West Yorkshire, in the UK, and has labored within the poker business since 2008, and labored for PokerNews since 2010. In September 2010, he turned the editor of PokerNews. Matthew stepped away from stay reporting duties in 2015, and now concentrates on his position of Senior Editor for the PokerNews.
