PokerStars' Australia New Zealand Poker Tour (ANZPT) Perth Main Event concluded yesterday at Crown Perth in Australia. A field of 192 entrants was narrowed down to a winner, Michael Kane, after four action-packed days of poker.
Kane brought the 5th largest stack to the final table but was eventually short-stacked all in for his tournament life with nine players remaining. He managed to double up and then went on a winning streak.
After several hours of play, he was playing heads-up against Stephen McHugh and struck a deal, which left $20,000 to play for. The battle lasted for around three hours before Kane claimed the final hand of the tournament.
McHugh had just about 20 big blinds and shoved with K
10, Kane woke up with 9
9
and called.
The flop came down A10
J to give McHugh the lead. McHugh's hand improved to three-of-a-kind on the 10 turn, but the 4 completed the board and Kane scoped the pot with a lucky runner runner flush.
Final table results:
1st: Michael Kane - *$98,900
2nd: Stephen McHugh - *$72,100
3rd: Michael Doyle - $37,000
4th: Navin Bechar - $31,000
5th: Michael Guzzardi - $26,000
6th: Raiden Kan - $20,200
7th: Robert McLean - $16,500
8th: Gregory Wheeler - $13,000
9th: Bryan Huang - $10,500
*denotes a heads up deal
