Congratulations to Josh Redhouse, Winner of the 2014 ANZPT Sydney Main Event ($133,360)!
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The latest stop on Season 6 of the Australia New Zealand Poker Tour came to a conclusion on Monday evening at The Star as the ANZPT Sydney Main Event champion was crowned. The last player standing from a starting field of 458 was Josh Redhouse.
The 27-year old from Sydney is a Sales Manager and keen golfer who had never played a major poker tournament before entering the ANZPT Sydney Main Event. Now Redhouse has claimed one of Australia’s largest tournaments and as per a four-handed deal, pocketed $133,360 prize.
Within just a few minutes of the final table beginning one player was eliminated, with Brent Taunton finishing in ninth place.Following Taunton’s elimination both Milan Gurung and Nathan Sawyers were getting short stacked. Despite managing to find a double up, it was Gurung who would finish in eighth place. It didn’t take too long for Sawyers to join Gurung on the rail as he was sent home in seventh place, collecting $29,750.
Oliver Gill started off the final table strongly, first doubling up when he held pocket queens versus pocket nines, but eventually found the rail in sixth place. It had been a roller coaster day for Rory Young and the ride continued right up until the end. Young was first down to just ten big blinds when he doubled up, then he lost most of his chips when he clashed with Jazz Mathers and was eliminated in fifth place shortly thereafter.
When four-handed action began the players began discussing a deal. At this point Steven Zhou was the short stack and didn’t want to make the deal and so play kicked back off. Then Zhou doubled up two hands in a row and a new deal was made, with Stojanovic guaranteeing himself $155,000, Zhou locking up $120,000, Redhouse claiming $116,000 and Mathers pocketing $105,000, while $17,360 was left over for the eventual champion.
Three-handed play would see the action slow up, but eventually it was Zhou who would claim third place. Redhouse began heads-up with just under a two-to-one chip lead and quickly increased that lead before eventually sending Stojanovski home in second place, with the details of the final hand of the tournament found in the live reporting blog below!
As per the deal, Stojanovski claimed the largest prize, taking home $155,000 for his effort, while Redhouse added to his deal payout with the extra money for the winner, making his total prize money sit at $133,360.
ANZPT Sydney Final Table Payouts
| Place | Player | Prize (AUD) |
| 1 | Josh Redhouse | $133,360* |
| 2 | Peco Stojanovski | $155,000* |
| 3 | Steven Zhou | $120,000* |
| 4 | Jazz Mathers | $105,000* |
| 5 | Rory Young | $48,000 |
| 6 | Oliver Gill | $38,900 |
| 7 | Nathan Sawyers | $29,750 |
| 8 | Milan Gurung | $23,350 |
| 9 | Brent Taunton | $17,400 |
*Denotes four-handed deal
Congratulations to all the final table players and especially to Stojanovski for becoming the latest Australia New Zealand Poker Tour champion! The next event on the ANZPT will take place at the Crown Casino in Melbourne from August 29th – September 1st.