Standalone Events
2024–2026 • Australia
● EVENT SUMMARY
Standalone Events 2024–2026
Events
22
Entries (all decks)
536
Prize Pools
$284,545
● EVENTS
Event Results
27/09/2026
The Finals 900 - 9 Game Mix
PlayLive Melbourne • Standalone event
21 entries • $900 buy-in ($750 + $150) • $15,750 prize pool
No Upper Deck or bounties
Games: No Limit Hold’em | Stud | Omaha 8 | Razz | Pot Limit Omaha | Limit Hold’em | No Limit 2-7 Single Draw | Stud 8 | 2-7 Triple Draw
21 entries • $900 buy-in ($750 + $150) • $15,750 prize pool
No Upper Deck or bounties
Games: No Limit Hold’em | Stud | Omaha 8 | Razz | Pot Limit Omaha | Limit Hold’em | No Limit 2-7 Single Draw | Stud 8 | 2-7 Triple Draw
Main Deck — 4 paid places
1st Peter Vratsidis — $6,300
2nd Jarred Graham — $3,940
3rd Trung Tran — $3,150
4th Jim “Jimmy Jangles” Chahoud — $2,360
26/09/2026
The September Run Mini Main Event - 10 Game Mix
PlayLive Melbourne • Standalone event
20 entries (18 unique players + 2 re-entries) • $750 buy-in ($600 + $150) • $12,000 prize pool
No Upper Deck or bounties
Games: No Limit Hold’em | Stud | Omaha 8 | Razz | Pot Limit Omaha | Limit Hold’em | Badugi | No Limit 2-7 Single Draw | Stud 8 | 2-7 Triple Draw
20 entries (18 unique players + 2 re-entries) • $750 buy-in ($600 + $150) • $12,000 prize pool
No Upper Deck or bounties
Games: No Limit Hold’em | Stud | Omaha 8 | Razz | Pot Limit Omaha | Limit Hold’em | Badugi | No Limit 2-7 Single Draw | Stud 8 | 2-7 Triple Draw
Main Deck — 4 paid places
1st Eugene “Trix” Portlen — $4,800
2nd Aaron “Azza” Sampson — $3,000
3rd Libby Thomson — $2,400
4th Gary Gabriel — $1,800
03/01/2026
9 Game Mix
30 Main Deck entries • 18 Upper Deck entries • $17,700 prize pool
Games: 2-7 Triple Draw, Hold’em, Omaha 8, Razz, Stud, Stud 8, NLH, PLO & NL 2-7 Single Draw
Games: 2-7 Triple Draw, Hold’em, Omaha 8, Razz, Stud, Stud 8, NLH, PLO & NL 2-7 Single Draw
Main Deck
1st Jarryd Godena — $5,217
2nd Liam Jehu — $3,525
3rd Emmanuel Sideridis — $2,115
4th Sammie Huang — $1,692
5th Andrew Shanahan — $1,551
Upper Deck
1st Jarryd Godena — $1,440
2nd Liam Jehu — $900
3rd Andrew Shanahan — $720
4th Rainer Quell — $540
02/01/2026
Single Draw Rotation
15 entries • $7,050 prize pool
Games: No Limit 2-7 Single Draw & Ace-to-Five Single Draw
Games: No Limit 2-7 Single Draw & Ace-to-Five Single Draw
1st Jarryd Godena — $2,820
2nd Jason Wang — $1,760
3rd Liam Jehu — $1,410
4th Chris Barratt — $1,060
27/11/2025
7 Game Mix
27 entries • $8,640 prize pool • $400 buy-in
Games: 2-7 Triple Draw, Omaha 8, Razz, Stud, Stud 8, PLO & NL 2-7 Single Draw
Playlive Melbourne
Games: 2-7 Triple Draw, Omaha 8, Razz, Stud, Stud 8, PLO & NL 2-7 Single Draw
Playlive Melbourne
1st Darcy Stephens — $2,857
2nd Rainer Quel — $2,500
3rd Samuel Mir — $1,296
4th David Gorr — $1,037
5th Linda Bennett — $950
20/11/2025
5 Game Mix
23 entries • $7,360 prize pool • $400 buy-in
Games: PL 2-7 Double Draw, PLO, Drawmaha, PLO Hi/Lo — 8 or Better & NL 2-7 Single Draw
Games: PL 2-7 Double Draw, PLO, Drawmaha, PLO Hi/Lo — 8 or Better & NL 2-7 Single Draw
1st Joel Lockwood — $2,544
2nd Darcy Stephens — $2,240
3rd Sreedeep Bhattacharya — $1,472
4th Jim Chahoud — $1,104
13/11/2025
4 Game Mix
24 entries • $7,680 prize pool • $400 buy-in
Games: NL 2-7 Single Draw, Big O, Stud & Razz
Games: NL 2-7 Single Draw, Big O, Stud & Razz
1st Sheridan Cracknell — $3,072
2nd George Cotaidis — $1,920
3rd Jarrett Bullock — $1,536
4th Daniel Lyons — $1,152
05/10/2025
9 Game
37 entries • $37,000 prize pool • $1,150 buy-in
Games: 2-7 Triple Draw, Hold’em, Omaha 8, Razz, Stud, Stud 8, NLH, PLO & NL 2-7 Single Draw
Games: 2-7 Triple Draw, Hold’em, Omaha 8, Razz, Stud, Stud 8, NLH, PLO & NL 2-7 Single Draw
1st Yuanting Wang — $11,540
2nd Peter Vratsidis — $9,550
3rd Alex Tchong — $5,550
4th Christopher Shao — $4,070
5th Eugene Portlen — $3,330
6th Joel Lockwood — $2,960
14/09/2025
8 Game
31 entries • $27,125 prize pool • $1,000 buy-in
Games: 2-7 Triple Draw, Hold’em, Omaha 8, Razz, Stud, Stud 8, NLH & PLO
Games: 2-7 Triple Draw, Hold’em, Omaha 8, Razz, Stud, Stud 8, NLH & PLO
1st Christian Parsell — $10,040
2nd Bruno Portaro — $6,775
3rd Matthew Ginn — $4,070
4th Tayla Pickles — $3,240
5th Eugene Portlen — $3,000
13/09/2025
H.O.R.S.E.
30 entries • $20,700 prize pool • $800 buy-in
Games: Hold’em, Omaha 8, Razz, Stud & Stud 8
Games: Hold’em, Omaha 8, Razz, Stud & Stud 8
1st Allan Wilson — $7,659
2nd Aaron Sampson — $5,175
3rd Sreedeep Bhattacharya — $3,105
4th Linda Bennett — $2,484
5th Emmanouel Sideridis — $2,277
12/09/2025
2-7 TRIPLE DRAW
37 entries • $18,500 prize pool • $600 buy-in
Games: 2-7 Triple Draw
Games: 2-7 Triple Draw
1st Josh Monk — $5,272.50
2nd Liam Jehu — $5,272.50
3rd Kelly Davis — $2,775
4th Matthew Ginn — $2,035
5th Tomislav Ceh — $1,665
6th Nigel Andrews — $1,480
15/06/2025
2-7 Single Draw
14 entries • $4,705 prize pool • $400 buy-in
Games: NL 2-7 Single Draw
St George Leagues Club
Games: NL 2-7 Single Draw
St George Leagues Club
1st Anthony Chan — $2,455
2nd Grant Levy — $1,450
3rd Leigh Rolfe — $800
Prize pool shown is after the Kings Room POTS deduction.
15/06/2025
10 Game
8 entries • $4,075 prize pool • $600 buy-in
Games: 2-7 Triple Draw, Hold’em, Omaha 8, Razz, Stud, Stud 8, NLH, PLO, NL 2-7 Single Draw & Badugi
St George Leagues Club
Games: 2-7 Triple Draw, Hold’em, Omaha 8, Razz, Stud, Stud 8, NLH, PLO, NL 2-7 Single Draw & Badugi
St George Leagues Club
1st Stephen Buchanan — $2,650
2nd Yeshan Jayasuriya — $1,425
Prize pool shown is after the Kings Room POTS deduction.
14/06/2025
Big O
40 entries • $13,440 prize pool • $400 buy-in
Games: Big O
St George Leagues Club
Games: Big O
St George Leagues Club
1st Uno Uka — $5,640
2nd Troy Sweet — $3,600
3rd Yeshan Jayasuriya — $2,200
4th Sutas Russell — $1,300
5th Stuart Wallace — $700
Prize pool shown is after the Kings Room POTS deduction.
14/06/2025
H.E.R.O.S.
19 entries • $6,390 prize pool • $400 buy-in
Games: Hold’em, Stud 8, Razz, Omaha 8 & Stud
St George Leagues Club
Games: Hold’em, Stud 8, Razz, Omaha 8 & Stud
St George Leagues Club
1st Patrick So — $2,550
2nd Talea Uli — $1,600
3rd Leigh Rolfe — $1,270
4th Stuart Wallace — $970
Prize pool shown is after the Kings Room POTS deduction.
13/06/2025
Single Draw
31 entries • $7,970 prize pool • $300 buy-in
Games: 2-7 Single Draw, Ace-to-Five Single Draw & 5 Card Draw
St George Leagues Club
Games: 2-7 Single Draw, Ace-to-Five Single Draw & 5 Card Draw
St George Leagues Club
1st Grant Levy — $2,950
2nd Uno Uka — $1,990
3rd Michael Sleiman — $1,195
4th Nick Law — $960
5th Peter Stott — $875
Prize pool shown is after the Kings Room POTS deduction.
11/05/2025
Triple Triple
10 entries • $8,500 prize pool
Games: 2-7 Triple Draw, Ace-to-Five Triple Draw & Badugi
Games: 2-7 Triple Draw, Ace-to-Five Triple Draw & Badugi
1st Kahle Burns — $4,250
2nd Eugene Portlen — $2,550
3rd Jarrett Bullock — $1,700
04/05/2025
H.O.R.S.E.
15 entries • $12,750 prize pool
Games: Hold’em, Omaha 8, Razz, Stud & Stud 8
Games: Hold’em, Omaha 8, Razz, Stud & Stud 8
1st Christian Parsell — $5,100
2nd Alex Tchong — $3,200
3rd Khac-Trung Tran — $2,550
4th Jarrett Bullock — $1,900
27/04/2025
9 Game
20 entries • $26,000 prize pool
Games: 2-7 Triple Draw, Hold’em, Omaha 8, Razz, Stud, Stud 8, NLH, PLO & NL 2-7 Single Draw
Games: 2-7 Triple Draw, Hold’em, Omaha 8, Razz, Stud, Stud 8, NLH, PLO & NL 2-7 Single Draw
1st Lucas Durante — $9,400
2nd Bradley Le Gassick — $7,500
3rd Joel Lockwood — $5,200
4th Alex Tchong — $3,900
01/03/2025
9 Game Mix
27 entries • $10,140 prize pool • $450 buy-in
Games: 2-7 Triple Draw, Hold’em, Omaha 8, Razz, Stud, Stud 8, NLH, PLO & NL 2-7 Single Draw
Kings Room, St George Leagues Club
Games: 2-7 Triple Draw, Hold’em, Omaha 8, Razz, Stud, Stud 8, NLH, PLO & NL 2-7 Single Draw
Kings Room, St George Leagues Club
1st Michael Ho — $3,750
2nd Russell Terrey — $2,535
3rd Sutas Russell — $1,520
4th Grant Levy — $1,215
5th Robert Spano — $1,120
28/02/2025
T.H.O.R.S.E.
25 entries • $9,390 prize pool • $450 buy-in
Games: 2-7 Triple Draw, Hold’em, Omaha 8, Razz, Stud & Stud 8
Kings Room, St George Leagues Club
Games: 2-7 Triple Draw, Hold’em, Omaha 8, Razz, Stud & Stud 8
Kings Room, St George Leagues Club
1st Michel Bouskila — $3,475
2nd Robert Kwan — $2,350
3rd Anthony Mcnamara — $1,405
4th Brendon Hedger — $1,125
5th Russell Terrey — $1,035
25/05/2024
Mixed 9 Game - Jar Jar Binks
14 entries • $1,680 prize pool • $170 buy-in
Games: 2-7 Triple Draw, Hold’em, Omaha 8, Razz, Stud, Stud 8, NLH, PLO & NL 2-7 Single Draw
Wantima Country Club
Games: 2-7 Triple Draw, Hold’em, Omaha 8, Razz, Stud, Stud 8, NLH, PLO & NL 2-7 Single Draw
Wantima Country Club
1st David Miles — $860
2nd Kurt Tucker — $500
3rd Damian Gore — $320
Total entries include 477 Main Deck/event entries and 18 Upper Deck entries.
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