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The Queensland State final was played at the Lone Star Tavern on the weekend of November 5th & 6th 2011. A total of 389 players registered for the 2 qualifying sessions on the Saturday and after 10 hours of play the field was reduced to 125 players. Click here to view the final qualifying list, starting stacks and final table finishing places..
Play commenced at 9.30am on the Sunday Morning with blind levels at $800/$1,600 increasing every 30 minutes. By early afternoon the field had been reduced to 32 players with players from all over Australia still in the event. A final table was established at 2.30pm, blinds levels were at $30,000/$60,000. 7 players on the final table were from Brisbane with the remaining player a home town hope from the pacific Pines on the Gold Coast, 3 players representing the Kensington Hotel a great effort, I'm told host Murray had a piece of each player and was receiving calls, texts and tweets as each hand progressed, 1 each from the Mt Gravatt Hotel, 4 Mile Creek Hotel, Camp Hill Hotel and The Brook Hotel.
Play proceeded over the next 5 hours as players battled for their share of the $20,000 in prize money. After the elimination of the 5th player on the final table the chip leader proposed a deal whereby the 3 remain in players would take $5,000 each and play for the title and the additional $570. All players were in agreement. Final results are as follows.
| Name | Venue | Place | Amount |
| Paul Dunn | Brook Hotel | 8 | $500.00 |
| Remy Ziemiecki | Pacific Pines | 7 | $700.00 |
| Steven Georgiou | Camp Hill | 6 | $800.00 |
| Jose Gamino | Kensington | 5 | $1,000.00 |
| Craig Johns | Kensington | 4 | $1,300.00 |
| Jared Sumner | Kensington | 3 | $5,000.00 |
| Rob Perrin | 4 Mile Creek | 2 | $5,000.00 |
| James Gumela | Mt Gravatt | 1 | $5,700.00 |
Click here to check out the photos and see below for videos from the event!
On behalf of the National Pub Poker League I would like to thank a number of people who made the weekend an excellent experience. Firstly the Mermaid Waters Resort and Lone Star Tavern their Management team & Staff for a great weekend their service and co-operation was excellent. See above we have already booked for next year, Coca Cola Amatil through Jim Beam a naming sponsor on all NPPL Tables in Australia, thank you for your promotional support during the weekend. The hosts Emma & Shane Love and Steve Phillips your efforts over the weekend allowed all the players to enjoy the experience,. NPPL Management has received many emails praising your efforts. A big thank you also to all the other hosts around Australia your efforts in pre registering players eliminated queues and allowed players to walk in and sit down, comments from the players were very positive. And finally the best thank you of the lot to you the players on behalf of all of the hosts at the event thank you, it was a pleasure hosting this event for YOU.
The Consolation Final this year attracted over 250 players with the staggered start allowing players who were knocked out from the main game an opportunity to get some of the $1,000 cash available or the custom made Poker Table. The event was played concurrently with the main event starting at 10.30am and concluded at 5.30pm. prize Winners at this event were event Brad Zwoerner, from Forest Lake Tavern,(a member of last year's Team NPPL) who won the Poker Table, later sold to Shaun Andrews from the Sunshine Coast, Bev McLeod also from Forest Lake $400 cash, Robert Piggy Munro from the Coolum Beach Hotel $300, Christine Millar from Kallangur Hotel $200 and Tony Messer from the Frenchville Sports Club in Rockhampton took the final $100.
We look forward to seeing you all again next year.
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