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Cheating will not be tolerated. We have now adopted a zero tolerance attitude towards cheating in any manner, including collusion, coaching, mechanics, chip scamming, chip dumping, etc. Any player suspected of cheating will be warned, and any player caught cheating will be ejected from the tournament with the possibility of a ban from our games entirely.
Cheating is not part of poker and is considered the most heinous offense in a game. We won't hammer your fingers off like they do in Vegas, but we sure won't let you come back!!
Games will start 1 hour after registration.
Please make sure you bring your resistration card to all NPPL events. This will ensure that you receive all points in a correct and timely manner. If you dont bring your registration cards, theres a chance that your points will be LOST. This makes everyone unhappy, including your NPPL Admin staff. Make your life, and everyone elses easier - BRING YOUR REGO CARD!!!
All players who bring their registration card to events will receive a NPPL lanyard. Be the envy of all your poker friends and the apple of the NPPL's eyes! Never forget your registration card again!
Coming soon to an event near YOU!
NPPL is giving even more opportunities for players to earn more cash by playing at their local NPPL venue. Instead of holding regional finals every 3 months, NPPL will be holding regional finals every 4 weeks in your region!
Even better news is that we have increased the number of regions meaning players have less pubs to compete against for the prize!!
Click here to find out more!
How does the new season work?
Instead of the traditional 13 week season plus regional, we will now be having 4 week seasons, each followed by a cash final.
How do I qualify?
Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Townsville, Cairns, Gladstone and Rockhampton will now be all players who have made a final table during the season.
Brisbane areas - qualifying criteria will be the winner plus runner up at weekly event; plus the top 10 point scorers at the venue who didn't win or finish runner up. Where there is more than one game per week at a venue, the top 20 point scorers will qualify.
Can I get a seat from a friend who has 2, or give one of my extra ones away?
NO - in the new format, seats are not transferable, but the bonus is that the more seats you win, the less players you are playing against for the cash final.
Are all the venues involved?
Yes, all NPPL venues are involved in the new format, depending on which state you are in, the format is a little different: E.g Victoria has 2 regions (Red and Black). This is made up of around 25 venues each, each will have their own 4 week season and cash final every month.
Can I qualify for more then 1 region to play in the monthly final?
Yes, because the finals will be held on different days, you can qualify for both of the cash finals by winning an event in both the regions (Red and Black).
Are there still National Finals?
Yes, there will be 3 per year. Qualifiers will be made up of the top 16 players from each cash final. The national you qualify for will be the next national being held. It will either be in Vic, Qld or SA.
The top 25 point earners in each state will also be invited to the national finals.
You can find some more information here
Any other questions regarding the new format you can ask:
Luke - luke@npplpoker.com.au – in Victoria
Darren - npplsa@ozemail.com.au – in South Australia
Tim - timothy.phillips@bigpond.com – in Queensland
Cheers
NPPL – Eat, Drink, Play
Fancy taking a luxury cruise from Brisbane and playing for mega bucks?
Feel like winning big while relaxing on a 7-day cruise aboard the Pacific Sun?
Departure Date September 19th 2009
Confirmed pricing including all meals & on board entertainment, travel insurance and tournament buy-in.
Quad share from $1,350
Twin share from $1,772
All Bookings through Harvey World Travel Noosa
Contact Clare O'Keeffe 07 54474077
Further details available by contacting Tim Phillips 0419-277203
The NPPL National Final for Season 9 was held on Sunday at the Salisbury Hotel in South Australia.
Click here for the full report of the days events, including the warm up tournament results, the eventual champion and all the top place getters.
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The 24th May will be the final day in the NPPL calendar year.
Marking the end of the NPPL Year, we will be awarding the National Leader Board Winner with an exclusive NPPL Champions Cap, and a NPPL National Champion Bomber jacket.
Further to this we will be awarding each state leader board winner with an exclusive State Champion NPPL cap.
All points across the nation will then be reset, and the new NPPL year will commence.
Thanks for supporting NPPL across Australia – eat drink & play
Good luck,
Team NPPL
NPPL would like to inform players that The Strand Hotel in Yeppoon will be changing its poker nights from Wednesday to Thursday for the upcoming NRL State of Origin clashes.
The date changes will be:
Game 1 Wednesday June 3rd is now on Thursday June 4th
Game 2 Wednesday June 24th is now on Thursday June 25th
Game 3 Wednesday July 15th is now on Thursday July 16th
Please contact your NPPL host for further information.
NPPL would like to inform players in the North Brisbane area that a new game of poker will be starting at the Deception Bay Tavern.
The game will commence Monday 8th June and every following Monday. Registration begins at 11.00 am for a midday start.
The Tasmanian Finals held on June 6th was a huge success with 68 enthusiastic poker players turned out at the St Leonards Village Inn for a fun-filled day of poker, drinking and socialising with mates.
The 10K deepstack game began steady with only 2 players falling in the first hour of play, followed by 9 in the second hour, before the next 3 hours saw the field reach the final table.
The first hand of the final table saw 4 players all-in! with Josh Brown and Leslie Watson splitting a pot with a pair of aces and sending both Mark Quinn and Jamie Leonard to the rails!
Next to go was Stuart King who was shortstacked and had to push, shortly followed by Brad Smith in fifth.
4 players remained and played for some time unitl Anita Nothrop mounted a massive comeback, followed by Kelly May taking a massive chip lead resulting in Leslie Watson, the last remaining Hobart player, finishing in 4th place.
Anita was next to go, after facing the two big stacks, leaiving just Kelly May and Joshua Brown to play heads up. The heads up battle was a long one, going for nearly 40 hands and an hour of play. Both players had tightened up, but there was 2 all-ins with Kelly May having the big stack and Josh on the short stack. Both times saw Kelly flip ace high and Josh flip king high, only for Josh to steal the win both times and take the chip lead.
The next all in saw Kelly's K6 vs Josh's KQ, with a 6 on the flop for kelly and the nut flush draw for Josh, only for Kelly to hit another 6 for a set and no flush came for Josh. Play went back and fourth several more hands until Josh's aggression eventually got the better of Kelly and the blinds forced her all in to give Josh the hard earned victory!
So a huge Congratulations to Joshua Brown who took out the days event after 6 hours of intense competition.
The results for the TAS Finals are as follows:
1st - Joshua Brown - $700
2nd - Kelly May - $200
3rd - Anita Nothrop - $100
4th - Leslie Watson - Bottle of Vodka
5th - Brad Smith - Bottle of Beam
6th - Stuart King
7th - Mark Quinn
8th - Jamie Leonard
Well done to all those who made it and we hope you all had a wonderful day, and we look forward to seeing you all at the next finals on July 4th!
NPPL is pleased to let players in the Brisbane area know that there is a poker game on Friday nights. Starting Friday June 26th the Camp Hill Hotel will be offering Pub Poker, 6pm registration for a 7pm start and every Friday night after that.
This will be in addition to the Wednesday night game - 6pm rego, 7pm start.
The Blenheim Inn Longford will be hosting poker on a Monday night, kicking off on 22nd of June. Registration begins at 6pm for a 7pm start.
The Launceston RSL will be hosting poker Friday nights starting June 26th. Registration begins at 6m for a 7pm start.
Get down for a great night out with mates, meet new people, play some poker and experience Tasmania's most enjoyable poker league!
Players in Tassie please note that Thursday night poker has now moved to St Leonards Village Inn Hotel in St Leonards. The games will start rego at 6pm for a 7pm game start.
Thursday night is also $12 Steak or Scallop night so come down for some poker and a cheap meal at St Leonards.
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