If your name appears on our “Mega Satellite Qualifiers” list and you have previously played the Redback International, you have now been allocated a ticket to enter the event.  The Mega Satellite will be held this Saturday on Redback Poker at 12 noon.  The tournament can be found in the “Private Tournament” lobby or by clicking “My Tournaments” and following the prompts.

If you are unable to register due to not having a token, this means you need to get your Redback user details to your local Oz Poker Tour tournament director prior to Friday night.  The information we require is as follows;

• Name
• Surname
• Registered email address
• Username
• Mobile number

There are 50 seats to the Ultimate Poker Main Event to be held next Saturday (May-29) @ Padstow RSL so good to all!

TWO REGIONALS EVERY MONTH

Two Ways to Qualify!

Something for Everyone!

EACH MONTH One $750 Package away to the SYDNEY MAIN EVENT with a $30,000 prize pool.

How do I qualify for the MAIN EVENT REGIONAL?

• TOP 5 Players from Bargara
• TOP 5 Players from Sugarland Tavern
• TOP 5 Players from Easts Bundaberg Sports Club
• TOP 5 Players from Banjo’s Tavern
• & Next top 20 players from Bundaberg Region

& / Or

EACH MONTH One $500 Package away to SYDNEY for the WINNERS TOURNAMENT with a Prize Pool of $40,000

How do I qualify for the Winners Tournament Regional?

Make the TOP 3 of any Game during a month , or
Play 10 games or more in a month. (requires no points)

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Track your points on www.ozpokertour.com.au

Listed below are the qualifiers for Bundys Super Grand Final week!

Good Luck to all qualifiers!

• OVER $1000 in Prizes on the 13th May! 7pm, Thursday 13th May East Bundaberg Sports
• $800 in Prizes on the 15th May! 6pm, Saturday 15th May East Bundaberg Sports

RBI4 was another huge success with a record field taking to the felt. There were some adjustments to the format this month which made for an even better event than usual with the average stack not having less than 20BB for the whole tournament. A real credit to the team at Redback Poker!

The first player out for the day was “jbx311” from the Parramatta region, with “jp1414” from Sydney City taking bubble honours. After 5 hours of play the final table was formed with the chip stacks as follows;

Without a doubt, the story of the day belonged to “Rumple4” who not only succeeded in making his 2nd consecutive final table, but also manage to finish in 2nd position back to back. What a great effort! After eliminating 4 players at the final table, Rumple found himself in an extremely strong position, but once again fell one step short of maximum glory.

It was “braddo1600” from Newcastle who was to spoil the party, claiming the title after a succession of premium hands heads up. Known as one of the tightest players on the local circuit “braddo1600” proved that patience is a virtue when it comes to getting the chips in the middle with the best of it. Braddo’s day was not without luck though when he got his 99 in against 3rd place finisher “kribby” (1010)from the Shire. When the 9 rained down on the flop, “kribby” was left crippled but none the less picked up a very handy 3rd place.

It was another strong finish for team Tasmania with 2 final tablists, and a special mention to “ebbitu” from South Australia who made her 2nd final table appearance.

Team Coffs Harbour made their debut this month with 2 players cashing. Congratulations to googs1983 (17th) and LilPokerPro (30th).

Are you on your way to qualifying for RBI5?

Another strong field of 230 players participated in the 3rd RBI. Once again the prize pool was set at $18,000 USD and it would be 6 hours of play that would decide the champion.

On December 12th the Redback International II took place with 237 players competing for the $18k USD on offer. After just over 6 hours of play, it would be 61 year old Tasmanian “KenJuMAN” who would reign supreme ahead of 60+ year old “Frosty23” from Newcastle. Combined “KenJuMAN” & “Frosty23” pocketed just over $8,000. Great effort guys!

The chip counts going in to the final table were as follows;

Finishing in 3rd place was “Crabduck” also from Tasmania. The river wasn’t kind for “Crabduck” who got his money in with A2 against the K5 of “Frosty23”. When the K rained down it was goodnight for “Crabduck”.

It wasn’t all beer’n skittles for the team from Tasmania with “TOPTONE” being the first player eliminated for the day. Player “niceonebruv” from Newcastle won a similar amount of money finishing on the bubble in 36th position.

Player “BScriebs” from the Shire became the first player to go back to back final tables improving 2 positions on last month. “BScriebs” finished in 8th position to cap off another great personal achievement.

“Holden Angel” was the strongest place getter from the Bundaberg region finishing and 7th position with “AcidStorm” from South Australia finished the strongest from our southern region in 12th position.

Congratulations to everyone who participated in this hugely successful event, and also to everyone who was lucky enough to win some money! See below the final placings;

The RedBack International II will start at MIDDAY (AEST), Saturday December 12th. Please be logged into your RedBack Account and ready to play for $18,000 USD - 5 mins prior to start time.

All qualified players must follow these simple steps prior to Friday to take part in the event;

1) Download the software at www.redbackpoker.com
2) Open a player account entering “OPT” as your referral code to receive your sign up bonus. (or the referral code issued by your local tournament director)
3) Activate a “real money account” via the cashier and then validate your email address. No deposit is required.
4) Relay your signup details (Name, username, registered email address) to your local Tournament Director prior to Friday Dec-11 for automatic registration to the event.

Regards,

OPT and RedBack Management