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The thirst for live poker has finally been quenched, with the Australian Poker Tour (APT) running its second Brisbane series last week – the first major event of its kind since COVID-19 put the nation into lockdown.
Held once again at the Eatons Hill Hotel, player numbers were given a significant boost with the opening of the Queensland border to players from northern New South Wales, as well as those able to travel from Tasmania, the ACT and South Australia.
The APT Brisbane II series was also a proving ground for the live event features of the APT App; despite some teething problems on the first day, the ability for players to pre-register and pay for tournaments before scanning a QR code at a kiosk to collect their seating allocations dramatically reduced queue times and contributed to a COVID Safe environment.
PokerMedia Australia understands there was greater demand for higher buy-in tournaments such as The Grind, Players Championship, High Roller and 6-Max Shot Clock.
As such, APT organisers scrambled to make changes to ensure all players were accommodated while adhering to the overall venue limit of 460 players, rather than enforcing the tournament-specific player caps previously advertised. This resulted in an overall series prize pool worth more than $700,000 – a far cry from the original estimate of $450,000.
Kiale Matthews became the first to etch his name on an APT trophy after winning the Opening Event, defeating a field of 422 to take home $8,510 in prize money.
Along with a runner-up finish in the 6-Max Shootout against Darren Sloane, Matthews was also able to pocket a bonus $10,000 after finishing first in the APT Brisbane II Player of the Series race.
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Jigs Reyes found himself on the verge of a historic back-to-back victory in the Players Championship, only to be pipped at the post by Jesse Stanley, while Kane “Moistman” Peters was able to ship the PokerShop 100, surpassing his eighth-place finish in the same event back in February.
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The two biggest stories to come out of the series were that of Daniel “DOS” O’Shea and Jordan Bromley. Bromley, who hails from Brisbane’s northern suburbs, has been a regular on the Queensland poker circuit, albeit behind the lens for media company Project 99.
This time around, the 24-year-old digital property marketer seized the opportunity to concentrate on playing and it paid off big time, as Bromley outlasted a field of 802 to win the APT Brisbane II Main Event, taking home $25,500 after a deal was struck with his heads-up opponent, Jaisan Patel.
“It’s relieving to get that first big win,” Bromley said, “I’ve been playing for a while now, trying to take it as seriously as I can and I felt like I wasn’t really getting anywhere, but for the last four months or so during lockdown, I’ve been spending a lot of hours working on my game, looking on ways to improve and things really seemed to click when it came to the Main [Event], which is amazing.”
Bromley’s weekend was made that much sweeter as he went on to rail best mate Aidan Hildebrandt,who crushed the $330 buy-in High Roller Event, good for $19,300 in cash.
APT Brisbane II Main Eventfinal table results:
As for O’Shea, the Toowoomban was finally able to break through for his first major tournament victory, winning the $1,200 buy-in Poker Republik Grind and putting his overall tournament winnings for this year in excess of $146,000, after a deep run in the Aussie Millions Main Event, as well as final table appearances in both the WPT League QPC and the APL Million $3K Challenge events.
The 34-year-old grinder took a more holistic approach to lockdown, concentrating on both his physical and mental wellbeing and keeping away from the tables for almost six months before cramming in a 19-hour cash game marathon just days out from the series.
“When the world chucks COVID at you and forces people to change, they either roll with it or complain,” said O’Shea. “I personally enjoyed the time off and kept my focus on purely the psychological side of things, staying positive and improving my lifestyle – and that definitely made a difference!”
Poker Republik Grindfinal table results:
With the 2021 Aussie Millions at Crown Melbourne highly unlikely to go ahead (at least in its traditional timeslot), APT organisers have hinted at a six-day series to be held in Brisbane, with tentative dates marked for January 19 to 24.
In the meantime, full results from every event and images from the APT Brisbane II series are now available by logging onto www.australianpokertour.com.au, or search for APTLive on Facebook.
| Location | Kippa-Ring, Queensland |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 27°13′8″S153°5′50″E / 27.21889°S 153.09722°ECoordinates: 27°13′8″S153°5′50″E / 27.21889°S 153.09722°E |
| Owner | Redcliffe Dolphins |
| Operator | Redcliffe Dolphins |
| Capacity | 11,500 (9000 seats) from August 2020 |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | Late-1970s |
| Opened | May 1979 |
| Tenants | |
| Redcliffe Dolphins (Queensland Cup) Peninsula Power (FFA Cup) Brisbane Roar (A-League) | |
Dolphin Stadium, known as Dolphin Oval, based on the corner of Ashmole and Klingner Roads in Kippa-Ring, north of Brisbane, is the home ground for the Redcliffe Dolphinsrugby league football club, who play in the Queensland Intrust Super Cup.
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The ground regularly hosts pre-season NRL trials, and hosted the 2001, 2002 and 2003 Queensland Cup Grand Finals. It is also the home ground of A-League club Brisbane Roar for the 2020-21 Season.
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History[edit]
The creation of the Dolphin Oval began when the Redcliffe City Council made re-claimed land available for sporting fields in the 1970s. The Redcliffe Dolphins, who at the time were based at the Redcliffe Showgrounds, showed immediate interest and applied for the maximum area available. Redcliffe City Council engineer Kevin Tibbets took to the construction of the ground with the utmost enthusiasm, with the football club even hosting a trip interstate for him to study playing arenas in New South Wales.
The transition from the Redcliffe Showgrounds to Dolphin Oval presented some major problems. Due to the isolation of the area at the time of construction, normal services were not readily available and therefore had to be brought in. Due to the gravity flow to Klingner Road, expensive sewerage pumps had to be brought in, power for the floodlights had to go underground to the main oval and the run-through tunnel was transhipped from Western Australia at a cost of $9,000, which was still cheaper than buying one from the Eastern states.
The lighting at the showgrounds was far superior, but the Redcliffe Rugby League Old Boys, led by Neil Okamura, contributed a $5,000 loan, which was later turned into a grant, for suitable floodlighting. They also constructed a perimeter playing fence around the main oval at a cost of $2,780. In return, the football club provided the Old Boys with a solid can-booth at the northern end of the complex and were granted the rights to sell liquor on a commission basis.
The pressure to build a licensed club at Dolphin Oval was met with a great deal of caution, especially when the existing club at the Showgrounds was still profitable. But within 12 months after the sod-turning ceremony, the new clubhouse was opened by the Mayor of Redcliffe, Ald. Alf Charlish. With the help of the Federal Member for Petrie, Dean Wells, and his Government's contribution through their C.E.P. Funding, along with the football club's own financial arrangements with the Commonwealth Bank, the move was made possible.
However the heavily publicised and enforced 'Don't Drink and Drive' policy by the Government struck the thriving bar trade, and, according to From Shellgrit to Dolphins, a book on the History of the Redcliffe Dolphins, says: 'Suffice to say the club only barely kept its doors open and its creditors at bay until the advent of poker machines in 1992, but proudly was able to meet its financial commitments'
In January 1979, the committee proposed to name the complex the Don McLennan Oval, but Mr McLennan requested that it be called Dolphin Oval.
Fittingly, the first game at Dolphin Oval was between Redcliffe and Norths, the club that originally proposed Redcliffe's admission into the BRL. The original lease was acquired to 1998 and later extended to 2008, before the Redcliffe Dolphins bought the land.
In June 2019, A-League football club Brisbane Roar announced it would move three of its home matches in the 2019–20 season to the venue.[1] The club's women's team has played high-profile home matches at the venue.[2]In November 2019, Brisbane Roar played the first ever A-League game at the venue against Melbourne City, attracting a sell-out crowd of 9,387. The Roar came from behind to win 4-3.
In October 2020, A-League football club Brisbane Roar announced it would move all it's home matches in the 2020-21 Season to the venue.
Redevelopment and renaming[edit]
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The ground was redeveloped between 2015 and 2018 following announcement of the programme in 2014.[3] After securing funding from Moreton Bay Regional Council and the Federal Government funding phase 1 of the redeveloped ground, now called Dolphin Stadium was opened.[4] The second phase of work completed in February 2018.[5]
References[edit]
- ^'BRFC 2019/20 Memberships on sale July 9!'. Brisbane Roar FC. 26 June 2019.
- ^'Brisbane roaring into Dolphin Stadium'. Brisbane Roar FC. 19 December 2018.
- ^'Redcliffe Dolphins has revealed plans for a $12 million stadium at Dolphin Oval'. Courier Mail. 6 May 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^'New Redcliffe Dolphins rugby league stadium takes shape at Redcliffe'. Courier Mail. 16 May 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^'Dolphin Stadium'. Redcliffe Dolphins. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
Sources[edit]
- McLennan, Don, From Shellgrit to Dolphins: A History of the Redcliffe District Rugby League Football Club, 1995, Peninsula Printers.
External links[edit]
- Dolphin Stadium at Austadiums