JimDownunder

New York, New York and Cincinnati

I am now reaching the halfway point of my North America trip. Before I know it I will be in Aruba and playing in the big tournament there. From all accounts the field could reach over 500 players and generate a prize pool of over $2.5 million US. It is exciting stuff. However, before then I am ...

Oh Canada

After my 13 hour journey by plane from Auckland to Vancouver, I had finally made it to Canada. I was excited about the prospect of discovering what this majestic country had to offer. After passing through customs, I had an agonizingly long wait for my luggage. What was about a ...

Preparing for North America

This week has been a frantic week for me as I have been carefully putting the final touches on my trip through North America. I decided that I would start my journey on Canada's west coast, spending a few nights with some poker buddies just outside of Vancouver. It is now a ...

APPT Auckland online qualifiers

Immediately after I arrive back from my trip to Aruba to play in the Aruba Classic in early October, I will be back on the felt to play in my home APPT (Asia Pacific Poker Tour) event, APPT Auckland. I set myself the goal of qualifying for Auckland via the Pokerstars satellites. ...

Sydney adventures

For the final leg of my Australian trip, I made my way up from Melbourne to Sydney mid-afternoon on Thursday. I had lots of things lined up for my four days and nights in the city I called home for the first six months of the year. I met up with ...

Hanging out in Melbourne during the Victorian Champs

Practically after arriving at Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport from the Gold Coast on Monday morning, I was taking my seat in the $1,650 heads-up tournament in Melbourne's Crown Casino. With the event selling out just prior to the commencement of the first round matches, 32 players would be vying to make it through their five ...

Poker in paradise

Welcome everyone to Surfers' Paradise. The first major poker tournament in Australia's tropical north Queensland area has arrived and Pokerstars have come to the party. After departing on my late Monday afternoon flight from Auckland I arrived in Coolangatta at twilight time and organised my rental car. The weather was nice ...

Playing poker in a tourism playground

My journey to Queenstown started with a Jetstar flight from Auckland. However, due to the mediocre navigational systems onboard, our flight landed in Dunedin instead. I could feel a long and boring Friday was on the cards. At least Jetstar had the decency to put on buses for us and approximately ...

Knucking down on the virtual felt and preparing for Queenstown

Hey folks. Sorry about the long delays between some of my blog entries. I have had limited access to the Internet while I have been on my travels. This time round I want to share about a couple of online tournaments that I played in a couple of weeks ago. ...

Back to the online grind

Since I have been back in New Zealand, I have decided to play some pub poker locally. This has been loads of fun and I have met awesome people at both of the venues I play at. I have learnt lots about how amateur players think about the game and ...