The Australia New Zealand Poker Tour (ANZPT), sponsored by PokerStars.net, will launch Season 2 in February 2010 in Adelaide, Australia. The ANZPT will be a true indicator of the best players in the region, with fabulous added value prizes on offer including PokerStars sponsorship on both the Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) and the ANZPT.

Thanks to PokerStars.net freeroll satellites, many poker players travel every year to compete in live events across Europe, the US, Asia Pacific and the Caribbean for free. Brett Parise, winner of the inaugural APPT event in Manila 2008, qualified for free on PokerStars.net to win USD$179,775.

With the launch of the ANZPT, PokerStars is yet again bringing a whole new dimension to poker and helping turn it into a truly global sport.

The ANZPT is lead by:

Danny McDonagh has planned, promoted and directed poker tournaments in Australia since 1998. He was at the helm of every major poker tournament at the Crown Casino, from its opening through to the 2008 Aussie Millions, a championship which has gained an excellent reputation among leading poker players. He has also been tournament director for two televised poker tournaments series in Australia.

Danny was an original partner of Poker Network and he established poker tours to, and live internet coverage of, the WHUPC in Vienna, St Petersburg, Moscow, New Zealand and Slovenia.

Danny is Tournament Director for the Asia Pacific Poker Tour and PokerStars Macau and will combine his overseeing role as commissioner for the ANZPT with hands-on involvement in the running of ANZPT tournaments.