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Nick Shulman, from NYC, has taken out the $2.14 million World Poker Finals first prize at Foxwoods casino.

Nick Schulman started the day with nearly 45% of the chips in play, and he made the most of them. After Licastro eliminated Cortellino in sixth place, Schulman took over the final table and consumed everyone else, busting Berman, Cunningham, and Gazes before going heads-up with Licastro for the title.

Schulman’s aggressive style and instinctual play served him well all tournament. He seemed to push at all the right times, while slowing down to release a hand if he thought he was beat.

This weekend I've been staying somewhere I think would be a great spot for a WPT event - The Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. If Australia does get a sanctioned WPT or WSOP circuit event there is no real doubt that it would go to Melbourne and the Crown Casino due to their superior facilities and poker community support, but the world's best beaches and the party atmosphere here on the Coast could be a much bigger attraction to international players.

I'm going to head to Jupiter's Casino tonight to check out their new poker tables. Poker is slowly coming on in Australian casinos outside of Melbourne, but they have some wierd rules and don't always have the poker tables open which is affecting the uptake of the game, especially amongst more experienced players.

Casinos here are largely run by bigger companies that don't really have a feel for the best way to run a casino to ensure it's popularity and loyal patronage. They seem to ignore providing some of the things that people like about playing poker in favouring of guaranteeing profits. They could all learn a thing or two by spending some time in some Las Vegas poker rooms and seeing how they use poker to attract people to a casino, not necessarily to make big profits. But hopefully I'll be able beat the crazy house antes and bust some tourists in the 5/10 limit game. I'll let you know how I go.

Kris @ Poker.com