The three day event attracted 218 entrants (not bad given day one started on Monday night – perhaps this will be addressed in Season 2 and can only be put down to Crown Casino “squeezing” it into their already packed Melbourne Champs schedule) who all paid the AUD$2,700 entry to create a AUD$545,000 prizepool.After some [...]

It was a regular ‘who’s who’ of the local music and television scene with the launch of Sky City’s NZ Poker Open last night at Auckland’s Sky City.Many familiar faces were on the felt including Elemeno P’s Dave Gibson, Che Fu, Otis Jackson, Mareko and Dawn Raid’s own ‘Brutha D’. Savage was seen leaving around [...]

After an intense tournament at the superb Crown Casino, it was  Xiao Cui who took out event 7 of the $230 No Limit Hold Em 100k Guarantee.PokerNZ’s own ‘downtrou’ was in the race and looking good early on when he busted out Paul Taylor with his QsQh against Taylors AsQd. The 3d5d7s flop didn’t help [...]

Poker fans will soon be treated to “2 Months, $2 Million’ , a reality TV show about online poker players that is currently filming and due to screen on US cable channel ‘G4′ in August.The show follows the progress of four online poker players competing to win $2 million in 2 months collectively. The players [...]

This Queen’s Birthday weekend SkyCity Auckland will be presenting it’s first National Poker Tournament, The Sky City NZ Poker Open.With a guaranteed minimum $50,000 prize pool you can be sure this will bring all the top players out of their caves and onto the felt for what looks like a fantastic weekend of poker.SkyCity Auckland [...]

With a record field, for an event up to $3,000 buy in the 493 entrants meant AU$986,000 was up for grabs. Four intense days and 28 one-hour levels later, the first ANZPT Sydney Main Event title came down to a showdown between a 49-year-old mother-of-six and Gold Coast mortgage broker Lisa Walsh, and 25-year-old Sydney student [...]