The first ever ANZPT at Sky City Queenstown will be a celebrity filled event that’s sure to please.

So far the following have been confirmed:

Lee Nelson (New Zealand’s Celebrity Joker Poker co-host)
Eric Assadourian (2007 NZ Poker Champs winner)
Grant Levy
Emad Tahtouh
Celina Lin
Tony Hachem

The event will see the Queenstown Sky City Casino transformed into a poker players paradise with plenty of different single and multi-table tournaments making up the 5 day event.

The popular ‘Teams’ event will return (you might remember this from Adelaide?) with each team allowed up to 3 players, kicking off on Saturday 25th July.

Flights are already booking fast and if you didn’t manage to score a $20 Jetstar flight or an early AirNZ flight, expect to pay upwards of $200+ ea way.

Michelle Baillie, SKYCITY Queenstown’s Executive Manager said: “We are thrilled to host such an iconic event and look forward to welcoming international and local poker players to SKYCITY Queenstown Casino in July. We hope that this week long event will benefit a wide range of Queenstown businesses as well as being positive for SKYCITY and New Zealand poker.”

The expected prize pool is over $450,000 (depending on full subscription of 200 players) and already the tournament is over 50% sold.

Those still wishing to enter can do so by visiting the Sky City Poker website for more details.

www.skycity.co.nz/poker