Matt Cheer wins AAPC 2009

Just after 1am this morning (Tuesday), Aucklander Matt Cheer took the honors of winning the 1st ever Auckland Anniversary Poker Championship, pocketing a tasty $35,540 for his efforts.

After a marathon 36 hours, Cheer played his way through 119 players to take out the very first AAPC trophy.

Ejaaz Dean, SKYCITY Auckland’s Executive Manager Table Games says with a starting field of 119 players, the inaugural tournament was a huge success.

“We are committed to making SKYCITY Auckland the home of New Zealand poker and to provide an exciting and entertaining poker platform for all lovers of the game. We hope to make the tournament an annual event, attracting top poker players from throughout New Zealand.”

The placings and prizes were as follows:

1st     Matt Cheer AUCKLAND
2nd     Rajko AUCKLAND ($23,090)
3rd     Darren “Dazz” Ying AUCKLAND ($13,920)
4th     Emerson Wirimu ROTORUA ($11,190)
5th     Amuant AUCKLAND ($9040)
6th     Craig Lowe WELLINGTON ($5710)
7th     Kevin Peters ROTORUA ($4760)
8th     Kent Tan AUCKLAND ($3810)
9th     Sherwin Naidoo AUCKLAND ($3450)
10th    Tim Grey WELLINGTON ($3090)
11th    Grant Harris AUCKLAND ($2380)
12th    Adrian Kitto AUCKLAND ($2020)
13th    Jimmy Henare NAPIER ($1190)