One exciting new addition to the already packed 2009 schedule is the third leg of the ANZPT (as covered in the article above).

Last year’s Main Event winner James “Jabba” Broom took home a healthy $134,602 in prize money and is sure to be returning to defend his title.

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NZ Poker Champs

The NZ Poker Champs celebrates 11 years this March and promises to be their biggest one yet.

With a prize pool of up to $720,000, it’s no surprise that many of the region’s top poker players make the journey down to Christchurch for the week-long poker carnival.

Last year saw a number of poker’s big names in the Garden City for the big prize that was eventually taken out by David Borg. Other popular players in the money included Martin Cardno, Tony Hachem (Joe Hachem’s brother) Auckland’s Dan Sing and 2007′s NPC winner, Eric Assadourian

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