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 [...]

I’m in Melbourne this weekend so have been unable to cover the AAPC properly, but I have had some information from Sky City…
Saturday night’s $330 side event attracted 68 entracts and was taken out by Angie Fitzgerald who picked up just under $7000.
Sunday’s main event kicked off with 119 contenders from all over NZ including [...]