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)
