Things got underway at around half past twelve today as the first group of players took to the tables in the SKYCITY Festival of Poker Main Event. Certainly no shortage of caps, hoodies, headphones and sunnies as the field got down to business.
Massage was the preference for many to ease away early tournament nerves.

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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 [...]

Pokerstars.net ANZPT Adelaide leg of the tour kicks off in less than 24 hours and already the excitement is building.
Several NZ players were on the Air New Zealand  Adelaide flight this morning including Lee ‘Final Table’ Nelson and online satellite winners ’sampleOG ‘ and ‘magicNZ’. One noticeable absentee from the flight was Sky City’s Poker [...]