We are VERY lucky to have the following video provided to us by NotoriousBHS as he interviews some of the celebrities at the Auckland Festival of Poker. It’s a fantastic clip, please comment if you want to see more!

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.

Auckland DJ [...]

CELEBRITY – noun, a famous or well known person.
CELEBRITY POKER TOURNAMENT – noun, a chance to see who out of selected NZ celebrities has an ounce of game at the Poker table.
The SKYCITY Celebrity Invitational gets underway on Tuesday night at 6.15. A stellar field of around 150 entrants from all walks of life will [...]

After an exciting weekend of poker at Auckland’s Sky City, it was Jamie Kristov who emerged victorious last night, taking home $41,300 in prize money.
Day one kicked off on Sunday with 140 players competing for the $140,000 in prize money. Throughout the afternoon and evening, this was whittled down to only 24 players who then [...]

It was a regular ‘who’s who’ of the local music and television scene with the launch of Sky City’s NZ Poker Open last night at Auckland’s Sky City.
Many familiar faces were on the felt including Elemeno P’s Dave Gibson, Che Fu, Otis Jackson, Mareko and Dawn Raid’s own ‘Brutha D’. Savage was seen leaving around [...]

This Queen’s Birthday weekend SkyCity Auckland will be presenting it’s first National Poker Tournament, The Sky City NZ Poker Open.
With a guaranteed minimum $50,000 prize pool you can be sure this will bring all the top players out of their caves and onto the felt for what looks like a fantastic weekend of poker.
SkyCity Auckland [...]