ANZPT Queenstown
From the 20-25th of July, Quenstown’s Sky City will be hosting the first ever ANZPT Queenstown tournament with over 70 international poker players competing for a prize pool of over $450,000!
Players from Canada, Germany, Israel, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, United Kingdom, Australia and the United States of America will all be flying in to the adventure tourism capital of the world for what is going to be one of the best PokerStars events ever!
Several players from the PokerNZ community were playing for satellites into the event and our very own ‘downtrou’ managed to win a seat! I caught up with him earlier this week and asked him about the event….
downtrou
PNZ: This was a hotly contended prize package, so just how hard was it to win this seat?
downtrou: Well, um… It is probably easiest to tell you how it came about. I entered at hyper turbo satellite, short-handed (300 chips only and 3 min blinds) for US$44 on PS. There were some 30 entrants with about 5 x $215 tickets to the ME satellite, this game was on about 30mins before the ME satellite started. I scored in this game and then sat in for what i hoped would be a long session.
The ME satellite had around 29 entrants which meant there was only one package on the line. Long story short.. I played tight, was average to below average in chips throughout. Approx 3.5 hours in I hit the final table, last in chip stack count and within one hour had taken out the game! Stoked, especially since it was the first satellite PS had put on for this event, nice to have it locked away early which meant some serious planning could begin – bring on the boarding!
PNZ:
We’ve been hearing that there are some amazing add-ons that were added to your prize package, what were they?
downtrou: Yea, this has been sick, the guys at PS have out done themselves. There were Tourism add-ons available which included fly-in, cruise, fly-out day trip to the Milford sounds, lunch etc OR fly in Heli ride then white water rafting, lunch etc and also an evening meal & gondola ride. The other option was a Snowfileds package…
It was a tough, tough decision, but over the past couple of months they added more to these options and eventually (as a keen boarder) I chose the snowfields option. This includes; 4 day passes for Coronet Peak and/or the Remarkables, transfers to/from the Mountains (lessons if needed) AND a limited edition PS ANZPT QT branded snowboard, bindings and bag , lunch is included too. There is also a gourmet BBQ they are putting on up at Coronet Peak on the Thursday night, 4 courses.. I just hope one of teh courses is a liquid one, good times, can’t wait 
PNZ: Now you also won a seat to the Adelaide event earlier this year, what do you think you learned from that tournament that might apply to this one?
downtrou: You can’t beat bad nor dumb luck! As usual, I am going to play my game, the cards and the situations that I face and hopefully lady luck will be kind!
We all wish downtrou the BEST of luck and if you want to get in on the action, you can buy a piece of his stake through this link at ChipMeUp.
If you haven’t got an account, use this link to get an account at PokerStars, one of the most preferred poker sites for Kiwi players online. This link will give you $50 when you deposit $50.
