NZ Poker Open
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 came back to play on the final day of the Main Event.
The final results ended up like this with Aucklander Jamie Kristov taking out the main prize, Joe Alis took 2nd place and Tokoroa’s Wendy Cook picking up $16,100 for 3rd place.
1st Jamie Kristov, Auckland, NZ $41300
2nd Joe Alis, Auckland, NZ $26880
3rd Wendy Cook, Tokorua, NZ $16100
4th John Pye, Auckland, NZ $12880
5th David Boyd, Hamilton, NZ $10640
6th Steven “Smitty” Smith Auckland, NZ $6720
7th Jarm “Bad Beat” Joseph $5600
8th James Keenan, Auckland, NZ $4480
9th Kevin Clark, Auckland, NZ $3920
10th Renae Baker, Rotorua, NZ, $3500
11th Bob Sova Palmeston North, NZ $2800
12th Tony Yaldan $2380
13th Warren Price Auckland, NZ $1400
14th Josko Sestan Auckland, NZ $1400
The SKYCITY New Zealand Poker Open Pot Limit Omaha Event was also held this weekend and won by Adrian Kitto.
So it was another successful weekend of poker at Auckland’s SkyCity and another event to add to the calendar for next year.
