NZ based Dane takes out Aussie champ

Blenheim based Dane, Soren Erikson, managed to snatch the New Zealand Poker Championship out of the hands of reigning champion David Borg, and claim $100,000 to go with the title. Mike King joked his way to third place and collected $30k, while Auckland stud, Dan Sing, placed a respectable 9th.

Top Ten Results:
1 Soren Eriksen $100,000
2 David Borg $50,000
3 Mike King $30,000
4 Dimitris Merentitis $22,000
5 Mike Mayar $18,000
6 Graeme Putt $14,000
7 Shaun Gray $10,000
8 Atamu Manuel $10,000
9 Dan Sing $8,000
10 Mark Lin $8,000

Martin Cardno Destroys the Aussies and Claims 6-max title

Auckland's favourite poker player, Martin Cardno, has bounced back from having a misrable APPT main event last week, and took down Event Six at the Poker News Cup in Melbourne. For first place in the $550 No Limit Six Handed event, Cardno collected AUS$25,437.

Kiwi wins Auckland APPT Poker Main Event

Wellington poker player Daniel Cracker, won the main event title and $257,000 when he eliminated aussie Matt Konnecke(2nd prize 162,792).

Local TV star and somewhat regular Skycity player, Dan Sing, was eliminated in 4th place, when his opponent hit a four outer on the river. His $59,976 prize money will help in paying for his bar tab, when he drowns his sorrows on this missed opportunity.


And another unlucky Auckland player is Luke Stanford, who started the day as the chip leader. He finished up in 5th place and collected $46,276

Auckland APPT Poker Party Launch

Omaha and those Bloody Aussies

After getting to the final table of Auckland Skycity's Pot Limit Omaha event. The two big stacks of Eric Assadourian and Grant Levy, last years APPT Grand Final Main Event Champ, managed to face each other off, in a heads up battle for first place.
With the experience of winning two NZ Omaha titles behind him, Assadourian was able to defeat his fellow countryman and claim the $12k first prize.

Skycity Holdem Champs Final Table

After playing all night, the final table has been decided and will recommence today at 3pm. With a final table consisting of Auckland poker superstars like Dan Francis and Chris Holmes, two players from my Auckland Poker Regulars post are also at the table.
Good luck to all the Auckland boys at the table.

Final Table:
Jay Loo
Robert Wang
Dan Francis
Chris Holmes
Li Cheng Feng
Carl Gray
Hoang Tu
Zhai Li
Nilesh
Dennis Waterman


UPDATE: This was taken out by the American Dennis Waterman

Auckland APPT End of month Super Satellite

Auckland Skycity casino, will again be running their end of month satellite to the Festival of Poker Main event, this sunday Sept 28.

With a $550 tournament buyin, entrants have a 1 in 6 chance of getting a Main Event ticket to the APPT Auckland main event. With the "high quality" of skycity poker players, this seems the best way of getting in cheaply.

APPT Auckland Tournament Schedule October 2008

Auckland Skycity has released a tournament schedule here for the Auckland leg of the Asian Pacific Poker Tour.
With satellites being held every week at the auckland casino, look for a good number of local players to compete against the many visiting "so called" pros.

Cardno Cashes in WSOP event 52

Fresh off his final table placing at the recently televised NZ Poker Championship, Martin Cardno managed to go deep in the $1500 NL Holdem WSOP event, finishing 21st and collecting US$17,276 for his trouble.

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