It was an all Australian heads up final, between David Borg and Tony Hachem, to decide who will take this years NZ Main Event title and a first prize of $100,000.
In the last hand, with all the money in preflop, Hachem showed Ac Qh and Borg Js 4s. Hachem kept the lead with a flop of Qs 10d 9s, he stayed ahead on the turn (2d) but Borg managed to hit his flush on the river (3s) to claim the $100,000 first prize. Hachem grabbed $54,000 as runner-up
Main Event Place Getters
1 David Borg (Aust) $100,000
2 Tony Hachem (Aust) $54,000
3 John Pye (NZ) $34,000
4 Martin Cardno (NZ) $24,000
5 Robert Megino (NZ) $17,000
6 Warren Paaka (NZ) $14,000
7 Johnny Scott (NZ) $12,000
8 Michael Pedley (Aust) $10,000
9 Paul Nixon (NZ) $7900
10 Shane Ogier (NZ) $7500
11 Dan Sing (NZ) $7500
12 Hayden Hapes (NZ) $6500
13 Minh Tran (NZ) $6500
14 Oliver Robertson (NZ) $6500
15 Mike Geare (NZ) $5000
16 Fern Webber (NZ) $5000
17 Eric Assadourian (Aust) $5000
18 Steve Matson (Aust) $4000
19 Nick Wright (NZ) $4000
20 Greg Familton (NZ) $4000
Other Results held earlier in the week:
South Island Champs
1st Robert Wang NZ $30,000
2nd Oliver Robertson NZ $16,000
3rd Richard Grace NZ $9,000
4th Warren Pritchard NZ $7,000
5th Scott Hamilton-Hill NZ $6,000
6th Jovan Scekic Aus $5,000
7th Simon Bismark NZ $4,100
8th Bernard Lluat Malaysia $3,300
9th Tayne Derriman NZ $2,600
10th Simon Thwaites NZ $2,000
PotLimit Omaha
1st Eric Assadourian Australian $10,000
2nd Dean Yuan Australian $6,800
3rd John Pye NZ $4,000
4th Peter Field NZ $2,600
5th Vincent Larosa Australian $2,100
6th Michael Fleming NZ $1,800
7th Minh Tran NZ $1,500
8th John Dykhoff NZ $1,200
Peter Peko Memorial Pot Limit Holdem/Omaha
1st Sam He NZ $10,000
2nd Gary Boxell $6,780
3rd Peter Field $3,550
4th John Dykhoff $2,500
5th Demitris Merentitis $2,100
6th Joey Zhou $1,870
7th Glenn Matheson $1,500
8th Graham Freeman $1,200
Canterbury Championships
1st Richard Grace NZ $16,500
2nd Simon Bismark NZ $10,000
3rd Joey Zhou NZ $5,880
4th Kevin Clark NZ $4,050
5th Chris Chang NZ $3,550
6th Leo Boxell AUS $3,050
7th Michael King AUS $2,550
8th Kanniga Morgan NZ $2,040
9th Peter Van Der Looy NZ $1,530
10th Dan Lai NZ $1,250
