- But in New Zealand, nobody delivers poker quite like SKYCITY Casino Auckland. SKYCITY Casino Auckland offers players regular weekly tournaments with buy-ins from $15 to $500, a weekly Sit and Go tournament, No Limit Hold'em games, satellite tournaments with great prize packages and free-roll tournaments for players wanting to practise their.
- We want the SKYCITY Festival of Poker to become an annual fixture on the world poker circuit and an absolute must for all top poker players.' The tournament will be held in Auckland from October 4 th through the 12th. There will be a number of single table games as well as multi-table events.
- But in New Zealand, nobody delivers poker quite like SKYCITY Casino Auckland. SKYCITY Casino Auckland offers players regular weekly tournaments with buy-ins from $15 to $500, a weekly Sit and Go tournament, No Limit Hold'em games, satellite tournaments with great prize packages and free-roll tournaments for players wanting to practise their.
- We want the SKYCITY Festival of Poker to become an annual fixture on the world poker circuit and an absolute must for all top poker players.' The tournament will be held in Auckland from October 4 th through the 12th. There will be a number of single table games as well as multi-table events.
Skycity Auckland Poker Tournaments
After three days of solid play, the Main Event ended in an arranged three way chop of the prize pool winnings with Kiwi poker players Te Rangi Matenga, Shane Tamihana and Darren Lukas each pocketing $55,490. All three players went all in to decide the final placings and who would take home the trophy with 23 year-old Te Rangi coming out on top as the 2015 SkyCity Festival of Poker champion with his Ace and King.
Congratulations to all of our major tournament winners. To find out who they are, click the relevant section below. 2019 Festival of Poker; 2019 WPT; 2019 Summer of Poker; 2018 WPT NZ; 2017 SkyCity Festival of Poker; 2017 Waitangi Deep Stack Championships Results; 2017 Auckland Poker Championships; 2016 SkyCity Festival of Poker. With the COVID-19 pandemic under control in New Zealand once again, SkyCity Auckland casino has been allowed to remove all COVID-19 restrictions. Poker Legislation Poker Tournaments. In addition to our tournaments, cash games are also available on demand in the Poker Room at SkyCity Auckland (subject to table availability and the number of participants). For tournament or registration enquiries, please phone (09) 363 6190 to speak to a Table Games Operations Manager or email poker@skycity.co.nz.
Skycity Auckland Poker Tournament 2019
Final placings and winners:
1st. Te Rangi Matenga $55,490
2nd. Shane Tamihana $55,490
3rd. Darren Lukas $55,490
4th. Zack Lowrie $26,110
5th. Jason Cook $20,670
6th. Kuru Whiston $13,330
7th. Glen Young $10,880
8th. Maddy Yates $9,620
9th. Eric Chang $7,890
10th. Joe Allis $7,070
11th. Tatjana Zizic $5,440
12th. Michael Stubbs $4,620
Thanks to all involved - players, staff, friends, fans and media - for an incredible tournament of exhilarating action inside the SkyCity Auckland Poker Room. We hope you enjoyed being a part of the action as much as we enjoyed hosting the tournament.
