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Sky City, a luxury hotel and entertainment complex with gaming accommodations in Auckland, will play host to New Zealand’s biggest poker tournament in like ever next month. From October 4 – 12, 2008, the first SKYCITY Festival of Poker will take place. It is expected to offer a $1 million NZD prize pool, the biggest in Kiwi history.
Hundreds of players are expected to enter the events over the course of the series including some of the biggest names in poker such as:
The week-long event will transform the Sky City casino into a poker player’s “paradise” with single and multi-table events. The culmination of all activities will be the much-anticipated three-day Main Event.
Ejaaz Dean, SKYCITY Auckland's Executive Manager - Table Games said: "The massive popularity of poker worldwide has taken its time reaching New Zealand. With the likes of international poker stars Greg Raymer and Chris Moneymaker here to inspire players in a local tournament of this scale the possibilities in New Zealand are endless – we're just at the very beginning of our own poker craze.”
Satellites for this event are being held by pubs and casinos across New Zealand. Kiwis can check them out online at http://www.festivalofpoker.co.nz.
Editor Note: KiwiPoker holds a $150,000 GTD tournament each Friday night. That’s enough to get you to SKYCITY and back from anywhere in the world. Visit KiwiPoker today and find out how you can take part in this fantastic weekly event!