As one of New Zealand’s largest poker tournaments, the SkyCity Festival of Poker was attended by more than 100 players who enjoyed the ten side events which had a range of $50 to $1100 buy in. The Festival of Poker culminated in the main event with a prize pool over $170,000.
The nine-day tournament began on Saturday 19 November with the main event held from 24-27 November.
The 2016 Festival of Poker was located in the newly opened SkyCity Auckland Poker Room which offers its own private bar, smoking balcony and toilets.
We would like to say a massive congratulations to the 2016 SkyCity Festival of Poker winner Shane Tamihana. After 3 days of excellent poker Shane walked away with $51,890 and bragging rights for a year! We would also like to congratulate Jackson Zheng who came 2nd winning a total of $33,480 and Te Rangi Matenga who came 3rd winning $21,930!”
$1650 NLH Main Event
Results
|
1 |
Shane Tamihana |
$51890.00 |
|
2 |
Jackson Zheng |
$33480.00 |
|
3 |
Te Rangi Matenga |
$21930.00 |
|
4 |
Jordan Ropotini |
$16740.00 |
|
5 |
Jamie Sadler |
$12890.00 |
|
6 |
Henry Luo |
$8370.00 |
|
7 |
Matt Beck |
$6700.00 |
|
8 |
Michael Poona |
$5860.00 |
|
9 |
Sam Ruha |
$5020.00 |
|
10 |
Michael Fu |
$4520.00 |
Event 1: $1,100 NLH Warm Up - 12.15pm Saturday 19 November
Results
|
1 |
Nick Li |
$14000.00 |
|
2 |
Cole Swannack |
$8750.00 |
|
3 |
Jordon Ropotini |
$5600.00 |
|
4 |
Joshua Langham |
$3850.00 |
|
5 |
Hamish Crawshaw |
$2800.00 |
Event 2: $275 NLH Deep Stack Turbo – 12.15pm Sunday 20 November
Results
|
1 |
Daniel Sing |
$4610.00 |
|
2 |
Rocky Ford |
$3000.00 |
|
3 |
Bruce Symondson |
$1880.00 |
|
4 |
Peter Gamlen |
$1380.00 |
|
5 |
Paul Reid |
$1000.00 |
|
6 |
John Parker |
$630.00 |
Event 4: $275 NLH Ladies – 5.30pm Monday 21 November
Results
|
1 |
Angie F |
$2200.00 |
|
2 |
Sarah S |
$1420.00 |
|
3 |
Angela B |
$950.00 |
|
4 |
Justine H |
$680.00 |
Event 5: $275 NLH “Central Stars” – 6.30pm Monday 21 November
Results
|
1 |
Renae Baker |
$6000.00 |
|
2 |
Cory Fransham |
$3940.00 |
|
3 |
Alicia Tangiiti |
$2510.00 |
|
4 |
Daniel Sing |
$1950.00 |
|
5 |
Brooke Howard-Smith |
$1440.00 |
|
6 |
William Qiu |
$940.00 |
|
7 |
Jamie Sadlier |
$750.00 |
|
8 |
Pajit Maicharoen |
$660.00 |
|
9 |
Stephen Thompson |
$560.00 |
Event 6: $550 NLH Turbo – 5.30pm Tuesday 22 November
Results
|
1 |
Keith Shoer |
$6800.00 |
|
2 |
Oliver Helm |
$4250.00 |
|
3 |
David McEwen |
$2720.00 |
|
4 |
Bruce Symondson |
$1870.00 |
|
5 |
Zinzan Ho |
$1360.00 |
Event 7: $550 NLH/PLO Rotation – 5.30pm Wednesday 23 November
Results
|
1 |
Yibo Song |
$5460.00 |
|
2 |
Yu Ting Lee |
$3510.00 |
|
3 |
Matt Beck |
$2340.00 |
|
4 |
Allen Kennedy |
$1690.00 |
Event 8: $50 NLH Flipout – 6pm Saturday 26 November
Results
|
1 |
Alicia Tangiiti |
$1080.00 |
|
2 |
Jay Yang |
$720.00 |
|
3 |
Dean Moore |
$480.00 |
|
4 |
Joe Henry |
$400.00 |
|
5 |
Rob Harrison |
$320.00 |
|
6 |
Rau Tangiiti |
$280.00 |
|
7 |
Jesse Lewis |
$240.00 |
|
8 |
Jimmy McCaskill |
$200.00 |
|
9 |
Sam Ruha |
$160.00 |
|
10 |
Chad Ellwood |
$120.00 |
Event 9: $550 NLH with $100 Bounties – 12.15pm Sunday 27 November
Results
|
1 |
Sarah Saifi |
$9240.00 |
|
2 |
Angie Fitzgerald |
$6070.00 |
|
3 |
Clayton Bradbury |
$3700.00 |
|
4 |
Johnny Rakich |
$2900.00 |
|
5 |
Ben Hagar |
$2110.00 |
|
6 |
Jay Yang |
$1320.00 |
|
7 |
Bill Hayward |
$1060.00 |
Event 10: $275 Omaha with Rebuy&Addon – 6pm Sunday 27 November
Results
|
1 |
Yuting Lee |
$3760.00 |
|
2 |
Manu Luke |
$2420.00 |
|
3 |
Brett Unkovich |
$1610.00 |
|
4 |
Rocky Ford |
$1160.00 |