Norwegian poker player Espen Myrmo holds a commanding chip lead over the remaining 9 players at the Waitangi Deepstacks Championship main event Final Table at Auckland casino.
Norwegian poker player Espen Myrmo holds a commanding chip lead over the remaining 9 players at the Waitangi Deepstacks Championship main event Final Table at Auckland casino.
Norwegian poker player Espen Myrmo holds a commanding chip lead over the remaining 9 players at the Waitangi Deepstacks Championship main event Final Table at Auckland casino.
134 poker players put up $1,100 to enter one of New Zealand's biggest poker tournament which generated a prizepool of $134,000, with$40k going to first.
After two full days of play Myrmo holds 1,079,500 in chips, nearly three times as many as New Zealand's Sarah Saifi who sits in second with 343,500.
They will both need to keep an eye on Te Rangi Matenga, who sits in fourth and won the Sky City Festival of Poker Main Event in 2015, and came third in the same tournament in 2016.
The Main Event champion will take home $40,000, while 10th will recieve $3,470.
1st Espen Myrmo 1,079,500.00 2nd Sarah Saifi 343,500.00 3rd Wally Lee 250,500.00 4th Te Rangi Matenga 242,000.00 5th Matthew Stark 237,000.00 6th Jacko Efaraimo 139,500.00 7th Te Ratana Mair 124,000.00 8th Dean Moore 113,000.00 9th John Parker 107,000.00 10th Rohin Rup 49,500.00
