Aussie Wins NZ Poker Champs

Australian David Borg has outplayed compatriot Tony Hachem for the biggest win of his career in the New Zealand poker Championship final in Christchurch at the weekend.

Borg took out the trophy and $NZ100,000 ($A81,910) in prize money.

“This is the biggest win of my career, I really can’t believe it,” he said on Sunday.

“I knew I had the ability to win a big tournament but never thought it would actually happen.”

The highest placed New Zealand player was Auckland-based John Pye who finished third and picked up a cheque for $NZ34,000 ($A27,850).

Main Event Placings
• 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 :

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

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