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Steven Holloway entered the Main Event of the Festival of Poker at Sky City Casino in Auckland last weekend. 86 players paid $1650 for a seat at the tournament (and 45 paid $825), generating a. New players and highly skilled poker tournament pros who enjoy Texas Hold’em poker and its variants love the exciting and free poker tournaments on this site! From the very beginning of a player’s Replay Poker experience, increasing levels of Achievement badges are awarded to recognize skill levels, bankroll milestones and social interactions! Find the best tournament in town with our real-time list of all upcoming poker tournaments in the Texas area, including Austin, Corpus Christi, Dallas, Edinburg, Houston, Katy, Midland, San Antonio, Spring, and Webster. To customize your search, you can filter this list by game type, buy-in, day, starting time and location.

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Here is a list of players to reach the final table of NZPT Queenstown. For a list of total players click here.

Seat 1: Will Mauga (Australia) PokerStars Qualifier (106,500 in chips): Born in New Zealand but a resident of Brisbane since he was two-years-old, this 25-year-old painting contractor who runs his own business is married with three children. He enters this final table in seventh chip position.

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Seat 2: Glenn Maiden (New Zealand, 321,500 in chips): The manager of the Wharf Casino, this Queenstown local has been playing poker for five years. The 37-year-old earned a seat for the NZPT Queenstown Main Event via Card Sharks, a locally-run and based free-to-play poker competition. He has played in a number of major events around New Zealand and is second in chips heading into this final table.

Seat 3: Steve Smith (New Zealand, 186,000 in chips): He's one of several tradesmen who've put their hands to good use during this tournament. The father of two has been playing poker for about three years and is a regular at SKYCITY Casino in Auckland where he enjoys playing cash games and tournaments. The 42-year-old builder has thoroughly enjoyed his time in Queenstown: 'What an awesome place,' he said.

Seat 4: Andrew Hinrichsen (Australia) PokerStars Qualifier (69,000 in chips): The youngest player at the final table and one of only two Australians to make it to the final nine, this 21-year-old travelled to Queenstown with friends and has made the most of the trip, including his first attempt at snowboarding. The 21-year-old has been playing poker for one year, mostly online cash games, and is highly regarded by his peers.

Seat 5: John Pye (New Zealand, 211,000 in chips): This 39-year-old painter/decorator from Auckland placed third in the 2008 New Zealand Poker Championships Main Event. The father of two has been playing poker for about five years and especially enjoys playing sit 'n' goes online. He led this tournament at numerous points over the past two days and is fourth in chips coming into the final nine.

Seat 6: David Bradford (New Zealand, 53,500 in chips): One of Queenstown's best known former residents, this 65-year-old lived here for 17 years and was Town Mayor for six years. Now living in Wellington, he's been a constant on the poker scene here for many years and has played in Las Vegas on several occasions with his good friend and fellow final table participant John Guthrie.

Seat 7: Danny Chevalier (Australia, 481,000 in chips): Arguably the most accomplished player at the final table, this 46-year-old lived in New Zealand for many years where he ran day spas in Queenstown and Rotorua before recently returning to Australia. He won a won a seat into this event in a live satellite here at SKYCITY Queenstown. He credits his love of poker to his grandmother Regine, who passed away last year aged 99.

Seat 8: Mark Walker (New Zealand, 150,000 in chips): A 28-year-old machine operator from Cambridge in the Waikato region of the North Island, this is his first live tournament despite having 18 months of poker experience under his belt. His deep run in this event is timely after he and his girlfriend recently found out they're expecting a baby. He is in sixth chip position overall heading into the final table.

Seat 9: John Guthrie (New Zealand, 888,500 in chips): A dominant chip leader coming into today's play, this wily veteran has a heap of poker experience, much of it coming along side his good mate and fellow final table participant David Bradford. The property developer celebrated his 60th birthday last week, and is hoping to carry his massive chip advantage all the way to the first NZPT Queenstown.

It is with great pleasure that we welcome you back to Queenstown in New Zealand for the APPT Queenstown Main Event — the fourth stop of Season 7 of the tour. This boutique event has found its niche in the poker calendar with players coming far and wide to enjoy everything this wonderful town has to offer.

Some come for the poker, but for most, a trip to Queenstown presents so much more. The adventure capital of the world brings a plethora of fun activities away from the tables to ease the pain that elimination from the APPT Queenstown Main Event may bring.

Throughout the week we’ll bring you some stories from around the town and hopefully get to enjoy a taste of Queenstown ourselves. The snow bunnies are a little disappointed that the unusually warm weather has confined the snow to the mountain peaks. SKYCITY Casino Shift Manager Andrew Gray assures us that just two weeks ago, the snow was down to lake level, but apparently the skiing conditions are still very good up on the mountains. That won’t worry those of us sticking to town level, as the restaurants and bars are sure to be a hive of action late into the evenings, especially with the short days promised here in the Main Event.

For now we find ourselves in the warmth of the SKYCITY Queenstown Casino as Day 1a is not far away from kicking off. The Summit Room has been transformed into a poker den with five tables in action and likely to be at full capacity over the opening three flights. APPT Queenstown is one of the rare tournaments in the Asia-Pacific region that has shown steady growth with 149 players taking part last year as Australian Dave Allan collected the top prize of NZ$110,600.

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There are plenty of big names in town, a couple of Team PokerStars Pros and we have some exciting announcements coming later today which will be of great interest to Australian and New Zealand poker fans. Stay tuned for more details!

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Day 1a of the APPT Queenstown $3,000 Main Event kicks off at 12:30pm local time, and we look forward to your company throughout the week.

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Last night, the players enjoyed themselves at the official welcome party where PokerStars.tv hostess Sarah Grant caught up with some of the players to find out what is the most adventurous thing they have ever done: