The PokerStars ANZPT Auckland currently being played at the SkyCity Casino has smashed the record for the highest attendance at a live poker game in New Zealand
A total of 207 players paid the NZ$2,200 buy-in or qualified for the tournament via satellites hosted on PokerStars – smashing the previous record of 149 players who competed at the Queenstown Snowfest in July. To put this figure into perspective, if the tournament had been held in the UK and the same percentage of the population turned up to play in it, there would have been 2,880 players – the UK record for a live poker event stands at 1,625 (UKIPT Nottingham, April 2012).
25/11/2012, 7:58 pm