SkyCity's last major tournament of the year for 2017 drew in some of the best Poker players New Zealand had to offer and culminated in a Main Event prize pool of over $160,000.
The Opening Deep Stack tournament kicked things off and concluded with the Festival of Poker Main Event where William Han took out first place, the title of champion and the first place prize of $51,000. Henry Xu and Jamie Sadlier have to also be commended for their second and third place finishes respectively.
| $1,650 NLH Festival of Poker Main Event | |
|---|---|
| William Han | $51,000 |
| Henry Xu | $32,850 |
| Jamie Sadlier | $21,520 |
| Geo Tislevoll | $16,430 |
| Trent Adams | $12,650 |
| Te Rangi Matenga | $8,210 |
| Phillip Willcocks | $6,570 |
| Radoslav Kopec | $5,750 |
| Steve Smith | $4,930 |
| Johnny Rakich | $4,340 |
| $1,100 NLH Opening Deep Stack tournament | |
|---|---|
| Jiang Zhou | $22,750 |
| Robert Donaldson | $14,950 |
| Matthew Beck | $9,100 |
| Ha Bac Nguyen | $7,150 |
| Sarah Saifi | $5,200 |
| Jamie Sadlier | $3,250 |
| Stephen Smith | $2,600 |
| $330 NLH & PLO Rotation tournament | |
|---|---|
| Stephen (Beefs) Thompson | $4,160 |
| Justine Hayes | $2,670 |
| Joe Zheng | $1,780 |
| Suneran Naidu | $1,290 |
| $120 NLH Bounty Hunter tournament | |
|---|---|
| Anthony Inns | $1,705 |
| Daya-Tumua Sao-Mafiti | $1,140 |
| Allen Kennedy | $710 |
| Nathan Buckley | $560 |
| Sanu Santhosh | $410 |
| Paul Reid | $260 |
| Ben Misfud | $210 |
| Ben Hagar | $180 |
| $50 NLH Flipout tournament | |
|---|---|
| Zhenqiang Lin | $1,000 |
| Cameron Marr | $400 |
| Allen Kennedy | $200 |
| $440 NLH “Deuces Up” Megastack tournament | |
|---|---|
| Ray Wang | $10,870 |
| Dennis Shikhu | $7,140 |
| Jacko Efaraimo | $4,560 |
| Justine Hayes | $3,540 |
| Justin Serville | $2,620 |
| Toby Meredith | $1,700 |
| Jeremy Ng | $1,360 |
| Adam Young | $1,190 |
| James Shelford | $1,020 |