Sosia Jiang

Sosia Jiang
Winner of the Festival of Poker 2019 Main Event

Jason Glbert

Jason Gilbert
Winner of the Festival of Poker 2019 Player of the Series

SkyCity’s last major Poker tournament for 2019 drew in some of the best Poker players New Zealand had to offer and culminated in a Main Event prize pool of nearly $250,000.

A Poker series made up of 10 tournaments that concluded with the Festival of Poker Main Event where Sosia Jiang took out first place, the title of champion and the first place prize of $72,210. We would also like to commend Jason Gilbert as the Festival of Poker Player of the Series.

 Festival of Poker Event 1: Opening Event
1. Jason $37,230
2. Bac (Ha) $24,500
3. Liam $14,750
4. Paul $12,000
5. Anthony $9,500
6. Geo $6,130
7. Sarah $5,000
8. James $4,380
9. Conrad $3,630
10. Kelvin $3,250
11. Mesene $2,500
12. Justin $2,300
 Festival of Poker Event 2: Bounty
1. Andrew $6,810
2. Ray $4,470
3. Stephen $2,850
4. Alexander $2,220
5. John $1,640
6. Renae $1,070
7. Darragh $850
8. Sandra $750
9. Paul $640
Festival of Poker Event 3: Turbo Freezeout
1. Wending $6,735
2. Bradley $4,460
3. Rodney $2,680
4. Shi (Keng Shi) $2,230
5. Matthieu $1,690
6. Allen $1,110
7. Casey $890
8. Craig $780
9. Eden $670
10. Mason $600
11. Dean $450
Festival of Poker Event 4: Pot Limit Omaha
1. Stephen $7,100
2. Thomas $4,660
3. Whareriupene $2,970
4. Daniel $2,310
5. Shaun $1,710
6. Bruno $1,110
7. Matthieu $890
8. Misty $780
9. Shumin $670
Festival of Poker Event 5: Mix Max
1. Darren $7,100
2. Luis $6,900
3. Khetoshe (Dennis) $4,200
4. Jamie $3,300
5. Bruno $2,400
6. Jonathan $1,500
7. Samuel $1,200
Festival of Poker Event 6: Main Event
1. Sosia $72,120
2. Adam $47,430
3. Frank $28,560
4. Ciaran $23,230
5. Khetoshe (Dennis) $18,390
6. Stephen $11,860
7. Jason $9,680
8. Misty $8,470
9. Soren $7,020
10. Shaun $6,290
11. Timothy $4,840
12. Max $4,110
Festival of Poker Event 7: Ladies Event
1. Justine $4,970
2. Lillian $3,100
3. Renae $$1,980
4. Natalia $1,360
5. Sian $990
Festival of Poker Event 8: Pairs Event
1. Anja and Willy $3,170
2. Anthony and Ray $1,980
3. Cory and Jackie $1,270
4. Lincoln and Stephen $870
5. Devon and Philip $630
Festival of Poker Event 9: High Roller’s Challenge
1. Ryan $18,160
2. Cameron $7,640
3. Darragh $3,000
Festival of Poker Event 10: Monster Stack
1. Dion $21,080
2. Luis $8,000
3. Sarah $4,800
4. John $4,000
5. Zhengqiang $3,040
6. Hayden $2,000
7. Kani $1,600
8. Bruno $1,400
9. Sandra $1,200
10. Shaun $1,080
11. Bradley $800
Festival of Poker Player of the Series:
  Points
Jason 400
Bac (Ha) 360
Liam 320
Paul 280
Anthony 240
Ray 225
Geo 200
Andrew 200
Renae 180
Sarah 160