Perhaps fueled by the millions of dollars won by a couple of their Aussie neighbors, New Zealanders are now going to get to do a little poker gaming of their own in SkyCity. The Auckland spot opened Poker Zone, which will allow patrons to sit down to a friendly game of Texas Hold’em, just like they see being played on TV.
"Demand for poker is huge – our customers want it here," said gaming general manager Greg Hawkins. The huge popularity of the game has swept the US and Briton, and now made its way to Down Under. Australian Joseph Hachem won a prize purse of $7.5 million in the United States World Series of Poker competition, and Jamil Dia of Wellington won $1 million at the Australian Poker Championship in Melbourne last January.
SkyCity will be opening similar Poker Zone type poker rooms in its Hamilton and Queenstown casinos.
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