PLEASE NOTE: IF A SPLIT IS MADE THE GAME WILL BE INSTANTLY OVER AND THE VENUE WIN WILL BE FORFEITED BACK TO CHAMPIONS POKER AND THE NEXT VENUE WILL BE DECIDED BY THE DIRECTORS


SEASON 32 WINNER WAS **WHETU BENNETT**

WELL DONE WHETU. WELL A LOT OF GOOD POKER WAS PLAYED AT THIS FINAL WITH EVERYONE ARRIVING TO PUT THEIR BEST POKER FACES ON, SOME WORKED AND SOME DIDN'T. 1ST OUT WAS DENNIS THOMAS WITH AS ABOVE WHETU BEING LAST OUT. FINAL TABLE WAS PLAYED PRETTY CLOSE FOR THE FIRST FEW HANDS WITH EVERYONE TRYING TO GET A FEEL FOR EVERYONE AND OF COURSE YOU NEED A FEW HANDS TO SEE HOW JAZZ'S DEALING IS GOING TO GO (HIGH OR LOW) WITH THE BLINDS AT 50 & 100k PEOPLE SOON STARTED TO HAVE THEIR STACKS EATEN INTO SO THEN THE ALL IN CALLS STARTED AND THAT TABLED HUMMED ALONG WITH A FEW SURVIVING THEIR ALL IN CALLS AND SOME NOT.

THIS MEANS THE FINAL FOR SEASON 34 WILL BE AT THE CASTLECLIFF CLUB 21ST JULY 2012

SEASON 33 WILL BE HELD AT THE FAMILY HOTEL IN OTAKI ON THE 2ND JUNE 2012

WHETU BENNETT 1ST WITH $3000

JEANETTE MOURIE 2ND WITH $1000

MARION WILSON 3RD WITH $500

GARRY PHILLIPS 4TH WITH $300

TOBY LAWTON 5TH WITH $200

IT WAS A FUN DAY ONCE AGAIN WITH 105 OF 153 WHO QUALIFIED BRINGING THEIR GAME FACES TO THE TABLES. IT WAS GREAT TO SEE A LOT OF OUR VENUE'S PLAYERS COMING TO FIND OUT AND FEEL THE VIBE OF A REGIONAL AND HOW EXCITING THEY GET. WE HOPE TO SEE YOU AGAIN AT THE NEXT ONE. PALMY PLAYERS YOU BETTER BUCK YOUR IDEAS UP IF YOU WANT TO KEEP ALL 3 VENUES HERE IN PALMY. EXCITING TO DELIVER THE NEWS THAT SPARKY'S IS TO START A SUNDAY GAME FROM 22ND APRIL AND MARTON IS BACK - NEW VENUE BUT STILL BACK STARTING ON 19TH APRIL 2012 WITH A $100 FREEROLL ON THEIR 1ST NIGHT AS WELL AS POINTS

A BIG THANK YOU GOES TO THE SPARKY'S CREW FOR BEING GREAT HOSTS. KAI WAS GREAT, SERVICE WAS GREAT AS WAS YOUR VENUE. WE HOPE YOU YOURSELVES ENJOYED YOUR FIRST FINAL

SEASON 33 IS ALL GEARED UP AND IS UNDERWAY STARTING ON THE 15TH FEBRUARY 2012 WITH THE FINALS BEING HELD AT FAMILY HOTEL IN OTAKI ON THE 2ND JUNE 2012.
SEASON 34 REGIONALS ARE AT CASTLECLIFF CLUB IN WANGANUI 21ST JULY 2012



**DISAPPOINTING BUT ELITE HAS NOW CEASED. PLAYERS WILL CONTINUE TO BE ADDED FROM THE REGIONAL PLAYOFFS AND IT WILL BE A CASH PRIZE TO BE PLAYED FOR IN DECEMBER**