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New Zealand Prepares to Send Poker Champ to the World Series of Poker

Hot on the heels of his Aussie Millions win, Lee Nelson, of New Zealand, will have the opportunity to play in his own backyard in the upcoming New Zealand Poker Championships. Though the New Zealand poker tourney isn't nearly as rich as its Aussie counterpart, with a total prize purse of just about $134,000 (US), it still stands to attract approximately 150 players to the felt.

The New Zealand Poker Championships is one of only a handful of poker tournaments in the Southern Hemisphere to offer the winner a seat at the World Series of Poker main event in Las Vegas. Nelson and the rest of the poker hopefuls will grind it out at the Christchurch Casino, which has hosted the New Zealand Poker Championships since 1999.



Poker Thrilla in Manila?

Poker's finest will be invading the Philippines next week to take part in the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation's (Pagcor) first ever World Celebrity Poker Tournament. While not actually taking place in the nation's capital city of Manila, Cebu, the country's second-largest city, will see the likes of Doyle Brunson and his son, Todd, come to play in the special poker event at Casino Filipino.

Tournament organizer Wally Sombero, a top poker player in the Philippines, said that, aside from the Brunson contingent, 10 other world-class players will be taking part in the poker festivities. Also adding to the big-name status of the Pagcor poker night, Sombero announced that it will be hosted by Jack Binion, of World Series of Poker fame. The tournament will be followed by a cash game, promoted as the "Challenge of Champions."

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