Auckland held the first ever WPT NZ event in June 2018 with a total of 9 events between 25 May and 4 June. The Main Event alone generated a prize pool of $720,000 and attracted players from all across the world. A huge congratulations to all our winners and a massive thank you to everyone who joined us!

 Event 1: WPT NZ Opening Event Auckland Poker Championships
1. Steve $52,275
2. Jacko $33,825
3. David $22,550
4. Lyndon $17,425
5. Paul $13,840
6. Alicia $11,275
7. David $9,225
8. Mark $7,175
9. Sosia $5,125
10. Keith $4,100
11. Joshua $3,590
12. Stuart $3,590
13. Adam $3,075
14. Sam $3,075
15. Natalia $3,075
16. Te Ratana $2,560
17. Geo $2,560
18. Guy Van $2,560
19. Darren $2,050
20. David $2,050
 Event 2: WPT NZ $175 NLH Re-buy Tournament
1. William $9,142
2. Shaun $6,095
3. Dean $3,944
4. Luis $3,047
5. Steve $2,510
6. Scott $2,061
7. Adam $1,703
8. Damien $1,344
9. Sarah $986
10. Grant $807
11. Misty $627
12. Sherif $627
13. Geo $538
14. Hoshy $538
15. Anthony $538
16. Wei $448
17. Tiger $448
18. Katsuhiro $448
 Event 3: WPT NZ $175 NLH Re-buy Tournament
1. Matt $9,858
2. Jack $6,696
3. Zhenyang $4,464
4. Sherif $3,534
5. Stuart $2,790
6. Jakson $2,418
7. Deepak $2,046
8. Kevin $1,674
9. Ryan $1,302
10. Kelvin $930
11. Zoran $744
12. Aaron $744
 Event 4: WPT NZ Bounty
1. Trevor $9,792
2. Gregory $6,528
3. Wayne $$4,224
4. Ryan $3,264
5. Sherif $2,688
6. Norman $2,208
7. James $1,824
8. Sileako $1,440
9. Ilja $1,056
10. Liam $864
11. Sean $672
12. Carl $672
13. Jonathon $576
14. Allen $576
15. John $576
16. Jeffrey $480
17. Russell $480
18. Te Ratana $480
Event 5: WPT NZ Six Max 30 second shot clock
1. Stephen $15,158
2. Alan $10,296
3. Michael $6,721
4. Te Ratana $5,005
5. Julian $3,432
6. Dean $2,574
7. Misty $2,002
8. Joshua $1,573
9. Tatjana $1,573
10. Conrad $1,287
11. Liam $1,287
12.Glen $1,287
13. Chin $1,001
14. David $1,001
15. Kevin $1,001
16. Daniel $1,001
17. Ziqiang $1,001
Event 6: WPT NZ Main Event
1. Nauvneel $169, 200
2. Jacko Efaraimo   $108,000
3. Sosia Jiang $68,400
4. Kelvin Li $54,000
5. Anthony Inns $39,600
6. Zachary Metin $32,400
7. Nick Southorn $25,200
8. Daniel Nielson   $21,240
9. Eden Smith $17,280
10. Manu Luke   $14,040
11. Davy Fa'apito $11,880
12. Keith Shoer $11,880
13. Samuel Salt $9,720
14. Wayne Phillips $9,720
15. Sarah Saifi $9,720
16. Alex Maynard   $7,920
17. Michael Bouskila $7,920
18. James Wilson   $7,920
19. Bob Sova $6,480
20. Joshua Bell $6,480
21. Paul Reid $6,480
22 Hayao Gen $5,760
23. Olivia Andre $5,760
24. Joe Hachem $5,760 
25. Lyndon Webster $5,040
26. Dion Mahutoto   $5,040
27. Stuart Jordan $5,040
28. Jonathon Trip $4,680
29. James Keenan $4,680
30. Jamie Mulligan $4,680
31. Darryl Hussey $4,680
32. Chris Pavlovic   $4,680
33. Lance Climo $4,680
34. Damien Walsh $4,680
35. Majid Saab   $4,680
36. Allister Williams $4,680
Event 7: WPT NZ High Roller tournament
1. Tatjana Zuzic $54,600
2. Joe Hachem   $35,100
3. Ryan Otto $23,400
4. Fotios F Manolakos $16,900
Event 8: WPT NZ Turbo freeze out tournament
1. Benson Mak $4,628
2. Robert Megino   $3,086
3. Bizan S-Kolah $1,973
4. Imad Al-Badrawi $1,543
5. Calvin Yates $1,262 
6. Shaun Yi Song Tan   $1,029
7. Tenisi Moheroa $842 
8. Daren Guildford $655
9. Phil Coll $468
10. Sherif Badran $374
11. Kevin Ellet $318
12. Trevor Potts $318
13. Jeff McLintoch $262 
14. Bryan Suasono $262 
15. Mark Toelau $262
16. Lofs Murray $224
17. Murray Brewster $224
18. Richard Hunter $224  
19. Jackie Miru $187
20. Ria Taylor $187
21. Ian Mclean $187
22. Mita Joe Henry $187
Event 9: WPT NZ Mega stack freeze out tournament
1st Shi Feng   $10,852
2nd Kani Edwards   $9,600
3rd Sherwin Naidoo $9,600
4th Steve Smith $9,600
5th Michel Bouskila $9,600
6th Leo Boxell $4,071 
7th Sherif Badran $3,363
8th Renae Baker $2,655
9th Thomas Brittenden $1,947
10th Patrick Caalim   $1,593
11th Robert Megino $1,239
12th Jason Shen $1,239
13th Peng Zhang $1,062
14th Trevor Potts $1,062
15th Ray Kingston $1,062
16th Xin He (Derek) $885
17th Kanniga Morgan $885
18th Nishith Gupta $885