The World Poker Tour’s first-ever trip to New Zealand is coming up in June, with the NZ$2,200 buy-in WPT New Zeland Main Event scheduled for June 1-4, 2018, at SKYCITY Auckland. The full festival of events runs May 25-June 4 and features seven great events. The full schedule is further below, but first, let’s take a look at a few of the great lead-up satellites coming up that allow you to win your way to the NZ$2,200 Main Event for cheap.
WPT New Zealand schedule and satellites (all times local, prices in local currency):
Friday, April 27
– 7:15 p.m. – $60 buy-in Level 1 satellite with one Level 2 ticket awarded for every $240 in the prize pool (1 in 5)
Saturday, April 28
– 12:30 p.m. – $60 buy-in Level 1 satellite with one Level 2 ticket awarded for every $240 in the prize pool (1 in 5)
– 6:15 p.m. – $60 buy-in Level 1 satellite with one Level 2 ticket awarded for every $240 in the prize pool (1 in 5)
Sunday, April 29
– 2:15 p.m. – $240 buy-in Level 2 satellite with one WPT New Zealand Main Event ticket for every $2,200 in the prize pool (1 in 10)
Let’s take a look at the full WPT New Zealand schedule (all times local, prices in local currency):
Friday, May 25
– 6:15 p.m. – $1,100 buy-in WPT Opening Event Auckland Poker Championship Day 1a
Saturday, May 26
– 12:15 p.m. – $1,100 buy-in WPT Opening Event Auckland Poker Championship Day 1b
– 8:15 p.m. – $240 buy-in Level 2 satellite with one WPT New Zealand Main Event ticket for every $2,200 in the prize pool (1 in 10)
Sunday, May 27
– 6:15 p.m. – $240 buy-in Level 2 satellite with one WPT New Zealand Main Event ticket for every $2,200 in the prize pool (1 in 10)
Monday, May 28
– 6:15 p.m. – $175 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em Rebuy
– 8:15 p.m. – $60 buy-in Level 1 satellite with one Level 2 ticket awarded for every $240 in the prize pool (1 in 5)
Tuesday, May 29
– 7:15 p.m. – $330 buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha Single Reentry
– 8:15 p.m. – $240 buy-in Level 2 satellite with one WPT New Zealand Main Event ticket for every $2,200 in the prize pool (1 in 10)
Wednesday, May 30
– 7:15 p.m. – $390 buy-in Bounty ($120 on each player)
– 8:15 p.m. – $240 buy-in Level 2 satellite with one WPT New Zealand Main Event ticket for every $2,200 in the prize pool (1 in 10)
Thursday, May 31
– 6:15 p.m. – $440 buy-in Six-Max 30-Second Shot Clock
– 9:15 p.m. – $300 buy-in WPT New Zealand Main Event direct-entry turbo satellite
Friday, June 1
– 3:15 p.m. – $300 buy-in WPT New Zealand Main Event direct-entry turbo satellite
– 6:15 p.m. – $2,200 buy-in WPT New Zealand Main Event Day 1a
Saturday, June 2
– 12:15 p.m. – $2,200 buy-in WPT New Zealand Main Event Day 1b
– 10:30 p.m. – $575 buy-in WPT New Zealand High Roller satellite
Sunday, June 3
– 4 p.m. – $5,300 buy-in WPT New Zealand High Roller (two reentries max)
– 8:15 p.m. – $120 buy-in Turbo Freezeout
Monday, June 4
– 12:15 p.m. – $440 buy-in Mega Stack Freezeout
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