NCPO: Teva Tavita wins inaugural NCPO Main Event

After an intense eight days of poker, local New Caledonian Teva Tavita has been crowned the inaugural New Caledonia Poker Open champion. Highest placed Australian was Mark Rubinstein who finished in 5^th place for AUD$26k followed closely by Australian Poker Hall of Famer Billy “The Croc” Argyros who finished in sixth place for AUD$22k. Locals from New Caladonia filled the top three places.

New Caledonia Poker Open Results

*approximate payouts, converted from XPF to AUD

1^st Teva Tavita – XPF 6,000,000 (~AU$77,000)
2^nd Olivier Moyon – $46,520
3^rd Ben Benoit – $33,500
4^th Henry Wang – $29,775
5^th Mark Rubinstein – $26,000
6^th Billy Argyros – $22,300
7^th Hamza Bennabi – $18,600
8^th Sophie Auger – $14,900
9^th Carlos Tehuiotoa – $13,000

10^th J.Claude TAOFIFENUA – $9300

11^th Véronique CHOMARD – $9300

12^th Olivier PATAUD – $9300

13^th Emmanuel SEAL – $7450

14^th Reda MOUTAWAKKIL – $7450

15^th Judikael Nee – $7450

16^th J.Pierre THEVENNY – $5600

17^th Guillem ROUSSEAU – $5600

18^th Alex FERRAND – $5600

19^th Vincent N’GUYEN – $3700

20^th Mathieu BRANDROWSK – $3700

21^st Cirylle DARMON – $3700

22^nd Akash MAZUMBAR – $3100

23^rd Noël CALE – $3100

24^th Robert SAGGIO – $3100

25^th Gwenael TOULLIOU – $3100

Organisers deemed the NCPO a tremendous success, which attracted around 50 international players including prominent regular Australian players Jackie Glazier and Graeme ‘Kiwi G’ Putt. With 250 players in the main event, a significant AUD$350,000 prize pool was generated.

 

Congratulations to the top 25 players in the Main Event, as well as victors in the side events. Well done too to the organisers. We look forward to an even bigger event in their 2^nd year in 2015.