Norwegian poker player Espen Myrmo holds a commanding chip lead over the remaining 9 players at the Waitangi Deepstacks Championship main event Final Table at Auckland casino.
134 poker players put up $1,100 to enter one of New Zealand's biggest poker tournament which generated a prizepool of $134,000, with $40k going to first.
After two full days of play Myrmo holds 1,079,500 in chips, nearly three times as many as New Zealand's Sarah Saifi who sits in second with 343,500.
They will both need to keep an eye on Te Rangi Matenga, who sits in fourth and won the Sky City Festival of Poker Main Event in 2015, and came third in the same tournament in 2016.
The Main Event champion will take home $40,000, while 10th will recieve $3,470.
