Playing poker online at Kiwi Casino Poker is like being on a luxurious poker vacation held at an exclusive casino resort, and Kiwi Casino Poker turned that feeling into a reality yesterday for one of their players.

The lucky winner, Jovan, and his wife will be flown to New Zealand for the 2006 New Zealand Poker Champs in April, where they will spend ten days enjoying the best of New Zealand's spectacular scenery, while Jovan attempts to take out the New Zealand title and win a seat at the WSOP Main Event.

“I am looking forward to visiting New Zealand with my wife and competing for the New Zealand Title. Until then I'll really enjoy playing at Kiwi Casino Poker because it's a part of a land based casino, the games are great, and it's the only place online where you can qualify for New Zealand Poker Champs...c ya in New Zealand!” - Jovan

Jovan will be joined by the winners of Kiwi Casino Poker's final New Zealand Poker Champs super satellite, scheduled for March 5, where they'll be giving away up to four more of these exclusive poker vacations.

This is one of the best prizes in online poker” commented Kiwi Casino Poker management “Five luxury vacations for two to New Zealand and the chance to win a seat at the WSOP Main Event - it just doesn't get any better than that!”

Kiwi Casino Poker is the only place online players can qualify for the New Zealand Poker Champs. Seats at the final super satellite can either be bought directly or won through ongoing Sit ‘n' Go and daily Multi Table Qualifiers.

The New Zealand Poker Champs are hosted by Kiwi Casino Poker's parent company the land based Christchurch Casino. The Christchurch Casino was the first casino in New Zealand to offer poker on its gaming floor, and hosted the inaugural New Zealand Poker Championships that same year.

Since then the tournament has gone from strength to strength developing into a “festival of poker” with the whole casino given over to poker for the first week of April, complete with dealers dressed in traditional attire, cocktail parties, live bands and of course poker!

This year's tournament kicks off with a filmed Celebrity Charity event on April 1 and finishes with the No Limit Hold'em Main Event on April 7 & 8 with NZ$60,000, the New Zealand title and a seat at the WSOP Main Event in Las Vegas up for grabs.

The players and their supporters will be able to relax in the casino's bar & restaurant, enjoy live bands and stand up routines, or play some of the casino's other numerous table, slot and card games.

Kiwi Casino Poker is a member of the Kiwi Gaming (www.kiwigaming.com) family an independent off shore operation which is part of the land based Christchurch Casino Group (CCL). This relationship brings with it over a decade of experience in the land based gaming industry and Kiwi Gaming's five years online make it one of the industry's pioneers.

As part of New Zealand's most prestigious casino organization CCL's land-based gaming and hospitality interests attract visitors from around the world including the United Kingdom, North America, Australia, Europe, Japan and Asia.