Shane Tamihana. Photo: NZ HeraldTo his table mates at New Zealand's richest poker games he was Shane Tamihana, an ultra-aggressive card shark and winner of big tournaments. Steve Holloway, a Herald digital editor and poker expert, was knocked out of last year's Festival of Poker tournament by Tamihana and described his opponent's playing strategy as unpredictable. After Tamihana won the tournament for the second time he said "winning poker tournaments [was] 90 percent luck and 10 percent skill". There are two variants of poker – tournaments and cash games.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 01, 2017 20:03 UTC