Main Event
Day 1a Completed
2012 PokerStars.net APPT/ANZPT Queenstown Snowfest
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 PokerStars.net APPT/ANZPT Queenstown Snowfest
Buy-in
2,700 NZD
Entries
149
Level
25
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
4,000
The Snowfest Sees David Allan Lead Record-Setting Day 1a
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Level 6
: 200/400, 25 ante
That’s a wrap here on Day 1a of the 2012 Australia New Zealand Poker Tour Queenstown Snowfest Main Event. A huge day saw 51 players pony up the NZ$3,000 entry fee, creating the largest single-day field for this event in its history. This amount of participants sets us on target to reach a field of around 150 players, easily surpassing the 127 entries of last year’s event.
Plenty of the best players from around the region started the day, but as is standard in poker tournaments, not all players can survive. Some of those who hit the rail during the day include Michael Egan, Tristan Bain, Minh Nguyen, Daniel Neilson and Jackson Zheng.
Managing to do better than the above players were the likes of Richard Lancaster, David Wonson and 2011 ANZPT Sydney champion, Michael Kanaan as they will make their way to Day 2 with plenty of chips to scare. While these players had a successful day, it was David Allan who managed to prosper and emerge as the chip leader. A great afternoon for Allan, perhaps better known for his online screen name "dave798111", will see him start Day 2 with 98,200 in chips, an amount which will give him a good chance of making a run at the title.
Also surviving the day and still in contention include Cole Swannack, Ryan Hong, Ryan Boswell and World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner, Andrew Hinrichsen. All in all, it was 27 players who bagged up some chips and will return for Friday’s Day 2. Make sure to join us from 12:30 PM tomorrow as Day 1b will take centre stage. Until then, poker fans!
Official End-of-Day Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
98,200 | 78,200 |
|
|
92,575 | -32,425 |
|
88,350 | 68,350 |
|
84,625 | 51,625 |
|
79,450 | |
|
|
67,250 | -12,750 |
|
|
51,325 | 18,325 |
|
47,700 | 24,700 |
|
37,950 | 17,950 |
|
|
35,700 | 15,700 |
|
|
34,800 | |
|
|
34,200 | |
|
|
33,275 | 13,275 |
|
29,725 | |
|
|
28,150 | |
|
|
21,600 | |
|
20,575 | 575 |
|
20,300 | 300 |
|
|
18,500 | |
|
|
17,400 | |
|
|
15,850 | -4,150 |
|
13,975 | |
|
|
11,675 | -6,325 |
|
|
11,475 | |
|
|
11,250 |
Allan Picks Off a Bluff
Dave Allan has just landed a severe blow to the tournament of Richard Lancaster after making a remarkable read and river call to leave the Kiwi, and the rest of the table, rather stunned.
We arrived on the turn but it was recalled to us that Allan had bet 1,200 on the flop of 
and Lancaster called in position on the button. The turn brought the 
and Allan let go with another bet, this time for 3,350. Lancaster responded with a raise to 7,500 with Allan spending a few minutes in the think-tank before making the call.
The river brought the 
to put four to a straight on board. Allan checked and Lancaster reached for 9,500 and tossed it forwards. Allan gave a shrug and quickly flicked out a call. Lancaster gave a smile through clenched teeth as he opened 
for just ace high. Allan took a moment to make sure his opponent had nothing before he revealed 
for just a lowly pair of fives.
“That’s why I don’t win tournaments, because I can never call there!” exclaimed one player at the table.
Allan gave another shrug as he raked in the healthy pot to end the day with around 90,000 as Lancaster slips to 38,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
90,000 | 70,000 |
|
|
38,000 | 18,000 |
Last Hands of the Night
Level 6
: 200/400, 25 ante
The tournament clock has been paused as just four more hands will be dealt at each table before the chips are bagged up for the night. Stay tuned for a wrap of the day's action, along with the end-of-day chip counts when they are made available.
The Four Big Ones
With just four full tables of nine still remaining on Day 1a of the ANZPT Queenstown Snowfest Main Event, here are the four big stacks in the room.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
100,000 | 5,000 |
|
|
80,000 | 10,000 |
|
|
80,000 | 26,000 |
|
|
70,000 | -10,000 |
Swannack Wins A Few Late
Cole Swannack finished up as the chip leader on Day 1a of this event last year, and while it's looking like that will be unlikely to happen tonight, he is certainly in good shape to survive the day.
We recently watched Swannack fire out a bet of 2,400 against one opponent on a 
. When his opponent called, Swannack said "king-jack," as he tabled 
. "Close," his opponent replied, turning over his . Swannack held the better kicker and raked in the nice little pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
36,000 |
Big Hand, Small Pot for Zhang
Facing an open-raise from middle position, Bobby Zhang raised it up to 2,250 on the button. His opponent made the call and the flop landed 
.
Action checked to Zhang who bet a moderate 1,800. His opponent called before both checked the 
turn. The river was a scary looking 
and again both players checked it down. Zhang tabled 
to take it down.
“I could’ve bet the river I guess, but I don’t think you call,” said Zhang as he raked in the pot.
“I could raise...” replied his opponent.
“Yeh, you could,” acknowledged Zhang as he was happy enough to keep the pot under control as he moves up to 40,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
40,000 | 19,000 |
Allan Knocks One Away
Wandering past David Allan's table and we noticed he was busy eliminating a short-stacked player. The hand in question saw all the chips getting in the middle preflop, with Allan holding against the at-risk player's 
.
The 
board was good for Allan, seeing more chips added to his stack late here on Day 1a, while another player was sent to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
54,000 | 4,000 |
Fergus Feeling Flushy
Fergus Spary has landed a big double up through David Wonson, but if there was one player who could afford to lose an 80,000-chip pot, it was our chip leader.
We didn’t catch the action but the final result said it all. It was flush over flush on a board of 
with Wonson’s 
giving a double up to Spary with his .
“He doesn’t own Fergburger,” said Danny McDonagh on the microphone. “They just named it after him.”
Spary is now up to 80,000 with Wonson still in the lead with a stack of 95,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
95,000 | -15,000 |
|
|
80,000 |