Main Event Day 1a | 2012 PokerStars.net APPT/ANZPT Queenstown Snowfest

Player	Chips	Progress
David Allan	98,200 78,200	78,200
David Wonson	92,575 -32,425	-32,425
Michael Kanaan	88,350 68,350	68,350
Laurynas Levinskas	84,625 51,625	51,625
Antonin Duda	79,450
Fergus Spary	67,250 -12,750	-12,750
Greg Familton	51,325 18,325	18,325
Bobby Zhang	47,700 24,700	24,700
Cole Swannack	37,950 17,950	17,950
Richard Lancaster	35,700 15,700	15,700
Stuart Youngson	34,800
Ernie Pelecudis	34,200
Ryan Boswell	33,275 13,275	13,275
Erich Stadler	29,725
Chiu Yeung Lee	28,150
David Bonham	21,600
Andrew Hinrichsen	20,575 575	575

Ryan Hong	20,300 300	300
Tarek Elsaka	18,500
Stefan Stojkovic	17,400
Ben Barclay	15,850 -4,150	-4,150
Rikki Papesch	13,975
Mark Griffiths	11,675 -6,325	-6,325
Nathan Gray	11,475
Cecil Driver	11,250

Player

Chips

Progress

David Allan

98,200

78,200

David Wonson

92,575

-32,425

Michael Kanaan

88,350

68,350

Laurynas Levinskas

84,625

51,625

Antonin Duda

79,450

Fergus Spary

67,250

-12,750

Greg Familton

51,325

18,325

Bobby Zhang

47,700

24,700

Cole Swannack

37,950

17,950

Richard Lancaster

35,700

15,700

Stuart Youngson

34,800

Ernie Pelecudis

34,200

Ryan Boswell

33,275

13,275

29,725

28,150

21,600

20,575

575

Ryan Hong

20,300

300

Tarek Elsaka

18,500

Stefan Stojkovic

17,400

Ben Barclay

15,850

-4,150

Rikki Papesch

13,975

Mark Griffiths

11,675

-6,325

Nathan Gray

11,475

Cecil Driver

11,250

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!

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