Level: 5
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
2012 PokerStars.net APPT/ANZPT Queenstown Snowfest
Main Event
Day: 1c
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
Final Break Time
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Level 4
: 150/300, 25 ante
The remaining players have been sent on their final 10-minute break of the day.
Afternoon Count Update
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
50,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
47,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
41,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
34,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
||
|
26,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
23,000 | |
|
||
|
21,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
19,500
-1,500
|
-1,500 |
|
19,000
-17,000
|
-17,000 |
|
|
18,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
17,000
2,500
|
2,500 |
|
|
||
|
13,500
-7,500
|
-7,500 |
|
11,000
-2,500
|
-2,500 |
|
|
4,000
-16,000
|
-16,000 |
Nelson No More
Recently we discussed the esteemed career of Australian Poker Hall of Fame member, Lee Nelson. Unfortunately he want be adding a result here in Queenstown to that career, as we have just noticed him exiting the tournament area.
Apparently it was Alicia Sale that dealt the fatal blow to Nelson, who was short stacked before his final hand. Sale held 
on a board full of low cards and when Nelson left the table, he showed only a 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
No Flush for Apostolidis
We didn’t catch the action that led to John Apostolidis being all in for his last 1,975 chips on the river, but when we arrived, the board read 
with his opponent considering a call.
After a good few moments, the player said, “Well, you’ve got me beat if you’ve got a flush” before tossing out a call.
Apostolidis gave a shrug and opened 
for second pair, but that was well behind his opponent’s 
, sending Apostolidis to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Westmorland Stays on Track
Jordan Westmorland is one of the International players in today’s line up, and the American is starting to make an impact on the Asian poker scene. Now basing himself out of Thailand in order to play online poker following Black Friday, Westmorland has over US$500,000 in online earnings and a couple of live results in Asia including a final table at the Macau Poker Cup Red Dragon event in June.
Westmorland seems to be having plenty of fun on his table, with an interesting dynamic with a couple of players. We recently saw him raise a limper to 850, before the player in the big blind re-raised to 2,000. The limper folded and Westmorland made the call to see a flop of 
. The big blind led out for 3,000 with Westmorland making the call before the hit the turn.
The big blind checked and Westmorland tossed out 4,000 which was enough to force a fold.
“Couldn’t hit with big slick eh?” chuckled Westmorland as he chips up to 35,000.
It looks like his poker game is better than his frisbee golf game, after reports came in that, earlier today, Westmorland sent his frisbee sailing off course and into the town lake!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
35,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
The Hall of Famers
Level 4
: 150/300, 25 ante
Not only are Lee Nelson and Leo Boxell two of the most well-known players in the tournament, they are two of the most well-known players in the entire Australasian region. Both Boxell and Nelson are part of the Australian Poker Hall of Fame. Any reader who is familiar with these two players knows that they are fantastic ambassadors for the game, but it is perhaps their tremendous poker results spanning many years that are the most impressive.
Boxell has more than $1 million in tournament winnings on his resume, with much of that success coming in the last twelve months. Boxell took home $330,000 for wining the 2011 Asia Pacific Poker Tour Main Event. That became his biggest career score and his fourth six-figure result.
Nelson is perhaps best known for winning the 2006 Aussie Millions Main Event, taking home just shy of $1 million. Remarkably he made the final table of that event again just a few months ago at the 2012 Aussie Millions. It's not only the Aussie Millions where Nelson has seen success though, winning the 2011 ANZPT Melbourne Main Event for another big six-figure score in 2011.
Both of these players are deserving of their Hall of Fame places and both would be deserving winners here in Queenstown.
Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
Zhao Slips a Little
When we arrived at Table 5, David Zhao, Aaron Benton and one other player were each committing 600 preflop as the dealer was busy spreading out a 
flop. The first player to act, from middle position, checked and Zhao bet 1,000 from the cutoff. Benton folded on the button and the other remaining player called.
On the 
turn, Zhao's opponent opted to check-raise, making it 5,200 after Zhao bet 2,000. Zhao thought for a long time before folding and sending the pot in the opposite direction. Despite losing this pot, Zhao is still sitting with the largest stack in the room.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
43,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
The Two PokerStars Men
At the start of the day, two players representing PokerStars took to the felt on separate tables. Those players were PokerStars Team Online Roy "GodlikeRoy" Bhasin and Team PokerStars Pro Bryan Huang. They have now joined the same table, but are sitting behind very different chip stacks. Let's see if both these star players can survive the night.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
39,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
14,500
500
|
500 |
|
|
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