In the last hand of the evening, Slav Sheynin opened for 24,000, before Andre Nunes-Carreira moved all in for around 300,000 in chips. Jamie Mulligan then called from the small blind, forcing Sheynin to fold.
Mulligan:
Nunes-Carreira:
The board didn’t help Nunes-Carreira as it fell , sending him to the rail, one position shy of the final table.
Stay tuned for the final table draw and a wrap of the day’s action.
After 11 full levels of play, the final table has been set for the PokerStars.net Australia New Zealand Poker Tour Auckland Main Event!
Seventy-Six players made their way to the SKYCITY Auckland Casino just after midday to battle down until just a final table of nine remained. With fifty players needing to fall until we reached the money, action was relatively fast as Souny Frederic was awarded the unwanted title of bubble boy when he was forced all in for one ante, and was out-flopped by Cole Swannack.
Michael Guzzardi (17th), Angie Fitzgerald (16th), Jie Gao (14th), Cole Swannack (12th) and Jason Lee (11th) all fought gallantly, but would end up on the rail as Andre Nunes-Carreira’s hopes of making the final table fell short by just one, when he bubbled the final table in 10th place.
Final Table Line-Up
Seat
Player
Chips
1
Geoff Smith
347,000
2
Patrick Healy
255,000
3
Slav Sheynin
510,000
4
Sebastian Martineau
454,000
5
Pravin Harji
597,000
6
Jamie Mulligan
987,000
7
Xiaodong Xia
169,000
8
Monica Eastick
458,000
9
Graeme Putt
130,000
Local resident Jamie Mulligan - is sitting atop the leaderboard after a great run of cards, patience and plenty of skill to amass a 987,000-chip stack. Snapping at his heels is Pravin Harji, who trails by a whopping 400,000 chips, while overnight chip leader Xiaodong Xia is one of the short stacks heading to the final table.
Throw in an Australian and several locals, including the one-and-only Graeme “Kiwi G” Putt, and picking the eventual winner is still anyones guess as they will all be fighting hard to capture the NZ$107,640 first prize and title of ANZPT Auckland Champion!
The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be back in the SKYCITY Auckland Poker Room tomorrow from 12:30p.m NZST to provide detailed and comprehensive live coverage of all the final table action live from the PokerStars.net ANZPT Auckland Main Event!