Final Table Set; Mulligan Leading!
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!