APPT Auckland Main Event Day 2 | 2008 PokerStars.net APPT Auckland

10-10-2008 21:21 UTC-12

Trevor Saunders Eliminated in 16th Place ($7,711)

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Daniel Craker came in raising to 20,000, and Trevor Saunders made the call, enough to put him all in.

Saunders: {A-Diamonds}

Craker:

Right in the door came the {Q-Clubs}

, and the rest of the board ran out {4-Diamonds}

. Craker comes from behind to win the pot, knocking out Trevor Saunders in 16th place. He managed to last until the most recent pay bump, and he'll take home $7,711 for his efforts.

Tags: Daniel Craker Trevor Saunders

10-10-2008 21:20 UTC-12

Table Draws

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With 16 players left, the players have re-drawn and combined into two tables. Here are the seat draws:

Table 8:
1. Dan Sing
2. Trevor Saunders
3. Jani Karke
4. Eric Mutrie
5. Michael Mariakis
6. Wai Yuen
7. Matthew Konnecke
8. Daniel Craker

Table 9:
1. Sreten Cvetkovski
2. Paul Pere
3. Andrew Pantling
4. Edward Holdcroft
5. Luke Stanford
6. Wang Che Jung
7. Soren Eriksen
8. Nathaniel Seet

10-10-2008 21:16 UTC-12

Matthew Mitchell Eliminated in 17th Place ($5,998)

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In another preflop all-in confrontation, Matthew Mitchell moved all his chips in with {7-Clubs}

, and was up against the {A-Clubs}

of Andrew Pantling.

The flop brought {Q-Hearts}

. The turn made things interesting as both of Pantling's backdoor draws got some with the fourth card. The {9-Clubs}

gave him both an open-end straight and a flush draw to go with his two overcards.

Sure enough, he caught up on the river. The {8-Hearts}

gave Pantling the winning straight, and he sent Matthew Mitchell to the rail in 17th place.

Tags: Andrew Pantling Matthew Mitchell

10-10-2008 21:10 UTC-12

Chips Changing Hands

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On the button, Nathaniel Seet open-raised, and Luke Stanford moved all in from the small blind. Seet made the call with {A-Clubs}

. Stanford had live cards but was behind with {K-Diamonds}

.

The dealer ran out the community cards: {A-Hearts}

. Seet caught his ace to keep the lead and double up through the chip leader. After that big swing, Seet is up to 205,000, while Stanford is down to 255,000.

Tags: Luke Stanford Nathaniel Seet

10-10-2008 21:07 UTC-12

Glenn Gibbs Eliminated in 18th Place ($5,998)

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From the cutoff seat, Soren Eriksen raised to 15,000. Sreten Cvetkovski called from the small blind, and Glenn Gibbs moved all in for 45,000 from the big blind. Eriksen ducked out, but Cvetkovski made the call with his big stack, putting Gibbs at risk of elimination.

Cvetkovski tabled {A-Hearts}

, while Gibbs held an underpair -- {8-Hearts}

.

The flop was safe, but the turn spelled disaster for Gibbs. The board came out {4-Diamonds}

, giving Cvetkovski the winning pair of nines. He sends Glenn Gibbs to the rail in 18h place.

Tags: Glenn Gibbs Soren Eriksen Sreten Cvetkovski

Level: 16

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 500

10-10-2008 21:02 UTC-12

Cards in the Air

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We're back!

10-10-2008 20:45 UTC-12

Break Time, Phew

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With furious action for the last two hours, the players, spectators, and media finally have a chance to catch their breath. The clock has been paused, and everyone is taking a 10-minute break.

10-10-2008 20:44 UTC-12

Updated Chip Counts

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Here's how they stack up at this very minute:

Luke Stanford - 390000
Wang Che Jung - 300000
Michael Mariakis - 290000
Daniel Craker - 290000
Andrew Pantling - 230000
Paul Pere - 180000
Sreten Cvetkovski - 160000
Wai Yuen - 140000
Soren Eriksen - 140000
Edward Holdcroft - 140000
Jani Karke - 130000
Nathanael Seet - 110000
Dan Sing - 90000
Matthew Konnecke - 70000
Eric Mutrie - 58000
Mathew Mitchell - 42000
Glenn Gibbs - 36500
Trevor Saunders - 23000

10-10-2008 20:38 UTC-12

Getting Closer

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With 18 players left, the staff has informed the players that they will remain at three tables until we have two more eliminations. At that point, the remaining 16 of them will be combined into two eight-handed tables.