With the elimination of Shilton Smith in 10th place, the final table for the 2009 PokerStars.net APPT Auckland Main Event is now set!
It was a dramatic day with some incredibly fast eliminations, but in the end it's Frenchman Gerome Guitteau who leads the way. Guitteau has been prominent all tournament and accelerated through the field today to end with 1,204,000 in chips. Here's how they will lineup tomorrow:
Seat 1: Jason Brown - 709,000
Seat 2: Richard Lancaster - 568,000
Seat 3: Ke Sijia - 294,000
Seat 4: Assadour Assadourian - 231,000
Seat 5: Simon Watt - 581,000
Seat 6: Gerome Guitteau - 1,204,000
Seat 7: Lance Climo - 350,000
Seat 8: Michael Shinzaki - 620,000
Seat 9: Jens Walther - 335,000
The action recommences in the SKYCITY Casino Poker Room at 12:15pm local time (GMT+13) tomorrow as we play it out to crown a new champion! We look forward to your company then!
After the heartbreak of his last hand, it wasn't much longer until Shilton Smith moved all of his chips in. After folding his big blind, Smith called all in from the small blind with against the of Jens Walther.
The flop came . The turn gave Smith some flush hope, but the river crushed those aspirations, sending him to the rail as the final table bubble boy.
Smith will pick up $11,046 for his efforts. The final table is now set, chip counts and seating arrangment's will be post as soon as possible.
Shilton Smith opened with a raise to what appeared to be 39,000 before Richard Lancaster moved all in over the top for all of his stack. It was around 275,000 but before a count could be determined Smith's chips were in the middle to call.
Smith:
Lancaster:
The board ran out and Lancaster rivers a flush to leave Smith on life support with just 52,000 in chips.
Jens Walther has doubled up at the expense of Simon Watt. It was a classic preflop race, but Walther had to get there the hard way.
Walther opened to 35,000 from early position before play folded to Watt in the small blind who raise it to 126,000. Richard Lancaster folded his big blind before Walther declared himself all in. Watt made the call.
Watt:
Walther:
As Lancaster commented that he folded a king, Watt gave a fist pump of delight at seeing the flop. However the turn was the to give Walther additional outs with a flush draw. The river delivered the and Watt was disgusted as Walther wins a huge flip and doubles to 500,000. Watt is left with 385,000.