Welcome back to SKYCITY Auckland Casino for Day 2 of the 2010 PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour Auckland Main Event!
Ninety-six players have merged together from the first two flights as the sole survivors still within a chance of capturing their maiden APPT Auckland title. Two PokerStars Online Qualifiers sit atop the leaderboard with Noah Vogelman (128,275) and ANZPT Gold Coast Champion Nauv Kashyap (99,075) holding a slight buffer over the remaining players that include Ricky Kroesen (81,900), Julius Colman (78,025), Andrew Hinrichsen (69,400), Leo Boxell (64,075), Lance Climo (48,800), Lee Nelson (39,625) and Cole Swannack (26,350).
With plenty of short stacks and room to maneuver due to such a fantastic structure, every one of the ninety-six players left will be jostling to sneak into one of the top twenty-four paying spots before making a run at the final table where a $123,058 (NZ$170,000) first prize is on offer.
Play is set to begin in roughly an hours time at 12:15 p.m NZST with plans to play down to the money or seven levels. PokerNews will again be on the floor providing all the live coverage - so stick tight and enjoy the 2010 PokerStars.net APPT Auckland Main Event live from the floor of the SKYCITY Auckland Casino!
Both Cole Swannack and Zack Lowrie committed 1,800 preflop to see a flop fall and Lowrie lead from the big blind for 2,700.
Swannack made the call from the button, but when the APPT Macau third-place finisher was faced with a 4,500-chip Lowrie bet on the turn of the , he kicked his cards into the muck.
Andrew Hinrichsen opened to 2,000 from the under the gun and found callers from two players to see a flop fall.
Hinrichsen continued with a 3,500-chip continuation-bet with Srdjan Mitrovic on his direct left making the call as the rolled off on the turn.
Hinrichsen checked and Mitrovic fired out 5,100 only to have Hinrichsen check-raise to 13,000. Mitrovic responded with a three-bet to 20,600 as Hinrichsen smooth-called.
The river of the went check-check with Mitrovic tabling his , but it would be Hinrichsen's that would see him collect the pot and move to 105,000 as Mitrovic slipped to 29,000 in chips.