2013 ANZPT Auckland

Main Event
Day: 1C
Event Info

2013 ANZPT Auckland

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qq
Prize
110,760 NZD
Event Info
Entries
213
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
12,000 / 24,000
Ante
4,000

Second Break

Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante

Approximately 85 players have been sent on their second 10-minute break of the day.

Check back soon for more ANZPT Auckland action!

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

Players Back to It

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

The players are back from their break and the cards are back in the air.

Blinds are now 200/400 with a 50 ante.

Two more levels, then we have the final break of the day before playing the last level of the night.

Where the Players Are From

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

We have just received some interesting stats regarding where the players are from in this year's ANZPT Auckland Main Event. Not surprisingly, New Zealand is the best represented, with 153 of the 213 players hailing from Kiwi land. Australia is next best. Check out the top five breakdown below.

CountryPlayers% of Field
New Zealand15371%
Australia3717%
French Polynesia 31.4%
Russian Federation 31.4%
USA31.4%

Huang Hurting and on the Re-Build

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

We noticed Team PokerStars Pro Bryan Huang was down to around 4,000 in chips and asked him what happened to his stack. Apparently Huang had recently opened to 900 in a hand and received two callers before another player raised it up to 6,100. Back on Huang and he moved all in for 28,000 in chips, with the aggressor having 21,000 behind. The player called and it was Huang’s {q-}{q-} versus the player’s {a-}{k-}. A king hit the flop and Huang was left short.

Since then we watched Huang first shove all in from under the gun and pick up the blinds and antes, before moving all in from the big blind and finding himself at-risk holding {a-Hearts}{10-Spades} against the small blind’s {q-Spades}{j-Diamonds}. The board ran out {3-Spades}{6-Hearts}{6-Spades}{4-Spades}{4-Clubs} and with that Huang was back up to around 12,000.

Player Chips Progress
Bryan Huang sg
Bryan Huang
12,000
-13,000
-13,000

Tags: Bryan Huang

Grigg Heading Home

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

Full Tilt Poker ANZPT Ambassador Tom Grigg is currently on the rail!

We didn't catch his elimination, but Grigg told us that he "hero called" with an under pair against an opponent and wasn't right, leaving himself quite short. Then Grigg got his chips in with {a-}{8-} and lost to the {q-}{q-} of an opponent.

Grigg has apparently already booked a flight for 9.30 p.m. local time this evening, so it was certainly a short trip to New Zealand.

Player Chips Progress
Tom Grigg au
Tom Grigg
Busted

Tags: Tom Grigg

Some Counts During Level Five

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

Here are the approximate stacks of some of the players during Level 5 of Day 1c of the ANZPT Auckland Main Event.

Player Chips Progress
Kani Edwards
Kani Edwards
40,000
-4,000
-4,000
Lukas Byrns
Lukas Byrns
40,000
Paul Hockin nz
Paul Hockin
40,000
9,000
9,000
Jan Suchanek nz
Jan Suchanek
35,000
-1,000
-1,000
Karan Punjabi au
Karan Punjabi
30,000
14,000
14,000
Iori Yogo jp
Iori Yogo
21,000
-5,000
-5,000
Bryan Huang sg
Bryan Huang
16,000
4,000
4,000
Alicia Sale
Alicia Sale
14,000
-5,000
-5,000
Yesha Punjabi (Karan Punjabi)
Yesha Punjabi (Karan Punjabi)
Busted

Edwards Loses Lead

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

Kani Edwards has been the chip leader for much of the early stages of Day 1c of the ANZPT Auckland Main Event, but recently lost a sizable pot and is no longer at the top of the leader board.

We arrived to find Edwards facing a bet of 8,500 from his lone opponent on the river of a {5-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{10-Spades}{8-Clubs} board. Edwards eventually called and then mucked as he was a little shocked to see his opponent table {q-Spades}{j-Clubs} for a runner-runner straight.

With that Edwards is down to around 32,000.

Player Chips Progress
Kani Edwards
Kani Edwards
32,000
-8,000
-8,000

Tags: Kani Edwards

Daniel Has a Foot Up on the Competition

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

We aren't sure exactly what happened, but Daniel Foote was recently busy scooping up a very nice pot preflop. We arrived to find 30,000 already in the middle and with Foote all in for around 15,000 and the action back on his lone opponent who was in the tank. Eventually the player opted to fold and Foote showed his {a-Clubs}{a-Spades} as he stacked up his new chips.

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Foote
Daniel Foote
47,000
23,000
23,000

Tags: Daniel Foote

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75