APPT Auckland Main Event | 2008 PokerStars.net APPT Auckland

10-11-2008 11:50 UTC-12

Karke Almost Gets There

Donnie Peters

Wai Yuen raised to 22,000 from middle position and Jani Karke moved all in from the small blind for 43,000 total. Eric Mutrie folded in the big blind and Yuen made the call.

Yuen: {A-Spades}

Karke:

The flop was big for Karke despite the two players having the same holding, {K-Hearts}

. Karke needed a diamond to double up.

The turn was the {10-Spades}

and the river the {J-Hearts}

. The two players chopped the pot with a straight.

Tags: Jani Karke Wai Yuen

10-11-2008 11:41 UTC-12

Edward Holdcroft Eliminated in 11th Place ($10,281)

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Donnie Peters

Edward Holdcroft raised to 50,000 and Luke Stanford reraised to 140,000 from his immediate left. Action folded back over to Holdcroft and he made the call.

The flop came {9-Spades}

and Holdcroft pushed all in as first to act. Stanford immediately called.

Holdcroft {Q-Diamonds}

Stanford

With his tournament life at risk, Holdcroft would need some help to stay alive. The turn was the {3-Spades}

, leaving Holdcroft hoping for one of two queens remaining.

The river was dealt out nice and slow... the {7-Hearts}

. That would be it for Holdcroft's tournament life. He finished in 11th place, earning NZD $10,281 for his efforts.

Tags: Edward Holdcroft Luke Stanford

10-11-2008 11:34 UTC-12

Fashionably Late

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Eric Mutrie has been found, and we now have all 11 players. Time to play some cards!

10-11-2008 11:34 UTC-12

Quick Pause

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Donnie Peters

Eric Mutrie was absent from the start of the tournament, but when the staff called over to his hotel room, Mutrie informed him that he thought we began at 1:00 PM. There was a change of schedule last night that Mutrie was unaware of, so the staff has stopped play for a brief five minutes to allow Mutrie to head on over from his hotel.

Tags: Eric Mutrie

10-11-2008 11:31 UTC-12

Sing Takes Some From Karke

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Donnie Peters

Jani Karke wasted little time getting involved today. He raised the action to 18,000 on the first hand dealt. It folded around to Dan Sing, in the big blind, and he moved all in for 56,000 total. Karke showed the {A-Spades}

and then folded. Sing showed pocket sixes and gathered in his new chips.

Tags: Dan Sing Jani Karke

10-11-2008 11:28 UTC-12

Shuffle Up and Deal!

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We're still one player short, but the appointed time has come. Play has begun here on Day 3!

Level: 17

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 1,000

10-11-2008 11:19 UTC-12

Almost Set to Go

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The players are in their seats -- with the exception of Eric Mutrie -- and play should be underway in just a few minutes.

10-11-2008 10:34 UTC-12

Day 3 Around the Corner

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Donnie Peters

The third and final day of play is set to begin in just a short while from now - about 45 minutes. The tournament is down to its final 11 players. Luke Stanford has been on the positive side of all the big pots he's entered and will begin the day as the chip leader with 529,000 chips. Nathanael Seet and Wang Jung are both hot on his heels with over 400,000 each.

The seating assignments for the two tables are as follows:

Table 8
Seat 1: Dan Sing - 57,000
Seat 2: Jani Karke - 70,000
Seat 3: Eric Mutrie - 126,000
Seat 4: Michael Mariakis - 233,000
Seat 5: Wai Yuen - 159,000
Seat 6: Matthew Konnecke - 117,000

Table 9
Seat 1: Edward Holdcroft - 297,000
Seat 2: Luke Stanford - 529,000
Seat 3: Wang Jung - 404,000
Seat 5: Nathanael Seet - 468,000
Seat 6: Daniel Craker - 318,000

Table 9 has all of the chips in play and a fewer amount of players. It's been shown that no one seated at this table is going to shy away from a big pot so we could see some fireworks early on in the day.

Over on the other table, Table 8, Dan Sing will be looking to climb out of the gutter with his short stack and reach the final table. Jani Karke admitted at the end of yesterday's play that he's never had such a roller coaster ride in a tournament. He's close to the bottom with only 70,000 chips, but isn't too worried that he should be able to capitalize on some opportunities at his table. Also on that table is the single woman left in the tournament, Wai Yuen.

Play will begin at 12:15 PM local time and you can bet you'll find all the action right here. We'll see you then!