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2008 PokerStars.net APPT Auckland
APPT Auckland Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
2008 PokerStars.net APPT Auckland
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$1,860
Total Entries
306
Level
23
Blinds
12,000 / 24,000
Ante
4,000
Players Left 1 / 306
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with over 15,000 in the middle. Mark Erickson went into the tank before checking his hand over to his opponent. Much to Erickson's dismay, his opponent moved all in for 13,800. This sent Erickson into the tank for another few minutes.Erickson counted his chips and would only be left with 1,225 if he lost this hand. "I've got a pair in the hole and a straight draw," said Erickson as he stood up to think some more. Finally, Erickson made the call.
Erickson
Opponent
"Ooh, you little!" yelled Erickson when he saw his opponent's hand. The river was then put out... the
. Erickson clapped his hands together and was congratulated for making a great call by his tablemates.Erickson exclaimed "That's balls. Don't try and push me around!" as he began to rake in the massive pot. "You guys are in trouble now."
With that pot, Erickson is over 34,000 and among the chip leaders.
It shows up
. Levy leads out with 1,700 chips. Next to him, one opponent moves all in with his short stack -- a total of 3,875 chips. Jerome Dyer is next to act, and he tanks for a minute before flat calling, putting the decision back on Levy. He goes even deeper into the tank, staring at his opponents and generally looking pained by the situation.After several minutes, he says, "Tightest fold I'll make all day," as he tosses his cards into the center of the table.
"Top two?" asked one of his tablemates.
"Yep, ace-king," lamented Levy.
With the betting action complete and one player all in, the two remaining hands are turned up. The short-stacked all in player held a copycat
, while Dyer had also flopped two pair with 
.Levy seemed a little put out by his incorrect read, but the whole table was shocked to see the
peel off on the turn, vaulting Dyer into the lead with a full house. The river was the , a player is eliminated, and Levy can rest easy knowing that a tight fold saved him several thousand chips.
It came
. Nelson checked, and Wong sat for a minute, craning his neck. After a moment, he checked behind.The turn brought the
. Nelson paused to consider before he laid out a bet of 950. With little hesitation, Wong stacked his chips into one tall column and moved all in for a total of 7,200. Nelson glanced blankly at the board and his own chip stack for a minute or two before releasing his hand, sending 1,500 of his chips over to his opponent.
Dye turned over
and the small blind held 
. Dye was ready to double up, but got a scary flop for his hand when it came 
. The turn was the 
and then the river the 
, keeping Dye's aces best. He is now up to right around 6,000 chips.
The homeland of New Zealand boasts the most competitors with over 150 and over 50 other players came from just across the water in Australia. There are also bunches of players representing Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Netherlands, Singapore, United Kingdom, and United States. With the majority of the field coming from New Zealand, there's a good chance the title will remain on the home turf, but surely each player is gunning for first place!
Play proceeded and a few players folded before a player in late position reraised to 1,000. Everyone folded back to Hachem and he made the call.
The flop came
and Hachem checked. His opponent bet 2,000 and Hachem check-raised him all in. The player called quickly and showed pocket kings. Hachem held 
for a flopped straight.The turn and river were the
and 
respectively. Hachem was able to add a few more thousand chips to his stack, increasing his stack to over 22,000.
Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
The original raiser held A-K, as did Vos. Vos had the advantage of being suited with spades, but Huang had them both crushed with pocket aces. Huang also had both players covered in chips.
The board blanked off for the big slicks and Huang's aces held strong. Mark Vos was elimianted and Huang is now sitting with over 33,000 chips.
Thirty-two players will make the money, with the bottom payout level being worth NZD $5,141. The top ten will earn at least NZD $14,565. And the man, or woman, who manages to outlast the other 305 competitors will pocket $257,040 and be crowned champion of the APPT Auckland.
The push is on for Day 2 and beyond.
