APPT Auckland Main Event Day 1b | 2008 PokerStars.net APPT Auckland

Level: 5

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25

10-09-2008 15:47 UTC-12

Cards Back in the Air

[user66118]

Play has resumed.

10-09-2008 16:10 UTC-12

Bryan Huang raised on the button and then Brooke Howard-Smith reraised from the small blind. Everyone else folded and Huang then stuck a giant stack of chips into the middle to put Smith all in. After tanking for a while, Smith finally made the call.

Smith {Q-Clubs}

Huang

"I was just trying to push you around," said Huang.

The dealer ran the board out, {3-Hearts}

and that was it for Smith. The six on the turn did him in. Huang felt bad about the beat and kept apologizing. As SKYCITY's poker ambassador, Smith said "Don't feel bad, they put me in for free." This got a laugh from Huang and he felt a little better about it.

Huang is now up over 58,000.

Tags: Brooke Howard-Smith Bryan Huang

10-09-2008 16:23 UTC-12

Presto! For Lommer

[user66118]

From early position, a player came in for a limp, and action passed around to Lee Nelson. He put in a raise, making it 900 to go. A few seats down the line, Sebastian Lommer moved all in for his last 2,900 chips. The limper made the call, and the decision was back to Nelson. Without much delay, he moved all in, having both his opponents covered. After much deliberation, the limper ducked out, and it was heads up, Lommer at risk for his tournament life.

Nelson: {A-Spades}

Lommer:

The board ran out {8-Hearts}

, saving Lommer from elimination and tripling him up to 9,000. Nelson has slipped back to 10,900.

Tags: Lee Nelson Sebastian Lommer

10-09-2008 16:29 UTC-12

Chasing the Leader

[user66118]

With multi-way action in front, the player on the button moved all in for about 6,000 chips. Mark Erickson gave him action, while the rest of the table got out of the way.

The at-risk player tabled {A-Diamonds}

and seemed content to race for his tournament life with Erickson's {6-Hearts}

.

Much to Erickson's delight, the flop came {8-Clubs}

, giving him a near-lock on the hand with a full house. The turn was the {4-Hearts}

, and a meaningless {A-Spades}

hit the river, spelling the end for yet another player. Erickson, meanwhile, has climbed up to 45,000, good enough for second place in the room.

10-09-2008 16:35 UTC-12

Jacks Hold for Nelson

donpeters

Lee Nelson called an all in bet from an opponent at his table. Nelson held pocket jacks, {J-Diamonds}

and was racing with his opponent's {A-Clubs}

. Nelson stood up and asked if his hand could hold up finally.

The board ran out {Q-Hearts}

and Nelson shook the hand of the opponent he eliminated. He is now up to 17,000 chips.

Tags: Lee Nelson

10-09-2008 16:37 UTC-12

Nelson's Roller Coaster

[user66118]

We pick up Lee Nelson once again involved in a big pot. With all five community cards out, the board shows {8-Spades}

. Nelson's opponent, Tony Yalden, moves all in, having Nelson well-covered. With most of Lee's chips already in the pot, he appears in some agony at the decision in front of him.

After several minutes in the tank, Nelson decides the fold is the right play, and he uncaps his cards and slides them into the muck. He lost the majority of his chips on the hand, and has plummeted back down to 4,900.

Level: 6

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

10-09-2008 16:49 UTC-12

Set Over Set

donpeters

Paul Kyle was on the wrong end of that one

Paul Kyle just lost about two thirds of his stack when he got it in set over set holding the lower one. The flop was {Q-Clubs}

and Kyle held {8-Spades}

. His opponent held pocket queens, {Q-Diamonds}

.

There was still an eight left and Kyle pleaded for it to come, but when the turn and river were the {3-Spades}

and the

, Kyle was left with only 9,500 chips left.

Tags: Paul Kyle

10-09-2008 17:02 UTC-12

The Student Becomes the Master

[user66118]

In a multi-way limped pot, several players got to see a cheap flop, and it showed up {4-?}

. The small blind checked, and Sreten Cvetkovski put in a bet of 1,400 from the big blind. Everyone folded to Lee Nelson, and he moved all in for about 4,000. Cvetkovski looked him up, making the call to put Nelson at risk.

Cvetkovski turned over {A-Hearts}

for bottom pair, top kicker. Nelson was on a draw, but had plenty of outs with his {5-?}

. The

on the turn stole a lot of those outs away, and the river failed to help the pro, sending him to the exit here late in Day 1b.

Cvetkovski was one of the twenty people who took in a poker seminar by Lee Nelson yesterday. He must have learned something! He's up close to the 20,000-chip mark now.

Tags: Lee Nelson Sreten Cvetkovski