2008 PokerStars.net APPT Auckland

APPT Auckland Main Event
Day: 1a
1a1b23
Event Info
2008 PokerStars.net APPT Auckland
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
22
Prize
$257,040
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,860
Total Entries
306
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
12,000 / 24,000
Ante
4,000
Players Left 1 / 306

Set of Sevens Good?

A crowd begins to gather around Table 8, so we head over to find Ned Stone making an all in bet for his last 5,700. With four community cards out, the board reads {8-Clubs} {7-Diamonds} {6-Hearts} {Q-Hearts}. Action is on Luke Stanford, and he asks for a count of the pot, which the dealer obliges. When he learns the total, Stanford says, "I call," and he tables {7-Hearts} {7-Clubs}, having flopped a set. Not to be outdone, Stone turns over {Q-Clubs} {Q-Spades}, having turned a bigger set with queens. The river is close, but the {6-Clubs} fails to give Stanford the fourth seven he needed, and he sends a double up Stone's way.