2009 PokerStars.net APPT Auckland
$3,250 Championship Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
2009 PokerStars.net APPT Auckland
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$3,000
Entries
263
Level
26
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
5,000
Players Left 1 / 263
Filter
Level: 18
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
but Oleg Epp making the call in the big blind holding 
.The board of
paired up Epp to eliminate Swan in 14th place.As the players go on a break, we lost an incredible 19 players in the first two hours of the day. Wow!
King:
Lancaster:
The board fell
and the pair of Lancaster hold to eliminate a valiant King in 15th place.
Cook:
Sijia:
The flop of
gave Cook some hope of survival with a flush draw but the turn and 
river bricked out to eliminate Cook from the tournament. He did well to make it to the next payout jump with his short stack, eventually busting in 16th place for NZ$8,679 in prize money.
Table 8
Seat 1: Ray Cook - 17,000
Seat 2: Sam Hill - 78,000
Seat 3: Ke Sijia - 90,000
Seat 4: Oleg Epp - 90,000
Seat 5: Michael Shinzaki - 880,000
Seat 6: Charlie Swan - 60,000
Seat 7: Ben Butcher - 245,000
Seat 8: Gerome Guitteau - 580,000
Table 9
Seat 1: Shilton Smith - 672,000
Seat 2: Assadour Assadourian - 115,000
Seat 3: Jason Brown - 610,000
Seat 4: Simon Watt - 450,000
Seat 5: Richard Lancaster - 340,000
Seat 6: Lance Climo - 330,000
Seat 7: Mike King - 25,000
Seat 8: Jens Walther - 360,000
They took a
flop and Toleafoa checked. Shinzaki bet out 37,000 with Toleafoa calling.The turn was the
and Toleafoa took the lead firing 60,000. Shinzaki flat called. When the river fell of the 
Toleafoa moved all in for around 160,000 chips and after going into the tank Shinzaki called.Toleafoa tabled
for top pair, but Shinzaki had a bigger top pair rolling over 
with his ten kicker playing.Toleafoa goes out in 17th and we're down to two tables left. Michael Shinzaki moves into the chiplead.
Catching the action on the turn on a board of
, Smith led out with a bet of 76,500 from the small blind and Brown quickly called in the big blind.The river was the
and Smith announced himself all in, with Brown insta-calling! Smith flipped 
for the straight and gave a little dance in his chair as Brown mucked.Smith is up over the 500,000-chip mark as Brown slips back to around 650,000.
The flop landed
and Swan came out with a bet of 24,000, leaving himself just 50,000 behind, before Guitteau immediately plonked out a stack of 5,000-denomination chips to put his opponent all in.Swan quickly released and Guitteau flashed the
for a naked flush draw.
