Level: 7
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
2010 PokerStars.net APPT Auckland
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 PokerStars.net APPT Auckland
Buy-in
$3,000
Entries
218
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Break Time
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The remaining fifty players are heading on a 10-minute break.
Snap, Snap! More Photos From Day 1a
Here are some of the latest photos from the floor of the PokerStars.net APPT Auckland Main Event!
Lum Legged
On a board of 
with roughly 24,000 in the pot, Roger Harris was confronted with an 18,875-chip all in bet from Damon Lum.
Going deep into the tank, Harris eventually made the call holding 
to be in the lead against Lum's 
.
Unfortunately for Lum, the river landed the 
to see him hit the rail as Harris climbs to over 60,000 in chips.
Harman Closes In On 100k
With the board reading 
, John Harman fired out a bet of 4,000 with his lone opponent in the hand making the call.
The river of the 
was checked through to see Harman table his 
for two pair, and the pot, as he powered to 97,000 in chips.
Neilson Queen'd to Rail
With a raise ahead of him, Daniel Neilson made it an additional 4,400 to go only to have a Noah Vogelman behind him in the big blind move all in.
The original raiser passed, but Neilson made the call for his tournament life.
Neilson:
Vogelman: 
Unfortunately for Neilson, the board ran out 
to see Neilson's tournament end at the hand of a Vogelman two-outer as he climbed to 110,000 in chips.
Another Outdraw Ends Benton's Day
With a raise from middle position to 1,200, Danny Silk three-bet to 3,900 next to act as Aaron Benton smooth-called from the big blind as the original raiser came along also.
The flop of 
was checked to Silk who fired out a continuation-bet of 6,500 as only Benton made the call to see the 
land on the turn.
Benton checked as Silk shuffled chips continuously for over three minutes before splashing the pot with six orange 5,000-denomination chips amounting to a bet of 30,000. Benton instantly committed his last 18,000 to be at risk.
Benton: 
Silk: 
"Another bloody two-outer on the turn!" exclaimed Benton in reference to one of the earlier pots with Julian Cohen.
Now needing to hit his own two-outer, Benton would unfortunately see the 
land on the river to end his chance of becoming the first double APPT Champion.
As the pot was pushed to Silk to see him climb to 91,000, Benton pushed his chair in walked over to Silk and shook his hand before exiting the tournament area.
The Ups and Downs of Jackson Zheng
Jackson Zheng opened the cutoff with a raise only to have an opponent move all in from the big blind for an additional 5,950.
Zheng made the call tabling his dominated 
to be up against , and when the board ran out , Zheng was left crippled on less than 2,000.
Just a few hands later, Zheng found himself all in against Daniel Neilson.
Neilson: 
Zheng: 
That board ran out 
to see Zheng spike a higher pair to climb to 7,000 before he found himself all in just a few hands later against Michael O'Grady.
Zheng:
O'Grady: 
The final board of 
saw Zheng find yet another double to 15,000 as O'Grady slipped down to 9,500.
Broadway Clips Grigg
Tom Grigg is the next player to see the majority of his chips pushed to another player when he was rivered by an opponent holding to his .
The final board read 
to see Grigg's opponent spike Broadway on the river to take the lead and see the 2009 APPT Sydney Main Event fifth place finisher slip down to 6,200 in chips.
Zheng Runs Into Aces
With the board reading 
and Jackson Zheng's face up against an opponent's , one can only assume that Zheng took another hit.
With that hand, Zheng is now battling on 8,000 in chips.