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With the 218-player field forming a $473,412 or NZ$654,000 prizepool, the top twenty-four players will receive a guaranteed $4,271 (NZ$5,900) payday as the final table payouts break down as follows.
1st - $123,058 (NZ$170,000)
2nd - $78,106 (NZ$107,900)
3rd - $43,794 (NZ$60,500)
4th - $35,506 (NZ$49,050)
5th - $29,606 (NZ$40,900)
6th - $24,829 (NZ$34,300)
7th - $20,124 (NZ$27,800)
8th - $15,382 (NZ$21,250)
9th - $11,835 (NZ$16,350)
Level: 6
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 50
With a raise to 39,600, moumaife84 made the call from the button to see a 
flop fall and Tjollerboy fire out a 43,600 continuation-bet.
moumaife84 then pushed out a raise of 111,111 only to have Tjollerboy bump it to 864,000 to effectively put moumaife84 all in, and following a slight delay, moumaife84 made the call for his 348,205.
moumaife84: 
Tjollerboy: 
The turn and river landed the 
and 
to see moumaife84 eliminated by Tjollerboy's turned straight.
Errrr . . . you may be wondering what exactly we're talking about because surely someone doesn't have over a million chips so early in the tournament.
Well, one of the PokerStars Player's from Cyprus out of Denmark was a registered participant in today's flight.
However Mads 'moumaife84' Smith-Hansen was a no show as the tournament began, and after talking to his brother and doing some research of our own, it was discovered that Smith-Hansen was running deep in the WCOOP Event 28: $1,050 No Limit Holdem (Two-Day).
That deep run - as you can see from the above hand - ended in 11th place for a $12,610.40 payday, which is just a few places shy of the final table and the potential $230,000 first prize payout.
Smith-Hansen may not be able to collect that same amount for first here in Auckland, but after just taking his seat behind his 11,100-chip stack, Smith-Hansen will no doubt have the confidence to give it a red hot crack as he looks to record same-day PokerStars tournament cashes!
Joel Dodds is the next player to send a short-stacked player packing.
Four players saw a limped flop of 
as Dodds check-raised all in over the short-stacks all in for just over 3,000 as the remaining active players folded.
Dodds: 
Opponent: 
The turn and river landed the and to see Dodds eliminate his opponent and climb to 22,000 in chips.
A short-stacked player found himself all in for his last 2,675 with Leo Boxell making the call.
Boxell: 
Opponent: 
The final board read 
to see Boxell eliminate another and move to 26,000 in chips.
The PokerStars.net APPT Auckland Main Event will see a new champion for 2010!
Simon Watt moved all in under the gun for roughly 5,000 with Ali Ghezelbash making the call from middle position.
Watt: 
Ghezelbash: 
With New Zealand's now-named poker prodigy at risk and drawing to just three outs, the would see both players flop a gutshot.
The 
on the turn changed nothing, and when the landed on the river, Watt was sent to the rail as Ghezelbash climbed to 49,000 in chips.
For Watt, he has been one of the few to buck the trend of big-time tournament winners being unable to surpass their most note-worthy achievement. Earlier this year Watt finish runner-up in the Lee Nelson Deep Stack Series Main Event before venturing to the Mecca of poker tournaments; the World Series of Poker just two months later.
It was there that the name Simon Watt became a household name as he not only bested a 2,563-player field to capture the Event 11: $1,500 No Limit Holdem bracelet, but also defeated one of the most talented players in the game heads up - none other than Tom 'durrrr' Dwan.
Watt went on to cash two more times at the WSOP; including in the Main Event, before returning to Australia and the Victorian Poker Championships where he made two final tables.
For this 27-year old, it is just the start of his poker career, and although he may not have fared well in his title defense, expect to see the name Simon Watt in poker circles for many years to come!
Auckland has been ranked the top four most livable city in the world. What's all the fuss about? I wrote an article a couple of weeks ago on some of my favorite things about this place, but was also lucky enough to have some time to tour around the city again this week to show off even more:
Sal Mawani limped in from late position, only to have Joel Dodds bump it to 1,100 from the cutoff.
Mawani made the call before leading for 800 on the 
flop only to have Dodds make it 2,200 to go.
Mawani deliberated for a moment before making the call as he checked the on the turn only to have Dodds instantly move all in for roughly 8,000.
Double-fist-pump-snap calling, Mawani slammed down his .
"What the f**k!" exclaimed Dodds as he flipped his 
for a chop, but seemed more puzzled by the way Mawani had played his hand.
With a raise to 1,100 from the cutoff, Julius Colman three-bet to 3,200 and found a caller in the small blind as the original raiser folded.
The flop was checked through to see the 
land on the turn and Colman fire out 5,000 with his opponent check-calling before the landed on the river and Colman's 5,000-chip bet was again check-called.
Colman tabled his for top pair to best his opponent's as Colman moved to 52,000 in chips.
In a battle of the blinds, Daren Yoon bumped it from the small blind with Lance Climo smooth-calling from the big.
On a 
flop, Yoon fired out 1,100 only to have Climo make it 3,300. Yoon three-bet to 10,000 and Yoon made the call before moving his last 27,000 in when the 
landed on the turn. Climo made the call to put the Australian at risk.
Yoon:
Climo: 
With Yoon holding a pair and a flush draw against Climo's superior pair, he would unfortunately see the 
land on the river to miss his fourteen-outer and render him crippled as Climo soars to 51,900 in chips.
Yoon would finally see his tournament come to a close when his 
was run down by an opponent's 
as a king spike on the river.
