Michael Guzzardi has just doubled up and is now above the starting stack. We arrived at the aftermath of Guzzardi’s double hand. He was all in for 11,900 and his opponent’s cards were already in the muck. What we do know is that Guzzardi had 
and the board read 
, so clearly a flush was strong to scoop up the pot!
We arrived at the table with the flop spread out 
. Jackson Zheng checked from the big blind before Justin Walch bet out 1,800. The player to his immediate left then bumped it up to 4,500. Alex Lynskey was also in the hand, and he opted to raise it up once more to 9,500 from late position.
Zheng mucked as soon he saw the betting get out of control. Walch was next to act, and after contemplating for a minute moved all in for just over 30,000 in chips. A quick fold from the next player along before Lynskey made the call with more chips behind.
Walch: 
Lynskey: 
Walch was in front with his pair of kings, but the lead would not last long as the dealer produced the 
on the turn giving Lynskey his flush. The 
missed Walch on the river and he was sent to the rail.
Lynskey now sits behind a stack amassing 110,000 in chips.
Our reining Auckland champion David Lim is still in the tournament during the sixth level of the day. We recently watched Lim scoop up a pot on a 
board. Lim was in the small blind position against two opponents and it had been checked to the river. Lim led out for 1,000 on the river and got two folds to scoop the pot.
When Lim won the ANZPT Auckland Main Event in 2013, he finished Day 1 with just over 50,000 in chips. Despite winning this small pot, he only has around 11,000 at the moment as we move towards the point end of the day.
Level: 6
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 50
PokerNews Hostess Sarah Herring caught up with a few players and staff here at APPT Auckland to talk about the standard of poker in New Zealand.
The action started with the player in middle position raising to 950. The player to his left made the call as did Luis Arrilucea next in line. The big blind also came along as the four players watched the flop come down 
.
The big blind checked before the player in middle position made a 3,100 continuation bet. Two players made the call as the big blind got out of the way.
On the turn, the original raiser slowed down opting to check. Another check followed before Arrilucea casually slid out 6,075. With the decision back on the original raiser, he moved all in for 11,300. The bet was only called by Arrilucea before both players tabled their cards.
Arrilucea: 
Opponent: 
Arrilucea had locked up the pot with his flush on the turn and scooped in the pot when the meaningless completed the board. He now moves up to 47,000 in chips.
Minh Nguyen is still looking like the chip leader. He recently sent a player to the rail on a 
board. We arrived at the aftermath, but considering the commotion from the table when the river was dealt, it seemed the all-in player had got his chips in on the turn with 
against Nguyen's 
, with the ace on the river giving Nguyen exactly what he needed to win the pot.
We arrived to find Jackson Zheng deep in the tank, faced with an all in shove from Alex Lynskey on the river of a 
board.
There was what looked like around 20,000 in the pot and Lysnkey had shoved for 17,200.
Zheng took a long time, but eventually made the call.
Lynskey tabled - quad fives good enough to quickly send Zhen's cards into the muck.
Lynskey is back to being one of the chip leaders. Zheng, meanwhile, is struggling.
The players are back from their break and the cards are back in the air.
With four levels in the record books that means we are halfway through the day.
Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
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