Main Event Day 2 | PokerStars.net APPT Season 8 Auckland

11-22-2014 12:54 UTC+12

Player	Chips	Progress
Dean Blatt	45,000 21,200	21,200

Brotha D Lucky to Be Alive

[user162117]

Level 10 : 700/1,400, 200 ante

Brotha 'D' Leaoasavaii was starting to build a stack and it was going to get even bigger when he held and had a player all in with . However, the player spiked a king and so the chips went in the opposite direction of Leaoasavaii's stack.

Interestingly, Leaoasavaii ran kings into aces on Day 1 and so it's a great effort to still be alive after that in addition to having his own aces cracked.

Tags: Brotha 'D' Leaoasavaii

11-22-2014 13:16 UTC+12

Fisher Eliminated Just Before The Break

Mateusz_Pater

Level 10 : 700/1,400, 200 ante

Matt Carter raised to 2,800 from the hijack. Christian Fisher was seated to his immediate left and moved all in for his last 18,300 in chips. The action folded back around to Carter who made the call.

Carter:
Fisher:

Fisher’s gamble almost came off when the board ran out narrowly missing all his straight and flush outs on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christian Fisher	Busted

Tags: Matt Carter Christian Fisher

11-22-2014 13:17 UTC+12

First Break of Day 2

[user162117]

Level 10 : 700/1,400, 200 ante

The players have been sent on their first 10-minute break of Day 2.

The APPT Auckland Main Event will continue soon.

Level: 11

Blinds: 900/1,800

Ante: 200

11-22-2014 13:31 UTC+12

Back for More

[user162117]

Level 11 : 900/1,800, 200 ante

Approximately 56 players are back from the break and the cards are back in the air.

Eight more levels to play.

Remember, the top 24 make the money, so we are getting closer.

11-22-2014 13:39 UTC+12

Player of the Year Update

[user162117]

Level 11 : 900/1,800, 200 ante

One of the chances for the 2014 Player of the Year race, Luke Spano, was eliminated just prior to the break and so we thought now would be a good time to update everyone on who is a chance to claim the title and win an APPT sponsorship package in 2015.

The current leader, Edison Nguyen, was eliminated on Day 1. For him to win, David Lim, Luke Brabin and Dean Blatt all need to hit the rail here on Day 2. Lim, meanwhile, just needs to make the money to claim the POY award.

It's going to be a little tougher for Brabin and Blatt as they both need to make the final table to take it down. In fact, Brabin needs to finish at least 2nd place and Blatt needs to finish 3rd. These results also, of course, depend on where Lim finishes.

It's going to go down to the wire.

Tags: Dean Blatt Luke Brabin Luke Spano

11-22-2014 13:43 UTC+12

McKenzie’s Receives Generous Donation

Mateusz_Pater

Level 11 : 900/1,800, 200 ante

We came across Jesse McKenzie raking in a very large pot. He was in a state of shock at how a hand had just played out.

He recalled to us that he opened to 3,600 before Milton Trickey raised it up to 11,200. He made the call holding and was quite pleased when the flop came down .

But McKenzie didn’t have to do anything as Trickey open shipped for over 80,000 which he called. Trickey tabled his and found no help as the board bricked out.