PokerStars.net APPT Season 8 Auckland

Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

PokerStars.net APPT Season 8 Auckland

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
83
Prize
111,600 NZD
Event Info
Buy-in
2,250 NZD
Prize Pool
506,250 NZD
Entries
225
Level Info
Level
22
Blinds
10,000 / 200,000
Ante
3,000

Seat 4: Dean Blatt (Australia) - 142,000 chips

Dean Blatt
Dean Blatt

26 year-old Dean Blatt has already had a huge year and has continued his fine form by making the final table of APPT Auckland. Blatt has posted more than $300,000 in results in 2014 alone, with his biggest score coming when he finished runner-up at ANZPT Perth for $77,710.

A finish of third or better in this event will see Blatt take second place in the ANZ Player of the Year award for 2014.

Blatt says that "meeting WSOP bracelet winner Rory Young" is the biggest highlight of his career and he also credits Young with being his biggest influence in the game.

To be more specific, Blatt says that Rory Young taught him how to play 6-2 offsuit from under the gun. Blatt has the second shortest stack at the final table, so he might need to use some of those lessons to win this one.

Outside of poker, Blatt simply says that he refreshes Twitter to see if Rory Young has tweeted.

Bio courtesy of the PokerStarsBlog

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