Well the party is over, we have crowned our champion, Kiwi Daniel Craker, and now it is time to reflect on yet another great event from the Asian Pacific Poker Tour. The PokerStars.net APPT Auckland SkyCity Festival of Poker has certainly rocketed poker's profile in the country. SkyCity Auckland has smashed all records here in New Zealand and can now … [Read more...]
APPT Auckland: Final Table action for the Main Event live updates
By James Potter and Eliot James 8:28pm: Daniel Craker is the APPT Auckland 2008 Main Event Champion! Daniel Craker, $257,040 NZD ($153,399 USD), Matthew Konnecke eliminated in 2nd place, $162,792 ($97,153 USD) The Trans-Tasman battle between New Zealander Daniel Craker and Australian Matthew Konnecke has finished after only eight minutes of heads-up … [Read more...]
APPT Auckland: An introduction to our final nine
By James Potter and Eliot James The final table has been decided and we have taken a chance to chat with all of our playes. We will be bringing you updates of critical hands and knockouts throughout the final table as they happen. Here is an introduction to our final nine: The PokerStars.net APPT Auckland Main Event trophy. Seat 1: Daniel Craker … [Read more...]
APPT Auckland: Final nine now confirmed
By James Potter and Eliot James Within 30 minutes of play today we have lost both our 11th and 10th placed players, Edward Holdcroft and Eric Mutrie. Holdcroft, who started the day as one of our big stacks on 297k, was eliminated early after open-raising in middle position and facing an 85k re-raise from chip leader Luke Stanford. Holdcroft called … [Read more...]
APPT Sydney: Final day locked and loaded
By James Potter and Eliot James Good morning all and Welcome to the final day of the PokerStars.net APPT Auckland SkyCity Festival of Poker. We have 11 combatants ready and later today one will be crowned the inaugural APPT Auckland champion and will walk away with over quarter of a million dollars. The stage is set and we are ready to bring you some … [Read more...]
APPT Auckland: Day 2 Wrap
By James Potter and Eliot James We have come to the end of Day 2 of the PokerStars.net APPT Auckland SkyCity Festival of Poker Main Event. It has been a long day with 9 levels being played. The poker, however, has certainly been first rate. The SkyCity Poker Room has never seen action like this before and the locals are packed to the rafters to watch … [Read more...]
APPT Auckland: 3 quick eliminations
By James Potter and Eliot James In a rush of activity we have just lost 3 players in record time and we are now down to our final two tables. Trevor Saunders from Sydney Australia has just been eliminated in 16th position and has walked away with over $7,000. Trevor pushed his small stack in with A-J and was called with Q-10. The window card bought … [Read more...]
APPT Auckland: 3 quick eliminations
By James Potter and Eliot James In a rush of activity we have just lost 3 players in record time and we are now down to our final two tables. Trevor Saunders from Sydney Australia has just been eliminated in 16th position and has walked away with over $7,000. Trevor pushed his small stack in with A-J and was called with Q-10. The window card bought … [Read more...]
APPT Auckland: 3 quick eliminations
By James Potter and Eliot James In a rush of activity we have just lost 3 players in record time and we are now down to our final two tables. Trevor Saunders from Sydney Australia has just been eliminated in 16th position and has walked away with over $7,000. Trevor pushed his small stack in with A-J and was called with Q-10. The window card bought … [Read more...]
APPT Auckland: 3 quick eliminations
By James Potter and Eliot James In a rush of activity we have just lost 3 players in record time and we are now down to our final two tables. Trevor Saunders from Sydney Australia has just been eliminated in 16th position and has walked away with over $7,000. Trevor pushed his small stack in with A-J and was called with Q-10. The window card bought … [Read more...]