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Day 1a completed

Posted 2012-07-25 GMT+12

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Posted 2012-07-24 GMT+12

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Day 1a completed

The Snowfest Sees David Allan Lead Record-Setting Day 1a

Posted 2012-07-24 GMT+12 • Level 6: 200-400, 25 ante

Chip leader - David Allan

That’s a wrap here on Day 1a of the 2012 Australia New Zealand Poker Tour Queenstown Snowfest Main Event. A huge day saw 51 players pony up the NZ$3,000 entry fee, creating the largest single-day field for this event in its history. This amount of participants sets us on target to reach a field of around 150 players, easily surpassing the 127 entries of last year’s event.

Plenty of the best players from around the region started the day, but as is standard in poker tournaments, not all players can survive. Some of those who hit the rail during the day include Michael Egan, Tristan Bain, Minh Nguyen, Daniel Neilson and Jackson Zheng.

Managing to do better than the above players were the likes of Richard Lancaster, David Wonson and 2011 ANZPT Sydney champion, Michael Kanaan as they will make their way to Day 2 with plenty of chips to scare. While these players had a successful day, it was David Allan who managed to prosper and emerge as the chip leader. A great afternoon for Allan, perhaps better known for his online screen name "dave798111", will see him start Day 2 with 98,200 in chips, an amount which will give him a good chance of making a run at the title.

Also surviving the day and still in contention include Cole Swannack, Ryan Hong, Ryan Boswell and World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner, Andrew Hinrichsen. All in all, it was 27 players who bagged up some chips and will return for Friday’s Day 2. Make sure to join us from 12:30 PM tomorrow as Day 1b will take centre stage. Until then, poker fans!

Tags: David Allan, David Wonson.

Official End-of-Day Chip Counts

Posted 2012-07-24 GMT+12

Chip Counts
David Allan	98,200	78,200
David Wonson	92,575	-32,425
Michael Kanaan	88,350	68,350
Laurynas Levinskas	84,625	51,625
Antonin Duda	79,450
Fergus Spary	67,250	-12,750
Greg Familton	51,325	18,325
Bobby Zhang	47,700	24,700
Cole Swannack	37,950	17,950
Richard Lancaster	35,700	15,700
Stuart Youngson	34,800
Ernie Pelecudis	34,200
Ryan Boswell	33,275	13,275
Erich Stadler	29,725
Chiu Yeung Lee	28,150
David Bonham	21,600
Andrew Hinrichsen	20,575	575
Ryan Hong	20,300	300
Tarek Elsaka	18,500
Stefan Stojkovic	17,400
Ben Barclay	15,850	-4,150
Rikki Papesch	13,975
Mark Griffiths	11,675	-6,325
Nathan Gray	11,475
Cecil Driver	11,250

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Allan Picks Off a Bluff

Posted 2012-07-24 GMT+12

Dave Allan has just landed a severe blow to the tournament of Richard Lancaster after making a remarkable read and river call to leave the Kiwi, and the rest of the table, rather stunned.

We arrived on the turn but it was recalled to us that Allan had bet 1,200 on the flop of and Lancaster called in position on the button. The turn brought the and Allan let go with another bet, this time for 3,350. Lancaster responded with a raise to 7,500 with Allan spending a few minutes in the think-tank before making the call.

The river brought the to put four to a straight on board. Allan checked and Lancaster reached for 9,500 and tossed it forwards. Allan gave a shrug and quickly flicked out a call. Lancaster gave a smile through clenched teeth as he opened for just ace high. Allan took a moment to make sure his opponent had nothing before he revealed for just a lowly pair of fives.

“That’s why I don’t win tournaments, because I can never call there!” exclaimed one player at the table.

Allan gave another shrug as he raked in the healthy pot to end the day with around 90,000 as Lancaster slips to 38,000.

Chip Counts
David Allan			90,000	70,000
Richard Lancaster			38,000	18,000

Tags: David Allan, Richard Lancaster.

Last Hands of the Night

Posted 2012-07-24 GMT+12 • Level 6: 200-400, 25 ante

The tournament clock has been paused as just four more hands will be dealt at each table before the chips are bagged up for the night. Stay tuned for a wrap of the day's action, along with the end-of-day chip counts when they are made available.

The Four Big Ones

Posted 2012-07-24 GMT+12

With just four full tables of nine still remaining on Day 1a of the ANZPT Queenstown Snowfest Main Event, here are the four big stacks in the room.

Chip Counts
David Wonson	100,000	5,000
David Allan	80,000	26,000
Michael Kanaan	80,000	10,000
Fergus Spary	70,000	-10,000

Swannack Wins A Few Late

Posted 2012-07-24 GMT+12

Cole Swannack finished up as the chip leader on Day 1a of this event last year, and while it's looking like that will be unlikely to happen tonight, he is certainly in good shape to survive the day.

We recently watched Swannack fire out a bet of 2,400 against one opponent on a . When his opponent called, Swannack said "king-jack," as he tabled . "Close," his opponent replied, turning over his . Swannack held the better kicker and raked in the nice little pot.

Chip Counts
Cole Swannack			36,000

Tags: Cole Swannack.

Big Hand, Small Pot for Zhang

Posted 2012-07-24 GMT+12

Facing an open-raise from middle position, Bobby Zhang raised it up to 2,250 on the button. His opponent made the call and the flop landed .

Action checked to Zhang who bet a moderate 1,800. His opponent called before both checked the turn. The river was a scary looking and again both players checked it down. Zhang tabled to take it down.

“I could’ve bet the river I guess, but I don’t think you call,” said Zhang as he raked in the pot.

“I could raise...” replied his opponent.

“Yeh, you could,” acknowledged Zhang as he was happy enough to keep the pot under control as he moves up to 40,000.

Chip Counts
Bobby Zhang			40,000	19,000

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Allan Knocks One Away

Posted 2012-07-24 GMT+12

Wandering past David Allan's table and we noticed he was busy eliminating a short-stacked player. The hand in question saw all the chips getting in the middle preflop, with Allan holding against the at-risk player's .