$2,750 NZPC Main Event [Day 2]
Structure Chip counts Prizepool
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Final Table Set!
After nearly seven hours of play and thirty eliminations we are now down to the final table of the New Zealand Poker Championships Main Event!Play started fairly slow this morning as players jostled round for position as young guns Simon Watt, Koray Turker and Yann Pauchon were early victims before tournament stalwarts Eric Assadourian, Robert Wang, Dennis Huntly and Constantine Harach also made their way to the rail.
As play wound down to crunch time, Michael Spilkin and Joseph Allis took control of their table eventually seeing the crucial eliminations of Michael Pedley and Ben Sarjant fall before Thomas MacDonald became our unfortunate bubble boy.
With the final nine now in the money, all will be eyeing the NZ$60,000 first prize, but it will be Joseph Allis in the greatest position amassing a 213,100 chip stack.
Nipping at his heels include Michael Spilkin (210,400), Cole Swannick (161,600), Alfred Sabila (129,800) and reigning Champion Soren Eriksen (129,400).
With PokerNetwork covering all the final table action from 2:00pm local time, make sure to stay locked on to see who will be crowned the 2010 New Zealand Poker Champion!
Thomas MacDonald Bubbles Final Table!
Thomas MacDonald opened with a standard preflop raise only to be three-bet for an extra 10,000 by Joseph Allis from the button.MacDonald took his time before moving all in and was insta-called by Allis.
MacDonald:
Allis:
The board ran out
to see MacDonald eliminated in 10th place and just one short of making the final table and the minimum payouts.
Thomas MacDonald Bubbles Final Table!
Thomas MacDonald opened with a standard preflop raise only to be three-bet for an extra 10,000 by Joseph Allis from the button.MacDonald took his time before moving all in and was insta-called by Allis.
MacDonald:
Allis:
The board ran out
to see MacDonald eliminated in 10th place and just one short of making the final table and the minimum payouts.
Now Hand For Hand
With only ten players remaining in the tournament, both tables of five are going to play hand for hand until we lose one more and form our final table.Play Resumes
The cards are back in the air!Round 13 Blinds: 1500/3000 Ante: 300
Break Time
We are now on a 25-minute break.Harris Eliminated
On a flop of
Roger Harris found himself all in holding 
against Andrew Middleditch's 
.Following a blank on the turn, the river landed an Ace to spell the end of Harris' day in eleventh place.
Swannick Three-Bets To Success
Andrew Middleditch entered the pot from the cutoff with a raise to 7,000 only to be three-bet by Cole Swannick to 18,400.Middleditch made the call before being met with a 17,800-chip bet from Swannick on the
flop. After a few moments in the tank, Middleditch cut out a re-raise amounting to 36,000. And after he took his allotted time, Swannick moved all in for an additional 24,800.
Nearly four minutes passed before Middleditch folded to slip to 54,000 as Swannick climbed to over the 100,000 mark.