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Ke Sijia gets the first big pot on the final table
Ke Sijia has become the first player to double up on the final table.
Preflop Sijia opened to 34,000 and Gerome Guitteau called from the big blind. They took a flop of and Guitteau checked. Sijia took the invitation by moving his stack all in.
Guitteau thought a while before making the 260,000 chip call, tabling for middle pair. Sijia was pretty happy when he rolled over his .
The turn was the and the river was the to move Sijia up to 610,000. Guitteau is down to 960,000.
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Jason Brown opened to 33,000 from the cutoff and it folded to Assadour Assadourian in the big blind. He thought for a second before tossing his cards into the muck.
"I'm writing this down," said Assadourian. "You won't get away with this all day," he added.
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Simon Watts opened from early position to 30,000 chips and Michael Shinzaki decided to three-bet him to 86,000. Action folded back to Watts who pretty quickly pitched his cards.
Shinzaki flashed the and tossed the other card into the muck.
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Richard Lancaster got things underway by opening to 34,000. Much to the delight of the home fans, no one made the call and he hauls in the first pot of the day.
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All of the final table formalities are out of the way and the cards are in the air! The 2009 PokerStars.net APPT Auckland Main Event final table is underway!
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Jens Walther
The story of this PokerStars Qualifier from Germany should give hope to every aspiring pro. After winning an APPT Auckland seat on PokerStars, he decided to take the opportunity to journey to New Zealand to play in his first live event. The 36-year-old, who works in the air conditioning industry, said he was “excited to be in New Zealand and playing at the final table”.
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Michael Shinzaki
Having made his start five years ago playing college home games, the 22-year-old UCLA sociology graduate has built up a bankroll online and is now traveling the world playing poker full-time. “It feels really nice to make the final table,” Shinzaki said. “I’ve been playing really well and I’m looking forward to seeing more of New Zealand after this event.” He’ll have more than enough spending money, having made his first ever live major tournament cash here at SKYCITY Auckland.
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and Guitteau checked. Sijia took the invitation by moving his stack all in. 
for middle pair. Sijia was pretty happy when he rolled over his 
.
and the river was the 
to move Sijia up to 610,000. Guitteau is down to 960,000.
and tossed the other card into the muck.
and both players checked to the 
turn. On the turn Guitteau bet out 66,000 over the top of a Lancaster check. Lancaster folded his hand.
