Seat 8: Leo Boxell (Australia) - 194,000
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Representing poker��s elder statesmen at the APPT Auckland Main Event final table is 68-year-old Leo Boxell. The Melbourne, Australia native claims that he has been playing poker ��Since Noah.�� They say that with age, comes wisdom, and that would seem to hold true for Boxell, who has accumulated more than $500,000 USD in career tournament earnings, dating back to 1998.
Last December, he finished third in the APPT Sydney Grand Final Main Event, posting an AUD $213,840 result. In 2003, Boxell finished runner-up to Peter Costa in the $10,000 buy-in Crown Australasian Poker Championships (now Aussie Millions), earning AUD $225,640 in prize money. Leo works as an auto mechanic by day, hence his nickname, ��The Mechanic,�� and currently ranks 19th on Australia��s all-time money list (per The Hendon Mob Poker Database). He��ll begin Sunday��s final table with 194,000 in chips.
Bios courtesy of PokerStars