PokerStars' Australia New Zealand Poker Tour (ANZPT) Auckland Main Event kicked off 3 days ago. A total 207-runners turned up for the three starting days and 76 survivors will return to the tables tonight for Day 2.
XiaDong Xia leads the pack with 180,600 chips, and his closest opponent, Monica Eastick, has about 40k less. Unfortunately there aren't many well-known faces among the remaining squad[...] Read more » PokerStars ANZPT Auckland
Joined: Apr '09
Location: Portugal
Age: 44 (M)
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Three starting days? I thought that would only apply if there were a big starting field, and 207 players don’t justify it. There’s no point in analyzing the differences in terms of stack, most probably is that Xia already sent home someone who was well stacked too, and perhaps that difference is related to that. But the truth is there are still 50 players running for the paid places that will go home without a prize, and that should be what concerns them, all of them, at this point, because no one has a guaranteed prize already.
Joined: Feb '11
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 59 (M)
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WOW, interesting tournament set up. Less than 70 for each starting day. Are they playimg somewhere small so are restricted on the numbers due to size. Maybe itbwill be cosy and therefore everyeone will be friends throughout!!!!!!!!
