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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 of players, but it doesn't necessary mean that the rest of the tournament will be boring to follow. The money bubble will burst when 24 players remain (NZ$3,726), the winner will take home the NZ$107,640 first prize and the title!

Joe Hachem's (2005 WSOP Main Event winner) little brother Tony Hachem took home PokerStars ANZPT (Australia New Zealand Poker Tour) in Perth the other day after surviving a field of 222 players. For the win Tony received the first place prize of $132,750. Tony Hachem is the most successful player on the ANZPT tour since it started last year. Tony's great success in ANZPT has given him a lot of attention from media and also helped him a bit further out from the shadow of his older brother Joe Hachem.

Final table results:
1: Tony Hachem, $132 750
2: Aleks Lackovic, $84 250
3: Vesko Zmukic, $47 500
4: Dale Marsland, $38 300

5: Tu Le, $32 000
6: Jimmy Wong, $26 800
7: Zaffer Soemya, $21 700
8: Eoin Kennedy, $16 600

9: Wade Beavis, $12 750