Simon Watt, the 26-year-old software developer from New Zealand came to be the last man standing after that he had defeated a field of 263 players in the Main Event of APPT Auckland. Simon Watt's final fight for the first prize of NZD$209,000 was against the fellow PokerStars qualifier Gerome Guitteau, and it didn't take long before the final hand was about to be played between these two.
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qualifiers from these satellite events at pokerstars are doing pretty good in live tourneys, just a few weeks ago Aaron Gustavson won EPT London after qualifying through a satellite.
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And only two europeans got to the final table... After all, looks like Tony Hachem didnt get to the payed places. I had my hopes on him to this but it went bad for him. Maybe next time.
