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.
Gerome decided to move all-in with K
7 pre-flop and Simon called with 5
5. Flop, turn and river didn't help Gerome's K7 and Simon Watt took home the pot with his pair of 5's. Thanks to Simon Watt's win, the Main Event of APPT Auckland is once again won by someone from New Zealand.
1 Simon Watt (New Zealand) NZD $209,085
2 Gerome Guitteau (France) NZD $142,020
3 Jason Brown (New Zealand) NZD $82,845
4 Ke Sijia (China) NZD $55,230
5 Richard Lancaster (New Zealand) NZD $42,606
6 Jens Walther (Germany) NZD $31,560
7 Assadour Assadourian (Australia) NZD $23,670
8 Lance Climo (New Zealand) NZD $18,936
9 Michael Shinzaki (USA) NZD $14,202
10 Shilton Smith (New Zealand) NZD $11,046
11 Ben Butcher (Australia) NZD $11,046
12 Oleg Epp (Germany) NZD $11,046
13 Sam Hill (New Zealand) NZD $8679
14 Charlie Swan (USA) NZD $8679
15 Mike King (New Zealand) NZD $8679
16 Ray Cook (Australia) NZD $8679
17 Rob Toleafoa (New Zealand) NZD $7101
18 Kani Edwards (New Zealand) NZD $7101
19 Eric Assadourian (Australia) NZD $7101
20 Chris Tau (New Zealand) NZD $7101
21 Ronny Wijaya (New Zealand) NZD $7101
22 Jason Mui (USA) NZD $7101
23 Sal Fazzino (Australia) NZD $7101
24 Robert Browning (Philippines) NZD $7101
25 George Moussa NZD $5523
26 Anibal Lee (New Zealand) NZD $5523
27 Joe Quinton (United Kingdom) NZD $5523
28 Luke Edwards (Australia) NZD $5523
29 Daniel Craker (New Zealand) NZD $5523
30 Arnaud Bulle (France) NZD $5523
31 Tamas Lendvai (Hungary) NZD $5523
32 Mathieu Louisy-Gabriel (France) NZD $5523
