On a short Day 2 at the 2010 ANZPT Queenstown Main Event, there didn't expect to be many stories to write about. Three-and-a-half hours of play isn't long enough for sustained skirmishes between players. The short stacks will get it in, sure. Some will double, some will bust, and life will go on. As things were winding down halfway through Level 9, the story of the day was the constant aggression of the resurgent Lee Nelson. Nelson had been down to 3,500 in chips at the start of Level 5 late on Day 1A, then finished Day 1A with more
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ANZPT Queenstown: Day 2, levels 8&9 (blinds 400-800, ante 100)
4:12pm Play concludes That's it for Day 2. It looks like Team PokerStars Pro Lee Nelson, with a shade more than 115,000 chips, finished play as the chip leader. 50 players will return tomorrow -- 35 from Day 2 here in Queenstown and 15 from Day 2 in Auckland. A...more
ANZPT Queenstown: Day 2, levels 6&7 (blinds 200-400, ante 50)
2:20pm: Break time The remaining 41 players have been sent on their first and only break of the day. 2:10pm: Hachem frustrated Three pre-flop raises put Tony Hachem in a tough spot. Michael Spilkin (down to 95,000 so far) opened for 1,700. Hachem was next to act and made...more
ANZPT Queenstown: Day 2 to burn bright but brief
When I looked out my hotel room window this morning, I spotted a dump truck across the street. It was filled to the brim with recently-split firewood, likely culled from the dense forests of fir trees that carpet this corner of New Zealand. Almost every home and business in...more
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