Boobekov Storms the Leader Board on Day 1c of the Snowfest
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Six more levels are in the bag and the final day one flight of the 2012 Australia New Zealand Poker Tour Queenstown Snowfest Main Event has come to a close. At the end of the day, it was Nurlan Boobekov who held the chip lead over today’s 49-player field. Boobekov will join David Allan, from Day 1a, and Ken Demlakian from Day 1b, at the top of the chip counts come tomorrow’s Day 2.
Before we get into the overall field size and the all-important prize pool, let’s start with what happened during Day 1c. Some of the players who began the day with hopes and dreams, but fell short of surviving the night, include Jan Suchanek, Keith Walker, John Apostolidis, Matty Yates and Australia Poker Hall of Fame member, Lee Nelson.
Managing to do far better than the above player include Aaron Benton, Jarred Graham and Kristian Lunardi as they will be at the tables on Day 2. Leo Boxell, John Shin and Alicia Sale also survived Day 1c and are still in contention for the Queenstown Snowfest title.
All in all it was 29 players who survived the evening, with these players joining the 27 survivors from Day 1a and the 31 from Day 1b – meaning 87 players will all take to the felt come tomorrow.
Now, the important stuff. The overall field of 149 players has created a NZD$402,300 prize pool - the largest in the history of the ANZPT Queenstown. The top 15 players will earn at least a $7,050 min-cash, while the first-place prize is worth NZD$110,600. So that’s what the surviving players are all in the hunt for!
Tomorrow will play out in a somewhat unique way, with half the field partaking in three levels of action on Day 2a at 12:30 PM local time. The other half will play three levels on Day 2b at 4:00 PM. The survivors from both of these flights will then be combined at 7:30 PM and continue playing for another few levels. Both of these Day 2 table draws will be posted as soon as possible.
Be sure to join us again tomorrow, from 12:30 PM, as we continue our quest to crown a Queenstown Snowfest Champion. Until then, good night from New Zealand!