First Day of ANZPT Auckland in the Record Books
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Season Six of the Australia New Zealand Poker Tour has kicked off in style at the SKYCITY Auckland Casino as Day 1a of the ANZPT Auckland Main Event has come to a close!
The day started with 44 entrants and when all was said and done, 22 players had bagged up some chips. Leading the way is Eric Chang with 95,100 in chips.
While it was a small field, plenty of notables were at the felt, including Jesse McKenzie, Raj Ramakrishnan, Kevin Clark and
Australian Poker Hall of Fame member Leo Boxell. Unfortunately none of these three players could survive the day and so will have plenty of spare time to explore New Zealand this week.
Some of those who were more fortunate then the dearly departed included William Han, Dean Blatt and Mike Stecker. None of these players fared as well as Chang, but will have plenty of chips to scare come Saturday’s Day 2.
Be sure to check out the full end-of-day 1a chip counts in the live reporting blog below.
Before we make it to Day 2, we have a couple more Day 1 flights to get through. First on the agenda will be tomorrow’s Day 1b. That action is set to kick off at 12.30 p.m. local time and we will once again be on deck providing all the live updates.