2009 PokerStars.net APPT Auckland

$3,250 Championship Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info

2009 PokerStars.net APPT Auckland

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
55
Prize
$209,085
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,000
Entries
263
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
5,000

Ke Sijia Gets His Chips In

Simon Watt raised to 75,000 from the cutoff and Jason Brown called in the small blind before Ke Sijia squeezed all in from the big blind for around 570,000. It worked as both opponents folded.

Next hand, Brown raised the button to 80,000 before Sijia tried again with another all in bet. Once again it worked as Brown folded. Sijia flashed the {K-Hearts} as he now finds himself back up to 840,000 chips.

Tags: Ke Sijia

Level: 23

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 3,000

Watt Applies Max Pressure To Chip Leader

Simon Watt
Simon Watt
Simon Watt raised the button to 60,000 and Gerome Guitteau called in the small blind.

Guitteau checked in the dark as the flop landed {J-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{2-Spades} and Watt fired 100,000. Guitteau then announced a check-raise to 250,000 but Watt responded by moving all in!

Suddenly we were potentially seeing the biggest pot of the tournament as our two chip leaders collided. Guitteau thought for a minute or so and then asked for the clock to be called on himself! Sixty seconds ticked down and Guitteau made a reluctant fold as Watt flashed {K-Spades}{Q-Spades} for a big draw.

Watt takes the chip lead with 1.5 million chips as Guitteau slips to 1.4 million.

Tags: Gerome GuitteauSimon Watt

Brown On A Tear

After shipping back to back pots, Jason Brown was in the thick of the action calling a 60,000 chip bet from Simon Watt to take a flop.

The flop came {3-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{2-Clubs} and both players checked. The {A-Diamonds} hit the turn and after Brown checked, Watt led out 65,000. Brown made the check call.

On the river {k-Diamonds} both players checked and Brown tabled {A-Clubs}{7-Diamonds} good for the pot, much to the delight of the sizable crowd on the rail.

Jason Brown's recent run of pots has taken him right back into the fold with the leaders.

Tags: Jason BrownSimon Watt

Jason Brown Puts The Pressure On

Preflop, Ke Sijia opened to 60,000. Next to act was Simon Watt who called from the button, as did Gerome Guitteau who called from the small blind.

Jason Brown then spoiled the calling party by moving all in from the big blind. Sijia and Watt both got out of the way and action was on Guitteau.

"Are you squeezing again?" asked Guitteau. Brown didn't respond.

"You have six-seven again?" asked Guitteau referring to an earlier hand they played.

This time Brown felt like chatting. "That's exactly what I have," he said.

Guitteau eventually laid his hand down and Brown then said "I actually had seven-eight," as he pitched his cards into the muck.

Brown is up to 1,100,000 in chips.

Tags: Gerome GuitteauJason BrownKe SijiaSimon Watt

Brown Overbets With Success

Jason Brown
Jason Brown
Ke Sijia opened to 70,000 from under the gun and play folded around to Jason Brown in the big blind who declared himself all in! It was a massive overbet in the vicinity of 900,000 which covered the stack of Sijia.

Sijia thought for a moment and then folded his {10-Diamonds}{10-Hearts} - a big fold in a four-handed game. Brown then let his opponent pick one of his cards and the {K-Hearts} was flashed.

Tags: Jason BrownKe Sijia