PokerStars.net APPT Season 8 Auckland

Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

PokerStars.net APPT Season 8 Auckland

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
83
Prize
111,600 NZD
Event Info
Buy-in
2,250 NZD
Prize Pool
506,250 NZD
Entries
225
Level Info
Level
22
Blinds
10,000 / 200,000
Ante
3,000

Thomas Ward Eliminated in 2nd Place (NZ$104,000), Minh Nguyen Wins!

Level 22 : 10,000/200,000, 3,000 ante
Thomas Ward - 2nd Place
Thomas Ward - 2nd Place

It's all over!

It took four hands of going all in blind for Minh Nguyen to be crowned the champion.

The first hand of the flip fest was the most exciting of all.

Thomas Ward had {a-Spades}{j-Hearts} and was dominating Minh Nguyen��s {8-Hearts}{6-Clubs}, with Nguyen the at risk player.

The flop came down {9-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{10-Spades} keeping Ward in front. The {j-Clubs} gave Nguyen outs to a straight and that��s exactly what the dealer delivered when the {7-Clubs} spiked on the river. With that, Nguyen's rail went wild as he now had Ward extremely short stacked.

The second hand saw Ward��s {j-Diamonds}{9-Hearts} dominating Nguyen��s {j-Clubs}{7-Diamonds} and he was able to hold as the {q-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{8-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{9-Spades} board ran out.

The third hand saw Ward��s {a-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds} hold against Nguyen��s {6-Diamonds}{4-Spades} when the board ran out {3-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{10-Spades}{7-Spades}{9-Clubs}.

In the final flip Ward moved in with the best hand for the fourth straight time, this time having just a little less in chips than Nguyen. Ward's {k-Spades}{10-Clubs} was in front of Nguyen��s {8-Spades}{3-Spades} until the flop came down {4-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{2-Clubs}. Then Nguyen secured the victory and the title when the {8-Hearts} dropped on the turn giving him an unbeatable two pair. The meaningless {k-Clubs} was just a tease for Ward as it completed the board and with that, the tournament was over!

A great run from Ward whose luck ran out right at the end of the tournament.

Ward pockets NZ$104,000 as per the private deal, while Nguyen takes NZ$111,600 total after winning the extra NZ$10,000.

Player Chips Progress
Minh Nguyen us
Minh Nguyen
4,350,000
2,350,000
2,350,000
Thomas Ward gb
Thomas Ward
Busted

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