$3,250 Championship Main Event
Day 4 Completed
2009 PokerStars.net APPT Auckland
$3,250 Championship Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2009 PokerStars.net APPT Auckland
Buy-in
$3,000
Entries
263
Level
26
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
5,000
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The 26-year old first came to our attention on Day 2 as he stormed through the field to claim the chip lead and from there he never looked back. Watt was quoted as saying, "I’m very confident going into the final table," and it showed as he used a beautiful mix of patience and controlled aggression to accumulate chips before lady luck got him over the line.
Thanks to PokerStars and the wonderful team at the SKYCITY Casino here in Auckland who have been our hosts this week. They've run a wonderful week of tournaments in world-class venue, and the Kiwi people are some of the friendliest you'll find anywhere in the world.
For those who couldn't make it this time, make sure you plan ahead to make it out to Auckland next year, but in the meantime the PokerStars.net APPT train continues with the next stop the tropical paradise of Cebu in the Philippines from November 11th-15th.
Thanks for your company and see you next time! So long from New Zealand!
Gerome Guitteau was first to act and he declared himself all in for around 500,000 with Watt making the call.
Guitteau:
Watt:
The board was spread
and the pair of Watt holds up to take the pot and the trophy!Frenchman Gerome Guitteau put in a tremendous performance to be amongst the chip leaders all tournament, and it was only a stroke a bad luck heads-up that saw him miss out on the title. He will however take
They took a
flop and Guitteau checked. Watt went into the tank before moving all in and Guitteau made a quick call.Watt:
Guitteau:
Guitteau was in front and would just have to dodge the ace or running cards to win the tournament.
Unfortunately for Guitteau, the
spiked the turn and put Watt in front, much to the delight of the home New Zealand fans.The river was the
shipping the pot to a delighted Watt. Guitteau has a mountain to climb now with just 540,000 chips.
Gerome Guitteau: 2.6 million
Simon Watt: 2.25 million
Guitteau:
Brown:
The flop brought a sweat when it landed
but Guitteau had snatched the lead with his pair of nines. It stayed that way through the 
turn and 
river to send the pot to Guitteau and eliminate Brown in 3rd place.
Watt opened the button 80,000 and Brown three-bet shoved his stack, as he had already done a couple of times before.
Only this time Watt had
. Brown rolled over his and would need to get lucky to eliminate Watt.It didn't happen Watt flopped a set and the board ran out
.Brown drops to just 200,000 and Watt is up to 2,300,000.
Gerome Guitteau: 2.24 million
Jason Brown: 1.46 million
Simon Watt: 1.197 million
The flop landed
and play checked to Sijia who fired 70,000. Guitteau then put in the check-raise to 200,000 as Brown stepped aside. Sijia made the call as a big pot was developing.The turn was the
and Guitteau moved all in with Sijia making a quick call for his tournament life.Guitteau:
Sijia:
Both players had a pair and flush draw but the river was the
to complete the flush for Guitteau and end the run of Sijia in 4th place for NZ$55,230 in prize money.