2009 PokerStars.net APPT Sydney Grand Final
APPT Sydney Grand Final Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2009 PokerStars.net APPT Sydney Grand Final
Buy-in
6,000 AUD
Prize Pool
2,376,000 AUD
Entries
396
Level
29
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
10,000
The flop came down
and the big blind fired 1,000. Waterman folded, but Carle made the call.The turn was the
and the big blind fired 3,000. Carle again called.The river was the
and the big blind checked. Carle fired 1,750 and the big blind folded. Carle now has 44,000 chips.
. Phengsavanh fired 1,650 before Pijpers asked how much he had left. After getting a look at Phengsavanh's stack, Pijpers raised to 15,000 to put Phengsavanh all in. Phengsavanh made the call for 12,650 total.Phengsavanh held
while Pijpers held 
. The turn was the 
and the river the 
.Pijpers and Phengsavanh chopped up the pot with the straight on board.
, Michael Teren and Rami Ykmour got all in. Teren tabled 
for a full house, but was bested by Ykmour's queens full after he showed 
.Ykmour is now up to 65,000.
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With very little sleep and an imminent upcoming battle with jet lag surely on the way, Swiebel has his work cut out for him this afternoon.
The courageous Dutchie is up to 36,000 early on. We'll be sure to keep you posted on his progress throughout the day.
. The first three players checked to Tony "Bond18" Dunst. Dinst fired 800. The next player min-raised to 1,600. Each player folded back over to Dunst, who made the call.The turn brought the
and Dunst checked. His opponent fired 1,400. Dunst raised to 3,400 and his opponent mucked. Dunst is up to 27,600.
The double-up catapults Kroesen close to the chip lead.
and Kober checked to the preflop limper. He fired 1,000 before Powell raised to 3,000. Kober made the call as did the limper.The turn brought the
. Action checked to Powell and he fired 5,500. Both his opponents made the call.The river was the
and Kober was first to act. He fired 8,000. Powell went into the tank after the player in middle position folded. A player eventually called the clock on Powell. Within the allotted minute, Powell made the call.After Powell called, Kober tabled his powerhouse with the
. That's right folks, a royal flush! Powell mucked his hand, dropping to 10,000.
. With both straight and flush possibilities the two remaining contenders elected to check. Waterman revealed 
besting Derek Grieco's pocket kings much to Grieco's dismay.
, Martin Comer check-raised his opponent's bet of 600 to 1,600. The payer made the call, bringing the turn of the to the board.Comer fired 3,500 and his opponent made the call. The river was the
and Comer bet 8,000. His opponent called again, tabling against Comer's .Comer began telling his opponent how bad of a play he made and that he had no idea where he was in the hand. Comer's dropped to 20,000.