Jay "SEABEAST" Kinkade raised to 1,700 from early position and Graeme Putt made the call from the big blind. After the flop came down , Putt check-shoved for 6,925 over the continuation bet of 1,025 from Kinkade. His shove was called and Kinkade tabled the . Putt held the .
The turn brought the and the river the . Kinkade beasted an ace on the river the send Putt out the door. Kinkade increased to 87,000 in chips with this pot.
2009 Aussie Millions winner Stewart Scott raised to 2,000 and Aaron Tran made the call. The player on the button called as well to see the flop come . Scott lead with a bet of 3,000. Tran min-raised to 6,000. The button folded and Scott folded, giving Tran the pot.
Tran's still leading the way with about 145,000 as we move closer towards the end of the day. Scott was left with 14,000 after the hand.
Andrew Hinrichsen opened to 1,800 from under the gun and Daniel Negreanu called along with the big blind.
The flop was checked through to see the land on the turn and Hinrichsen follow a check from the big blind with a bet of 3,600. Negreanu made the call as the big blind folded before the dealer dropped the on the river.
Once both players checked, Hinrichsen stated, "I win!" and tabled his .
"You do, you do!" added Negreanu as he kicked his cards to the muck while slipping to 58,000. Hinrichsen on the other hand is now up to just below 90,000 in chips.
From under the gun, Brendon Rubie raised to 1,800. One player called in middle position and then Eddy Sabat reraised to 7,200 from the small blind. Rubie moved all in for 21,600 and the flat caller in middle position folded. Sabat thought for a minute or two and then made the call.
Rubie tabled the and Sabat tabled the . Much of the table and a couple of the onlookers took this as a slowroll, claiming Sabat should have called a lot quicker. Sabat didn't mean to slowroll and apologized if people felt he did. He said that he really didn't think his hand was good.
The board ran out and Sabat said, "Guess I get what I deserved," as he sent over the chips to Rubie, who's back to about 46,000 now. Sabat dropped to 68,000 and change.
Another day of action from Sydney has wrapped up here at the Star City Hotel & Casino for the 2010 PokerStars.net APPT Grand Final.
Today's field only drew 68 players. That's down from yesterday's 75 and not really the type of field you'd expect to see for the Grand Final given the big numbers it's put up in the past years. Last year, 109 players came out for Day 1b. Knowing that makes the number from today seem even smaller.
Joining action today were former APPT Sydney champions Grant Levy and Martin Rowe. Former APPT Macau champion Eddy Sabat was also in the field today. The biggest name though belonged to a member of Team PokerStars Pro. That player was none other than world champion Daniel Negreanu. He's not the only WSOP bracelet winner that played because newly minted bracelet winner Simon Watt also played. Negreanu wrapped up the day with 57,400 and Watt with 59,200. Here's a few of the other notables counts at the end of the day.
Player
Chips
Daniel Neilson
164,100
Aaron Tran
147,200
Grant Levy
92,900
Jay Kinkade
82,500
Eddy Sabat
79,200
Andrew Hinrichsen
64,000
Brendon Rubie
46,700
Martin Rowe
24,100
Leading the way is Daniel Neilson as you can see by the counts above. He had a great day on the felt as did Aaron Tran, who finished up in second place on the leader board. At the end of the day, 39 players remained who will be moving on to Day 2.
The final start day, Day 1c, kicks off tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. local time. It should easily be the largest of the starting days and should include the Hachem brothers, Tony and Joe, Chris Moneymaker, Jeff Lisandro, Tyron Krost, James Obst and Jarred Graham. It's going to be another great day of poker and you can bet that PokerNews will be bringing you all of the action from the floor! We'll see you then.