APPT Sydney Grand Final Main Event
Day 2 Completed
2009 PokerStars.net APPT Sydney Grand Final
APPT Sydney Grand Final Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
2009 PokerStars.net APPT Sydney Grand Final
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
6,000 AUD
Prize Pool
2,376,000 AUD
Entries
396
Level
29
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 396
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We began Day 2 with three Team PokerStars Pros still alive in the field, but lost one in Lee 'Final Table' Nelson. The New Zealander got it all in before the flop holding pocket sixes against an opponent's pocket tens and even managed to spike a six on the flop, but his opponent resucked on the river, spiking a ten to send Nelson to the rail.
With Nelson out of the fray, Team PokerStars Pros Eric Assadourian and Grant Levy are the only PokerStars pros left in the field. You can expect to find Assadourian near the top of the leaderboard once the official chip counts are released by tournament staff. Levy too had a respectable day, wrapping up with right around 124,000 in chips.
Tomorrow afternoon we're changing venues, as the tournament will move from upstairs in the poker room to downstairs on the casino floor, just outside the Sports Theatre.
Play is scheduled to resume at 12:30 p.m. local time when the remaining 66 players will embark on the home stretch toward the final table.
For now, we're going on a 16 hour break. Official chip counts and Day 3 seat assignments will magically appear in this space overnight.
We'll see you right back here tomorrow afternoon for our continued coverage of the 2009 PokerStars.net APPT Sydney Grand Final main event.
We caught up with Australian online pro Aleks 'Banana Thief' Brkovic during the first break of the day to discuss how things have been going for him thus far and how he copes with having Mark Vos at his table... and by coping, we allude not to Vos' poker skill, but to the volume of his voice. (Nothing but love for you, Mr. Vos)
[Ac} flop. The big blind checked, Grigg bet 12,000 and the big blind called. The turn was the
and the big blind again checked, allowing Grigg to bet 27,000. The big blind than kicked it up 60,000 and Grigg made the call. The river was the
and the big blind moved all in for about 100,000. Grigg made the call revealing 
besting the 
of the player in the big blind. Grigg is up to 620,000.
. The pot was worth 320,000 chips to the winner and went to Meyer after he paired his ace to overcome Brkovic's jacks.Brkovic is now on 270,000 while Meyer moved all the way up to 320,000.
. Colman held 
to the 
of Chan.The turn was the
, adding a straight draw for Chan, but after the 
fell on the river, he was sent packing.Colman is up to 120,000 chips now.
against Barry Forrester's 
.Aristidou failed to get there as the board ran out
and he was sent to the rail. Forrester has 102,000 chips now.
Aleksander Brkovic opened the pot with a raise to 6,000 which was called by both Hunter and Benton. The flop came down
and Brkovic led out with a 10,000 continuation bet. Hunter then kicked it up to 30,000, and Benton came over the top of him, moving all in. Brkovic folded, but Hunter made the call setting up a showdown between Benton and Hunter:Benton:
Hunter:
The turn and river filled out
in favor of Benton, who stacked up 165,000 in chips after the hand. Hunter was the all-in player, and was thus eliminated from the tournament on the hand.
