APPT Sydney Grand Final Main Event
Day 3 Completed
2009 PokerStars.net APPT Sydney Grand Final
APPT Sydney Grand Final Main Event
Day: 3
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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At 12:30 p.m. local time today, 66 players returned to the felt with the money in sight. It took a while, but the field has finally be widdled down to just nine players.
Team PokerStars Pros Grant Levy and Eric Assadourian both returned today and made it to the money. Levy went on to finish in 37th place after being eliminated by his good friend Assadourian shortly after being crippled down to just a few thousand chips. Assadourian lasted a bit longer, but saw his end run in 24th place.
Jarred "FlopNutsOnYou" Graham was the final-table bubble boy and capped off a great series here in Sydney with a 10th-place finish in the Main Event. Graham won the High Roller's event a few days ago.
The nine remaining players will reconvene tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. local time to finish things out. Ernst Hermans will be the chip leader with over two million chips, but Tom Grigg is hot on his heels.
Here's how the players will be seated for tomorrow's finale:
Seat 1: David Formosa - 956,000
Seat 2: Thomas Slifka - 758,000
Seat 3: Wayne Carlson - 1,114,000
Seat 4: Andrew Hiscox - 848,000
Seat 5: Leo Boxell - 1,236,000
Seat 6: Barry Forrester - 1,087,000
Seat 7: Aaron Benton - 1,790,000
Seat 8: Tom Grigg - 1,950,000
Seat 9: Ernst Hermans - 2,048,000
We'll see you right back here in just under 12 hours time for the final table of the 2009 PokerStars.net APPT Sydney Grand Final where the winner will take home nearly AUD$600,000!
Forrester limped into the pot from the cutoff holding
and Tom Grigg completed the bet from the small blind. The action then fell to Graham in the big who raised it up to 100,000. Forrester then decided to move all in, prompting Grigg to fold and Graham to make the call with pocket tens.The dealer then spread the community cards...
giving Forrester a pot-clinching pair of queens to send Graham to the rail as the final table bubble boy.
Hiscox:
Forrester:
The ensuing board ran out
giving Hiscox a pair of fives, which was all it took to steal the pot away from Forrester.After the hand, Hiscox improved to 800,000 in chips while Forrester dropped to 550,000.
and Flourentzou checked. Grigg bet 65,000 and Flourentzou called.The turn was the
, adding another bullet to the board. Flourentzou checked over to the aggressor Grigg and he fired again, making it 135,000 this time. Flourentzou called.The river was the
and there was now two pair on board. Flourentzou checked and Grigg fired 350,000. Flourentzou moved all in and Grigg called.Grigg had the better full house with
to Flourentzou's 
and Flourentzou was sent packing in 11th place. The players are now on two five-handed tables until we lose one more.
Billy 'The Croc' Argyros, Grant Levy, Sam Youssef and Tony Hachem have all joined the rail near Graham's supporters. The room has emptied out a bit over the last hour or two, and there are even a few spectators asleep in their seats.
The average chip stack is currently 1,062,000.
Chip leader Aaron Benton currently has 16% of the total chips in play.
Carlson opened the pot with a raise to 100,000 from the cutoff, Formosa reraised enough to put Carlson all in and a call was made:
Carlson:
Formosa:
The board then filled out
and Carlson took down the pot with a pair of queens.After the hand, Formosa dropped to right around one million in chips while Carlson improved to 650,000.
