Carlson takes Limped Pot On Flop
.Hermans checked, Formosa checked and then Carlson bet 80,000. Both his opponents folded and Carlson moved to 1.2 million.
There has been a fair amount of limped pots here at this final table.
2009 PokerStars.net APPT Sydney Grand Final
APPT Sydney Grand Final Main Event
Day: 4
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
.Hermans checked, Formosa checked and then Carlson bet 80,000. Both his opponents folded and Carlson moved to 1.2 million.
There has been a fair amount of limped pots here at this final table.
Boxell Doubles Through Slifka
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Slifka opened the pot with a raise to 75,000 from the cutoff and Wayne Carlson made the call on the button. Action then moved to Boxell who three-bet to 200,000. Slifka then reraised all in, Carlson folded and Boxell made the call for about 562,000 more, setting up a preflop all-in showdown:
Boxell:
Slifka:
The board filled out
giving Boxell top set, cementing his double up.After the hand, Slifka dropped to 820,000 while Boxell improved to 1.35 million.
Benton Shows Queens
In a recent hand, Hermans opened with a raise to 100,000 from under-the-gun plus one and action folded around the table to Benton in the big blind who three-bet to 300,000. Hermans laid down his hand, but not without Benton stirring things up a little:
"Last hand I'm going to show (
). I'm not going to make the mistake of not three-betting you again."
Carlson and Hermans All In Preflop
Despite having different ages, the two revealed the same hand --
.After an uneventful board ran out, the two chopped up the pot.
Three-betting the Min-raise
Benton Can't Get River Value from Two Pair
The flop was placed
on the felt. With Benton checking dark, action fell on Grigg. He checked behind.The turn was the
and Benton led for 35,000, just one-sixth more than the minimum. Grigg made the call.The river card produced the
and now there was three hearts on board. Benton fired 50,000 and Grigg mucked his hand. Benton showed 
for runner-runner two pair.His cheering section, which is located a few feet to the right of media row on the balcony, erupted with cheers when they saw Benton scoop the pot.
Grigg Picks Up Kings Two Hands in a Row
In the first hand, Grigg opened with a raise to 75,000 from the cutoff and was called by Ernst Hermans from the button. The flop came down
and Grigg fired a continuation bet of 100,000 that was called by Hermans. Both players then checked down the turn and the river (
, 
) and at the showdown, Hermans revealed 
for aces up.One hand later, Grigg picked up kings again and opened for the same amount -- 75,000. This time, Wayne Carlson called from the big blind and the two saw the flop come
. A pair of checks on the flop sent the action to the turn, , where Carlson fired a 100,000 bet. Grigg made the call. 5th Street delivered the 
and Carlson fired another 100,000 that was also called by Grigg.At the showdown, Grigg was pleased to find his kings were good against Carlson's
and he raked in the pot to move to 1.25 million in chips.
Hermans Takes Another
. Benton then check-folded to a bet of 145,000 from Hermans, dropping to 1.3 million. Hermans moved up to 3.15 million.
Hiscox with Aces
. Carlson checked and HIscox shoved in. Carlson folded and Hiscox tabled . he's up to 1.68 million and Carl;son is down to 495,000.Aaron Benton tanked after the raise and reraise and then folded. He claimed to have pocket eights and would have flopped bottom set.
Level: 24
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 4,000