APPT Sydney Grand Final Main Event Day 1a | 2009 PokerStars.net APPT Sydney Grand Final

12-01-2009 15:11 UTC+11

Ciric Cracks Aces

donpeters

Donna Ciric raised to 700 before Matt Whalley reraised to 2,000. Martin Comer called and then Ciric made the call. The flop came down {K-Hearts}

. Ciric led for 6,000 before Whalley moved all in for approximately 13,000. Comer ducked out of the way and Ciric made the call.

She showed two jacks -- {J-Diamonds}

-- to Whalley's {A-Diamonds}

.

The turn and river were the {6-Diamonds}

and

, sending Whalley to the rail at the hands of Ciric. She's now up to 65,000 chips.

Tags: Donna Ciric Martin Comer Matt Whalley

12-01-2009 15:17 UTC+11

Donna Ciric - 65,000
Rami Ykmour - 62,000
Ricky Kroesen - 51,000
Mitchell Carle - 51,000
Karl Krautschneider - 39,000
Roel Pijpers - 38,000
Constantijn Swiebel - 37,000
Joel "StrongPlay" Dodds - 34,000
Michael Pedley - 33,000
Lee Nelson - 33,000
Dennis Waterman - 33,000
Will Mitchell - 32,000
Ramy Tadros - 32,000
Tony "Bond18" Dunst - 31,000
Mike Ivan - 31,000
Jason Gray - 30,000
Derek Grieco - 30,000
Eric Assadourian - 27,000
Daniel Kochan - 27,000
Martin Comer - 24,000
Peter Aristidou - 23,000
Julian Cohen - 22,000
Graeme "Kiwi G" Putt - 22,000
Antonio Paino - 22,000
Predrag Jovanovic - 21,000

12-01-2009 15:18 UTC+11

Aces Hold for PokerStars Qualifier Derek Grieco

Matthew

Picking up the action on a {3-Hearts}

board, PokerStars Qualifier Derek Grieco bet 2,500 prompting a call from an unknown player in seat 9.

The river brought the {K-Clubs}

and once again Grieco casually tossed out another bet of 2,500. Again the bet induced a call from his opponent. Grieco flpped over {A-Spades}

and his opponent mucked, congratulating Grieco with a "nice hand."

Grieco counted out about 36,000 in chips when he finished scooping and stacking.

Tags: David Grieco

12-01-2009 15:23 UTC+11

Aristidou Doubles with Straight Flush

donpeters

Peter Aristidou and an opponent got all in on the flop of {Q-Spades}

. Aristidou held {7-Clubs}

for a massive draw against the other player's {K-Spades}

. Aristidou was the player at risk.

The turn was the {3-Clubs}

, completing a straight flush for Aristidou and leaving his opponent drawing dead. The river completed the board with the {Q-Clubs}

.

Aristidou is now up to 15,000 after doubling up.

Tags: Peter Aristidou

12-01-2009 15:26 UTC+11

Day 1a Entrants

donpeters

The tournament clock reads 80 for the amount of players entered in the Day 1a flight here in Sydney. That number is expected to pick up for flights Day 1b and 1c. There's also plenty of satellites running in the poker room that will help to add to those days as well..

12-01-2009 15:32 UTC+11

Swiebel Swivels a Double

donpeters

Constantijn Swiebel limped-reraised his opponent's preflop raise of 925 to 2,200. The player then put in another raise to 5,000 and Swiebel called.

The flop came down {10-Spades}

and Swiebel called a bet of 5,000 from his opponent.

The turn was the {K-Spades}

and Swiebel moved all in for 5,075. The player made the call with {Q-Hearts}

. Swiebel held {A-Clubs}

.

The river completed the board with the {6-Diamonds}

, doubling Swiebel up to 47,000.

12-01-2009 15:37 UTC+11

Tiny Action Between Dunst and Gray

donpeters

Jason Gray raised to 550 from middle position and Tony "Bond18" Dunst made the call from the next seat. The two players took a flop of {A-Clubs}

and Gray continued with a bet of 500. Dunst folded and now has 23,000 chips. Gray has 22,000.

Tags: "Bond18"Jason Gray Tony Dunst

Level: 4

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25

12-01-2009 16:04 UTC+11

Karl Kraustschneider Sniffs One Out

Matthew

Over at table 18, the Mitchell Carle raised it up preflop, and got calls from both Lee Nelson and Karl Kraustschneider.

The flop came down {Q-Clubs}

and Karl Kraustschneider led out at the pot, prompting a raise from Mitchell Carle. Lee Nelson folded, and Kraustsschneider called.

The turn was the {2-Diamonds}

and Kraustschneider check-called a bet from Carle, swelling the pot to about 20,000.

The {7-Hearts}

hit the river, and once again Karl Kraustschneider checked to Carle, who quickly moved all-in for close to 25,000. Kraustsschneider pondered things over for a few moments before calling with {Q-Hearts}

. Carle, sheepishly flipped over the {7-Spades}

and wished the table luck as he made his way to the rail.

The hand shot Karl Kraustschneider to over 80,000.

Tags: Karl Kraustschneider Mitchell Carle

12-01-2009 16:05 UTC+11

Krautschneider Becomes the Hunted

donpeters

Just moments after moving up to 80,000, Karl Krautschneider lost a big pot to Kent Hunter to drop to 65,000.

Krautschneider raised to 800 from under the gun and Hunter made the call from middle position. The flop brought the {7-Diamonds}