APPT Sydney Grand Final Main Event
Day 1c Completed
2009 PokerStars.net APPT Sydney Grand Final
APPT Sydney Grand Final Main Event
Day: 1c
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
Day 1c Completed
The field was jam packed with notable players, known both on the Australian front and worldwide. Stephen Topakas, Jeff Lisandro and Mark Vos all played today. Out of that trio, only Vos will be seen in action on Day 2 tomorrow with Topakas and Lisandro bowing out early on.
Team PokerStars was also very well represented in the field today. Former world champions Peter Eastgate and Joe Hachem were on hand along with Team Asia Pro members Celina Lin and Bryan Huang. All four of those names were eliminated and won't be in the end-of-the-day chip counts. Tony Hachem and Emad Tahtouh were also in the mix, but busted before day's end as well. Tony Hachem fell at the hands of Ben Delaney just minutes before the buzzer sounded.
PokerStars online qualifier David Campbell sits towards the pack from Day 1c with around 130,000 chips. Campbell never seemed to faulter and was able to constantly add chips to his stack throughout the day. The official chip leader is Anton Blagov with 166,800. Not only is Blagov the leader of Day 1c, but he also claims the overall chip lead moving into Day 2.
With all the day ones complete, everyone fortunate enough to move on to Day 2 will resume play tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. local time. First place is set at a cool AUD $594,000 and each player left has his or her eye on the prize.
All official chip counts and seating assignments will be posted later on tonight once received. We'll see you right back here midday tomorrow for continued coverage from Sydney!
Vos Busts Hachem; Improves to 110k
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Vos made it 2,100 to go from the cutoff and when the action made its way to Hachem, he moved all in over the top. Vos made the call and tabled a pocket pair of jacks. Hachem was in bad shape, holding
.The
board was kind to Vos' jacks, and Hachem was sent to the rail just before the day's end.
Tony Hachem Runs into Kings; Drops to 10k
into Ben Delaney's 
, all in before the flop.The board ran out
and Delaney took down the pot with kings full to move to 90,000 in chips.Hachem was left with just 10,000 after the hand.
Smith Gets Four-bet
Both blinds folded and then the under-the-gun player four-bet to 20,400. Smith took a minute in the tank and then mucked his hand, slipping down to 34,000 chips.
Seven More
Derias Doubles to 36k
held off an opponent's . The two got it all in after a 
flop.The turn and river blanked
, securing the local Aussie's double up.
Chip Counts
Mark Vos - 95,000
In Wook Choi - 56,000
Tony Hachem - 50,500
Ben Delaney - 50,000
Van Marcus - 48,000
Terrance Chan - 45,000
Grant Levy - 42,000
Brooke Howard Smith - 40,000
Vos Gives a Shrug
with one other opponent. Vos fired 2,000 and his opponent called. The turn brought the 
and Vos checked, slowing down. His opponent fired 5,000 with one single yellow chip and Vos folded.Vos is sitting on 95,000 chips and just shrugged after losing this hand.
Terrance Chan Update
.The big blind fired 5,200 and Chan folded, dropping to 45,000.