APPT Sydney Grand Final Main Event Day 3 | 2009 PokerStars.net APPT Sydney Grand Final

12-05-2009 13:12 UTC+11

Glazier Melting

donpeters

Jackie Glazier was back in action, but this time she wasn't the one doubling up. Glazier called her opponent's all-in bet preflop for 107,500 holding {A-Hearts}

. Her opponent, Thomas Slifka, held two kings.

The board ran out {7-Spades}

, dropping Glazier to 80,000 chips. Slifka moved up to 220,000.

Tags: Jackie Glazier Thomas Slifka

12-05-2009 13:16 UTC+11

Hiscox Busts Neilson

donpeters

Daniel Neilson held two sevens against the pocket kings of Andrew Hiscox. Neilson was all in preflop and would need to come from behind or he would be eliminated.

After the board ran out {Q-Hearts}

, Neilson was sent to the rail. Hiscox is up to about 180,000 chips.

Tags: Andrew Hiscox Daniel Neilson

12-05-2009 13:20 UTC+11

Colman Movin' Up After Busting Galea

donpeters

Julius Colman flopped trip eights on the flop of {8-Diamonds}

holding

. Frank Galea held pocket fours -- {4-Clubs}

-- and called off the last of his chips, putting himself at risk.

The turn was the {6-Clubs}

and the river the {Q-Diamonds}

, keeping Colman in the leading and moving him up to 185,000 chips.

Tags: Frank Galea Julius Colman

12-05-2009 13:20 UTC+11

John Pachos Eliminated

Matthew

We didn't catch the preflop action, but John Pachos was all-in on the {3-Spades}

flop with

against the {q-Diamonds}

of Jarred Graham.

The turn was the {2-Diamonds}

, and the river the {2-Clubs}

and Pachos was eliminated. Graham is at about 300,000.

12-05-2009 13:25 UTC+11

Another Double for Glazier

donpeters

Aagin, we've got another hand with Jackie Glazier. She doubled up early, then halved her stack after doubling an opponent and now just doubled up again.

She was all in preflop holding {A-Clubs}

against Karl Krautsschneider's {A-Diamonds}

. The board ran through {A-Hearts}

to give her the win. She's up to 150,000 and Krautsschneider's stack dropped to just 12 big blinds with 48,000 chips.

Tags: Jackie Glazier Karl Krautsschneider

12-05-2009 13:26 UTC+11

Joesph Zaouk Busted By Ernst Hermans

Matthew

joesph Zaouk was all in before the flop holding {k-Diamonds}

and was called by Ernst Hermans, who had the {a-Diamonds}

.

The board came down {q-Diamonds}

and Hermans' two pair were good, eliminating Zaouk from the tournament.

Hermans is over the 400,000 mark now, with close to 460,000.

12-05-2009 13:28 UTC+11

O'Grady Out

donpeters

Michael O'Grady moved all in for 30,000 after Panayotis Flourentzou raised to 10,000 and one player flat-called. Only Flourentzou called, tabling {A-Clubs}

. O'Grady had a dominated {A-Hearts}

.

O'Grady was unable to come from behind in the hand and was sent to the rail. Flourentzou moved up to 345,000 chips after taking in the pot.

Tags: Michael O'Grady Panayotis Flourentzou

12-05-2009 13:32 UTC+11

Assadourian Mows Over Pongrass

donpeters

One of the two remaining members of Team PokerStars, Eric Assadourian just knocked out Tom Pongrass from the tournament. Assadourian had two eights -- {8-Hearts}

-- against the short-stacked Pongrass's {Q-Clubs}