Final Table Set...
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!