Main Event
Day 1a Started
2010 APPT Sydney
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 APPT Sydney
Buy-in
6,000 AUD
Entries
289
Level
26
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
0
G'Day from APPT Sydney!
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G’day from the sunny shores of Sydney, Australia for the season four-ending PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour Sydney Main Event!
A highly successful season four has seen four events already held in the Philippines, China and New Zealand before finally stopping here in Australia for the AU$6,300 Grand Final.
On this very day last year, Aaron Benton was celebrating victory over a 396-player field to see the now-tournament circuit regular walk away with a first prize of $543,260 or AU$594,000.
Although there has been a steady decline in main event numbers (2007 – 561, 2008 – 477, 2009 – 396), the calibre of players in town looking to capture a piece of the $2,000,000-plus prizepool is only second to the Aussie Millions in this part of the Southern Hemisphere.
Team PokerStars Pros from this region such as Joe Hachem, Tony Hachem, Celina Lin, Bryan Huang and Raymond Wu will be joined by the likeable Daniel Negreanu who has made the journey to Sydney with a small posse of friends. Throw in previous APPT Champions Grant Levy, Eddy Sabat, Simon Watt and Van Marcus, as well as the young online guns of Jonathan ‘xMONSTERxDONGx’ Karamalikis, Brendon ‘Brendooor’ Rubie and Tom ‘tollgate’ Grigg and today’s tournament is going to be one of the toughest Sydney has ever seen.
PokerNews will be providing the exclusive live coverage of all the action over the next six days, so make sure to stay tuned here as we crown the final PokerStars.net APPT Champion of season four!
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Play Underway!
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
The cards are now in the air for Day 1a of the 2010 PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour Sydney Main Event!
Plans for the Day!
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Each player will start with a 30,000-chip starting bank and will have to endure seven sixty-minute levels if they wish to make Day 2.
Who is Here
Here are a few of the players taking to the felt today.
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Turker Takes Lead on Turn
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
After a player under the gun raised to 250, defending champion Aaron Benton called from the cutoff seat. Koray Turker made the call from the small blind and the player in the big blind came along as well.
The four of them saw the flop come down 
and action checked around to see the 
added to the board on the turn. Turker took the lead and fired 625. One by one, each of his opponents tossed in their cards and Turker won the pot.
Benton Can't Buy It
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Defending champion Aaron Benton attacked an under-the-gun raise to 250 with a reraise to 800. The original raiser called and the flop came down 
. Both players checked and the turn brought the 
. Action was checked by the first player and then Benton slid out 1,200. His opponent made the call.
The river completed the board with the 
, pairing it with nines. The first player checked and Benton fired 2,625. His opponent made the call.
Benton's bluff failed to work for the defending champ as he tabled the 
, losing to his opponent's 
.
More Faces
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
We've got a few more faces that have been spotted amongst the field of competitors today. Joel Dodds, Jacksen Zheng, Nathaniel Seet, Jonas Krontwitter and David Saab have all joined the action playing Day 1a.
Zheng Zooms Up Sevens . . . Four of Them!
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
"All in and call!"
That is what our PokerNews reporter heard from the dealer on table sixteen.
Rushing over, a board of 
was spread with the all in player holding 
.
His opponent in the hand - Jackson Zheng - also had flopped a set, but his 
had improved to quads on the river to send his opponent to the rail while climbing to 61,500 in chips.