2010 APPT Sydney

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2010 APPT Sydney

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
55
Prize
459,510 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
6,000 AUD
Entries
289
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
0

Grigg Slipping

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante

On a flop of {8-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{A-Clubs}, Tom Grigg fired out 800 and was called by one player before the big blind check-raised to 3,200.

Grigg made the call as the third player in the hand folded before the dealer dropped the {10-Clubs} on the turn.

The big blind pushed out a bet of 5,100 only to have Grigg deliberate for a few minutes before kicking his cards to the muck.

Although he slipped down to half his starting stack, Grigg will definitely have the confidence and the know-how as he has a victory in a preliminary event at last years APPT Sydney, as well as a deep run in the Main Event that resulted in a fifth place finish.

Tags: Tom Grigg

MILF Hunted

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante
Sam 'MILF ISLAND' Rotar
Sam 'MILF ISLAND' Rotar

On a flop of {6-Spades}{10-Spades}{3-Clubs}, Sam 'MILF ISLAND' Rotar fired out a bet of 1,250 and was called by Jai Kemp as the remaining two active players kicked their cards to the muck.

With the dealer dropping the {3-Spades} on the turn, Rotar fired out 2,750 with Kemp smooth-calling once again as the {Q-Hearts} landed on the river.

Rotar fired his third bullet in the hand - this time amounting to 5,250 - only to have Kemp move all in to put Rotar at risk.

Diving deep into the tank, Rotar eventually made the call for roughly his 18,000-chip stack, only to be forced to exit the tournament at the sight of Kemp's {6-Hearts}{6-Clubs}.

With Rotar on the rail, Kemp happily stacked his chips to move to 65,000 in chips.

Tags: Jai KempSam Rotar

Kroesen Chipped Down

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante

Facing a limp, PokerStars.net Qualifier Ricky Kroesen bumped it up to 550 from the cutoff.

The player from the button made the call, as did the limper to see a {K-Hearts}{A-Diamonds}{K-Spades} flop fall and the action check to the button who fired out 1,100.

The limper passed, but Kroesen made the call to see the {2-Hearts} land on the turn and Kroesen check-call a bet of 2,300.

When the river landed the {9-Spades}, Kroesen checked and his opponent pushed out 35,000 - an amount that was more than three times what Kroesen had left.

After a few minutes, Kroesen folded while slipping to 10,725 in chips.

Tags: Ricky KroesenPokerStars

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 25

Play Resumes

Level 3 : 100/200, 25 ante

The cards are back in the air, and although the blinds are the same, we are welcoming a 25-chip ante!

Updated Chip Counts

Here are the updated counts following break.

Player Chips Progress
David Saab au
David Saab
77,000
17,000
17,000
Jackson Zheng
Jackson Zheng
72,000
15,000
15,000
Jai Kemp
Jai Kemp
68,000
3,000
3,000
Tom Wing
Tom Wing
62,000
7,000
7,000
Koray Turker au
Koray Turker
57,000
18,300
18,300
PokerStars
Ronnie Shabtay au
Ronnie Shabtay
50,000
18,800
18,800
Bradley 'BaZa88' Bower
Bradley 'BaZa88' Bower
39,000
5,300
5,300
Damon Lum
Damon Lum
38,000
-10,000
-10,000
PokerStars
Aaron Benton au
Aaron Benton
37,000
3,000
3,000
PokerStars
Joel 'Strong Play' Dodds
Joel 'Strong Play' Dodds
35,000
9,000
9,000
Raemin Alexander
Raemin Alexander
35,000
-10,400
-10,400
Rennie 'steel88' Carnevale
Rennie 'steel88' Carnevale
32,000
4,000
4,000
PokerStars
Tom Rafferty au
Tom Rafferty
32,000
-9,000
-9,000
Kristina Jeney
Kristina Jeney
32,000
-20,000
-20,000
Joel Cohen au
Joel Cohen
31,000
2,000
2,000
Jonathan Karamalikis au
Jonathan Karamalikis
30,000
Chris Levick
Chris Levick
25,000
-3,600
-3,600
Jonas Kronwitter at
Jonas Kronwitter
24,000
1,500
1,500
Greg Cook
Greg Cook
22,000
-1,000
-1,000
Kristian Lunardi au
Kristian Lunardi
21,000
-10,000
-10,000
Phillip Willcocks au
Phillip Willcocks
17,000
-9,000
-9,000
Tom 'tollgate' Grigg
Tom 'tollgate' Grigg
13,000
-2,000
-2,000
PokerStars
William Skountzos
William Skountzos
12,000
-16,000
-16,000
Roger Spets se
Roger Spets
11,000
-15,500
-15,500
Ricky 'rickwaa' Kroesen
Ricky 'rickwaa' Kroesen
9,300
-1,425
-1,425
PokerStars

Karamalikis Arrives

Level 3 : 100/200, 25 ante

Jonathan 'xMONSTERxDONGx' Karamalikis has just taken his seat in today's flight.

Unfortunately for Karamalikis, he was recently eliminated from the $15,300 High Rollers Event, and with plans of playing poker today, opted to take a seat in the Main Event.

Karamalikis may have expected to find his table extremely soft in comparison to the one he was just on, but currently he is seated with Kristina Jeney, Joel Cohen, Kristian Lunardi and Tom Grigg.

Tags: Jonathan Karamalikis

Set for Vakili

Level 3 : 100/200, 25 ante
Reza Vakili
Reza Vakili

Facing a limp, Jackie Glazier bumped it up to 800 from the cutoff with Reza Vakili making the call from the button, along with the limper.

The flop of {8-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{5-Clubs} was greeted with a check, and then a 1,100-continuation bet from Glazier only to have Vakili raise it up to 5,225.

Once the limper passed, Glazier three-bet to 9,600 only to have Vakili instantly respond with an all in of over 40,000.

Glazier mulled over her decision before kicking her cards to the muck while slipping to 18,450 as Vakili soars to 61,000, but not before flashing his {5-Spades}{5-Diamonds} for bottom set.

Tags: Reza VakiliJackie Glazier

Spets Gone

Level 3 : 100/200, 25 ante

Roger Spets has just been eliminated from the tournament. He attempted to jam the river on a board of {K-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}{7-Spades} with the {10-Hearts}{7-Hearts}, but was called by a player holding the {9-Diamonds}{9-Spades}.

Tags: Roger Spets