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2010 APPT Sydney
Main Event
Day: 2
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
Ali Khalil Bubbles!
Level 15
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Brendon Rubie opened to 20,000 from under the gun only to have Ali Khalil move all in from the cutoff for roughly 140,000. Rubie instantly made the call to put one of his good friends at risk.
Khalil: 
Rubie: 
Not surprisingly it would be a cooler that would potentially result in the bubble, and when the 
flop fell, Khalil seemed resounded to his fate of exiting just one place shy of the money.
The 
on the turn changed little, and after the 
landed on the river, Khalil was forced to exit the tournament in 33rd place - that precious spot that hurts so much!
Official End-of-Day Chip Counts
Here are the official chip counts from the end of Day 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
775,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
733,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
715,500
195,500
|
195,500 |
|
||
|
690,500
315,500
|
315,500 |
|
515,500
-39,500
|
-39,500 |
|
||
|
441,000
96,000
|
96,000 |
|
|
431,500
-3,500
|
-3,500 |
|
|
||
|
407,000
107,000
|
107,000 |
|
|
368,500
13,500
|
13,500 |
|
|
350,500
80,500
|
80,500 |
|
|
||
|
308,000
-12,000
|
-12,000 |
|
|
||
|
302,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
|
293,500
-6,500
|
-6,500 |
|
||
|
254,500
44,500
|
44,500 |
|
|
||
|
|
242,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
215,500
15,500
|
15,500 |
|
|
||
|
178,500
-71,500
|
-71,500 |
|
|
||
|
177,500
-3,500
|
-3,500 |
|
148,000
-52,000
|
-52,000 |
|
131,500
-28,500
|
-28,500 |
|
|
121,500
55,500
|
55,500 |
|
|
119,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
94,500
4,500
|
4,500 |
|
92,000
-28,000
|
-28,000 |
|
90,000
-110,000
|
-110,000 |
|
|
||
Day 2 Down, Only 32 Remain
Level 15
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Day 2 here at the 2010 PokerStars.net APPT Sydney Grand Final has come to a close. When it was all said and done, only 32 remained and they're all in the money. Everyone left is guaranteed A$12,145, but they're all looking to capture that A$459,510 first-place prize.
We've got some big contenders still in the field. Young superstars Brendon Rubie (690,500) and Jonathan Karamalikis (733,500) will be joined on Day 3 by Team PokerStars.net Pro Daniel Negreanu (293,500) and Roland de Wolfe (715,500). There's also a few champions left in the field as well with 2010 Aussie Millions champion Tyron Krost (94,500), 2007 APPT Sydney Grand Final champion Grant Levy (81,500) and 2008 APPT Macau champion Eddy Sabat (60,000).
Topping them all though is Reza Vakili with 775,000. He'll be the man to catch tomorrow for the day when the players will play down to a final table.
Play resumes tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. local time here in Sydney, Australia and we'll see you right here on PokerNews for all the live coverage from the floor!
Main Event
Day 2 Completed