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Brendon Rubie made it 13,000 from the small blind and Eddy Sabat called an additional 7,000 from the big.
Rubie checked the 
flop before Sabat fired out a bet of just 6,000. Rubie made the call, but when the 
landed on the turn, he check-folded to Sabat's 22,000-chip bet.
As Rubie slipped to 475,000, Sabat climbs to 195,000 in chips.
Grant Levy limped in from the small blind, only to have Benjamin McLean bump it to 22,000 from the big blind.
Levy made the call before taking the lead with a 19,500-chip bet on the 
flop.
McLean however, bumped it up to 44,000 and Levy kicked his cards to the muck to slip to 235,000 as McLean climbs to 170,000 in chips.
The remaining twenty-five players are now on a 10-minute break.
Level: 17
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
Here are the updated chip counts as we return from break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
913,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
|
798,500
18,500
|
18,500 |
|
611,500
181,500
|
181,500 |
|
510,500
45,500
|
45,500 |
|
501,500
-43,500
|
-43,500 |
|
492,000
77,000
|
77,000 |
|
||
|
453,000
-22,000
|
-22,000 |
|
|
438,000
-12,000
|
-12,000 |
|
|
||
|
413,500
195,500
|
195,500 |
|
|
||
|
382,000
-28,000
|
-28,000 |
|
||
|
334,500
-35,500
|
-35,500 |
|
||
|
|
283,500
-52,000
|
-52,000 |
|
|
||
|
275,500
105,500
|
105,500 |
|
|
||
|
270,500
-19,500
|
-19,500 |
|
266,000
68,500
|
68,500 |
|
|
||
|
228,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
|
||
|
222,500
-12,500
|
-12,500 |
|
217,500
77,500
|
77,500 |
|
|
193,000
-97,000
|
-97,000 |
|
|
184,000
-16,000
|
-16,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
151,500
3,500
|
3,500 |
|
|
127,000
-153,000
|
-153,000 |
|
|
||
|
124,000
-71,000
|
-71,000 |
|
114,500
64,500
|
64,500 |
|
|
||
|
103,000
-57,000
|
-57,000 |
A paired flop laid in the middle of the felt between Jarred Graham and Daniel Negreanu. The flop was 
and both players checked to see the 
fall on the turn. Negreanu fired 21,000 and Graham made the call.
The river card was the 
and Negreanu bet out again. He bet 45,000 this time and Graham called. Negreanu tabled the for a king-high straight on the river and Graham mucked.
Grant Levy won the 2007 APPT Sydney Grand Final for A$1,000,000 ($875,542). That was then and this is now. Levy just doubled to 425,000 with the 
against the for Mitchell Carle. The money went in preflop and the board ran out 
. Carle was left with 295,000 in chips.
Jonathan Karamalikis opened to 17,000 from the hijack and found just one caller in Andrew Stergiotis from the big blind.
Both players checked the 
flop to see the 
land on the turn and Stergiotis instantly move all in for 104,500. Just as quickly, Karamalikis made the call to put Stergiotis at risk.
Karamalikis: 
Stergiotis: 
With a cooler hand all but ensuring Stergiotis a double, the 
spiked on the river to see the
255,000-chip pot pushed to Stergiotis as Karamalikis slips to 820,000 in chips.
Tom Rafferty raised to 17,500 and Manuel Hansimikali called from the cutoff seat. Vijayan Nagarajan moved all in from the small blind for about 125,000 and Roland de Wolfe moved all in from the big blind for a little over 300,000. Rafferty and Hansimikali folded, leaving the other two players heads up.
Nagarajan held the 
and was up against the 
for de Wolfe. The board ran out 
and de Wolfe's hand held up. He sent Nagarajan to the rail and moved his stack to 495,000 in chips.
Action folded to Jarred Graham in the hijack seat and he moved all in for 86,500. Konstantin Bücherl called from the small blind and everyone else folded.
Graham: 
Bücherl: 
The flop came down 
and Bücherl took the lead in the hand. He picked up a pair of queens, but Graham added a flush draw that could help him come back in the hand.
The turn brought the 
and missed Graham. He needed to find a flush or a five on the river to stay alive, but couldn't do it when the fell. Graham finished in 24th place.
