All of this is not to say that the tournament area suffers from lighting. Everything is extremely well-lit, with APPT and PokerStars.net branding advantageously positioned all around the tournament floor.
2008 PokerStars.net APPT Grand Final - Sydney
APPT Grand Final
Day: 1a
Event Info
2008 PokerStars.net APPT Grand Final - Sydney
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
6,000 AUD
Prize Pool
2,862,000 AUD
Entries
477
Level
27
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 477
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All of this is not to say that the tournament area suffers from lighting. Everything is extremely well-lit, with APPT and PokerStars.net branding advantageously positioned all around the tournament floor.
"Losing a lot of chips early is a symptom of being a good player!" stated Saab, "I'm either going to bust out or be chip leader!"
That's usually the case for Saab, but he'll have his work cut out for him today in a high quality field as he has slipped down to around 15,000 chips.
Lovell held pocket aces and they held against an opponent's pocket queens, as Lovell gets himself back up to 16,200 chips.
A player in late position player raised to 300 before Rubie popped it up to 750 from the small blind. His opponent made the call. The flop was
and Rubie check-raised his opponent's 800 chip bet, making it 1,600 to go. His opponent called once again.The turn was the
and the 3,000 chip bet from Rubie was enough to take it down.
He is off to a great start today after calling bets preflop and on the flop of
. The turn was the 
and after his opponent fired out 4,000, Dye moved all of his chips into the middle. His opponent laid it down and Dye is first out of the gates to jump up to nearly 30,000 chips.
It's just like a home game as [Removed:505], Matthew Kirk, Michael Pedley and Sam Jessop all find themselves seated at the same table!
Some of the notable players in today's lineup include Jay "Seabeast" Kinkade, Harris Pavlou, David Saab, Leo Boxell, Michael Chrisanthopoulos, Tony "Bond18" Dunst, David Lee, Steve "StevoL" Leonard, Celina Lin, Kent Hunter, Jarred "FlopNutsOnYou" Graham, Jovan Scekic, James "Andy McLEOD" Obst, Julian Powell, Vanessa Rousso and Chad Brown!
Players will enjoy a 20,000 chip starting bank, which is double the starting bank of previous APPT events. The level duration has also been increased to 75 minutes, which should provide plenty of game time.
Play will start at 50/100 and we anticipate playing around seven to eight levels of play today, depending on how many players survive that long! The early signs indicate that we'll have roughly 150 starters today, with registration still open.
The cards are now in the air!
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
