APPT Grand Final Day 1a | 2008 PokerStars.net APPT Grand Final - Sydney

12-02-2008 18:40 UTC+11

The Beast is Tamed

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After a raise and a reraise, all the chips were flying into the middle in a hand between Mark Deutsch and Jay "Seabeast" Kinkade.

Deutsch tabled a powerful {K-Spades}

as Kinkade would need some help with his {A-Diamonds}

. He couldn't find it on a {5-Spades}

board as Deutsch claimed another big scalp with the elimination of Jay Kinkade.

Deutsch now sits with 41,000 chips.

Tags: Jay Kinkade Mark Deutsch Seabeast

12-02-2008 18:24 UTC+11

Jessop Hangs on for the Ride

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The roller-coaster day of Sam Jessop has continued, as he just found a much needed double-up. After recently bleeding chips, Jessop committed his final 5,000 chips on a {10-Hearts}

flop, holding {J-Spades}

for top pair, and found a caller in the small blind who tabled {K-Clubs}

for middle pair.

The turn was the {7-Diamonds}

and river the {6-Hearts}

as Jessop's hand held up to rebound to 13,000 chips.

Tags: Sam Jessop

12-02-2008 18:23 UTC+11

Lee Takes Out Scekic

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David Lee has added a notch to his belt. He called the preflop all-in bet of Jovan Scekic for about 9,000 chips. Scekic held {A-Hearts}

and was racing against Lee's black jacks. The flop gave Lee a good sweat, coming as it did {4-Hearts}

. But Scekic's number was never called; the turn {3-Clubs}

and river

sent him to the rail.

Tags: David Lee Jovan Scekic

12-02-2008 18:15 UTC+11

Dunst Dented by Flush

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Three players saw a flop of {10-Spades}

where Tony Dunst fired out a bet of 2,800. The player on the button made the call as the third opponent stepped aside.

The turn was the {3-Diamonds}

and Dunst fired another 6,500. The button player made the call. They went to the river where the {5-Hearts}

peeled off, leaving Dunst to check to his opponent who obliged with a 7,000 chip bet. Dunst made the call but mucked when his opponent revealed {10-Hearts}

for the rivered flush.

Dunst is now down to 36,000.

Tags: Tony Dunst

12-02-2008 18:11 UTC+11

It was a wild ride for Josh Pang Ang today -- up, down, up, down went his chip stack. It finally reached zero in a big hand against Phil Willcocks. Ang started the hand with 30,000 chips; Willcocks had 60,000. All of the chips went into the middle on a {10-Clubs}

flop. Ang showed {k-Clubs}

for a king-high flush draw; Willcocks showed {J-Clubs}

for a jack-high flush draw and an open-ended straight draw. He hit the straight on the turn with the {7-Diamonds}

and missed Ang's re-draw outs when the river hit {7-Spades}

.

Willcocks is now amongst the Day 1a chip leaders with roughly 90,500 chips.

Tags: Josh Pang Ang Phil Willcocks

12-02-2008 18:00 UTC+11

Chrisanthopoulos Doubles With Kings

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Michael Chrisanthopoulos was thrilled to get his chips in the middle on a flop of {A-Hearts}

holding

for middle set, especially when his opponent tabled an ambitious {4-Diamonds}

.

The turn and river fell {3-Hearts}

,

giving Chrisanthopoulos a handy double-up to 14,600.

Tags: Michael Chrisanthopoulos

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 25

12-02-2008 17:58 UTC+11

Top Pair Not Good Enough for Jessop

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Sam Jessop is down with the short stacks after a recent encounter with Zac Romano. Jessop was the one who got things started preflop by raising to 825. Romano, with position, was the only caller.

The flop came down all diamonds -- {K-Diamonds}

. Jessop fired out a continuation bet of 800 that Romano raised to 1,800. Jessop pondered his action briefly before calling.

On the {5-Spades}

turn, Jessop checked it over to Romano, who bet 4,000. Jessop was clearly unhappy as he tanked for about a minute. When he finally folded, he mucked his hand face-up, showing {K-Hearts}

. Romano obliged by showing {A-Diamonds}

for the nut flush.

Jessop has 9,500 remaining chips.

Tags: Sam Jessop Zac Romano

12-02-2008 17:56 UTC+11

Lovell Likes the Leaderboard

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David Lovell has emerged amongst the tournament chip leaders after collecting a massive pot with a flopped set.

All the chips were in on the river with the board showing {A-Diamonds}

with Lovell's {7-Diamonds}

too strong for his opponent who revealed {A-?}

for two pair.

Lovell is now up to 79,000 chips.

Tags: David Lovell

12-02-2008 17:52 UTC+11

Kochan Collects

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Lizzie Clarke opened with a raise to 800 from the cutoff and Daniel Kochan was the caller in the big blind.

The flop came down {5-Spades}

and Kochan checked to Clarke who fired 1,500. Kochan then check-raised to 5,500 and Clarke gave it up to slip back to 16,200. Kochan is trying to turn his day around as he climbs to 14,300.

Tags: Daniel Kochan Lizzie Clarke