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

12-03-2008 21:30 UTC+11

Markowski Falls To Ma

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Jacek Markowski has been eliminated at the hands of Zhi Hong Ma after all the chips went in on a board {J-?}

, with Markowski's pocket tens trailing the {A-?}

of Ma.

The river bricked out and Markowski was sent to the rail as Ma climbs up to 45,000.

Tags: Jacek Markowski Zhi Hong Ma

12-03-2008 21:31 UTC+11

Break Time

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Players are on a ten-minute break. When we come back, we will be on the last level of play for the day.

12-03-2008 21:41 UTC+11

Play Resumes

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Cards are back in the air. Seventy five minutes of play separate us from the end of the day.

Level: 7

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

12-03-2008 21:52 UTC+11

Goonawardana Works Some Magic

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After a series of preflop raises Marlon Goonawardana decided to shove all in for an additional 22,000 and Tom Rafferty made a huge call. It was the right one, as Rafferty's {J-Clubs}

were in great shape against Goonawardana's ambitious {K-Clubs}

.

That was, however, until the board fell {K-Spades}

giving Goonawardana a full house to double up to over 55,000, as Rafferty was left shaking his head as he slipped back to 75,000.

Tags: Marlon Goonawardana

12-03-2008 21:54 UTC+11

One patten we've noticed from Gavin Griffin today is that he seems comfortable playing out of position, but will slow down on the river if he fires two bullets and gets called on both of them. That's what happened in a recent hand, where Griffin made flop and turn bets of 1,300 and 2,400. On the river, with the board showing {4-Spades}

, Griffin check-called a bet of 4,000. Upon being shown the red tens for two pair, jacks and tens, Griffin mucked.

He's down to 68,000 in chips.

Tags: Gavin Griffin

12-03-2008 22:08 UTC+11

Players Battening Down the Hatches

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With the tournament now inside the last hour of play for the day, players have clearly tightened up, looking to maintain their chip stacks so that they can come back for Day 2. It's been a quiet day generally, but things have definitely gotten noticeably quieter in the last twenty minutes.

12-03-2008 22:13 UTC+11

Assadourian's Day Gets Longer

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Eric Assadourian has made some good laydowns today, avoiding running into the big hands of his opponents and saving himself some chips in the process. He raised one limping opponent from 600 to 2,100 on the button preflop. His opponent called to a flop of {K-Diamonds}

, then checked and called a bet of 3,100. Both players checked the {9-Hearts}

turn. When the river fell {4-Spades}

, Assadourian's opponent bet 6,000. Assadourian mucked his hand, and was rewarded when his opponent showed {Q-Spades}

for the turned straight.

Assadourian still has a workable stack of 33,600.

Tags: Eric Assadourian

12-03-2008 22:18 UTC+11

Meldrum Cracks Rockets

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With the board reading {J-Spades}

, Andrew Meldrum was in the tank contemplating the 7,000 chip bet from his opponent into an already hefty pot.

Meldrum asked how much his opponent had behind, and learned it was 8,000 before deciding to just flat call.

The river was the {Q-Hearts}

, and Meldrum fired out enough to put his opponent all in. He sighed and made the call.

"Two pair," shrugged Meldrum, tabling {Q-Clubs}