Times have been tough for Eric Assadourian here at the APPT Grand Final. He found himself all in with on a flop of . His opponent, however, had a far worse hand than pocket nines, tabling an underpair to the board, . The turn and river made a winner out of Assadourian.
PokerNews presenter Annette Melton interviewed Eric and his father Assadour at the last break, where they touched on how poker has influenced their lives.
We caught the action on a flop of with Gavin Griffin calling the 600 chip bet from his opponent.
They saw a hit the turn and again Griffin called his opponent's bet, this time for 1,600. The river fell the and the player in early position fired a third barrel, worth 2,500. Griffin thought for a moment before popping it up to 7,000 sending his opponent into the tank.
He eventually gave it up and Griffin collected another tidy pot to extend his stack to over 80,000 chips.
There will be no repeat for 2007 APPT Grand Final champion Grant Levy. He was never able to get much going today and found himself all in for his last 4,700 with . He was called by an opponent with , who won the hand when the board ran out . Levy, with no further chips in his stack, left to scattered applause.
Jonathan Karamalikis had his chips in the middle with in a preflop race with an opponent who revealed .
The flop wasn't pretty for Karamalikis as it arrived to give his opponent trips, however a miraculous on the turn gave Karamalikis a full house and the lead.
The river bricked the and the man they (now controversially) call xMONSTERxDONGx is looking good with nearly 70,000 in chips.
After having his aces cracked, Chris Levick needed to bounce back. He did so in a big way, flopping a set of fours and turning quads. On the river, with the board reading , Levick's opponent bet 3,000, then called Levick's all-in raise to 14,000. As a result, Levick is now sitting behind 31,000 chips.
Ben Delaney was recently eliminated after running his short stack into the pocket aces of his opponent. Delaney held and couldn't find a miracle and was left heading to the exit.
Raymond Rahme has been bleeding chips recently, as his once-impressive stack has been reduced below five figures for the first time today.
In a recent pot, the flop was spread when Rahme called the all-in shove from his opponent. Rahme held for just overcards and would need to improve as his opponent tabled . The turn was the and river the to leave Rahme with only 8,000 in change.
Graeme Putt recently joined Mark Vos' table. Vos noticed Putt's 55,000-chip stack and asked Putt how he got that many chips.
"I've been playing like you," said Putt.
"Well I've been playing like you," replied Vos, pointing out his own stack of 41,000 and referring to the fact that he has been involved in two aces-versus-kings hands today.