2008 PokerStars.net APPT Grand Final - Sydney
APPT Grand Final
Day: 1b
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. Both players checked it through to the turn, which came
. Delaney led out with a roughly pot-sized bet that his opponent called. On the river
, and with no flush possible on the board, Delaney checked to his opponent, who made a large bet. Delaney tanked for about three or four minutes into the break before open-mucking 
. His opponent grinned and turned over 
.


flop.The action was checked to Kemp, who bet out 6,000. His opponent went into the tank before moving all in for 13,000 in total. With so much in the pot, Kemp decided to make the pot-committed call, tabling

. However he was in trouble as his opponent tabled 
for top set.The turn was the
and the river the
to leave Kemp with only 16,000 chips.
and was snap-called by his lone opponent. Vakili could only muster up
and was far behind his opponent's
. There was no miracle for Vakili on the
turn or the
river.
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and when the action checked to Grant Levy he fired out a bet of 600. His opponent made the call.The turn brought the
and this time Levy's opponent led with a bet of 1,500. Levy made the call and they went to the river where the
landed. Again Levy's opponent led the betting for 3,400 chips and Levy deliberated before making the call, knowing that if he was wrong his APPT campaign would be on the ropes.His opponent revealed

for a rivered pair of eights with a busted flush draw, as Levy's 
was good to take the pot and climb back to 17,400.
The board read



and Griffin led out with a bet of 4,500. Pantling popped it up to 11,000 and Griffin made the call. The river was the
and both players checked it down.Griffin tabled

for top two pair to collect the nice pot and jump to over 54,000 chips.