2008 PokerStars.net APPT Grand Final - Sydney
APPT Grand Final
Day: 1c
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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against an opponent's 
.The board fell
, giving his opponent a pair of kings and the pot to send Vandersluis to an early exit.
and was called by one player who tabled 
. It was off to the races, with Tezay down to his last card before spiking a jack on a board of 
to double up to 7,100.
Carter Gill raised over the top of his opponent's bet, making it 5,500 to go. His opponent then moved all in for 20,000 putting Gill to a decision.He goes into the tank exclaiming, "He has to know I'm not raising ace-queen here right?" before eventually folding.
"Show the bluff one time?" queried Gill but his opponent flashed pocket jacks for a set! Gill jumped out of his chair in delight, claiming that he folded pocket sixes for bottom set! Gill is a regular on the APPT circuit and has an impressive record of cash results and may have just dodged a bullet in this hand.
"How much?" Kagawa asked her.
"Free!" she replied as she handed him a bottle of water. Kagawa turned away from her to dig into his pocket for a fiver, thinking she had said, "Three." By the time he turned back with the money in his hand, the water woman had vanished.
McFadden was the preflop raiser with two callers seeing a
flop. McFadden made a continuation bet of 800 but Ali check-raised him to 3,000. McFadden and the third player both called.The turn was the
and Ali fired out 10,000 before McFadden moved all in. The third player stepped aside. Ali made the call and tabled pocket eights for a set as McFadden was drawing dead with .The river bricked out and McFadden is an early casualty as Ali is up to nearly 40,000 chips.
and was called by the player in the cutoff. The turn came 
and brought a bet of 1,850 from Juanda. His opponent raised to 5,000. Juanda mulled it over for about 30 seconds before calling. Both players checked the river 
, with Juanda's opponent showing 
for trip tens and the winner.Despite chipping up a little in the early going, Juanda's stack now sits at 19,000.
In a recent hand we caught Kaselias in a pot on a board of
. His opponent in the big blind led out for 1,500 before Kaselias bumped it up to 4,500. His opponent then moved all in for 17,500 in total and Kaselias went into the tank."I think you have king-six," said Kaselias before giving it up. He was close, as his opponent flashed
for two pair.
Sitting on the button, Bianco was one of two players to call a raise to 300. He was the only person to call the raiser's bet of 700 on the
flop. When the turn came 
, Bianco's opponent fired the second bullet by leading out for 1,500. Again Bianco made the call.The river fell
, not changing anything about the hand. Bianco's opponent bet 3,000, sending Bianco into the tank for over a minute. He finally made the call. His opponent showed 
for a busted two-way draw; Bianco incredibly tabled for second pair and the winner.He's up to 29,000.
