2008 PokerStars.net APPT Grand Final - Sydney
APPT Grand Final
Day: 1c
Recent Eliminations
Meanwhile Joon Hee Yeah also fell to an opponent holding Big Slick. Yeah committed himself with and got his money in on the turn with a bare flush draw, but the river bricked out and he was eliminated.
Moneymaker Chops the (Second) Nuts
Hachem Steaming
The board was when Hachem fired out 1,500 on the river. His opponent made it 4,000 and Hachem made the call. His opponent tabled for the nut flush, sending Hachem into a frenzied outburst of expletives!
Another Case of Kings into Aces
Official Numbers
118 players made it through to Day 2 from the Day 1a and Day 1b flights. We're expecting about 80 to 85 players to make it through today, making the combined Day 2 field approximately 200 players.
Kagawa Forces Full House to Fold
The flop was and Kagawa had raised his opponent's bet to 3,800 to go. His opponent called and they saw the hit the turn. Kagawa's opponent again led out with a bet of 4,000 and this time Kagawa just flat-called.
The river landed the and it was checked to Kagawa, who swiftly moved all in sending his opponent into the tank. It was 16,275 to call but after several minutes of thought he decided to let it go, folding pocket deuces face-up! Kagawa got the full house to fold to collect a nice pot and is now up to 38,000 chips.
Huxley's Massive Overbet Nets 100K Pot Against Milinkovic
With 2,700 in the pot preflop, the dealer spread a flop of . Huxley looked at the flop and announced, "All in." That wouldn't have been odd, but for the fact that it was a massive overbet of 47,900! Even more odd was that Milinkovic didn't even wait for a count before saying, "Call!"
Huxley:
Milinkovic:
Milinkovic rapped the table in frustration at his bad luck, finding himself on the short end of set-over-set. The turn gave Huxley a bit of a sweat, as he had no diamonds. But the river was the case ten, , for yet another case of quads.
"I'm going for a walk," joked Huxley. "I'll see you all at about 8pm."
When the stacks were counted down, Milinkovic had to pay off 47,900 to Huxley, who also picked up the preflop pot. Huxley now has 98,500, while Milinkovic slipped to about 9,000. A few hands later, Milinkovic got all in with kings against queens and had his kings hold up to double to roughly 20,000.
Siu Rivers Rockets
The turn was the but the river gave Siu the two-outer as the landed to send his disappointed opponent to the rail. Siu is now up to 71,000 to be amongst our chip leaders.
Lind Claims Comer
It was a huge pot and all three players tabled big hands. Comer showed for two pair, the big blind showed for a rivered gutshot straight, but Lind held for a better straight to collect the pot and send Comer to the rail.