after Gray had led out for 13,000. Gray snap-called with 
and was in great shape against Lackovic's 
. The board bricked out 
to finally eliminate Lackovic from the tournament.Gray is up to more than 200,000 as a result.
2008 PokerStars.net APPT Grand Final - Sydney
APPT Grand Final
Day: 2
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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after Gray had led out for 13,000. Gray snap-called with and was in great shape against Lackovic's . The board bricked out to finally eliminate Lackovic from the tournament.Gray is up to more than 200,000 as a result.
and Lind led out for 10,000. Pickering bumped it up to 25,000 and Lind made the call.The turn was the
and Lind checked over to Pickering who fired out 30,000. Lind once again made the call. The river was the and once again Lind checked to Pickering who fired a hefty bet of 50,000.Lind went into the tank for a long time, and David Gorr was forced to call for the clock. He eventually folded saying "I don't want to see it! I had a king mate." Pickering didn't show, he just raked in the chips to climb up to 370,000.
As play slows down, it seems like a great time to remind everyone that the Bluff Radio Show will be broadcast nightly during the APPT Grand Final on Melbourne’s SEN 1116 AM. Sean Callander and James Potter in Sydney, and Paul Khoury and Stephen Doig in the Melbourne studio, will be on the air from midnight-1am each night providing updates from Star City (assuming we finish by midnight, that is). Previous nights' installments are available on podcast from www.bluffaustralasia.com.au.
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. He was called by Michael Fraser, who tabled 
. Ali G was behind, but caught top pair on the 
flop. He needed only to avoid the remaining three queens, which would make a straight for Fraser. The turn was the , giving Fraser a few more outs. The river came a deadly 
to knock Ghezelbash out of the tournament.Fraser is up to 130,000.
with Nguyen's in front of Lee's 
.The turn was the
to leave Lee with only the gutshot draw as outs, however the river was the 
. Nguyen is now up over the 100,000 mark, with Lee slipping to about 170,000.
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
preflop and running into 
. It came 
to make an up-and-down straight draw to go along with Karib's set outs. But that was where it ended for Karib. The turn bricked and the river bricked 
. He's out.
into Tom McLaughlin's , Guzzardi pulled out the victory and dragged the pot but rivering a straight on a board of 
. He's still in danger with 50,000 but at least has the slightest bit of maneuvering room now.
Goonawardana asked for a count and it was an additional 47,000 to call. With so much in the pot he made a hesitant call but Meldrum slammed
down on the felt for the rockets! Goonawardana would need help with his 
.The board fell
and Goonawardana spikes a set on the river to snatch the pot away from Meldrum!Meldrum, clearly disappointed, graciously shook the hands of his table and exited the floor. Meanwhile a comment from the gallery caused Goonawardana to jump from his chair and exchange some heated words with a spectator. TD Danny McDonagh stepped in and reminded all spectators to remain behind the rail as Goonawardana sat down and began the task of stacking up his tournament-leading 360,000 chips.
