2008 PokerStars.net APPT Grand Final - Sydney

APPT Grand Final
Day: 2
Event Info

2008 PokerStars.net APPT Grand Final - Sydney

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aq
Prize
1,000,000 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
6,000 AUD
Prize Pool
2,862,000 AUD
Entries
477
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Lackovic Crippled

Petar Lackovic's day is just about done. He called the all-in bet of one opponent on a {6-Hearts} {K-Spades} {2-Spades} {9-Clubs} board, tabling king-seven in the process. He was shown a set of kings and was drawing dead. He's down to 4,500 chips left.

That's Why They Call Him TheBigSiCkO

TheBigSiCkO
TheBigSiCkO
Kristine Milinkovic limped in from middle position before Michael "TheBigSiCkO" Guzzardi popped it up to 11,000 from the button. The blinds folded and Milinkovic made the call.

The flop came down {5-Diamonds}{J-Hearts}{5-Spades} and Milinkovic led out for 20,000. Guzzardi moved all in for 65,500 in total sending his opponent into the tank. Milinkovic decided to give it up and Guzzardi flashed {K-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} for complete air!

Tags: Kristine MilinkovicMichael Guzzardi

Recent Eliminations

Martin Cardno is out. His 21,000 chips found the middle of the table with {10-Diamonds} {9-Diamonds} in the pocket. He was called by Jason Pritchard, who showed {K-Spades} {Q-Spades}. Neither player improved on a board of {A-Hearts} {3-Hearts} {3-Spades} {2-Hearts} {A-Diamonds}. Pritchard's king kicker played.

The executioner of the Family Milinkovic, Jay Huxley, is also out. He moved all in over the top of an open-raise to 5,500 from chip leader Stewart Davidson. Davidson called and tabled Big Slick. Huxley showed pocket threes for a race. Davidson came in first at the finish, making trip kings on a board of {5-Hearts} {K-Hearts} {2-Spades} {K-Clubs} {4-Diamonds}. Davidson now has more than 300,000 chips.

Tags: Jason PritchardJay HuxleyMartin CardnoStewart Davidson

Fazzolari Causes Carnage on the Turn

It was a raised pot preflop for Antonio Fazzolari and one opponent in the big blind. They both checked the {J-Diamonds} {10-Hearts} {2-Diamonds} flop. When the turn came {Q-Clubs}, all hell broke loose. The big blind led out for 10,000, a bet Fazzolari raised to 30,000. The big blind then moved all in and Fazzolari made a quick call with the nuts, showing Big Slick for a Broadway straight. His opponent showed pocket tens for a set of tens and needed a board pair to avoid elimination. He didn't get it; the river fell {4-Hearts} to send him to the rail.

Fazzolari is up to 270,000.

Tags: Antonio Fazzolari

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 400

Whibley Cracks Gray's Kings

Jason Gray
Jason Gray
Jason Gray was a runaway chip leader on day 1b, but today he's been very quiet -- apparently content to sit on his big stack and wait for premium holdings. However his passive approach caught him out in the following hand.

Michael Whibley raised to 4,000 from the cutoff and Jason Gray made the call in the cutoff. They saw a {7-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{8-Clubs} flop where Whibley fired out 9,000 and again Gray called.

The turn was the {5-Hearts} and both players checked and received a free {10-Diamonds} on the river. Whibley checked again to Gray who fired 15,000 into the middle. Whibley called and Gray tabled pocket kings however Whibley's {5-Spades}{4-Spades} had made two pair to crack Gray's slowplayed monster.

Whibley is up to 230,000 with Gray back down into the pack.

Tags: Jason GrayMichael Whibley

Pickering's Turn (Again!)

Jamie Pickering is the chip leader
Jamie Pickering is the chip leader
Hard to believe, but we've had another queens into aces hand in which a queen has spiked on the turn. The beneficiary this time was PLO player extraordinaire Jamie Pickering, who was involved in a three-way all in against a player with {A-Clubs} {A-Spades} and another with {A-Hearts} {2-Hearts}. Pickering's hand was best on the {9-Diamonds} {7-Diamonds} {9-Clubs} {Q-Spades} {7-Hearts} board. He now has a whopping 290,000 chips.

Tags: Jamie Pickering

Cooking With Gas

Gregory Cook came back from dinner and found queens in his pocket. He opened the pot with a raise to 6,000, and may have been salivating despite his full stomach when the cutoff player reraised to 21,000. With action back to Cook, he shoved all in for 88,000. The cutoff double-fist-pump-snap-called and tabled {A-Diamonds} {A-Spades}. The story was looking grim after a flop of {9-Clubs} {3-Diamonds} {3-Clubs}, but Cook spiked the {Q-Spades} on the turn to take the lead. He doubled up when the river fell {2-Diamonds} and eliminated his opponent, whom he just barely had covered.

Cook is up to 175,000.

Tags: Gregory Cook