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

Pre-Dinner Eliminations

Gavin Griffin is out
Gavin Griffin is out
There was a flurry of activity as we came to the dinner break. Ivan Tan, Tom Guise, and Gavin Griffin were all eliminated from the tournament.

Tan and Guise went out at the same time at the hands of Simon Wallace. The three players got all the chips in on a flop of {J-Spades} {10-Spades} {3-Hearts}. Guise showed {K-Spades} {J-Clubs}; Tan showed pocket threes for bottom set; Wallace showed pocket tens for middle set. Wallace's set held through the river. He's now on 200,000 in chips, while Guise and Tan are both on the rail.

Griffin may have been reeling from a previous hand in which he lost out to Eric Assadourian's set of jacks. He raised to 5,000 from the cutoff prior to the big blind, with Michael Whibley reraising to 15,000. Griffin shipped it all in from there and was snap-called by Whibley.

Griffin: {A-?} {8-?}
Whibley: {A-?} {Q-?}

Griffin actually took the lead on the flop, {A-Hearts} {8-Diamonds} {10-Diamonds}, but Whibley outdrew him on the turn by hitting the {Q-Hearts}. The {K-Hearts} finished out the board and sent Griffin to the rail.

Tags: Gavin GriffinIvan TanMichael WhibleyTom Guise

Dinner Break

As the players head off for dinner break we have just ticked into the final 100 players. The remaining 99 players will be back on the felt in one hour at 7:40pm local time.

Assadourian Doubles Through Griffin

It's another twist in the road for Gavin Griffin. He called Eric Assadourian's raise to 5,500 out of the big blind after two other players called it before him. All action passed to Assadourian on a flop of {K-Spades} {8-Diamonds} {J-Clubs}. He led out for 8,000 and was called only by Griffin.

The turn was the {9-Diamonds}. Griffin checked again, bringing an all-in bet of 40,800 from Assadourian. Griffin went deep into the tank before opting to call with {K-Clubs} {7-Diamonds}, top pair and a gutshot draw. Only the draw was good; Assadourian tabled {J-Diamonds} {J-Spades} for a set of jacks. He filled on the river {K-Hearts} to double up to 120,000. Gavin Griffin is down to 84,000.

Tags: Eric AssadourianGavin Griffin

Vos Out

Mark Vos
Mark Vos
Mark Vos has met his demise at the hands of Ray Lapitan. Lapitan was the preflop raiser, making it 6,000 from middle position with Mark Vos calling out of the big blind.

The flop came down {7-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}{2-Clubs} and Vos checked to Lapitan, who fired out 7,000. Vos then check-raised to 22,000 before Lapitan moved all in, putting Vos to a decision for his tournament life. Vos made the call with {J-Clubs}{9-Clubs} for a flush draw but Lapitan had flopped two pair with {Q-Spades}{7-Spades}.

It was all over when the {Q-Diamonds} hit the turn to give Lapitan a full house and leave Vos drawing dead. The river was a meaningless {K-Clubs} and Vos departs the Star City Casino as Lapitan climbs to over 200,000 chips.

Tags: Mark VosRay Lapitan

Wooka Still Fighting

Wooka Kim hasn't been able to do anything today, sitting back as her stack has slowly bled away. She moved all in with {A-Spades} {10-Hearts} and was called by a player who showed pocket threes. Kim hit a ten on the flop to stay alive and double up to 21,000.

Gigliotti Doubles With Quads

Valerie Gigliotti
Valerie Gigliotti
Valerie Gigliotti was all in for her tournament life but she held the lead with her {9-Hearts}{9-Diamonds} up against Chris Lee's {7-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}.

It was all over by the turn, and the river rubbed salt into the would when the board ran out {J-Hearts}{3-Spades}{J-Spades}{9-Clubs}{9-Spades} to make Gigliotti quads as she doubles up to 70,000. Lee is still sitting comfortably with about 120,000.

Tags: Chris LeeValerie Gigliotti

Tony K Gives Up the Ghost

Tony K - eliminated
Tony K - eliminated
The curtains have finally descended on Antonis Kambouris' APPT Grand Final. After coming back from being crippled twice today, Kambouris has been crippled a third time, with {A-Clubs} {Q-Hearts} all in preflop against Sam Capra's {A-Diamonds} {K-Clubs}. Kambouris couldn't overcome Capra's edge, especially after a king hit the flop. He lost the hand and was crippled, knuckling under a few hands later

Tags: Antonis Kambouris

Chip Leaders Sitting Together

Brendan Edmonds raised to 5,000 before Mamouni Smain popped it up to 17,000. Edmonds made the call.

The flop landed {9-Hearts}{J-Clubs}{2-Spades} and Edmonds checked to Smain, who fired out 23,500. Edmonds thought better of a clash with another big stack and gave it up.

This table is very heavy in chips with Edmonds on 223,000, Smain with over 200,000 and Scott Smith also seated at this table with 185,000 chips.

Tags: Brendan EdmondsMamouni SmainScott Smith

Carron Cruising

Patrick Carron
Patrick Carron
In a battle of the blinds, Patrick Carron defended his big blind against a raise and took a heads-up flop of {A-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{A-Hearts}.

The small blind led out for 10,000 before Carron min-raised to 20,000. His opponent then moved all in for 75,000 and Carron made the call.

Carron held {A-Spades}{7-Spades} for trip aces on the flop as his opponent tabled {10-Hearts}{9-Hearts} for just a naked flush draw. The turn was the {K-Spades} and river the {J-Spades} and Carron busted another player as he climbs into the top three chip counts in the room with 195,000 chips.

Tags: Patrick Carron