APPT Grand Final Day 3 | 2008 PokerStars.net APPT Grand Final - Sydney

12-06-2008 17:23 UTC+11

Delellis Doubles Again

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Michael Guzzardi opened another pot for 30,000. This time short-stacked Lisa Delellis moved all in from middle position for a total of 167,000. When action folded back to Guzzardi, he made an adventurous call with {J-Spades}

. Delellis showed {Q-Hearts}

. She got a bit of a sweat after the flop came {7-Diamonds}

to make a pair for Guzzardi, but he never improved from there.

Guzzardi still has 435,000 chips. Delellis is now up to 355,000.

Tags: Lisa Delellis Michael Guzzardi

12-06-2008 17:22 UTC+11

Daniel Hameiri Eliminated in 16th Place (AU$19,600)

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Ray Lapitan raised to 52,000 from middle position before Daniel Hameiri moved all in for 174,000. Lapitan made the call.

Lapitan: {2-Hearts}

Hameiri:

When the flop came {2-Diamonds}

, Lapitan had spiked a set, before the {2-Clubs}

hit the turn to give him quads! The river was the {Q-Clubs}

and Hameiri is eliminated in 16th place, collecting AU$19,600 for his efforts.

Lapitan is up to 810,000 chips.

Tags: Daniel Hameiri Ray Lapitan

12-06-2008 17:19 UTC+11

Guzzardi Update!

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The fans in the Shout Box have been particularly demanding today, but we try to give them what they want. It helps players like Michael Guzzardi cooperate. Guzzardi three-bet to 75,000 from the button after Antonio Fazzolari opened for 25,000 and was called by Hai Bo Chu. Fazzolari was the only player interested in playing for that amount.

Fazzolari made a feeler bet of 50,000 on the {5-Diamonds}

flop. Guzzardi responded by shoving all in for 550,000. "Good bet," Fazzolari said as he mucked. Guzzardi flashed {10-Diamonds}

for a flush draw.

Tags: Antonio Fazzolari Michael Guzzardi

12-06-2008 17:17 UTC+11

Rowe Rivers Edmonds

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Brendan Edmonds opened with a raise to 32,000 from the button before Martin Rowe moved all in for 213,000. Edmonds made the call.

Edmonds: {J-Hearts}

Rowe:

The board fell {7-Clubs}

and Rowe spiked a pair of queens on the river to survive! He's back up to around 450,000.

Tags: Brendan Edmonds Martin Rowe

12-06-2008 17:15 UTC+11

Delellis Doubles

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Lisa Delellis had only six big blinds left in her stack when she moved all in over the top of Ray Lapitan's open-raise to 42,000. Lapitan made the call with {K-Spades}

and found himself flipping against Delellis' {5-Clubs}

. The board ran out {9-Clubs}

, allowing Delellis to double up to approximately 155,000. She's still quite short, but may have the slightest bit of fold equity now.

Lapitan's chip count decreased to 610,000 after this hand.

Tags: Lisa Delellis Ray Lapitan

12-06-2008 17:08 UTC+11

New Seat Assignments

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Table 15

Frank Saffioti
George Kassis
Jason Gray
Tony Basile
Scott Smith
Brendan Edmonds
Daniel Kowalski
Martin Rowe

Table 16

Ray Lapitan
Michael Guzzardi
Lisa Delellis
Tom Rafferty
Daniel Hameiri
Antonio Fazzolari
Timothy English
Hai Bo Chu

12-06-2008 17:01 UTC+11

Play Resumes

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Cards are back in the air. Thirty minutes remain in the level. That break was a bit longer than intended, due to the fact that there was another table draw. We'll have the seat assignments in a few minutes.

12-06-2008 16:45 UTC+11

Break Time

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Players are on a ten-minute break.

12-06-2008 16:45 UTC+11

Terrible Flop, But Call Anyway

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Tony Basile raised to 33,000 before Frank Saffioti made it 133,000 to go. Basile made the call.

The flop came down {Q-Clubs}

and Basile moved all in, covering his opponent.

Saffioti said, "That's a terrible flop for me," but he decided to make the call anyway for his tournament life and tabled {J-Clubs}

. Remarkably, he was in front as Basile shook his head in disgust and revealed {10-Spades}

.

The turn was the {8-Spades}

and river the {Q-Hearts}

and Saffioti, who made an amazing play with a gutshot draw on the bubble last night to claim the overnight chip lead, is now back in contention with 540,000 chips. Basile is down to 490,000.

Tags: Frank Saffioti Tony Basile

12-06-2008 16:44 UTC+11

Ray Sukkar Eliminated in 17th Place (AU$15,400)

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On the last hand before the break, Brendan Edmonds opened the pot to 50,000. Edmonds has been very active at his table, opening pots with preflop raises every chance he gets. Action passed to Ray Sukkar on the button, who jammed for 240,000. Edmonds mulled over his decision for about a minute before deciding to call with {K-Spades}

. It was a good call; Sukkar sheepishly showed {10-Hearts}

. Neither player hit the flop, when it came down {J-Clubs}

. Edmonds caught the {K-Hearts}

on the turn to make two pair, kings and jacks. Sukkar needed a queen or an eight on the river to make a straight and stay alive, but the river fell {6-Spades}

. He's out in 17th place, and Edmonds is up to 938,000.

Tags: Brendan Edmonds Ray Sukkar