2008 PokerStars.net APPT Grand Final - Sydney

APPT Grand Final
Day: 3
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

Sam Capra Eliminated in 34th Place (AU$9,800)

Sam Capra has survived well here today as the short stack, but his fortune has come to an end at the hands of Michael "TheBigSiCkO" Guzzardi.

Marlon Goonawardana opened with a raise to 23,000 from late position before Capra moved all in from the cutoff for 65,000. Guzzardi then shoved all in over the top from the button and the table folded around.

Guzzardi: {9-Spades}{9-Clubs}
Capra: {K-Clubs}{K-Diamonds}

Capra was in good shape to double but the board fell {10-Clubs}{4-Spades}{6-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{4-Clubs} to give Guzzardi a set on the turn to grab the pot. Capra finishes in 34th place for AU$9,800 in prize money. Guzzardi is now up to 215,000.

Tags: Michael GuzzardiSam Capra

Pots Are Getting Huge

With blinds at 4,000 and 8,000, pots are getting pretty big. Ray Sukkar opened the hand for 22,000 and was popped by Phil Willcocks to 56,000. Sukkar made the call, creating a preflop pot of more than 100,000 chips

The flop came down all babies, {2-Hearts} {6-Diamonds} {6-Spades}. Sukkar checked it over to Willcocks, who fired out a healthy 70,000 chips. Sukkar went into the tank, re-checked his cards, and then moved all in. That induced a fold from Willcocks, who dropped to 270,000 chips as a result of the hand. Sukkar is up to 430,000.

On an adjacent table, Daniel Kowalski opened a pot to 27,000 and was raised by Tom Rafferty out of the small blind to 64,000. Kowalski made the call there, then called another bet of 75,000 chips on the {4-Clubs} {2-Clubs} {3-Spades} flop. With 275,000 chips in the pot heading into the {A-Clubs} turn, Rafferty moved all in for 200,000. That folded Kowalski.

Airball Shove Backfires For Jung

The board of {Q-Hearts}{A-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{3-Diamonds} was checked to the river and it appeared to be a fairly innocent pot. That is, until Wang Che Jung open shoved for all of his 450,000 chips! More incredibly, Michael Guzzardi made the call!

Jung sheepishly revealed {K-Hearts}{8-Clubs} for a complete airball as Guzzardi's {J-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} was good to take down the pot and double up!

Guzzardi doubles to 450,000 with Jung falling to 205,000.

Tags: Michael GuzzardiWang Che Jung

Roel Pijpers Eliminated in Equal 32nd Place (AU$11,200)

Phil Willcocks raised to 20,000 from early position before Roel Pijpers moved all in from the cutoff for 74,000. Willcocks made the call.

Willcocks: {3-Spades}{3-Clubs}
Pijpers: {A-Spades}{9-Hearts}

The board fell {K-Hearts}{7-Spades}{4-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{7-Hearts} to miss Pijpers and end his tournament in equal 32nd place as he was eliminated at the same time as Anthony Rafter. He'll collect AU$11,200 for his efforts.

Tags: Phil WillcocksRoel Pijpers

Anthony Rafter Eliminated in Equal 32nd Place (AU$11,200)

Anthony Rafter - Equal 32nd Place
Anthony Rafter - Equal 32nd Place
Anthony Rafter was the aggressor preflop, raising to 25,000. He was the aggressor on the {A-Clubs} {Q-Clubs} {5-Diamonds} flop, betting 30,000. And he was the aggressor on the {6-Hearts} turn, moving all in for 108,000. Antonio Fazzolari called Rafter each time, tabling a huge draw with {K-Clubs} {5-Clubs}. Rafter had top pair with {A-Diamonds} {8-Clubs} and had to sweat the river. He couldn't duck it when it fell {K-Hearts} to make two pair for Fazzolari, who climbed to 550,000 as a result of this elimination.

Tags: Anthony rafterAntonio Fazzolari

Wang Che Jung Eliminated in 31st Place (AU$12,600)

Wang Che Jung - 31st Place
Wang Che Jung - 31st Place
Just prior to the redraw Wang Che Jung was eliminated in 31st place. We don't have the exact details of the action but we believe it was pocket eights against an opponent's pocket nines that saw his demise.

Jung was one of our early chip leaders and leaves the tournament with AU$12,600 in prize money.

Tags: Wang Che Jung

Clock Paused

The clock has been paused with 7:39 left in this level, as the players are now going to redraw for the final four tables. The purple 500-denomination chips are also being colored up.

We'll have the new table lineups for you shortly.

New Table Draws

Table 7

Mark Deutsch
Michael Guzzardi
Jason Pritchard
Mamouni Smain
Marlon Goonawardana
Frank Saffioti
George Kassis
Michael Fraser

Table 10

Daniel Kowalski
Shane Dye
Scott Smith
Phil Willcocks
Hai Bo Chu
Lisa Delellis
Tony Basile

Table 15

Chris Lee
Brendan Edmonds
Ray Lapitan
Bassam Habib
Eric Assadourian
Antonio Fazzolari
Valerie Gigliotti
Dean Hameiri

Table 16


Ray Sukkar
Travers Nicholas
Martin Rowe
Tim English
Jamie Pickering
Tom Rafferty
Jason Gray