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

Back-to-Back Losses for Edmonds

Edmonds bleeding chips
Edmonds bleeding chips
In no-limit hold'em, one or two hands can change everything. Brendan Edmonds was one of the chip leaders a few moments ago; now he's in with the short stacks. Edmonds opened a pot to 42,000 from the button, then called when Polish player Daniel Kowalski reraised the small blind to 100,000. Kowalski check-called a bet of 110,000 from Edmonds on a big flop, {A-Diamonds} {K-Diamonds} {Q-Diamonds}. He checked again when the turn fell {10-Hearts}. Edmonds tried a bet of 200,000 only to see Kowalski move all in for about 500,000. Edmonds quickly mucked his hand.

A few hands later, Edmonds took a shot at eliminating Tony Basile. Basile opened for 43,000, then moved all in for 350,000 after Edmonds three-bet to 120,000. Edmonds called with {A-Spades} {K-Hearts}, but ace-king couldn't get the job done against Basile's pocket tens as the board ran out {7-Clubs} {Q-Hearts} {9-Hearts} {4-Clubs} {J-Diamonds}, allowing the Canadian Basile to double up to 720,000.

As a result of those two hands, Edmonds has lost two-thirds of his stack, falling from approximately 1.2 million in chips to 420,000.

Tags: Brendan EdmondsTony Basile