and the at-risk Comer held 
.The board ran out
-X to give Ciric the winning hand with her king-high straight. She busted Comer and moved to 56,000 chips.
2009 PokerStars.net APPT Sydney Grand Final
APPT Sydney Grand Final Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
2009 PokerStars.net APPT Sydney Grand Final
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
6,000 AUD
Prize Pool
2,376,000 AUD
Entries
396
Level
29
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 396
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and the at-risk Comer held .The board ran out
-X to give Ciric the winning hand with her king-high straight. She busted Comer and moved to 56,000 chips.
, Tony "Bond18" Dunst and Jason Gray got all in. Dunst held 
and Gray held 
.The turn was the
and the river the 
, giving Dunst the double up to 56,000. Gray on the other hand, dropped to 8,000.
The flop came down
and Rivenaes led for 5,000. With only 10,000 left in his stack, Cohen moved all in. Rivenaes quickly called holding 
. Cohen held top pair, top kicker with 
.The turn brought a repeat six with the
, giving Rivenaes the better hand. The river was the 
completing the board.Cohen dropped to 7,000 chips after absorbing the beat.
Here's a list of the 27 runners:
Simon Taberham
David Steicke (pictured)
Antonis Kambouroglou
Benjamin De'laney
Warwick Mirzikinian
Julius Colman
Johnny Huynh
Aleksander Brkovic
Jarred Graham
Van Tran
Jeff Lisandro
In Wook Choi
George Moussa
Daniel Neilson
Sean Keeton
Bill Jordanou
Billy Seri
Jonathan Karamalikis
[Removed:505]
Danny Huynh
Jason Pritchard
Tolly Sakellariou
Mark Ericksen
Michel Bouskila
Michel Carle
Terrence Chan
Andrew Scott
, PokerStars online qualifier Nicholas Owens bet 3,100 and Donna Ciric called. Owens was acting out of the small blind and Ciric from the hijack seat.The turn brought the
and Owens fired 12,000. Ciric made the call again, bringing the two players to the river, which was the 
.Owens checked and Ciric bet 13,000. Owens check-raised all in for 14,100 total, only 1,100 more for Ciric to make the call. She did so, holding the
. Owens had a full house, tabling 
.Ciric slipped to 43,000 after paying off Owens, who moved up top 75,000.
The flop came down
. Hameiri led for 6,000. Action folded to Dorrance-Bowman and he raised to 14,500. Hameiri then reraised to 23,000. Dorrance-Bowman moved all in for 35,925 and Hameiri called.Dorrance-Bowman held
for two overs and a flush draw. Hameiri held 
and flopped top two pair.The turn was the
and the river the . Dorrance-Bowman failed to improve, moving Hameiri up to 85,000. He is now the new chip leader.
Peter Aristidou has chipped up to 36,400 after eliminating another player at his table.
The two got it all in preflop; Aristidou with and his opponent with . The 
board gave Aristidou top pair to claim the pot and move further up the leaderboard.
While on break, Lynn Gilmartin caught up with Peter about his up and down start to the day:
and the big blind fired 7,000. Gray moved all in and the big blind called, tabling . Gray held 
.The turn was the
and the river the 
, allowing Gray to crack his opponent's aces with some baby suited cards and double up to 37,000.
The players have returned from the lengthened break and are back in action. While we were gone, Lynn Gilmartin caught up with The Poker Star's Donna Ciric:
Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
